Roeland Scholtalbers
@rscholtalbers.bsky.social
🎙️Comms Director at the European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social.
Posts mainly about #research, #highered, #comms, #EU, and #Italy. Personal account.
Posts mainly about #research, #highered, #comms, #EU, and #Italy. Personal account.
"We will spare no effort to make Europe an AI continent." I listened live to this bold promise from an upbeat Von der Leyen at Italian Tech Week.
Curious to see how the announced single set of rules allowing tech companies to scale up across the EU will develop.
VDL speech: shorturl.at/2V8Up
Curious to see how the announced single set of rules allowing tech companies to scale up across the EU will develop.
VDL speech: shorturl.at/2V8Up
October 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"We will spare no effort to make Europe an AI continent." I listened live to this bold promise from an upbeat Von der Leyen at Italian Tech Week.
Curious to see how the announced single set of rules allowing tech companies to scale up across the EU will develop.
VDL speech: shorturl.at/2V8Up
Curious to see how the announced single set of rules allowing tech companies to scale up across the EU will develop.
VDL speech: shorturl.at/2V8Up
On my way back from Budva after a hands-on session on public speaking and interviews with civil servants from the Western Balkans.
I return energised, thanks to an excellent group and the realisation that we all can make great progress through practice.
@eui-eu.bsky.social @eui-stg.bsky.social
I return energised, thanks to an excellent group and the realisation that we all can make great progress through practice.
@eui-eu.bsky.social @eui-stg.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
On my way back from Budva after a hands-on session on public speaking and interviews with civil servants from the Western Balkans.
I return energised, thanks to an excellent group and the realisation that we all can make great progress through practice.
@eui-eu.bsky.social @eui-stg.bsky.social
I return energised, thanks to an excellent group and the realisation that we all can make great progress through practice.
@eui-eu.bsky.social @eui-stg.bsky.social
Trump tariffs, diversity, but also vampirism and science...
The monthly newsletter produced by our Research Communications Team offers a snapshot of the outstanding work around the @eui-eu.bsky.social.
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The monthly newsletter produced by our Research Communications Team offers a snapshot of the outstanding work around the @eui-eu.bsky.social.
🔎 Have a look: eui.short.gy/NewsletterAp...
✒️ Subscribe: eui.short.gy/SubscribeHere
April 30, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Trump tariffs, diversity, but also vampirism and science...
The monthly newsletter produced by our Research Communications Team offers a snapshot of the outstanding work around the @eui-eu.bsky.social.
🔎 Have a look: eui.short.gy/NewsletterAp...
✒️ Subscribe: eui.short.gy/SubscribeHere
The monthly newsletter produced by our Research Communications Team offers a snapshot of the outstanding work around the @eui-eu.bsky.social.
🔎 Have a look: eui.short.gy/NewsletterAp...
✒️ Subscribe: eui.short.gy/SubscribeHere
Seems about the right Saturday to take Madeleine Albright’s “Fascism - a warning” off the shelf.
April 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Seems about the right Saturday to take Madeleine Albright’s “Fascism - a warning” off the shelf.
Fiesole Mayor Cristina Scaletti just revealed the logo of #Fiesole candidate 🇮🇹 capital of culture 2028. It kicks off a partecipatory process to define the project.
Project lead Paolo Verri: “you win with new ideas, not with heritage”.
An opportunity also for the @eui-eu.bsky.social community.
Project lead Paolo Verri: “you win with new ideas, not with heritage”.
An opportunity also for the @eui-eu.bsky.social community.
March 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Fiesole Mayor Cristina Scaletti just revealed the logo of #Fiesole candidate 🇮🇹 capital of culture 2028. It kicks off a partecipatory process to define the project.
Project lead Paolo Verri: “you win with new ideas, not with heritage”.
An opportunity also for the @eui-eu.bsky.social community.
Project lead Paolo Verri: “you win with new ideas, not with heritage”.
An opportunity also for the @eui-eu.bsky.social community.
Baudelaire, Jung, Vasco…newspaper kiosk wisdom.
March 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Baudelaire, Jung, Vasco…newspaper kiosk wisdom.
Feeling like the world is a giant block of marble, and you're just trying to chisel out some sanity?
If Michelangelo could create David amidst political chaos, we can probably survive today's news cycle.
Happy 550th birthday, Michelangelo!
If Michelangelo could create David amidst political chaos, we can probably survive today's news cycle.
Happy 550th birthday, Michelangelo!
March 6, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Feeling like the world is a giant block of marble, and you're just trying to chisel out some sanity?
If Michelangelo could create David amidst political chaos, we can probably survive today's news cycle.
Happy 550th birthday, Michelangelo!
If Michelangelo could create David amidst political chaos, we can probably survive today's news cycle.
Happy 550th birthday, Michelangelo!
“In Italia c’è bisogno di inchieste sulle campagne di disinformazione russa,” dice @stefaniabattistini.bsky.social, giornalista RAI sotto scorta dopo un ordine d’arresto da parte della Russia.
L’Italia è uno dei paesi europei più colpiti dalla disinformazione russa.
L’Italia è uno dei paesi europei più colpiti dalla disinformazione russa.
February 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
“In Italia c’è bisogno di inchieste sulle campagne di disinformazione russa,” dice @stefaniabattistini.bsky.social, giornalista RAI sotto scorta dopo un ordine d’arresto da parte della Russia.
L’Italia è uno dei paesi europei più colpiti dalla disinformazione russa.
L’Italia è uno dei paesi europei più colpiti dalla disinformazione russa.
🇺🇦Un mercoledì sera qualsiasi, i fiorentini riempiono fino al colmo una sala a Palazzo Buontalenti per vedere 20 days in Mariupol” che mostra gli strazianti crimini di guerra della Russia.
Per parlare di Ucraina, Europa e la guerra vista dall’Italia.
Per non rimanere indifferenti. #Firenze
Per parlare di Ucraina, Europa e la guerra vista dall’Italia.
Per non rimanere indifferenti. #Firenze
February 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
🇺🇦Un mercoledì sera qualsiasi, i fiorentini riempiono fino al colmo una sala a Palazzo Buontalenti per vedere 20 days in Mariupol” che mostra gli strazianti crimini di guerra della Russia.
Per parlare di Ucraina, Europa e la guerra vista dall’Italia.
Per non rimanere indifferenti. #Firenze
Per parlare di Ucraina, Europa e la guerra vista dall’Italia.
Per non rimanere indifferenti. #Firenze
Highest turnout ever in #BTW2025.
CDU/CSU wins but wanted to win bigger. SPD gets a spanking.
One in five voters choose extreme right AFD. #Germanelections
CDU/CSU wins but wanted to win bigger. SPD gets a spanking.
One in five voters choose extreme right AFD. #Germanelections
February 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Highest turnout ever in #BTW2025.
CDU/CSU wins but wanted to win bigger. SPD gets a spanking.
One in five voters choose extreme right AFD. #Germanelections
CDU/CSU wins but wanted to win bigger. SPD gets a spanking.
One in five voters choose extreme right AFD. #Germanelections
🔴 Live now
Lectio magistralis by @eui-eu.bsky.social President Patrizia Nanz at Politecnico di Torino. Her talk focuses on the role of universities in innovation.
www.mediastream.polito.it/live.php?pub...
Lectio magistralis by @eui-eu.bsky.social President Patrizia Nanz at Politecnico di Torino. Her talk focuses on the role of universities in innovation.
www.mediastream.polito.it/live.php?pub...
February 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
🔴 Live now
Lectio magistralis by @eui-eu.bsky.social President Patrizia Nanz at Politecnico di Torino. Her talk focuses on the role of universities in innovation.
www.mediastream.polito.it/live.php?pub...
Lectio magistralis by @eui-eu.bsky.social President Patrizia Nanz at Politecnico di Torino. Her talk focuses on the role of universities in innovation.
www.mediastream.polito.it/live.php?pub...
One cannot only post blue skies…
Badia Fiesolana this morning
Badia Fiesolana this morning
January 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
One cannot only post blue skies…
Badia Fiesolana this morning
Badia Fiesolana this morning
Oggi abbiamo presentato “Visioni d’Europa” alla stampa.
Il 29/1 tocca a tutti i fiorentini con il primo documentario inedito (Democracy under siege) e dibattito a Palazzo Buontalenti.
See you there?
www.eui.eu/en/projects/... #Firenze
@fabriziotassinari.bsky.social @annalisapiras.bsky.social
Il 29/1 tocca a tutti i fiorentini con il primo documentario inedito (Democracy under siege) e dibattito a Palazzo Buontalenti.
See you there?
www.eui.eu/en/projects/... #Firenze
@fabriziotassinari.bsky.social @annalisapiras.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Oggi abbiamo presentato “Visioni d’Europa” alla stampa.
Il 29/1 tocca a tutti i fiorentini con il primo documentario inedito (Democracy under siege) e dibattito a Palazzo Buontalenti.
See you there?
www.eui.eu/en/projects/... #Firenze
@fabriziotassinari.bsky.social @annalisapiras.bsky.social
Il 29/1 tocca a tutti i fiorentini con il primo documentario inedito (Democracy under siege) e dibattito a Palazzo Buontalenti.
See you there?
www.eui.eu/en/projects/... #Firenze
@fabriziotassinari.bsky.social @annalisapiras.bsky.social
“Every click of my camera could be my last, but I press on because our stories, our voices, and our existence matter.” - Shadi Al Tabatibi
81 poignant photos by six courageous photographers from Gaza. Until 14 March in the @eui-eu.bsky.social Badia Fiesolana.
www.eui.eu/news-hub?id=...
81 poignant photos by six courageous photographers from Gaza. Until 14 March in the @eui-eu.bsky.social Badia Fiesolana.
www.eui.eu/news-hub?id=...
January 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
“Every click of my camera could be my last, but I press on because our stories, our voices, and our existence matter.” - Shadi Al Tabatibi
81 poignant photos by six courageous photographers from Gaza. Until 14 March in the @eui-eu.bsky.social Badia Fiesolana.
www.eui.eu/news-hub?id=...
81 poignant photos by six courageous photographers from Gaza. Until 14 March in the @eui-eu.bsky.social Badia Fiesolana.
www.eui.eu/news-hub?id=...
Oliviero Toscani’s controversial campaigns marked my youth, before I even knew it was his work.
The maestro of shockvertising has passed away.
The maestro of shockvertising has passed away.
January 13, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Oliviero Toscani’s controversial campaigns marked my youth, before I even knew it was his work.
The maestro of shockvertising has passed away.
The maestro of shockvertising has passed away.
Pablo Neruda visited Florence on this day in 1951. He dedicated two poems to the city, one of them about the river Arno.
“Io arrivai a Firenze. Era notte. Tremai ascoltando quasi addormentato quel che il dolce fiume mi narrava…”
internopoesia.com/2019/09/11/p...
“Io arrivai a Firenze. Era notte. Tremai ascoltando quasi addormentato quel che il dolce fiume mi narrava…”
internopoesia.com/2019/09/11/p...
January 9, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Pablo Neruda visited Florence on this day in 1951. He dedicated two poems to the city, one of them about the river Arno.
“Io arrivai a Firenze. Era notte. Tremai ascoltando quasi addormentato quel che il dolce fiume mi narrava…”
internopoesia.com/2019/09/11/p...
“Io arrivai a Firenze. Era notte. Tremai ascoltando quasi addormentato quel che il dolce fiume mi narrava…”
internopoesia.com/2019/09/11/p...
How often may one post Florentine skies? Asking for a friend.
January 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
How often may one post Florentine skies? Asking for a friend.
I’ve got an office buddy this morning who has more (home)work than I do. 😉
January 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I’ve got an office buddy this morning who has more (home)work than I do. 😉
Dutch duo Drift presents this mesmerising installation on the verge between art and science at Florence’s Palazzo Strozzi. #ShySociety
January 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Dutch duo Drift presents this mesmerising installation on the verge between art and science at Florence’s Palazzo Strozzi. #ShySociety
🇪🇬The library of Alexandria has stolen my heart.
The reading room seats 2000. Special collections, cultural activities and four museums. All of it inside an architectural masterpiece.
The reading room seats 2000. Special collections, cultural activities and four museums. All of it inside an architectural masterpiece.
December 26, 2024 at 4:21 PM
🇪🇬The library of Alexandria has stolen my heart.
The reading room seats 2000. Special collections, cultural activities and four museums. All of it inside an architectural masterpiece.
The reading room seats 2000. Special collections, cultural activities and four museums. All of it inside an architectural masterpiece.
Let’s celebrate the essence of the season—hope, peace, and love. Like the pure essential oils of Egypt, may these blessings infuse every moment of your holiday with warmth and meaning.
Wishing you a beautifully fragrant Christmas!
Wishing you a beautifully fragrant Christmas!
December 24, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Let’s celebrate the essence of the season—hope, peace, and love. Like the pure essential oils of Egypt, may these blessings infuse every moment of your holiday with warmth and meaning.
Wishing you a beautifully fragrant Christmas!
Wishing you a beautifully fragrant Christmas!
It was lovely to address #Widening partners at the @eui-eu.bsky.social today.
I spoke about communicating research in a post-truth world, raising three points for universities to reflect on (much of it inspired by internal discussions at the EUI).
Thoughts welcome!
(1/4)
I spoke about communicating research in a post-truth world, raising three points for universities to reflect on (much of it inspired by internal discussions at the EUI).
Thoughts welcome!
(1/4)
December 13, 2024 at 4:39 PM
It was lovely to address #Widening partners at the @eui-eu.bsky.social today.
I spoke about communicating research in a post-truth world, raising three points for universities to reflect on (much of it inspired by internal discussions at the EUI).
Thoughts welcome!
(1/4)
I spoke about communicating research in a post-truth world, raising three points for universities to reflect on (much of it inspired by internal discussions at the EUI).
Thoughts welcome!
(1/4)
⚜️ If once there was a good moment to change the couch for a stadium seat… #Fiorentina scored 7 last night.
www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie...
www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie...
December 13, 2024 at 6:39 AM
⚜️ If once there was a good moment to change the couch for a stadium seat… #Fiorentina scored 7 last night.
www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie...
www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie...
December 11, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Only blue skies for me from now on.
Left that other place I first joined in 2009.
Follow @eui-eu.bsky.social, @eui-stg.bsky.social, @eui-schuman.bsky.social, @eui-history.bsky.social, @eui-media-freedom.bsky.social who are new here today!
Left that other place I first joined in 2009.
Follow @eui-eu.bsky.social, @eui-stg.bsky.social, @eui-schuman.bsky.social, @eui-history.bsky.social, @eui-media-freedom.bsky.social who are new here today!
December 11, 2024 at 10:32 AM
Only blue skies for me from now on.
Left that other place I first joined in 2009.
Follow @eui-eu.bsky.social, @eui-stg.bsky.social, @eui-schuman.bsky.social, @eui-history.bsky.social, @eui-media-freedom.bsky.social who are new here today!
Left that other place I first joined in 2009.
Follow @eui-eu.bsky.social, @eui-stg.bsky.social, @eui-schuman.bsky.social, @eui-history.bsky.social, @eui-media-freedom.bsky.social who are new here today!