Stephanie Hofmann
@stephofmann.bsky.social
interested in all things multilateral-ish | Prof. & Joint Chair in IR @eui-eu.bsky.social | thinks in German, French & English = often confused | she/her
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⏳ Excited to share my new piece, published in @millennjournal.bsky.social! I explore how imagined futures of emergent and disruptive tech loop back to shape present-day politics of war - and how the early history of military ballooning (1783-1907) shows us this recursive logic at work.
Balloonomania! Disruptive Technologies, War, and the Amnesia of the Moment - Frederik Carl Windfeld, 2025
Contemporary discussions over emergent and disruptive technologies in military affairs are often framed in futurist and existential terms. The article theorises...
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October 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
⏳ Excited to share my new piece, published in @millennjournal.bsky.social! I explore how imagined futures of emergent and disruptive tech loop back to shape present-day politics of war - and how the early history of military ballooning (1783-1907) shows us this recursive logic at work.
🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 big congratulations Dr. Lepeu 🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾
I had the privilege this week of being awarded the title of Doctor of Political and Social Sciences from the @eui-eu.bsky.social after successfully defending my thesis on the EU sanctions policy.
September 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 big congratulations Dr. Lepeu 🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾
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My Substack on writing, Respect the Marble is back! 🎉
I’ll be launching several new things this autumn, outlined here: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/a-new-seas...
A quick preview 👇
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I’ll be launching several new things this autumn, outlined here: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/a-new-seas...
A quick preview 👇
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A New Season for Respect the Marble
Introducing "Etched in Marble: Conversations with Writers" & "Sunday Writer's Digest"
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August 28, 2025 at 6:59 AM
My Substack on writing, Respect the Marble is back! 🎉
I’ll be launching several new things this autumn, outlined here: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/a-new-seas...
A quick preview 👇
🧵
I’ll be launching several new things this autumn, outlined here: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/a-new-seas...
A quick preview 👇
🧵
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The roundtable contributions catalyze this research agenda: @yoramhaftel.bsky.social & @stephofmann.bsky.social claim that the decline thesis underestimates the durability of FIGOs and that institutional density enables states to substitute one FIGO for another.
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Under Cover: Substituting Formal IOs during Hard Times | Ethics & International Affairs | Cambridge Core
Under Cover: Substituting Formal IOs during Hard Times
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August 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The roundtable contributions catalyze this research agenda: @yoramhaftel.bsky.social & @stephofmann.bsky.social claim that the decline thesis underestimates the durability of FIGOs and that institutional density enables states to substitute one FIGO for another.
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#OpenAccess from Ethics & International Affairs -
Under Cover: Substituting Formal IOs during Hard Times - https://cup.org/4oSMcHi
- @yoramhaftel.bsky.social & @stephofmann.bsky.social
#FirstView
Under Cover: Substituting Formal IOs during Hard Times - https://cup.org/4oSMcHi
- @yoramhaftel.bsky.social & @stephofmann.bsky.social
#FirstView
August 25, 2025 at 9:20 AM
#OpenAccess from Ethics & International Affairs -
Under Cover: Substituting Formal IOs during Hard Times - https://cup.org/4oSMcHi
- @yoramhaftel.bsky.social & @stephofmann.bsky.social
#FirstView
Under Cover: Substituting Formal IOs during Hard Times - https://cup.org/4oSMcHi
- @yoramhaftel.bsky.social & @stephofmann.bsky.social
#FirstView
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🚨 Very excited to share that the call for papers for the EPSS annual conference in Belfast 2026 is live.
🔝 Lots of innovation to enrich the way we exchange ideas in political science in Europe.
🙏🏼 Sharing is caring!
🔝 Lots of innovation to enrich the way we exchange ideas in political science in Europe.
🙏🏼 Sharing is caring!
The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference!
📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
📍 ICC Belfast
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025
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📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
📍 ICC Belfast
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025
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August 1, 2025 at 7:13 AM
🚨 Very excited to share that the call for papers for the EPSS annual conference in Belfast 2026 is live.
🔝 Lots of innovation to enrich the way we exchange ideas in political science in Europe.
🙏🏼 Sharing is caring!
🔝 Lots of innovation to enrich the way we exchange ideas in political science in Europe.
🙏🏼 Sharing is caring!
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My article on the stakes around mis/disinformation controversies is finally out at @poppublicsphere.bsky.social.
It is the product of my work at @eui-schuman.bsky.social with support from @stephofmann.bsky.social and inspiration from @cip.uw.edu.
It is the product of my work at @eui-schuman.bsky.social with support from @stephofmann.bsky.social and inspiration from @cip.uw.edu.
NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!!
#Contesting #Authority to #Adjudicate #Misinformation
By @radnitz.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
#Contesting #Authority to #Adjudicate #Misinformation
By @radnitz.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
July 26, 2025 at 5:10 AM
My article on the stakes around mis/disinformation controversies is finally out at @poppublicsphere.bsky.social.
It is the product of my work at @eui-schuman.bsky.social with support from @stephofmann.bsky.social and inspiration from @cip.uw.edu.
It is the product of my work at @eui-schuman.bsky.social with support from @stephofmann.bsky.social and inspiration from @cip.uw.edu.
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⭐NEWLY published: "Challenges and Opportunities for Transnational Advocacy" in ISR #openaccess
Fantastic collaboration w/ @ninareiners.bsky.social
@kellyzvobgo.bsky.social @andreavilan.bsky.social @lisasundstrom.bsky.social @peacemedie.bsky.social @sch-ir.bsky.social Laura Henry & Soumita Basu 🙏
Fantastic collaboration w/ @ninareiners.bsky.social
@kellyzvobgo.bsky.social @andreavilan.bsky.social @lisasundstrom.bsky.social @peacemedie.bsky.social @sch-ir.bsky.social Laura Henry & Soumita Basu 🙏
✨ Our forum “Challenges and Opportunities for Transnational Advocacy” is out #openaccess in International Studies Review ✨
👓: academic.oup.com/isr/article/...
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👓: academic.oup.com/isr/article/...
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July 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
⭐NEWLY published: "Challenges and Opportunities for Transnational Advocacy" in ISR #openaccess
Fantastic collaboration w/ @ninareiners.bsky.social
@kellyzvobgo.bsky.social @andreavilan.bsky.social @lisasundstrom.bsky.social @peacemedie.bsky.social @sch-ir.bsky.social Laura Henry & Soumita Basu 🙏
Fantastic collaboration w/ @ninareiners.bsky.social
@kellyzvobgo.bsky.social @andreavilan.bsky.social @lisasundstrom.bsky.social @peacemedie.bsky.social @sch-ir.bsky.social Laura Henry & Soumita Basu 🙏
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𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙢 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚?
🎥 Watch co-directors of the #GIFI project Patryk Pawlak & @stephofmann.bsky.social reflect on the key takeaways from the most recent conference hosted at @eui-eu.bsky.social🔗 loom.ly/2Hu4q5A
🎥 Watch co-directors of the #GIFI project Patryk Pawlak & @stephofmann.bsky.social reflect on the key takeaways from the most recent conference hosted at @eui-eu.bsky.social🔗 loom.ly/2Hu4q5A
June 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙢 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚?
🎥 Watch co-directors of the #GIFI project Patryk Pawlak & @stephofmann.bsky.social reflect on the key takeaways from the most recent conference hosted at @eui-eu.bsky.social🔗 loom.ly/2Hu4q5A
🎥 Watch co-directors of the #GIFI project Patryk Pawlak & @stephofmann.bsky.social reflect on the key takeaways from the most recent conference hosted at @eui-eu.bsky.social🔗 loom.ly/2Hu4q5A
ECPR SGIR did it again. Super exciting summer school ecpr.eu/Events/334 in September with speakers such as Jan-Aart Scholte, Sarah Bermeo, Carla Costa, and @kseniyaoksamytna.bsky.social. Highly recommend.
Summer School of the Standing Group on International Relations
European Consortium for Political Research
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June 3, 2025 at 6:50 AM
ECPR SGIR did it again. Super exciting summer school ecpr.eu/Events/334 in September with speakers such as Jan-Aart Scholte, Sarah Bermeo, Carla Costa, and @kseniyaoksamytna.bsky.social. Highly recommend.
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What does digital authoritarianism look like in one of the world’s most connected regions?
In conversation with @stephofmann.bsky.social, co-Director for the #GIFI project, Associate Professor @marcowenjones.bsky.social explores the digital ecosystem in the Gulf states.
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In conversation with @stephofmann.bsky.social, co-Director for the #GIFI project, Associate Professor @marcowenjones.bsky.social explores the digital ecosystem in the Gulf states.
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May 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
What does digital authoritarianism look like in one of the world’s most connected regions?
In conversation with @stephofmann.bsky.social, co-Director for the #GIFI project, Associate Professor @marcowenjones.bsky.social explores the digital ecosystem in the Gulf states.
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In conversation with @stephofmann.bsky.social, co-Director for the #GIFI project, Associate Professor @marcowenjones.bsky.social explores the digital ecosystem in the Gulf states.
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Grateful for the opportunity to present our draft w. @stephofmann.bsky.social & @raffaelemstr.bsky.social on ad hoc coalitions #AHCs in and across time. More food for thought on the politics of ADHOCISM and other alternative forms of global governance 💭
May 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Grateful for the opportunity to present our draft w. @stephofmann.bsky.social & @raffaelemstr.bsky.social on ad hoc coalitions #AHCs in and across time. More food for thought on the politics of ADHOCISM and other alternative forms of global governance 💭
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NATO’s Internship Programme is open for applications.
Apply now for 6-month PAID internships at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, starting in March or September 2026.
Please spread the word!
Apply by 22 June: bit.ly/4kgHlMW
Apply now for 6-month PAID internships at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, starting in March or September 2026.
Please spread the word!
Apply by 22 June: bit.ly/4kgHlMW
May 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
NATO’s Internship Programme is open for applications.
Apply now for 6-month PAID internships at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, starting in March or September 2026.
Please spread the word!
Apply by 22 June: bit.ly/4kgHlMW
Apply now for 6-month PAID internships at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, starting in March or September 2026.
Please spread the word!
Apply by 22 June: bit.ly/4kgHlMW
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With 🇷🇺’s invasion of 🇺🇦, and in light of US administrations looking eastward and/or inward rather than westward, the questions of 𝙝𝙤𝙬, 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, and 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙢 to organise European security and defence have reappeared on the agenda.
Read @stephofmann.bsky.social 's publication here 🔗 buff.ly/00QNwvl
Read @stephofmann.bsky.social 's publication here 🔗 buff.ly/00QNwvl
May 12, 2025 at 7:23 AM
With 🇷🇺’s invasion of 🇺🇦, and in light of US administrations looking eastward and/or inward rather than westward, the questions of 𝙝𝙤𝙬, 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, and 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙢 to organise European security and defence have reappeared on the agenda.
Read @stephofmann.bsky.social 's publication here 🔗 buff.ly/00QNwvl
Read @stephofmann.bsky.social 's publication here 🔗 buff.ly/00QNwvl
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JCMS is pleased to announce that from 2027, there will be two special issues published per year. 📚
We’re currently inviting proposals for the Spring and Autumn 2027 Special Issues.
For more details, see the full call: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
We’re currently inviting proposals for the Spring and Autumn 2027 Special Issues.
For more details, see the full call: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
May 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
JCMS is pleased to announce that from 2027, there will be two special issues published per year. 📚
We’re currently inviting proposals for the Spring and Autumn 2027 Special Issues.
For more details, see the full call: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
We’re currently inviting proposals for the Spring and Autumn 2027 Special Issues.
For more details, see the full call: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
Transatlantic relations in the making - in certain and uncertain times. Thank you @mcopelov.bsky.social for helping to organize us :)
Solving the problems of transatlantic relations over Boulevardiers with @stephofmann.bsky.social & Matthias Mathijs #EUSA2025
May 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Transatlantic relations in the making - in certain and uncertain times. Thank you @mcopelov.bsky.social for helping to organize us :)
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In this interview with @stephofmann.bsky.social, Co-director for the #GIFI project, Prof Milton Mueller (Internet Governance Project at Georgia Tech) reflects on the shift from domain name debates to broader digital governance challenges.
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May 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
In this interview with @stephofmann.bsky.social, Co-director for the #GIFI project, Prof Milton Mueller (Internet Governance Project at Georgia Tech) reflects on the shift from domain name debates to broader digital governance challenges.
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Just published in @cspjournal.bsky.social 💡💻⚖️
My article looks at how legal, technical, and military expertise condition the debate over defining and regulating lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS)—and how such “epistemic struggles" can produce political effects in global governance.
My article looks at how legal, technical, and military expertise condition the debate over defining and regulating lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS)—and how such “epistemic struggles" can produce political effects in global governance.
Struggles over epistemic capital: Complex governance objects and the making of lethal autonomous weapons systems
The regulation of lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) has emerged as a salient and perplexing issue in global governance, especially in the UN GGE on LAWS. This article argues that contentions...
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April 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Just published in @cspjournal.bsky.social 💡💻⚖️
My article looks at how legal, technical, and military expertise condition the debate over defining and regulating lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS)—and how such “epistemic struggles" can produce political effects in global governance.
My article looks at how legal, technical, and military expertise condition the debate over defining and regulating lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS)—and how such “epistemic struggles" can produce political effects in global governance.
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Join us on May 1 @uwmadison.bsky.social for our 2025 Jean Monnet 🇪🇺 Center Symposium, "Europe Amidst Uncertainty." We have to discuss & a 💯 lineup of local scholars & Europe-based experts to discuss democracy, geopolitics, & the global economy.
Program/info: europe.wisc.edu/event/keynot...
Program/info: europe.wisc.edu/event/keynot...
April 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Join us on May 1 @uwmadison.bsky.social for our 2025 Jean Monnet 🇪🇺 Center Symposium, "Europe Amidst Uncertainty." We have to discuss & a 💯 lineup of local scholars & Europe-based experts to discuss democracy, geopolitics, & the global economy.
Program/info: europe.wisc.edu/event/keynot...
Program/info: europe.wisc.edu/event/keynot...
How to organize European security? In this International Politics forum, we discuss European actors' choices between orchestrating existing and new institutional layers (compartmentalized multilateralism) or escaping consensus-making with new&old layers @eui-sps.bsky.social @eui-schuman.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
How to organize European security? In this International Politics forum, we discuss European actors' choices between orchestrating existing and new institutional layers (compartmentalized multilateralism) or escaping consensus-making with new&old layers @eui-sps.bsky.social @eui-schuman.bsky.social
"security and defence is top priority for Europe, and rightly so. But as Europe rearms, it is also reasserting a new wartime geopolitical identity. In this context, policy decisions regarding humanitarian disarmament treaties acquire a broader dimension."
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Why Europe’s withdrawal from humanitarian disarmament treaties could be a win for Russia
Several EU countries are withdrawing from, or considering withdrawing from, humanitarian disarmament treaties. While Europe must urgently strengthen its defence capabilities, it should not lose its fo...
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April 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
"security and defence is top priority for Europe, and rightly so. But as Europe rearms, it is also reasserting a new wartime geopolitical identity. In this context, policy decisions regarding humanitarian disarmament treaties acquire a broader dimension."
ecfr-eu.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/ecfr.eu/...
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If you are interested in how the research programs on power transition, regime complexity & international order can speak to one another, then this forum could be of interest to you. Great contributions from Laura Gómez-Mera, @tgutner.bsky.social, Matias Margulis ..
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Introducing Organizational (Dis)Entanglements: How Scholarship on Regime Complexity and Power Dynamics Helps Make Sense of International Order-Making
Abstract. Scholars and pundits focusing on the changing international order and its possible fragmentation often pay little attention to the manifold relat
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April 4, 2025 at 10:14 AM
If you are interested in how the research programs on power transition, regime complexity & international order can speak to one another, then this forum could be of interest to you. Great contributions from Laura Gómez-Mera, @tgutner.bsky.social, Matias Margulis ..
academic.oup.com/isr/article/...
academic.oup.com/isr/article/...
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"One of my goals is to contribute to portraying #migration in a positive way."
In this episode of the #MyEUIResearch video series, @juliettes.bsky.social @eui-sps.bsky.social investigates how ideas and political behaviours can spread from migrants to host societies. 🌎
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In this episode of the #MyEUIResearch video series, @juliettes.bsky.social @eui-sps.bsky.social investigates how ideas and political behaviours can spread from migrants to host societies. 🌎
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March 31, 2025 at 10:01 AM
"One of my goals is to contribute to portraying #migration in a positive way."
In this episode of the #MyEUIResearch video series, @juliettes.bsky.social @eui-sps.bsky.social investigates how ideas and political behaviours can spread from migrants to host societies. 🌎
📹 buff.ly/ji4G65s
In this episode of the #MyEUIResearch video series, @juliettes.bsky.social @eui-sps.bsky.social investigates how ideas and political behaviours can spread from migrants to host societies. 🌎
📹 buff.ly/ji4G65s
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🎓 Applications are open for the SPS Summer Academy 2025 at @eui-eu.bsky.social
📍 Florence | 🗓️ 1–5 Sept
📝 Apply by 15 May – limited spots!
💡 Explore Democracy, Society & Foreign Affairs
💶 Free to attend + support for eligible participants
🔗 Application: www.eui.eu/apply?id=the...
#SummerSchool
📍 Florence | 🗓️ 1–5 Sept
📝 Apply by 15 May – limited spots!
💡 Explore Democracy, Society & Foreign Affairs
💶 Free to attend + support for eligible participants
🔗 Application: www.eui.eu/apply?id=the...
#SummerSchool
SPS Summer Academy
The strongDepartment of Political and Social Sciencesstrong SPS at the strongEuropean University Institutestrong EUI is launching the sixth edition of the SPS
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April 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM
🎓 Applications are open for the SPS Summer Academy 2025 at @eui-eu.bsky.social
📍 Florence | 🗓️ 1–5 Sept
📝 Apply by 15 May – limited spots!
💡 Explore Democracy, Society & Foreign Affairs
💶 Free to attend + support for eligible participants
🔗 Application: www.eui.eu/apply?id=the...
#SummerSchool
📍 Florence | 🗓️ 1–5 Sept
📝 Apply by 15 May – limited spots!
💡 Explore Democracy, Society & Foreign Affairs
💶 Free to attend + support for eligible participants
🔗 Application: www.eui.eu/apply?id=the...
#SummerSchool
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🔎 How have women shaped the history of #globalisation?
In this #EUIResearch episode, Prof. Glenda Sluga @eui-history.bsky.social explores the crucial role of women in international economic thought, discussing their pivotal role in shaping the modern world. 🌏
📺 Watch the interview: buff.ly/K2KPpTw
In this #EUIResearch episode, Prof. Glenda Sluga @eui-history.bsky.social explores the crucial role of women in international economic thought, discussing their pivotal role in shaping the modern world. 🌏
📺 Watch the interview: buff.ly/K2KPpTw
March 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
🔎 How have women shaped the history of #globalisation?
In this #EUIResearch episode, Prof. Glenda Sluga @eui-history.bsky.social explores the crucial role of women in international economic thought, discussing their pivotal role in shaping the modern world. 🌏
📺 Watch the interview: buff.ly/K2KPpTw
In this #EUIResearch episode, Prof. Glenda Sluga @eui-history.bsky.social explores the crucial role of women in international economic thought, discussing their pivotal role in shaping the modern world. 🌏
📺 Watch the interview: buff.ly/K2KPpTw