One of the most well-attended PhD defences in recent memory at the EUI, according to an experienced colleague. Max produced an excellent dissertation and demonstrates a strong potential for a distinguished academic career. Political science departments should take note.
📝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
🚨 World Press Freedom Index 2026 just dropped
The US is now placed 64 in the world. Between Panama and Botswana.
#pressfreedom
rsf.org/en
📢 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
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
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...
🎉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. (🧵)
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/...
Organized by the Eastern Europe as Laboratory of Change Working Group, this roundtable event features a discussion on the recent Hungarian general elections.