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Programme

7-11 September 2026

Monday, 7th September

11.30-12.30 Registration, Badia Fiesolana – Sala del Capitolo

12.30-14.00 Welcome lunch, Badia Fiesolana – Church Square

14.00-16.00 Lecture, “Transnational Solidarity in Europe” by Prof. Waltraud Schelkle, Sala del Capitolo

16.30-17:15 Guided tour of the main EUI building, Badia Fiesolana


Tuesday, 8th September

10.00-11.00 Informal meetings with the EUI Researchers Representatives, Badia Fiesolana – Bar/Terrazza

11.00-13.00 Lecture, “Educational Policies and Inequalities in European societies” by Prof. Herman van de Werfhorst, Badia Fiesolana – Sala del Capitolo

13.00-14.30 Lunch break, Badia Fiesolana

14.30-16.30 Lecture, “New Generations at the Ballot Box: Understanding Contemporary Trends in Voter Turnout” by Prof. Filip Kostelka, Badia Fiesolana – Sala del Capitolo

17.00 Aperitivo, Badia Fiesolana – Upper Loggia


Wednesday, 9th September

10.00-12.00 Lecture, “TBC” by Guest Lecturer, Badia Fiesolana – Sala del Capitolo

12.00-12.45 Lunch break, Badia Fiesolana

12.45-14.15 Lecture, “Cumulative discrimination over the life course: evidence from coordinated field experiments in 9 European countries” by Prof. Valentina Di Stasio, Badia Fiesolana – Sala del Capitolo

16.00-18.30 Guided tour of Florence, Meeting point: in front of the Basilica Santa Maria Novella


Thursday, 10th September

10.00-13.00 Workshops

  • Group A – Micro-foundations of social inequalities and polarisation – Badia Fiesolana – Seminar room 2;
  • Group B – Institutions, parties and political behaviour – Badia Fiesolana – Seminar room 3;
  • Group C – International relations – Badia Fiesolana – Sala del Capitolo

13.00-14.00 Lunch break

14.00-16.00 Keynote lecture, “The internet and political polarization” by Prof. Kevin Munger, Badia Fiesolana – Sala del Capitolo


Friday, 11th September

10.00-13.00 Workshops

  • Group A – Micro-foundations of social inequalities and polarisation – Badia Fiesolana – Seminar room 2;
  • Group B – Institutions, parties and political behaviour – Badia Fiesolana – Seminar room 3;
  • Group C – International relations – Badia Fiesolana – Sala del Capitolo

13.00-13.45 Lunch break

13.45-14.00 Group Picture

14.00-16.00 Lecture, “Bayesian process tracing” by Prof. Tasha Fairfield, Badia Fiesolana – Sala del Capitolo

16.30-17.30 Presentation of the PhD programme at the EUI by Head of Department Prof. Arnout van de Rijt, Badia Fiesolana – Sala del Capitolo

19.30 Social dinner, Pizzeria San Domenico


Note: The programme is subject to change.