EU Business School, Geneva

From symbolic inclusion to substantive integration: state internship programme in Post-Soviet Georgia

Purpose To evaluate the effectiveness of Georgia's State Internship Programme for graduates from non-Georgian language schools enrolled in the “1 + 4 Programme,” by examining how it supports their professional integration, analysed through the lenses of representative bureaucracy...

Political polarisation and democratic backsliding: Moldova’s Paradox

Moldova has been prone to socio-political polarisation due to historical, ethno-linguistic, and geopolitical factors. However, portraying modern Moldova as being torn between the West and the East oversimplifies the case. In Moldova, socio-political polarisation is indeed on the...

Stress Management as a Systemic Process of Psychological Regulation

The aim of this study was to develop an integrated theoretical model of stress management based on a multi-level analysis of the mechanisms of psychological regulation under stress conditions. The research employed a systemic approach and utilised methods of scientific literature...

AI Governance, Urban Sustainability Transitions, and the Institutional Determinants of Smart City Transformation: A Comparative Cross-City Framework

This study advances a governance-centred framework for understanding how artificial intelligence contributes to urban sustainability transitions. Drawing on systematic thematic analysis of 80 primary policy documents across five global cities—Singapore, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Seou...

SoK: PQC PAKEs Design, Security and Performance

Password Authenticated Key Exchange (PAKE) establishes secure communication channels using passwords for authentication. Currently, standardized PAKEs rely on classical asymmetric cryptography. However, these PAKEs may become insecure should the expected quantum threat become a r...