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The ghosts of Aleppo: Frederik Carl Windfeld explores Gothic war imagery

In this #MyEUIResearch interview, PhD researcher Frederik Carl Windfeld uncovers how Western media represented Syrian children as ghosts and Aleppo as haunted, and how Gothic horror traditions shape war coverage, creating disturbing intimacy with distant conflicts.

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Everyone uses it, no one defines it: Anaïs Brucher on the “essence” of rights

What is the "essence" of a human right? In this #MyEUIResearch story, doctoral candidate Anaïs Brucher traces how the European Court of Human Rights uses this concept widely present in human rights law, but never clearly defines it. What she found challenges how we think about the language of rights.

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How emotions shape civic action in Hungary, with Margit Feischmidt

In this #EUIResearch story, Fernand Braudel Fellow Margit Feischmidt investigates how moral emotions become political. Through interviews with activists in Hungary, she shows how solidarity can generate alternative visions of the nation.

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Media pluralism after the EMFA: time for a European monitor

Pier Luigi Parcu

In this EUIdeas piece, Pier Luigi Parcu argues that the Media Pluralism Monitor helped Europe assessing media pluralism at national level. The next step is to measure risks not only within national media systems, but across Europe’s information space....

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War behind the talks: Europe in Russia’s coercive strategy

Olena Snigyr

In this EUIdeas commentary, Olena Snigyr dissects Russia’s strategy in negotiations aimed at ending the Russian-Ukrainian war. She argues that US participation in recent talks has exposed asymmetries in Europe’s approach to diplomacy with Russia. ...

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Latin American failures: the case of Venezuela

Salvador Lescano, Emilio Rodriguez-Triocci

In this EUIdeas piece, Salvador Lescano and Emilio Rodriguez-Triocci argue that the US’s recent intervention in Venezuela has shown the failure of Latin American countries to address crises within the sub-continent, despite enduring efforts to unite and institutionalise over the years. ...

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Voices, the international festival of journalism, concludes in Florence

Florence, 12 March 2026 — Voices, the European Festival of Journalism and Media Freedom, concluded its third edition in Florence, bringing together over 2,000 participants and more than 100 speakers, including journalists, media practitioners and academics from across Europe and beyond.

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