We train current and future leaders in governance beyond the state
Collaborative courses that combine scientific expertise with hands-on learning aimed at professionals in policy, NGOs, international organisations, media and the private sector.
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Designed to educate and train the policy leaders of tomorrow, our Master’s degree programme prepares students to navigate the unprecedented challenges our world will face in the decades to come.
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A unique opportunity for policy professionals from around the world to further develop their policy work and skills while participating in the vibrant academic life at the EUI.
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A forum for representatives from academia, civil society, and the public and private sector to exchange views on the key policy issues on international agendas.
Read morePolicy DialoguesThe Florence School of Transnational Governance (STG) was established in 2017 as part of the European University Institute. In the cradle of the Renaissance, we teach, train and learn by providing a platform where transnational policy actors across politics, business, civil society, media and academia meet.
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Director (acting)
Georgios Papakonstantinou
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Executive Director
Fabrizio Tassinari
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Meet the School’s Chairs and Adjunct Professors
Our faculty members are internationally recognised experts of the key transnational policy fields.
Kenneth Amaeshi
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Kalypso Nicolaidis
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Georgios Papakonstantinou
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Emma Lees
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Michael Bauer
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Claudio Radaelli
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Diane Lesley Stone
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Trine Flockhart
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Jos Marie R. Delbeke
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Tommaso Nannicini
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Alain Lempereur
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Nathalie Tocci
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José Manuel Durão Barroso
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Robert Cooper
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Luis Poiares Pessoa Maduro
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Madeleine De co*ck Buning
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Bengt Robert Holmström
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Daniel Innerarity
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Miroslav Lajcák
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Arancha González Laya
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Stefano Manservisi
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Mehari Taddele Maru
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Andrew Maitland Moravcsik
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Andrea Renda
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Olivier Roy
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Ruth Rubio Marin
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Anne-Marie Slaughter
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Maria Demertzis
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Florian Felix Eder
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Pasi Martti Petteri Penttinen
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16 April 2024
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16 April 2024
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23 April 2024
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Alexis Papahelas, a seasoned journalist with over three decades of experience, provided insights into the challenges faced by media in navigating the digital era and the enduring importance of journalism to democracy in a Florence STG event on 5 April 2024.
Read moreLeading Greek Journalist Alexis Papahelas reflects on journalism during a crisis
More than 3000 visitors queued patiently along Via Cavour to explore Palazzo Buontalenti, the Florence School of Transnational Governance’s historic premises, during the FAI Spring Open Days on 23 and 24 March.
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In the latest International Affairs issue on ‘NATO at 75’, Trine Flockhart, Chair in Security Studies at the European University Institute's Florence School of Transnational Governance, examines how NATO's position is evolving in a shifting global order.
Read moreTrine Flockhart explores NATO's role in a changing global order
The European University Institute (EUI) proudly announces its continued participation in the University Corridors for Refugees (UNICORE) initiative in 2024. This UNHCR-backed project awards scholarships to refugees, enabling them to pursue higher education in Italy.
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Tyala Ifwanga
2023 MTnG graduate
“I feel like I have grown a lot academically thanks to STG Florence. Also, our professors are such incredible and inspiring people who always make us ask the right questions.”
Michela Dell'Anno Boulton
ESS, Executive Training Participant
‘Both training programmes I attended at the Florence School of Transnational Governance were a very well balanced mixture of theory, lessons learned from direct experience and useful practical exercises/simulations.”
Umar Kabanda
2022 – 23 Policy Leader Fellow
“If you are born to be a policymaker, a policy analyst, a policy reformer, then you are in the right place when you come to the Florence School of Transnational Governance.”
Krishnaveni Nagen
2023 YALP fellow
"If I had to describe my journey as a Young African Leader with one word it would be 'transformative'. YALP is an intense programme that empowers fellows with the skills to become future leaders."
Programmes & Initiatives
STG Climate is a European and global hub of excellence in knowledge-exchange, research and education on climate change policies and governance.
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The STG Transnational Democracy Programme is a collaborative, interdisciplinary hub that conducts action-oriented research to achieve deep and wide-ranging democratic renewal across national borders.
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The Chair on Artificial Intelligence and Democracy studies the potential impact of robotisation, digitalisation and automation on democratic politics.
Open to Health (O2H) is a university-based training network that delivers executive training in health governance to actors of health governance with a primary focus on low- and middle-income countries.
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EDMO brings together fact-checkers, scholars, media, online platforms and media literacy practitioners to tackle disinformation.
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EMIF provides competitive grants to researchers, fact-checkers, not-for-profits and other public interest-oriented organisations working on disinformation research and strengthening media literacy and fact-checking.
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The Florence School of Transnational Governance brings the worlds of academia and policy-making together in an effort to navigate a context, both inside and outside Europe, where policy-making increasingly transcends national borders.
Policy Brief
Strengthening EU-Moldova cooperation : challenges and perspectives in the Transnistrian settlement process
This paper focuses on the importance of the negotiation process for the settlement of the Transnistrian conflict and the potential for Moldova’s EU membership as the main policy options in...
Malvina Condratiuc
2024
Policy Brief
How we see the world : the use of maps in transnational policy
We are conscious of the fact that the debate on the appropriateness of certain representations of the world, as used by international agencies to communicate their purpose, and mission is long and...
Carla Vitantonio, Petra Krylova
2024
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From centre of attention to centre of gravity : implications of the Polish parliamentary elections for its democracy and security policy
The parliamentary election held in Poland on 15 October 2023 ended the eight-year-long rule of the Law and Justice Party. This policy brief discusses the results of the election indicating key...
Wojciech Bialozyt, Monika Sus
2024
Policy Papers
Europe as a consent construction
The European Union is the most polyarchical political institution in the world. This complex constitutional arrangement best explains both its the unique values and difficulties. In order to...
Daniel Innerarity
2024
Policy Brief
Beyond geopolitical Europe
Seismic shifts, conflicts and instability have spurred a revival of the geopolitical discourse in international affairs. Russia’s attack on Ukraine has exacerbated this development, raising the...
Teona Giuashvili, Fabrizio Tassinari
2024
Africa Answers - interviews with our Young African Leaders
A glimpse of our Master in Transnational Governance
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