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New article by Krystof Dolezal: “Catholicism Meets Liberalism in Eastern Europe” explores how postwar Czechoslovak Christian democrats blended faith, liberalism & nationalism.
Read here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/0966...
Read here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/0966...
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
New article by Krystof Dolezal: “Catholicism Meets Liberalism in Eastern Europe” explores how postwar Czechoslovak Christian democrats blended faith, liberalism & nationalism.
Read here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/0966...
Read here 👉 doi.org/10.1080/0966...
🌍 Apply now to the MA in Politics at Central European University (CEU) in Vienna, Austria! 🇦🇹
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November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
🌍 Apply now to the MA in Politics at Central European University (CEU) in Vienna, Austria! 🇦🇹
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🎓 Alumni Research Spotlight
CEU Political Science alumnus Ihor Masiakin is leading a project on integrating 🇺🇦 defence-tech startups into EU value chains — exploring how battlefield innovation can shape Europe’s defence future.
Read more: bit.ly/4noNrwK
📅 Oct 2025 – Feb 2026
CEU Political Science alumnus Ihor Masiakin is leading a project on integrating 🇺🇦 defence-tech startups into EU value chains — exploring how battlefield innovation can shape Europe’s defence future.
Read more: bit.ly/4noNrwK
📅 Oct 2025 – Feb 2026
September 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
🎓 Alumni Research Spotlight
CEU Political Science alumnus Ihor Masiakin is leading a project on integrating 🇺🇦 defence-tech startups into EU value chains — exploring how battlefield innovation can shape Europe’s defence future.
Read more: bit.ly/4noNrwK
📅 Oct 2025 – Feb 2026
CEU Political Science alumnus Ihor Masiakin is leading a project on integrating 🇺🇦 defence-tech startups into EU value chains — exploring how battlefield innovation can shape Europe’s defence future.
Read more: bit.ly/4noNrwK
📅 Oct 2025 – Feb 2026
📢 Dept. Seminar | Sept 24, 13:30 CET
Mobilizing for Democracy Under Authoritarianism
w/ Aykut Ozturk (Glasgow University)
📍 Vienna Campus B-505 + online
☕ Coffee reception after
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Mobilizing for Democracy Under Authoritarianism
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September 16, 2025 at 9:04 AM
📢 Dept. Seminar | Sept 24, 13:30 CET
Mobilizing for Democracy Under Authoritarianism
w/ Aykut Ozturk (Glasgow University)
📍 Vienna Campus B-505 + online
☕ Coffee reception after
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📍 Vienna Campus B-505 + online
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📰 New from our faculty: Daniel Bochsler publishes in Democratization!
He introduces a veto-player theory of secession to explain why reforms in the USSR & Yugoslavia led to independence claims—even without nationalism.
📖 Open Access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
He introduces a veto-player theory of secession to explain why reforms in the USSR & Yugoslavia led to independence claims—even without nationalism.
📖 Open Access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
July 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
📰 New from our faculty: Daniel Bochsler publishes in Democratization!
He introduces a veto-player theory of secession to explain why reforms in the USSR & Yugoslavia led to independence claims—even without nationalism.
📖 Open Access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
He introduces a veto-player theory of secession to explain why reforms in the USSR & Yugoslavia led to independence claims—even without nationalism.
📖 Open Access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A few weeks ago, we cheered on the CEU Political Science Class of 2025.
The gowns have been packed away, but the memories are still fresh. 🎓
#CEUGrad2025 #PoliSci
The gowns have been packed away, but the memories are still fresh. 🎓
#CEUGrad2025 #PoliSci
July 4, 2025 at 7:56 AM
A few weeks ago, we cheered on the CEU Political Science Class of 2025.
The gowns have been packed away, but the memories are still fresh. 🎓
#CEUGrad2025 #PoliSci
The gowns have been packed away, but the memories are still fresh. 🎓
#CEUGrad2025 #PoliSci
New article co-authored by Prof. Carsten Q. Schneider:
“Strongmen” Don’t Redistribute
Illiberal right-wing leaders worsen inequality, not reduce it.
📖 Open access: www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
#PoliticalScience #CEU #Illiberalism #Inequality #NewResearch
“Strongmen” Don’t Redistribute
Illiberal right-wing leaders worsen inequality, not reduce it.
📖 Open access: www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
#PoliticalScience #CEU #Illiberalism #Inequality #NewResearch
June 6, 2025 at 7:43 AM
New article co-authored by Prof. Carsten Q. Schneider:
“Strongmen” Don’t Redistribute
Illiberal right-wing leaders worsen inequality, not reduce it.
📖 Open access: www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
#PoliticalScience #CEU #Illiberalism #Inequality #NewResearch
“Strongmen” Don’t Redistribute
Illiberal right-wing leaders worsen inequality, not reduce it.
📖 Open access: www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
#PoliticalScience #CEU #Illiberalism #Inequality #NewResearch
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Congratulations to Prof. Martin Kahanec, who has been appointed Chief Scientific Advisor to the European Commission. 👏 As part of the Scientific Advice Mechanism, he will help shape EU policymaking with insights over the next three years.
Read more: www.ceu.edu/article/2025...
#CEU #publicpolicy
Read more: www.ceu.edu/article/2025...
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May 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Congratulations to Prof. Martin Kahanec, who has been appointed Chief Scientific Advisor to the European Commission. 👏 As part of the Scientific Advice Mechanism, he will help shape EU policymaking with insights over the next three years.
Read more: www.ceu.edu/article/2025...
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🎓 Why CEU Political Science?
“Academic rigor, amazing people, professional support, and educational prestige.” – Ildar Daminov, MA’22
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May 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🎓 Why CEU Political Science?
“Academic rigor, amazing people, professional support, and educational prestige.” – Ildar Daminov, MA’22
📍 Study in Vienna
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🔗 politicalscience.ceu.edu/how-apply-ma
#CEU #Politics #GradSchool #Vienna
“Academic rigor, amazing people, professional support, and educational prestige.” – Ildar Daminov, MA’22
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Thank you to all who joined the Democracy, Illiberal Alternatives, and Culture Wars conference (May 19), co-hosted by CEU PoliSci and Georgetown. A powerful day of ideas on democracy and its challengers.
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May 21, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Thank you to all who joined the Democracy, Illiberal Alternatives, and Culture Wars conference (May 19), co-hosted by CEU PoliSci and Georgetown. A powerful day of ideas on democracy and its challengers.
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🗳️ Democracy, Illiberal Alternatives & Culture Wars
📍CEU | 🗓️ May 19 | 🕐 1–7PM
Top scholars unpack polarization, populism, nationalism & more.
Co-hosted by CEU & Georgetown.
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📍CEU | 🗓️ May 19 | 🕐 1–7PM
Top scholars unpack polarization, populism, nationalism & more.
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April 25, 2025 at 7:26 AM
🗳️ Democracy, Illiberal Alternatives & Culture Wars
📍CEU | 🗓️ May 19 | 🕐 1–7PM
Top scholars unpack polarization, populism, nationalism & more.
Co-hosted by CEU & Georgetown.
💡Full program: bit.ly/3EE36qL
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📍CEU | 🗓️ May 19 | 🕐 1–7PM
Top scholars unpack polarization, populism, nationalism & more.
Co-hosted by CEU & Georgetown.
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🗳️ Democracy, Illiberal Alternatives & Culture Wars
📍CEU | 🗓️ May 19 | 🕐 1–7PM
Top scholars unpack polarization, populism, nationalism & more.
Co-hosted by CEU & Georgetown.
💡Full program: bit.ly/3EE36qL
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📍CEU | 🗓️ May 19 | 🕐 1–7PM
Top scholars unpack polarization, populism, nationalism & more.
Co-hosted by CEU & Georgetown.
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April 25, 2025 at 7:26 AM
🗳️ Democracy, Illiberal Alternatives & Culture Wars
📍CEU | 🗓️ May 19 | 🕐 1–7PM
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Co-hosted by CEU & Georgetown.
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📍CEU | 🗓️ May 19 | 🕐 1–7PM
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We're thrilled to share our brand-new Department of Political Science video – featuring our amazing faculty, students, and alumni!
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Thinking about a one- or two-year MA in Politics? Time is running out! ⏳
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Thinking about a one- or two-year MA in Politics? Time is running out! ⏳
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Departmental Seminar
Beyond De-Territorialization and Re-Ethnicization: The Politics of Granting Citizenship and Voting Rights to Non-Resident Nationals
🗣 Joachim Blatter, University of Lucerne
📅 Wed, March 19, 13:30 – 15:10(CET)
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Beyond De-Territorialization and Re-Ethnicization: The Politics of Granting Citizenship and Voting Rights to Non-Resident Nationals
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March 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Departmental Seminar
Beyond De-Territorialization and Re-Ethnicization: The Politics of Granting Citizenship and Voting Rights to Non-Resident Nationals
🗣 Joachim Blatter, University of Lucerne
📅 Wed, March 19, 13:30 – 15:10(CET)
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Beyond De-Territorialization and Re-Ethnicization: The Politics of Granting Citizenship and Voting Rights to Non-Resident Nationals
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New Publication by Dr. Robert Sata, in Politique européenne: The 2024 European Elections in Hungary: The First Stumble of the Orbán Regime and the Appearance of a Real Competitor.
🗞️ Read the full article (available in English & French) here: shs.cairn.info/journal-poli....
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March 12, 2025 at 11:35 AM
New Publication by Dr. Robert Sata, in Politique européenne: The 2024 European Elections in Hungary: The First Stumble of the Orbán Regime and the Appearance of a Real Competitor.
🗞️ Read the full article (available in English & French) here: shs.cairn.info/journal-poli....
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super excited to return to my alma mater 🇦🇹 @ceu-polsci.bsky.social @weareceu.bsky.social Tmr to present work-in-progress w/ the great @benhmrk.bsky.social on the effect of descriptive representation on local-level political engagement in the context of 🇸🇰 pres election: events.ceu.edu/2025-03-12/d...
March 11, 2025 at 7:12 AM
super excited to return to my alma mater 🇦🇹 @ceu-polsci.bsky.social @weareceu.bsky.social Tmr to present work-in-progress w/ the great @benhmrk.bsky.social on the effect of descriptive representation on local-level political engagement in the context of 🇸🇰 pres election: events.ceu.edu/2025-03-12/d...
📅 Panel Discussion: Georgia’s Uncertain Future
🗓 March 13, 2025 | 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM (CET)
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March 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
📅 Panel Discussion: Georgia’s Uncertain Future
🗓 March 13, 2025 | 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM (CET)
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@ceu-polsci.bsky.social Central European University we celebrate the scholarship of Laszlo Bruszt with a conference with PERG. Please consider applying and presenting!
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Transforming Borders: Rethinking Post-Socialist Transitions, State-Market Dynamics, and European Integration
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February 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
@ceu-polsci.bsky.social Central European University we celebrate the scholarship of Laszlo Bruszt with a conference with PERG. Please consider applying and presenting!
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