What are the major trends concerning the future of Islamism, the demand for democracy, and interest in emigration in the region and among the youth in particular, that were highlighted by Prof Khalil Shikaki (Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Read More …
On 10-11 October 2019 the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University Institute (EUI) hosted a two-day event in the framework of the Horizon 2020 Europe’s External Action and the Dual Challenges of Limited Statehood and Contested Orders (EU-LISTCO) project. Read More …
Tunisia’s transition to democracy has not prevented a wave of violent extremism. Radical jihadist ideas and socioeconomic frustrations are still present in society and must be tackled. Many researchers have stressed the link between authoritarianism and radicalization in the Middle Read More …
This workshop draws on the fresh empirical research of the EU-LISTCO project and aims to take stock of how limited statehood and contestation have affected forms of governance in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The Arab uprisings in Read More …
21 February 2019, Sala Triaria, Villa Schifanoia, 15.00 – 17.00 Ruth Hanau-Santini will discuss her latest book ‘Limited Statehood in Post-Revolutionary Tunisia: Citizenship, Economy and Security’ and how it contributes to advance the analysis of states and areas of limited Read More …
DATE: September 2013 – December 2016 Project Supervisor: Olivier Roy. Project Coordinator: Virginie Collombier. Funding: NOREF Research and analysis The MED Programme – Noref framework agreement is designed to generate new knowledge and analysis and innovative approaches to new political, Read More …
DATE: April 2016 – March 2019 Director: TBC. EUI Funding: H2020 The geopolitical order in the making in the South and East Mediterranean countries and the Middle East amid the deep- reaching social and political changes unfolding since 2010. Mapping Read More …
DATE: October 2011 – September 2016 Director: Raffaella del Sarto. Funding: ERC FP7 Exploring the complex and differentiated process by which the EU extends its unbundled functional and legal borders to the so-called southern Mediterranean (North Africa and parts of Read More …
Date: June 2011 – October 2015 Director: Olivier Roy. Funding: ERC FP7 How different states in Europe and North America are redefining their relationship with religions under the challenge of increasing religious activism in the public sphere due to new Read More …
