I’m excited to share that, beginning in August, I will be an Academy Scholar at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, and in Fall 2027, I will join IE University as Assistant Professor of Political Science. I’m deeply grateful to the many people who have supported me along the way!
Viktor Orbán’s defeat in this year’s historic elections in Hungary is largely attributed to a combination of his party’s failures and his challenger’s successes. But a grassroots campaign to defend election integrity played a major role.
@hannafolsz.bsky.social explains:
Looking forward to sharing my work on opposition parties under democratic backsliding at this excellent seminar series hosted by @baltic-peripeties.bsky.social and @ifzo.bsky.social.
New piece out for @carnegieendowment.org on an important but underappreciated aspect of Hungary’s 2026 opposition victory: how grassroots civic action disrupted Fidesz’s vote-buying and voter intimidation efforts and helped protect election integrity.
Hanna Folsz
An innovative grassroots civic initiative helped defend the integrity of Hungary’s recent elections, with significant impact on the results and positive lessons for other contexts of democratic…
For anyone interested in more info on how Fidesz sought to mobilize up to 600,000 votes through coordinated vote-buying and voter intimidation, and how far it went to exploit dependency in Hungary’s poorest communities, I'd recommend this documentary: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCwQ...
Hanna Folsz
Carnegie Endowment
We are looking forward to the first session of our new series this Fri. Oct. 10 at 5pm CET/11am ET. We have two papers about historical legacies in Estonia🇪🇪 from @isadesisto.bsky.social (Princeton) + Robert Lipinski (Oxford), and discussion from @krisztiszabo.bsky.social (RHUL, CEU). Come join!
