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<p><span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="color:#000000">The Scuola Normale Superiore is organising - within the MERITA Project, the network for talent, with funding of the&nbsp;National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) - the&nbsp;c<span style="font-size:small">onference</span>&nbsp;denominated &ldquo;<strong>17th European Graduate Network Conference</strong>&rdquo;<span style="font-size:small">, which</span>&nbsp;will be held in person from&nbsp;2<span style="font-size:small">6</span>&nbsp;M<span style="font-size:small">arch</span>&nbsp;to&nbsp;2<span style="font-size:small">7</span>&nbsp;M<span style="font-size:small">arch 2026</span>&nbsp;at the site of the Scuola Normale Superiore in Florence, for a total of&nbsp;15 hours.<br /> The official language of the&nbsp;c<span style="font-size:small">onference</span>&nbsp;is English.<br /> The&nbsp;c<span style="font-size:small">onference</span>&nbsp;will have a maximum of&nbsp;40 participants&nbsp;<strong><u>only</u></strong>&nbsp;belonging to one of the EGN network&rsquo;s participating institutions:</span></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="color:#000000">Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences (BGSS),</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="color:#000000">Central European University (CEU), Vienna, Austria;</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="color:#000000">European University Institute (EUI), Florence, Italy;</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="color:#000000">Faculty of Political and Social Sciences at the Scuola Normale Superiore (SNS), Florence, Italy;</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="color:#000000">Institut d&rsquo;&Eacute;tudes Politiques (SciencesPo), Paris, France;</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="color:#000000">London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London, United Kingdom;</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="color:#000000">Department of Political Science (IPZ) at the University of Zurich, Z&uuml;rich, Switzerland;</span></span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="color:#000000">Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain.</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="color:#000000">The activities are suitable&nbsp;only for PhD students in Political and Social Sciences, preferably from the second year onwards, belonging to one of the EGN network&rsquo;s participating institutions<span style="font-size:small">.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="color:#000000">Candidates must be PhD students enrolled in one of the EGN network&rsquo;s participating institutions. Candidates are asked to send an abstract of 300 words maximum including title, 3-5 keywords. Abstracts submissions on a wide range of topics in Political Science and Sociology are welcome. Themes may include, but are not limited to: Social Movements, Democracy, Comparative politics, Political economy, Gender studies, Sociology, Political theory, European Union, Political behaviour, Methodology, Political Communication and Media, Public policy. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#222222"><span style="color:#000000">Those intending to compete for admission to the school must submit an application via this dedicated platform,<strong> no later than 15 December 2025</strong>. of the EGN network&rsquo;s participating institutions<span style="font-size:small">.</span></span></span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>