📌 Are #universities political? Join us today for the The Robert Schuman Centre 2024 Yves Mény Annual Lecture with EUI President Patrizia Nanz who will discuss the complex role of universities in today’s world. 🕟16:30-18:00 🔴Follow the livestream: loom.ly/44tGamw

❔ What key lessons can be drawn from the 2004 “Big Bang” enlargement, and are they still relevant today? Veronica Anghel & Erik Jones reflect on how European intergration drives both peace & prosperity 🕊️, and explore the challenges and opportunities of #EU's next #enlargement.

How does affective polarisation impact our daily lives and democracy? ↪️ In this interview, Andres Reiljan shares insights into how political divisions shape society—from everyday life to democratic norms—breaking down the causes, consequences, and potential solutions. More 👇

Full house for the weekly The Robert Schuman Centre Seminar to discuss work in progress. So grateful to our European University Institute & European Governance & Politics Programme colleagues for excellent feedback on an upcoming book w/ Erik Jones Meanwhile…the original argument is WEP Journal bit.ly/3YGJABw

Deadline approaching CES Submit your paper proposal for a special section on the transatlantic partnership here ⚡️ bit.ly/3Njsymk ⚡️ W/ The Robert Schuman Centre European Governance & Politics Programme Erik Jones

🔑Now Open Access WEP Journal 🇪🇺 The EU is a system of common resource pools. We believe this model applies to many EU goods from rule of law to energy to security. Enlargement is one way to better govern the EU commons through co-stewardship. 🚨bit.ly/3YGJABw

🔍 How can federalism evolve to better address today’s challenges? Join John Erik Fossum as he introduces “multi-headed federations” – a concept addressing the limitations of the American model, multilevel governance + multinational federalism, using 🇨🇦 and the 🇪🇺 as examples.

✍️ In this interview, Professor Daniele Caramani, Haas Chair at the Robert Schuman Centre, reflects on Ernst B. Haas' intellectual contributions and the Special Issue commemorating his work in the fields of international relations & European integration. European Governance & Politics Programme 👇📌

How to tell if you're basic: A case study of the U.S.-EU partnership 🤫Free pdf download: bit.ly/4drPfiZ

📢 Call for Papers: Examining the Transatlantic Relationship in the 21st Century 🌍 This mini-symposium invites contributions exploring the political, economic, security, legal, and public attitudes shaping US-EU cooperation. 🔗 Submit your work by Tuesday 𝟱 November 2024👇

Kind of symbolic that the first handbook of affective polarization comes out a few days before the very polarized US election. Happy to have contributed a chapter on AP in Europe, 5 years after I published my first article on this very same topic (ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…).

🍂 Curious about what’s happening at the Schuman Centre this autumn? 💌 Our November newsletter is here to keep you up to speed! Dive into #TheSchumanNewsletter for the latest updates and events 🔗 loom.ly/fWZs-s0 Stay in the loop—subscribe now ➡️ loom.ly/nfPQ_QI

🗳️ As US voters head to the polls today, revisit Shanto Iyengar's insights on affective polarisation and its impact on political decision-making. How do “two political parties seeing each other as existential threats” shape the voters' choices? Watch here 👇

Daniele Caramani, Lorenzo Cicchi, and Ana Petrova, from European Governance & Politics Programme examined how #covid19 unevenly impacted economic sectors which led to divergent preferences over the policies addressing the emergency. Read the full paper, published in December '23, here: regroup-horizon.eu/publications/a…

Using some visual aid from South Park to explain what is affective polarization to a room full of scholars and students in Murcia. It was great fun, thank you for the invitation, José Miguel Rojo Martínez!

How has the Russian invasion of Ukraine reshaped European security? Join Fabrizio Coticchia to explore the evolution of defence policy paradigms, the return of territorial defence, and challenges facing European security. 👇

Next week, our team will welcome a large part of the international research team which made the EU&I project possible! 🗺️ They will join us for a workshop focused on 1) using the data from the EP elections tool for research and 2) communicating research. 👇

🇺🇦 What does resilience look like in the face of war? Veronica Anghel reflects on her visit to Kyiv with Erik Jones. She discusses solidarity with local colleagues, resilience, Ukraine’s EU integration and academic collaboration. Read the full interview 👇 Kyiv School of Economics, НаУКМА, Tymofii Brik