The European Political Science Review (EPSR) has published my solo-authored paper on Affinity Voting in Europe 🤓 In it, I ask: Do voters prefer in-group politicians? Answer: Sometimes, sometimes not. Minorities prefer their in-group less often than majorities do. 🧵 doi.org/10.1017/S175...

What is the Political Sociology of Crisis?: 30 Years of Sociological Data from Ukraine A Candid Discussion and Q&A with Dr. Tymofii Brik Internationally Leading Ukrainian Sociologist and Rector of the Kyiv School of Economics 13:00 -14:30 April 24th

Last BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, "(Anti)corruption and conditionality in the geopolitical enlargement: Ukraine’s EU accession in comparative perspective" @popovaprof.bsky.social @eepolitics.bsky.social tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Next, "Predicting budget robustness of Ukrainian local self-government during Russia’s war against Ukraine" Maryna Rabinovych @tymofiibrik.bsky.social Igor Piddubny Andrii Darkovich Myroslava Savisko @ValentynHatsko Serhii Tytiuk @eepolitics.bsky.social tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New !! @eepolitics.bsky.social Symposium ‘Understanding Ukraine’s resistance, resilience and reform in the face of Russia’s war’ tandfonline.com/toc/fjcs21/4...

This @eepolitics.bsky.social symposium is the product of five years of diligent social science research on Ukraine’s resistance, resilience and reform in the face of Russia’s war tandfonline.com/toc/fjcs21/4...

The @eepolitics.bsky.social symposium introduction highlights new theoretical, empirical, and methodological lessons of studying war whilst the war unfolds and rages on. How do we study war? tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Next, "Beyond the rent-seeking: resilience and civic transformation of Ukrainian business" by Inna Melnykovska @eepolitics.bsky.social tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New !! @eepolitics.bsky.social Symposium ‘Understanding Ukraine’s resistance, resilience and reform in the face of Russia’s war’ tandfonline.com/toc/fjcs21/4...

CHECK IT OUT @eepolitics.bsky.social Symposium ‘Understanding Ukraine’s resistance, resilience and reform in the face of Russia’s war’ tandfonline.com/toc/fjcs21/4...

New !! @eepolitics.bsky.social Symposium ‘Understanding Ukraine’s resistance, resilience and reform in the face of Russia’s war’ tandfonline.com/toc/fjcs21/4...

SAVE THE DATE. The British Association For The Study of Ukraine will host the first ever BASU National Conference “A Showcase of Research and Policy on Resistance Resilience and Recovery in the Context of Russia’s Hybrid War in Ukraine and Europe” September 23-26, 2026 @ University of Manchester!

Tomorrow millions of Ukrainians will have their traditional Easter Monday Lunch - gulash peprikash palinka with a side of borshch ;)

Orban learning the same lesson as would be (and real) autocrats everywhere. Don’t mess with Democracy and don’t mess with Ukraine ;) Much of EU breaths a sigh of relief.

#Orban admits defeat!!!!! #Hungary votes Landslide win for #Magyar and #Tisza

53% of the votes in #Tisza likely is growing if correct we are in landslide territory. #Hungary votes

45.7% of the votes in and #Tisza lead seems* to be growing. #Hungary votes

37% of vote counted

Hungary Votes! So far with only 29% of votes counted we do see an early lead for Tisza. Too soon to say for sure. We keep watching.

Interested in Hungary vote results Watch live here vtr.valasztas.hu/ogy2026

Analysts & politicos I spoke to in Hungary don’t want to “jinx” anything… but … all say things much like “hopefully optimistic”. Will this be the night that ends Orban’s 16 year rule?

See the night unfolds and votes come in - we will be watch how Orban reacts and what steps he takes.

Cautious Magyar says his Tisza is "optimistic" about the results. But gives no “victory” speech as such. … not yet? If polls are correct this would mean major political upheaval and a possible end to Orban’s 16 year rule.

Hungarian Polls not previously published & conducted eve of elections suggest centre-right Tisza is projected to win majority of mandates (up to 135 according to “Median” in the 199-seat parliament or 55% of vote (Kutatóközpont @telexhu.bsky.social ) ‼️potential landslide These are not exit polls

Hungarians vote in record numbers. Was 77.8% of electorate as of 18:30!!! Independent polls suggest big win for opposition. #HungaryVotes #electionsHungary

It’s NOT “Orthodox” Easter. In fact, a couple million eastern rite Catholics celebrate today too. Many are Ukrainians. So, Happy Easter to all those who celebrate!

💡The NEW issue incl. #FREE content is out now! 👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/fjcs21/4... 🙌 @emmamateo.bsky.social @oonuch.bsky.social @tymofiibrik.bsky.social @alinanychyk.bsky.social @popovaprof.bsky.social @bencehamrak.bsky.social @erinjenne.bsky.social @littvay.bsky.social @andreapirro.it

Miscalculation of Rheinmetall CEO fails to grasp that the combination of what some might call “low” tech civilian with conventional weapons & tactics is what makes Ukraine’s fight innovative. But what drives civilian engagement? - we have a NEW paper about that! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Having a strong sense of civic duty direct action civilian engagement by 13 percentage points . www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Employing panel data a strong sense of civic duty increases probability of NEW civilian engagement by 55 % points If a civilian didn’t have strong civic duty when all-out war began & developed it they become more likely to engage in the war effort. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Using extensive purpose designed survey data we find the 80% of the civilian population and gauges in the war effort in a variety of ways in an ongoing fashion. We also find that regardless of mode being a democrat increases war engagement by 8% points. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Check out this new, important research!

Miscalculation of Rheinmetall CEO fails to grasp that the combination of what some might call “low” tech civilian with conventional weapons & tactics is what makes Ukraine’s fight innovative. But what drives civilian engagement? - we have a NEW paper about that! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

DISSENT! Museums & Political Disagreement March 25-26th eventbrite.com/e/dissent-muse… ROUNDTABLE ON UKRAINIAN MUSEUMS AS RESISTANCE IN WARTIME March 25th 2.00-2.45 Olesia Ostrovska-Liuta ArtArsenal Yuliya Vaganova KhanenkoMuseum

Resilience of Art and the Art of Resilience in Wartime:  A Candid Discussion and Q&A with Olesya Ostrovska-Lyuta Former Deputy Minister of Culture and current Director General Art Arsenal Tuesday March 24th, 2026 @greatermcr.bsky.social @britishcouncil.bsky.social

If you watch only one thing today. This is it. As some who studied @ZelenskyyUa speeches. This one is back to basics. We, the people, together united are what makes Ukraine strong. Shoring up that state centered civic duty. m.youtube.com/watch?v=CnAU...

With @camukrainistyka.bsky.social we encourage you to give a follow to @thebasuorg.bsky.social We are ~ 200 strong academic and policy specialists on Ukraine across all subject fields in UK The British Association for the Study of Ukraine. @britishacademy.bsky.social @royalsociety.org

Very proud of my friend Svitlana Zalishchuk who is doing in amazing job as ambassador in Sweden !

⚡️Mstyslav Chernov's film '2,000 Meters to Andriivka' wins Directors Guild of America award. Ukrainian director Mstyslav Chernov’s film "2,000 Meters to Andriivka" received the award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary at the Directors Guild of America awards on Feb. 7.

I wrote on Russia's cyber-attack against Poland's energy system in December, why it suggests a more aggressive Russian approach to disrupting critical infrastructure in Europe, and why the involvement of the FSB, Russia's security service, is bad news. www.economist.com/europe/2026/...

Haven’t been on blue sky for many months. Did I miss anything?

#poliscijobs Up to 24 postdocs at the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Manchester to start in October 2026: Deadline 16 January. Applicants must have been awarded their PhD by the closing date, & normally not more than 3 years before that.

#poliscijobs Up to 24 postdocs at the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Manchester to start in October 2026: Deadline 16 January. Applicants must have been awarded their PhD by the closing date, & normally not more than 3 years before that.

It’s just before 5 am in Kyiv and Russia is sending hypersonic missiles. No one gets to sleep. May everyone stay safe.

NEW Harris & Harvard CAPS Poll shows Americans (Replicans + Democrats alike) want President Trump to punish Russia & support Ukraine. 77% of American voters support additional sanctions on Russia 68% believe the Trump administration should continue to arm Ukraine + impose sanctions

Russian attack overnight on Ukraine: 50 missiles and 500 drones. Via @united24media.com and monitorwar_ua

🚑🚨New Interactive Map: Human Safari Russian drones stalk Kherson daily — indiscriminately hunting civilians. Since 2023, over 3,000 casualties have been recorded. Explore how these war crimes has developed over the years in our interractive map🗺️ maps.tochnyi.info/humansafari/

The findings are sickening. But no one can look away or fail to understand them. Russian “play” “Human Safari” Purposely targeting ordinary citizens with drones to kill. @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @bbcbreaking-bot.bsky.social

The findings are sickening. But no one can look away or fail to understand them. Russian “play” “Human Safari” Purposely targeting ordinary citizens with drones to kill. @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @bbcbreaking-bot.bsky.social