Luiss has been awarded two grants for three-year research projects in which the University will act as research partner. Both projects are part of the new Horizon Europe, the European Union framework program for research and innovation for the period 2021-2027, successor to Horizon 2020.
The REGROUP ("Rebuilding governance and resilience out of the pandemic") project seeks to provide the European Union with a body of actionable advice on how to rebuild post-pandemic governance and public policies in an effective and democratic way. REGROUP is coordinated by the University of Groningen, whereas Prof. Mark Thatcher will act as Luiss’ scientific responsible.
The RED-SPINEL ("Respond to Emerging Dissensus: SuPranational Instruments and Norms of European democracy") project will instead analyse the changing nature of dissensus surrounding liberal democracy and its implications for European Union supranational policy instruments. The Luiss’ scientific responsible of the project - coordinated by the Free University of Brussels - is Prof. Raffaele Marchetti, Deputy Rector for Internationalization.