European University Institute

Global harms, local profits: How the uneven costs of natural disasters affect support for green political platforms

Abstract Large‐scale fires are becoming increasingly common due to climate change. While conventional wisdom suggests that firsthand experiences with natural disasters foster green coalitions by raising awareness of environmental degradation, we propose an alternative view: Natur...

Can science diplomacy help safeguard science as a global public good? Reflections on strategy, data and people

Abstract In a world where geopolitical tensions strongly impinge on international scientific collaboration and where some scientific information has significant commercial value, the notion of science and practice of it as a global public good are under pressure and so are the wa...

Unveiling the entrepreneurial ecosystems black box: An interpretable machine learning approach

Multidimensionality, interdependence, and non-linearity characteristics of complex systems make the measurement of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems a very challenging task. A known limitation of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem frameworks is the difficulty of quantifying the impact of dis...

Development and Research of Different Perovskitic Electrocatalysts Synthesized via Co-Precipitation

Reversible solid oxide cells (ReSOCs) represent one of the most promising electrochemical technologies for sustainable energy conversion and storage, yet their large-scale deployment remains constrained by electrode materials capable of sustaining stable performance under alterna...

Salafism – category or label? An epistemological reflection on the academic study of Salafism

While much literature discusses how to classify Salafis, a less-examined question is how to determine whether an actor is a Salafi in the first place. To address this, I propose distinguishing between Salafism as an academic category and as a label self-applied by actors. Should...