Discrimination is often easier to identify in theory than in practice. EUI Professor @distasioval.bsky.social @eui-sps.bsky.social on why it's so hard to recognise – and what that means for workplaces. 🔗 https://loom.ly/4dfroi8

What defined the EUI in 2025? A year of renewal, a new strategy, and a global community advancing research, engagement, and communication. Explore the highlights from our Annual Report 2025 👉 https://loom.ly/xs9Ijvo

In this #EUIResearch interview, @eui-eco.bsky.social Prof. Özlem Bedre Defolie examines how hybrid e-commerce platforms can shape competition in subtle ways, influencing prices, product variety, and consumer choices. 🔗 https://loom.ly/pL8QiZY

☢️ In this #EUIdeas piece, EUI Visiting Fellow Angela Liberatore explores how the Chornobyl disaster has shaped policy responses, emergency preparedness, and debates about nuclear safety during the 40 years since the accident. 👉 https://loom.ly/nnObCm0

🔍 In the latest #EUIdeas piece, Kunhao Yang, a PhD researcher at the @eui-law.bsky.social, explores the evolving dynamics of EU-China relations and examines pathways towards greater cooperation. 🔗https://loom.ly/7n-cAOE

💻 #MyPhDPitch: @lmonterosantos.bsky.social @eui-law.bsky.social explores one of the EU’s biggest digital challenges: can data protection and innovation coexist?

⚡ In this #EUIResearch interview, Max Weber Fellow Mohammad Eslami examines the conflict in Iran, discussing the actors involved, the measures taken in response & possible avenues toward resolution. 🔗 https://loom.ly/teRJz8o

Can cheaper flights cost taxpayers more? ✈️ Miguel Blanco Cocho @eui-eco.bsky.social explores how transport subsidies can raise airline prices & how smarter policy design could improve access while reducing public spending. 🔗 https://loom.ly/ytKHt7I

EU law is meant to prevent harm to communities when European companies operate abroad. This Africa Day, @eui-law.bsky.social researcher Luca Tenreira reports from Uganda and Tanzania on what that looks like in practice. 🔗https://loom.ly/xEGUDIA

📣 #EUIdeas: Sofia Borushkina @eui-stg.bsky.social argues that energy efficiency policies must put households at the centre of climate action, linking the green transition to affordability, social acceptance, and citizen engagement: https://loom.ly/yda4cXg#EUIdeas

⚓ #MyPhDPitch: @maximemorel.bsky.social @eui-history.bsky.social studies how naval ceremonies between 1500–1700 turned salutes and flags into powerful political rituals that could even spark wars.

📣 New #EUIdeas: Amanda Bisong @eui-stg.bsky.social, Tuhina Chatterjee & Richa Arora examine how the EU-India Free Trade Agreement links trade & labour mobility, offering lessons for African policymakers & regional trade negotiations. 🔗 https://loom.ly/09v1Ab-

🏦 In the latest @theconversation.com article, Eliana Canavesio @eui-schuman.bsky.social explores how data gaps about women can shape decisions made by high-risk AI systems in banking and finance. 🔗 https://loom.ly/c1Q_jWg

📝In the latest @theconversation.com piece, @filipkostelka.bsky.social @eui-sps.bsky.social examines the factors driving pro-Kremlin sentiments in the EU. 🔗https://loom.ly/W7Rc2j0

WhatsApp was fined €225 million and could not work out who made the decision. Ieva Hūna @eui-law.bsky.social on why the EU's joint decisions are so hard to challenge in court. #MyEUIResearch 🔗https://loom.ly/TifKt48

🛰️ In this #EUIdeas, Leonardo Meeus @eui-schuman.bsky.social examines the growing need for evidence-based space regulation and the EUI’s role in shaping this emerging policy field. Read the full piece 🔗 https://loom.ly/VBxBQSI

In this #EUIUpFront video, @eui-eco.bsky.social Professor Giancarlo Corsetti and Senior Fellow Laura Tyson discuss economic policy in today’s world affected by multiple crises, rising energy prices & shifting international alliances. 📽️ https://loom.ly/0lbp08w

What does a photograph of an atrocity prove in court? Veerle Veerbeek from @eui-history.bsky.social traces how visual material has been used and contested in international criminal trials since Nuremberg. 🔗 https://loom.ly/za1eTy0

How do narratives of WWII, the Cold War, empires and revolutions shape current politics? This morning, our faculty and researchers engaged the #EUIdeas participants in a lively quiz-style discussion on how Europe’s past is used to understand the present and imagine possible futures #EUI50

🌟 Today, the EUI opens its doors for #EUIdeas: The Power of Knowledge – the Institute's flagship research and engagement event. Academics, policymakers, civic leaders and students are gathered to explore themes spanning democracy, climate, migration and the future of universities. 📚

Tomorrow, our 50th anniversary celebrations officially begin! 📹 Unable to join us in person? We will be live-streaming throughout the two days, covering: 👉 Our official opening ceremony (7 May) 👉 Plenary EUIdeas (8 May) Follow the livestream: https://loom.ly/0_Xy5cM

What's the DNA of the RSCAS? @erik-jones.bsky.social, Adrienne Héritier & @ivanenadic.bsky.social on cutting-edge research, policy relevance, & why you can't really separate the two #uniquelyEUI 🎥 https://loom.ly/1eL2hiY

💡 In his #EUIideas essay, @andrewpgeddes.bsky.social @mpc-eui.bsky.social shows how working with youth in Florence reshaped his research 🔗 https://loom.ly/wX0643Q#EUIideas #EUI50

In this #EUIdeas piece, Gastón Gertner, Policy Leader Fellow @eui-stg.bsky.social & Milagros Garcia Salciarini outline how #AccelerateEU will contribute to heat pump deployment, but also identify crucial areas that remain unaddressed. 🔗 https://loom.ly/InJRfq4

Since when is a body something to improve? Chiara Lacroix, PhD researcher at the @eui-history.bsky.social, traces when and why the body became a project. #MyEUIResearch 🎥🔗 https://loom.ly/0ImUAQ0

🌍 #MyPhDPitch: Isola Clara Macchia @eui-law.bsky.social studies why EU trade deals with labour & environmental rules are rarely enforced. Her research shows how legal discretion and political pressures shape when the Commission acts.

Can Europe adapt fast enough to a changed global order? In this #EUIResearch interview, the report’s editors, Marco Buti, Giancarlo Corsetti & Anna Peychev, present The Florence Report: a new agenda for Europe in a changing world. Read the interview here 🔗 https://loom.ly/BvFr-4o

💡 Learning can be a privilege, but also a responsibility. #EUI50 In her #EUIdeas essay, Zuzanna Samson @eui-sps.bsky.social reflects on how the words of US novelist Toni Morrison reshaped how she understands her research & its purpose 🔗 https://loom.ly/DJdmNek

🚨 The deadline to apply for the Master in Economic Research programme is fast approaching! 🔗 https://loom.ly/Cgl_jSU 📚 Check our grants ⌛ Apply by 30 April (14:00 CEST)

In a #uniquelyEUI video, @eui-eco.bsky.social reflects on its blend of rigorous training, close mentorship, and policy-oriented research—a combination that empowers researchers to tackle complex challenges and shape economic policy. 📽️https://loom.ly/3QPDvVU

💬 The “Europe of Knowledge” meant different things to different people, yet still made coordination possible. In her #EUIdeas essay, EUI Research Fellow Marina Cino Pagliarello shows how ambiguity can help actors work together, even without full agreement. Read 🔗 https://loom.ly/7PHjht0#EUIdeas #EUI50

📚 One week. Four opportunities. The EUI Virtual Open Week gives you the opportunity to explore the full range of academic and professional paths at the European University Institute, across 4 days of live, online sessions. 👉 Register now and take the next step 🔗 https://loom.ly/50ZaVQM

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶? You don’t need to have all the answers yet 🔎 Start by exploring your options. Discover the academic and professional opportunities offered by the EUI at the Virtual Open Week. Save the date and register🔗 https://loom.ly/50ZaVQM

@isabedoya.bsky.social @eui-sps.bsky.social on how enslaved women in 19th c. Puerto Rico used colonial courts to negotiate freedom. Her research shows their agency & how legal strategies & networks helped challenge slavery.

📣The third call is now open for the Master in Economic Research, a programme focused on the development and practice of advanced research skills, inviting students from targeted EUI Widening countries to apply for funding in Florence. 🕒 Apply by 30 April (14:00 CEST) 🔗 https://loom.ly/Cgl_jSU

Gas security vs. economic sovereignty: can Europe have both? 🌍 In the latest @theconversation.com piece, Marzia Sesini @eui-schuman.bsky.social examines EU policy responses to a global gas crisis 🔗 https://loom.ly/86l_2D8

💡 What piece of knowledge transformed your research? #EUI50 In her #EUIdeas essay, @eui-history.bsky.social Professor Alexia Yates reflects on how David Harvey’s theory reshaped her understanding of the modern city. Read more 🔗 https://loom.ly/hIuJYa8

On 8 May, the EUI will unveil its new flagship event as part of our 50th anniversary celebrations: EUIdeas. Learn more and register here: https://loom.ly/D68cUso #EUI50 #EUIdeas

🌍 #MyPhDPitch: At the @eui-eco.bsky.social, PhD researcher Daniel Prosi studies how foreign investment shapes firm growth in Rwanda. Firms buying from foreign investors grow faster, with wider spillovers across the economy.

💡 What piece of knowledge transformed your research? #EUI50 In his #EUIdeas essay, @eui-eco.bsky.social Professor Giacomo Calzolari reflects on how a lesson on medieval watermills reshaped his intellectual path. Read more 🔗 https://loom.ly/PFL3nZs#EUI50

How do films tell stories about human movement? Migration has long been central to cinema, yet research often focuses on specific countries or genres. Lorenzo Piccoli analysed films from 1940–2025 and found two key patterns. Learn more: https://loom.ly/65_yiGY #EUIResearch

Everyone uses the “essence” of rights. No one defines it. #MyEUIResearch with Anaïs Brucher @eui-law.bsky.social on how the European Court of Human Rights uses a concept that shapes decisions without clear meaning. 🔗 https://loom.ly/8lnyycc

How can universities shape the future of Europe? From 7–9 May, the European University Institute invites you to explore this question as it celebrates its 50th anniversary in Florence. Discover the rich programme and join the conversation: https://loom.ly/WGdu_Q4 #EUI50

💡 In this #EUIdeas piece, Alina Soloviova @eui-schuman.bsky.social discusses how local communities in Ukraine are reshaping energy security 🔗 https://loom.ly/ajEIwo0

Carolina Biliotti @eui-eco.bsky.social discusses how emerging research frontiers widens gender gaps in authorship. She reveals that in hyper-competitive environments women are often sidelined from key lead roles in new scientific fields. 🔗https://loom.ly/CJ9bAug

This is the time where “I’ll be productive this week” meets “Easter break is basically already here”. But don't worry every, word written still counts! And if you need a little background music, check out our playlist 🎧 💚 Spotify: https://loom.ly/c4_iXeQ 🧡 SoundCloud: https://loom.ly/uSm_y6Y

💡 Marking the #EUI50 anniversary, we ask: what piece of knowledge transformed your research? In her essay, @eui-law.bsky.social alumna Síofra O’Leary shows how landmark court cases shaped her understanding of law, rights & social change: https://loom.ly/nGWxuZA

What if capitalism didn’t begin in the Atlantic world? Maarten Draper (@eui-history.bsky.social) explores how European trading posts in Asia reveal a different origin, shaped through negotiation with powerful Asian economies. https://loom.ly/8YXSl4c

📣 Applications open for the 2026 SPS Summer Academy at the EUI For one intensive week, participants will engage with this year’s theme: Politics, Policies and Inequalities: Micro-foundations and Institutional Dynamics ⌛Deadline: 1 May 2026 👉 Apply here: https://loom.ly/26SzJLY

🔎 Read the latest #EUIResearch interview with @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social @eui-sps.bsky.social on how a tiny lead – 51% vs 49% – can shape collective decisions, from elections to online trends 👉 https://loom.ly/oTkRm90