This will be the 3rd edition. If you study pol. behaviour and work on #CEE, this is the right place to present your research. Dates: June 25-26. Discussants include @simonhix.bsky.social & @eliasdinas.bsky.social. Highlight: roundtable on dem. erosion with H. Kriesi, M. Svolik & N. Wunsch.
Looking forward to discussing this article with a bunch of clever MA students tomorrow (morning 🥱)
📝In the latest @theconversation.com piece, @filipkostelka.bsky.social @eui-sps.bsky.social examines the factors driving pro-Kremlin sentiments in the EU. 🔗https://loom.ly/W7Rc2j0
Why did antisemitism rise in Germany during the Covid pandemic? And why was this increase concentrated among political centrists, rather than on the fringes?
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
@kanol.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de @politikuhh.bsky.social @socfub.bsky.social
Here is the call for papers in full. Participants from the CEE region can have their travel & accommodation fully covered. Apply by 30/3. More info: www.eui.eu/en/projects/...
📢 Hungary votes. Central Europe watches.
Join us on 16 April 15:30 CEST for a roundtable unpacking what’s at stake in Hungary’s election and what it might mean for the EU, for populism, and for the region's political future.
Registration: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
#EUI #HungaryVotes #EUpolitics
🚨 World Press Freedom Index 2026 just dropped
The US is now placed 64 in the world. Between Panama and Botswana.
#pressfreedom
rsf.org/en
Filip Kostelka
Kai Arzheimer
fmr gov't commissioner & billionaire entrepreneur György Wáberer, after defecting #Fidesz 3 days ago & launching GOTV campaign to choose Europe & vote against #Russia, now promises a reward of 300K HUF (cca. 800 EUR) to anyone who reports or was targeted by electoral fraud tmr at #HungarianElections
🎉Excited to share our forthcoming paper in POQ! And don’t worry—it’s not all about our mums 😉. With @lenkahrbkova.bsky.social and @matejjung.bsky.social, we ask: did younger generations in post-communist Europe develop more conventional left–right belief systems?
Tl;dr: not really. (🧵)
Call for Papers 📣
The EUI SPS Department invites submissions for the workshop “Political Behaviour in Central & Eastern Europe.”
Research on elections, public opinion, parties and political participation in the CEE region.
Submit by 30 March 2026
www.eui.eu/news-hub?id=...
#PoliticalScience
What explains the rising turnout in recent EP elections?
@filipkostelka.bsky.social & @evakrejcova.bsky.social find that it's the strength of Eurosceptic parties at the national level. The more seats they hold in national parliament, the more mobilizing the EP election is
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
Cultural Roots of Prejudice: Cultural Scripts and the Reactivation of Antisemitism in Germany
join @filipkostelka.bsky.social @zsofia-v.bsky.social Imogen Bayley & me in Florence @eui-eu.bsky.social or via Zoom on 16 April, as we discuss the implications of the #HungarianElection 🇭🇺🗳️ Register here: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...
Organized by the Eastern Europe as Laboratory of Change Working Group, this roundtable event features a discussion on the recent Hungarian general elections.
The Department of Political and Social Sciences SPS has launched the call for papers for the workshop on political behaviour in Central and Eastern Europe CEE
