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...

🌍 Apply now to the MA in Politics at Central European University (CEU) in Vienna, Austria! 🇦🇹 💡 Study in English, connect with a global network, and pave your future in politics! politicalscience.ceu.edu/how-apply-ma #MAinPolitics #CEU #GraduatePrograms #Scholarships #Research #PoliticalScience

🎓 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

📢 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 🔗 Register to get the link:https://forms.office.com/e/1quFv8Hd1k

📰 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....

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

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

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

🎓 Why CEU Political Science? “Academic rigor, amazing people, professional support, and educational prestige.” – Ildar Daminov, MA’22 📍 Study in Vienna 📅 Apply by July 1 (no visa needed) 🔗 politicalscience.ceu.edu/how-apply-ma #CEU #Politics #GradSchool #Vienna

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. #CEU #Georgetown #Democracy

Join us on Monday 18.00h in Vienna. with @scharlatanja.bsky.social @ninogoz.bsky.social by @ceu-polsci.bsky.social ‬ & @fesonline.bsky.social line.bsky.social ‬ democracy.fes.de/e/democracy-...

Last seats available! Register by May 21 to secure your spot!

📢 Reminder: One Week to Go! Join us May 19, 2025, for a conference on: 🗳️ Democracy, Illiberal Alternatives, and Culture Wars 📍 Central European University | ⏰ 12:50 PM – 7:00 PM events.ceu.edu/2025-05-19/d... @georgetowncew.bsky.social @notredame.bsky.social @weareceu.bsky.social @univie.ac.at

Registration Closes 13 May!! 📢 - 30% discount for Student members 🎓 - 15% discount for all other members 🤩 #summerschool #methodsnet #CEU @weareceu.bsky.social @ceu-polsci.bsky.social

🗳️ 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 #Democracy #CultureWars #CEU

🗳️ 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 #Democracy #CultureWars #CEU

We're thrilled to share our brand-new Department of Political Science video – featuring our amazing faculty, students, and alumni! youtu.be/X1kS2AphbBQ @weareceu.bsky.social

📢 Two Weeks Left to Apply! 🚀 Thinking about a one- or two-year MA in Politics? Time is running out! ⏳ 📅 Deadline: April 15, 2025 📍 Study in Vienna, Austria 🇦🇹 🌍 For self-financing applicants from non-EU/EEA countries requiring a study visa (excluding visa-sensitive countries).

EARLY BIRD DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL 26 MARCH

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) 📍 Vienna Campus, Room B505/Online RSVP: forms.office.com/e/dskkeSsPNq

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....

Don’t miss out – Early Bird discount (15% off) available until today!

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) 📍 Vienna Campus & Online (Zoom) Join experts to explore Georgia's democratic challenges amid political repression, contested elections, and growing Russian influence. 🔗 RSVP: forms.office.com/e/N7qpgXRtRG

@ceu-polsci.bsky.social Central European University we celebrate the scholarship of Laszlo Bruszt with a conference with PERG. Please consider applying and presenting! events.ceu.edu/2025-04-11/t...

📢 Seminar Alert! 📢 Join Sarah Engler as she presents her research on how politicians’ cultural consumption affects electoral appeal. 🗓️ Feb 26, 2025 | ⏰ 1:30–3:10 PM CET 📍 CEU Vienna & Online 🔗 Register: forms.office.com/e/dskkeSsPNq #PoliticalScience #Elections #ClassSignaling #SymbolicPolitics

Join us for a #departmentseminar with Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski as he explores the concept of #guerrillademocracy—examining resistance against tyranny through civil disobedience, real-world activism, and cyber resistance. Register to receive the Zoom link: forms.office.com/e/dskkeSsPNq

Early Bird Registration opens on February 11 for #MethodsNET Summer School 2025 with CEU! @weareceu.bsky.social , @ceu-polsci.bsky.social 📍 Vienna, Austria | June 30 – July 18 Research methods training in diverse approaches! 15% Early Bird discount until March 11 Select your course: bit.ly/4gLbv9V

🌍💶 How can central banks fight the climate crisis? Professor Anil Duman leads @weareceu.bsky.social’s role in #FINANCE4GREEN, a Horizon Europe project exploring green central banking & sustainable finance for a net-zero future. Project's EU page: cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1...

📢 #PoliticalScience #Seminar Series – February 2025 🎓🗳️ The CEU Political Science Department is hosting a lineup of insightful talks this February! Join us in person (CEU Campus, B505) or online for discussions with top scholars. 🔗 Register to join online: forms.office.com/e/dskkeSsPNq

📢 Seminar Alert: Embedded Autocracy: Hungary in the EU 📅 Jan 29, 2025 | 🕒 1:30 PM – 3:10 PM 📍 Vienna Campus, Room B-505 | 💻 Online Join Prof. András Bozóki (CEU) & Prof. Zoltán Fleck for a discussion on Hungary’s autocratic shift and its EU impact. 👉 Register: bit.ly/4jpMOl7

📢 Apply Now: George Soros Visiting Chair CEU’s Department of Public Policy invites outstanding scholars and practitioners to apply for the George Soros Visiting Chair (AY 2025-2026), honoring the legacy of CEU’s founder. 🗓️ Deadline: March 15, 2025 📩 More info: dpp.ceu.edu/gs-chair

🌍 Want to be part of a community that inspires and supports your success? Apply to CEU and join a network that’s here to guide you every step of the way! 💼✨ politicalscience.ceu.edu/how-apply-ma Image credit: CEU / Sotiris Bekas #centraleuropeanuniversity #ceu #seeyouatceu #politicalscience

#InterculturalFestival2025 highlights are here! 💫 A huge thank you to the 500 visitors (record-breaker) who joined us in celebrating the diversity of our CEU community! 🎉 We couldn’t have asked for a better way to connect and share our cultures. 📸 CEU / Daniel Vegel #CEU #InterculturalFestival

JOIN 2025 MethodsNET Summer School with Central European University (CEU) 📍 Central European University, Vienna 🗓️ 30 June to 18 July 2025 The full course list is online!! More details: bit.ly/4gLbv9V Early Bird Registration: Early February, 2025 #research #researchmethods #methodology #methods

Join us for the seminar: "The Power of Unpolitics" by Paul Taggart (University of Sussex) 🗓️ January 22, 2025 | 🕒 13:30 CET 📍 Vienna Campus, B-505 or online Taggart will explore how unpolitics shapes democratic politics and fuels anti-establishment movements. Register: bit.ly/4jklNiT

🌍 Apply now to the MA in Politics at Central European University (CEU) in Vienna, Austria! 🇦🇹 💡 Study in English, connect with a global network, and pave your future in politics! politicalscience.ceu.edu/how-apply-ma #MAinPolitics #CEU #GraduatePrograms #Scholarships #Research #PoliticalScience

我很高兴地宣布：My book, co-authored with Claudius Wagemann, “Set-Theoretic Methods for the Social Sciences” (2012) is now available in Chinese. I learn that the middle initial Q. translates as Q. in Chinese.

Happy Holidays from the Department of Political Science to our alumni, students, faculty, and friends! Wishing you a season filled with joy and reflection. 🎄✨ #PoliticalScienceCommunity #HappyHolidays

🎓 SAVE THE DATE! Want to learn about the CEU Master’s in Politics? Join our LIVE Q&A webinar on January 14 at 14:00 CET. ✅ Admissions insights ✅ Curriculum highlights ✅ Ask faculty & students YOUR questions! 🗓️ Register here: forms.office.com/e/FGd34MKFN9 #CEU #MastersProgram #HigherEd

🌱 New Study Alert! Professor Anil Duman’s latest research explores how workers in France and Viet Nam are transitioning to green jobs. Read more: bit.ly/49GUmLR #GreenJobs #LabourMarket #SocialProtection #France #VietNam

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