Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies
The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), created in 1992 and directed by
Professor Brigid Laffan, aims to develop inter-disciplinary and comparative research on the major
issues facing the process of European integration, European societies and Europe’s place in 21st
century global politics.
The Centre is home to a large post-doctoral programme and hosts major research programmes,
projects and data sets, in addition to a range of working groups and ad hoc initiatives. The research
agenda is organised around a set of core themes and is continuously evolving, reflecting the changing
agenda of European integration, the expanding membership of the European Union, developments in
Europe’s neighbourhood and the wider world.
Details of the research of the Centre can be found on: http://www.eui.eu/RSCAS/Research/
Research publications take the form of Working Papers, Policy Papers, and e-books. All of these are
also available on the Schuman Centre’s website: http://www.eui.eu/RSCAS/Publications/
The European University Institute (EUI) and the Schuman Centre are not responsible for the opinions
expressed by the author(s).
GLOBALCIT
GLOBALCIT is the successor of EUDO CITIZENSHIP, which has been the key reference for the
study of citizenship and the franchise between 2009 and 2017. With the geographic expansion of the
Observatory’s scope the new name reflects our worldwide coverage.
GLOBALCIT provides the most comprehensive source of information on the acquisition and loss of
citizenship in Europe for policy makers, NGOs and academic researchers. Its website hosts a number
of databases on domestic and international legal norms, naturalisation statistics, citizenship and
electoral rights indicators, a comprehensive bibliography and glossary, a forum with scholarly debates
on current citizenship trends, media news on matters of citizenship policy and various other resources
for research and policy-making.
Research for the 2018 GLOBALCIT Reports has been supported by the European University
Institute’s Global Governance Programme, and the British Academy Research Project CITMODES
(co-directed by the EUI and the University of Edinburgh).
The financial support from these projects is gratefully acknowledged.
For more information see: www.globalcit.eu