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Global Governance Programme

Addressing global governance in an interconnected and multipolar world

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About the programme

The Global Governance Programme is one of the flagship programmes of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS) at the European University institute (EUI). Its aim is to build a community of outstanding professors and scholars, produce high level research, engage with the world of practice through policy dialogue, and contribute to fostering present and future generations of policy makers.

Upcoming events

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01 October 2024

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Examining determinants of fear of automation in six European countries

Who is afraid of automation?

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Research areas

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Global Economics

Contributes to a better understanding of the need for multilateral economic cooperation and global governance of national economic policies for sustainable development.

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Europe in the World

Ties the study of Europe’s international relations and its role in international and security affairs to the central changes and challenges in world politics today.

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Global Citizenship

Explores core questions of democracy by studying how states determine (and should determine) who their citizens are and who can participate in elections.

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Knowledge, Governance, Transformations

Explores how governance by and of knowledge dynamically influence transformations of politics and policies.

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Southeastern Europe

Aims to enhance our understanding of the political, social, economic and cultural trajectories of Southeastern Europe.

News

Fabio Santeramo joins the World’s Top 2% Scientists list of Stanford University

Marie Curie Fellow and part-time assistant professor at the Robert Schuman Centre, Fabio G. Santeramo, has been included in the Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List 2024, recognising the impact of his research in agricultural economics and trade

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Bernard Hoekman on geoeconomics, the 2024 World Trade Forum and current research

Bernard Hoekman, part-time Professor at the Robert Schuman Centre, talks about the weaponisation of trade, other hot topics in global economics discussed at the 2024 World Trade Forum and his newly-funded ERC project PIANO.

Shaping the future digital world

The Global Initiative on the Future of the Internet project team, based at the Schuman Centre, contributes to the goals of the Global Digital Compact before its approval at the UN’s 2025 Summit of the Future.

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The ongoing pandemic, Russia’s war in Ukraine, the rise in energy and food prices, the tensions between the US and China…Our research is what helps us understand why the world has become such a dangerous and disorderly place, and what we should do about it.
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Erik Jones

Director of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies and the Global Governance Programme

Featured Publication

Swearing loyalty: should new citizens pledge allegiance in a naturalisation oath?

In many countries, immigrants conclude their naturalisation by taking an oath of citizenship. This article discusses whether naturalisation oaths are a positive experience and rein

Rainer Bauböck

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