Robert Schuman Initiative for European Affairs

About the Robert Schuman Initiative (RSI)

A unique inter-faculty cooperation, fostering informed debate on the future of Europe

The RSI focuses on inter-disciplinary matters such as economic integration, constitutional and institutional evolution, the conceptual understanding of historical processes, the national and international dimensions of integration and the interaction of the various public and private actors involved in shaping the integration process.

The Group in Numbers

40+

Events since 2018
9

Professors
17

External fellows

News and events

From CMU to SIU: Stalled financial market integration in Europe

Outreach, Research
18 March 2026
EU Law
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Call for papers: Consistency in European Union Law

Law
21 January 2026
Academia, doctoral education, EU Law
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Team

Assoc. Prof Aikaterini PANTAZATOU

FDEF

Associate professor in Tax Law

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Frédéric ALLEMAND

FDEF

Research and Development Specialist

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Prof David HOWARTH

FHSE

Full professor in Political Science: European Union studies

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Assoc. Prof Anna-Lena HÖGENAUER

FHSE

Associate professor

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Prof Benoît MAJERUS

C2DH

Full professor/Chief scientist 1 in European history, Social history, History from below 20th century

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Prof Valerie SCHAFER

C2DH

Deputy Director of C2DH – Full professor / Chief scientist 1 in Contemporary European History

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Dr. Elena DANESCU

C2DH

Research scientist

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Prof Eleftheria NEFRAMI

FDEF

Full professor

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Prof Herwig C. H. HOFMANN

FDEF

Full professor

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Prof Jörg GERKRATH

FDEF

Full professor

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Prof Luca RATTI

FDEF

Full professor in European and comparative labour law

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Prof Vincent ANESI

FDEF

Full professor in Applied Economics

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