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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 6h

Why do voters support leaders who weaken democratic institutions? Givi Silagadze @eui-sps.bsky.social explores how political opponents can come to be seen as an existential threat, making democratic erosion seem tolerable. Read more: loom.ly/HMzbm88

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Who is expected to clean up the mess at home? 🧹 Léa Pessin @eui-sps.bsky.social explores why women are still expected to do more housework, even when both partners work full-time. Read more: loom.ly/cZWbAxE

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Are young people really more depressed than previous generations? On #WorldMentalHealthDay, @eui-sps.bsky.social research finds the answer changes depending on the country. 📌 loom.ly/QE1CBDU

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Discover 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, exploring merchant Francesco Carletti’s world through 69 objects revealing global trade and cultural exchange around 1600, from a Ming Chinese atlas to a Japanese katana. 📍 Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana 🗓️ Until 9 January 2027 🎫 loom.ly/DfIEZBo

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

💡Amidst deepening EU-China trade tensions, Kunhao Yang, a PhD researcher at the @eui-law.bsky.social, in the latest #TheConversation piece, explores how WTO reform could help address structural trade imbalances between the two sides. 🔗 loom.ly/zJ6USnI

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Why do some communities in central Mali join jihadist groups while others resist them? Natasja Rupesinghe spent seven years asking them. Watch the full video: loom.ly/oSUee7Y

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

What stories are missing from European memory? @eui-history.bsky.social Professor Monika Baar explores how disability has been written out of European history & what changes when we revisit the past through a disability lens. 🔎 loom.ly/Bo-9TaI

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In the 1970-80s, the EC experimented with models, experts & new approaches to futures research. Margaret Pulk @eui-history.bsky.social explores what happened when researchers and policymakers disagreed on what it could tell them. Read: loom.ly/uKPEQOg

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What does innovative teaching look like at the EUI? Our #uniquelyEUI series explores the people & ideas shaping learning at the Institute. In this episode, students learn international law by performing it, using real courtroom transcripts from the ICC @eui-law.bsky.social 🎥 Watch: loom.ly/A74T5eE

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🎉 A great result for the EUI in the 2026 ShanghaiRanking! We rank 1st within the EU and 11th worldwide for Political Sciences. A recognition of the international research community at the heart of the EUI. 👏 Read the full news 🔗 loom.ly/wKMjcL0

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

@eui-schuman.bsky.social Director @erik-jones.bsky.social reflects on how an encounter with Gunnar Myrdal’s book transformed his thinking on economic integration, globalisation & political institutions 🔗 loom.ly/LlKDXaU

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

✨ In the latest #TheConversation article, Michael FitzGerald, a doctoral researcher at the @eui-law.bsky.social, asks if AI is really driving decline in reading skills, or the latest technology to expose deeper changes in how we learn? 🔗https://loom.ly/ijk4zBQ

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

❓Think national politicians always blame international organisations (IOs) when things go wrong? Visiting Fellow @heinkelmann-wild.bsky.social reveals that leaders use this tactic less often and less successfully than we think. Read more 👉 loom.ly/a9c3-Gg

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Returning an online order feels ordinary. Much of what goes back becomes textile waste far from Europe. In our new #MyEUIResearch video, Carolina Paulesu argues that consumer law is not neutral. @eui-law.bsky.social loom.ly/DDPoLzc

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

In the latest #TheConversation article, Sofia Borushkina, a Visiting Fellow at the @eui-schuman.bsky.social, examines how the war in Ukraine and sanctions are reshaping the way Russia governs its vast territory. 🔗 loom.ly/mM6MIQ0

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Meet the new faculty members at eui-law.bsky.social, eui-eco.bsky.social, & eui-stg.bsky.social: Megan Donaldson, Brian Amorim Cabaço, Leonard Seabrooke & Hila Shamir 🔗 loom.ly/nz59gM8

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

🏦 Max Weber Fellow @flaviacanestrini.bsky.social @eui-history.bsky.social explores the US sanctions adapted to increasingly globalised markets between the end of the 1970s & the 1980s. Full interview 🔗 loom.ly/haoyHlM

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

🌍 In a piece for #TheConversation, Marzia Sesini and Adrien Nicolle from the @eui-schuman.bsky.social, together with Burçin Ünel from New York University, explore what constitutes good carbon capture policymaking. Read the article 🔗 loom.ly/m7-KY9o

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

🌍Teopolina Namandje @eui-stg.bsky.social highlights a weakness in EU-Africa health partnerships — namely, the difficulty of transferring tacit expertise — and explores strategies for strengthening pharmaceutical manufacturing in Africa. 🔗 loom.ly/x-Prbhg

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Benno Gammerl, @ricbul.bsky.social & @zsofia-v.bsky.social on the conservative discourse surrounding the Berlin Pride attack. ➡️ Read the @theconversation.com article: loom.ly/FWClPqI

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Why can two people see the same facts about immigration and walk away believing opposite things? @jamesrdennison.bsky.social breaks it down in his new book with @andrewpgeddes.bsky.social. 🎥 loom.ly/89C1HUs

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

🗺️ In the latest #TheConversation article, Karla Žeravčić and Marco Mauer @eui-law.bsky.social examine whether calls for stronger border controls, following the border crossing into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, align with EU law. 🔗 loom.ly/pqfXYZY

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A Jean Monnet Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre, Diego reflects on his time at the Institute, from helping create the EUI voting advice application to the friendships and memories that stayed with him. Read Diego’s story: loom.ly/1CN_HPw

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

@eldaelda.bsky.social @eui-schuman.bsky.social on building the Media Pluralism Monitor: a decade turning media pluralism from a principle into something measurable across Europe. 🎥 Full video: loom.ly/c8tXzmk

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

100,000 followers on LinkedIn. What makes you stop scrolling? Let us know in the comments with your pick. 👇 Thanks for staying engaged with the EUI community!

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Sarah Nouwen and Arnulf Becker Lorca @eui-law.bsky.social on who actually gets to call international law dead. #EUIUpFront 🎥 Full conversation: loom.ly/xdSo0Xc

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

What makes a digital product European? 🔎 Thomas Streinz and Anna Renata Pisarkiewicz @eui-schuman.bsky.social on the harder question behind digital sovereignty: is it EU headquarters, EU servers, or something else? 🎥 #EUIUpFront: loom.ly/7qpznT4

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Alain Lempereur, @olenasnigyr.bsky.social and Bohdan Bernatskyi on power asymmetry, sanctions, and whether peace without accountability can hold. 🎥 Full conversation: loom.ly/ajXxBeQ

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

#EUIUpFront: Revital Madar and Caitlin Procter @eui-schuman.bsky.social on what academia owes Gaza: rebuilding education, supporting students, partnerships on the ground. 🎥 Full conversation: loom.ly/E6Q_Hg0

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Daniel Prosi @eui-eco.bsky.social explains how foreign direct investment benefits host countries. His research focuses on how "forward linkages"—local businesses buying inputs and services from foreign investors—spur productivity. 🔗 loom.ly/uwfFAv4

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

PhD researcher Esteban Scuzarello @eui-sps.bsky.social studies how identity shapes who is granted asylum in Latin America, and why the process is far more random than the law suggests. Watch the full video: loom.ly/aBy0VRg #MyEUIResearch

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Cheaper copies of biologic medicines, or a source of innovation in their own right? Velizar Kirilov from @eui-law.bsky.social focuses on biosimilars, competition law, and the coming patent cliff in our latest #MyEUIResearch story. 🔗https://loom.ly/VSN9vEw

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Before she was an economist, Chengzi Yi @eui-eco.bsky.social worked in a bank in China, watching firms navigate financing and market-entry costs firsthand. That experience shaped her PhD. Watch our new #MyEUIResearch video 🎥 loom.ly/CGi0yko

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

In Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV warns against "AI messianism" — the risk of a technological monolith replacing religious pluralism. Read the analysis by Francisco de Abreu Duarte @eui-stg.bsky.social on The Conversation 👉 loom.ly/idvr7c4

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

In an interview, @martakorczak.bsky.social @eui-eco.bsky.social & Urszula Markowska-Manista discuss the situation of Ukrainian children in Polish schools, stressing the cross-cultural assistants' role. 🔗https://loom.ly/wQd-7VQ

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Lucía Bosoer @eui-stg.bsky.social uses Susan Strange's book 'The Retreat of the State' to explore the shifting boundaries of political authority in a world where Big Tech wields significant power, but the State shows no signs of retreat. 🔗 loom.ly/o2729vo

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Why are women greener than men, and why doesn't it always show at the ballot box? @ingvildzinober.bsky.social @eui-sps.bsky.social traces this pattern across 36 countries and asks what really explains it. loom.ly/cc5jX4E

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

How do you write a book with 24 scholars about a figure you cannot turn into a hero? Giorgio Riello from @eui-history.bsky.social on a new volume that uses one merchant's account as a guide to the early modern world. #EUIResearch loom.ly/Hbg1uaU

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

🏦 In this #EUIResearch interview, Anissa Bougrea, a Max Weber Fellow at the @eui-schuman.bsky.social, explores how the growing use of public funds to attract private capital is reshaping global development finance. 🔗https://loom.ly/h3Oca6I

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

#EUI50: Nearly ten years in, what does the @eui-stg.bsky.social stand for? @johannamair.bsky.social, Laura Rahm & Francesco Gallo reflect, in the latest #uniquelyEUI episode. 🎥 loom.ly/mjKDbPY

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Is international law dead? Not according to @eui-law.bsky.social Professors Sarah Nouwen and Arnulf Becker Lorca. In the new #EUIUpFront they argue it is often those who break international law who are quickest to declare it finished. 🎥 loom.ly/VDhd9GU

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Immigration is one of Europe's most debated issues, yet relatively few people hold extreme views. In this #EUIResearch interview, James Dennison explores how attitudes towards immigration are formed and why some narratives resonate more than others. 🎥 Watch: loom.ly/ld-Z4SE

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Are queer rights EU values? EUI researcher Emilia Vrahimi from @eui-law.bsky.social speaks about the gap between what EU law promises and who it actually protects, from crime victims in Cyprus to trans citizens at the border. 👉 loom.ly/il2FrD4

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Prof. Lucy Riall of @eui-history.bsky.social has won an @erc.europa.eu Advanced Grant #ERCAdG, awarded this year to just 9.6% of applicants. Her project studies migration and empire in South America. 🔗 loom.ly/_hQ1fek

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

🔍In the latest #TheConversation piece, Odysseas Konstantinakos @eui-sps.bsky.social explores effective governance and the role of institutions in the face of uncertainty. 🔗 loom.ly/NFnBeQw

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Francis Ohanyido @eui-stg.bsky.social examines the African Union’s Health Security and Sovereignty Agenda that aims to shift Africa’s role in global health from an importer of solutions to an active co-designer of systems. Read more 👉 loom.ly/GZ_nnhI

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

For over a decade, the Media Pluralism Monitor has made media pluralism measurable. We sat down with @eldaelda.bsky.social @eui-schuman.bsky.social to discuss how the Monitor’s holistic approach informed evidence-based policymaking & contributed to the European Media Freedom Act. 📌 loom.ly/6CpnYb8

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

In an interview, Visiting Fellow @alicedominici.bsky.social @eui-eco.bsky.social discusses her research on how creative school activities build the digital skills students need to thrive—boosting high schoolers' university intentions and career aspirations toward STEM. 🔗 loom.ly/BCNsqKc

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

📝In the latest @theconversation.com piece, Andrea Vaccaro and Rachel Gisselquist explore how eroding global health cooperation affects responses to health crises such as the recent Ebola and Hantavirus outbreaks. 🔗https://loom.ly/SQdiUYo

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European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Being rich was not enough, one also needed bon goût. Emma Schwak's research at @eui-history.bsky.social traces the first 'influencers' in post-Revolutionary Paris. #MyEUIResearch story: loom.ly/6Np44Ds

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