I wrote for Eurozine on the lingering imperial geographies that define our understandings of Ukraine and eastern Europe.

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My first publication is now online at @jeas-journal.bsky.social ! @alexdukalskis.bsky.social and I apply quantitative text analysis to Xinhua articles containing the terms "so-called" & "所谓" to explore the ideas the Chinese govt wishes to discredit for different audiences doi.org/10.1017/jea....

The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference! 📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
 🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
 📍 ICC Belfast
 📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025 🧵

Warum Belarus und die belarussische Gesellschaft einen festen Platz in geopolitischen Überlegungen haben sollten - für Die Presse durfte ich einen Gastkommentar schreiben. www.diepresse.com/19887613/das...

🇵🇱⚖️🗳️ The rule of law repair process in Poland just got incredibly more difficult. I expect President Nawrocki to be even less cooperative than Duda, as Nawrocki will work hard for a PiS parliamentary election victory. Tough times ahead. 1/

Excited to announce the FirstView (and Open Access) publication of my latest article in Nationalities Papers @nationalitiesp.bsky.social: Russian Propaganda from V to Z: Projecting Banal and Everyday Nationalism in Unsettled Times A brief intro 🧵(1/6) doi.org/10.1017/nps....

How the Kremlin’s ‘soft power’ agency supporting expats overseas skirts sanctions www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

Don't forget to submit your fieldwork photos to the annual @nationalitiesp.bsky.social Photo Contest by May 15! The photo submissions should be accompanied by a brief description (300-400 words) Email them to our Managing Editor: [email protected]

Olga Burlyuk for @platformraam.nl: On intellectual pain, by 'a scholar of Ukraine from Ukraine'

📢 New Publication Alert! 1/3. We’re excited to annouce the publiction of our latest article: "The Humanitarian Dilemma Reaches Europe’s Doorstep: The Belarus/Poland Border Crisis.", by Roee Kibrik and Piki Ish-Shalom. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @sagepub.com

Two more days left to apply for our 1st DiscussDataLab! Are you working with research data on Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus or Central Asia? Do you need to archive/publish your data, but don't know how to do it properly? Then apply: discuss-data.net#datalab

Apropos agricultural exports and sanctions, here is a piece that @mikealbertus.bsky.social and I just published on the centrality of land, not as territory but as real estate, homes and cropland for Russian policies, how existing peace plans overlook it and the dangers to both Ukraine and the world.

Belarus hasn’t been on anyone’s agenda recently, but Lukashenka’s regime presents growing security challenges for the EU: from aiding Russia’s war in Ukraine to instigating the border crisis. In this brief, @ditrych.bsky.social highlights how EU should recalibrate its policies towards Belarus ⤵️

When authoritarian regimes turn misogyny into a tool of political control: in a new paper w/ @sanstis.bsky.social we investigate key tactics of gender-based digital transnational repression against women human rights defenders in the diaspora. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🙌New & temporarily #FREE article by Katsiaryna Lozka: 'From street protests to everyday life: politicisation of the #Belarusian society after the 2020–2021 National Awakening' 👉 doi.org/10.1080/2159... - @adamfagan.bsky.social @lenkabustikova.bsky.social @andreapirro.it

An incredibly important contribution to understanding the 2020 mass protests in #Belarus: Eleanor Bindman & Tatsiana Chulitskaya explore the role of civil society organisations & informal community initiatives based on the data from interviews with exiled Belarusians ⤵️ @democratization.bsky.social

Call for scholars in political behavior (broadly understood) studying Central & Eastern Europe: workshop hosted by @eui-eu.bsky.social, June 19-20. 2nd edition. Participants from the region can have their travel & accommodation fully covered. Apply by 28/3. More info: www.eui.eu/en/projects/...

How do civil society actors push back against democratic backsliding? What transnational strategies are emerging? Join us for a deep dive into civic mobilisation in Serbia & Georgia! 🗓 12 March, 14-16 CET🔗 Register: re-engaging.eu/eventlalal/w...

Excited to share this paper and to reflect more critically on the realities of local scholars and researchers providing access to the field and other services in the field as a way of contributing to global knowledge development of area and country studies. The paper is available open access ⤵️

The suspension of U.S. assistance for Ukraine is a very unfortunate and significant development, but it may not have immediate impact. Ukraine is far less dependent on the U.S. for day to day battlefield needs in 2025, than it was in earlier periods of the war. 1/

Amid the political turmoil, I encourage you to watch our recent discussion between Dmytro Kuleba and Clive Myrie. In this ‘new world’ of transactions and tantrums, we must not lose sight of what truly matters: dignity, freedom, and justice. Link to the full recording below. 1/2

Explore this year’s full #FreedomInTheWorld analysis and recommendations: freedomhouse.org/report/freed...

”This is a team effort. The future of Ukraine is the future of Europe. European unity has been historic when it comes to sanctions and mobilising political support. But how can it be that eight small countries in northern Europe are leading in that support?” NB8 op-ed

🚨 Rushing #elections in #Ukraine risks democracy Free & fair elections need security & oversight—impossible under war. Calls for a quick vote play into Russian propaganda. Ukraine’s democracy must be strengthened, not sabotaged. Elections should happen after a peace deal. dgap.org/de/forschung...

How to hold back the tide of subversion and corruption? How to counter disinformation and propaganda campaigns from Russia? There is more to learn from Moldova, dealing with autocratic tactics, corruption, military and political pressures. It also means that the EU needs to step up its support ⤵️

Honoured to be among the contributors to this multiauthor volume for Routledge, edited by Wendy Sloane and Aleksandra Raspopina. My chapter - “First Targets: the overlooked battle for freedom of expression in Ukraine’s temporarily occupied territories” www.routledge.com/Kremlin-Medi...

The entire special issue on political succession and legitimation in @cpcs.bsky.social is excellent, so do check it out! Alesia Rudnik’s article focuses on digital repression and co-option of digital technologies by the autocratic regime in Belarus after 2020 ⤵️

Voting technologies aren’t neutral, esp in the contexts of high political polarisation and electoral manipulation. In the new article, @faburkhardt.bsky.social & Jan Matti Dollbaum analyse surveys from Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine on internet voting & public perceptions @democratization.bsky.social

The University of Warwick’s Ukraine-Belarus Hub is offering 4 grants of £500 to support research on the theme of ‘Ukraine, Belarus & the Complex Geopolitics of Europe’. Expected results: policy brief & conference participation in London on 26 June. Deadline: 3 March ℹ️ ⬇️ warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/sch...

Exciting news: We are establishing a new Politics Department at the #LeibnizIOS for the study of political change in Eastern & Southeast Europe. To complete our team of renowned researchers (and great colleagues), we are currently looking to fill 4 research positions. leibniz-ios.de/en/vacancies...

#Belarus Grateful to seven @UN Special Rapporteurs and the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention for their strong analysis of the fraudulent trial in absentia against me and other Belarusians. Their assessment highlights violations of key rights and conventions, including freedom of expression.

Following #MSC25 discussions, it’s clear that 5 years into the political crisis, there’s still no common EU strategy toward Belarus. The current US administration attempts to find a quick & quiet solution, sidelining the EU once again - a move which might be welcomed by political prisoners’ families

The Center for Eastern European Studies @CEES at Zurich University offers 3-4 residential fellowships to young/mid-career social sciences/humanities scholars working on historical/contemporary topics related to #EasternEurope, #Russia, the #Caucasus, or #CentralAsia: www.cees.uzh.ch/de/CEES-Fell...

After a prolonged hiatus, I'm getting back to posting on Belarus & Belarusian studies, starting with Katsiaryna Lozka's article in @eepolitics.bsky.social. She examines the politicisation of Belarusian society after 2020/21 focusing on digital activism and social practices ⬇️ doi.org/10.1080/2159...

This is the one article to read on contemporary (and future) U.S. politics. Laid out analytically and clearly. There is a hint of optimism (which I do not share but do appreciate).

Since so many headlines showcase how big corporations and companies are willing to comply to the new government and its autocratic tactics, it is important to underline the power of noncompliance and peaceful resistance ⬇️

Great analysis from Tatsiana Kulakevich on the impact of Lukashenka’s 7th term: ▫️providing technologies and military-purpose products that aid Russia’s war against Ukraine ▫️weaponising the EU-Belarus border, including human trafficking ▫️continued political repression

Call for papers for researchers working on Belarus, Belarusian history, IR, economy or human rights. ‘Belarus in Brussels’ workshop will take place on 19 June, it is organised by @umceehub.bsky.social. For more information, see the thread ⬇️

The result of the presidential elections in Belarus was all too predictable. But has a power transition already begun? And can the West prevent continuing Kremlin domination in the country?

#Belarus For the next three days, accessing Belarusian websites from abroad will be impossible. The regime is preparing for the sham elections, which clearly scares Lukashenka. Don't worry, we'll find a way around it. 😉

The so-called presidential election 2025 in Belarus characterises what the country has become: the aging autocrat stages a performance of power with no hint of political alternatives, high levels of repression and intimidation. Read @hannaliubakova.bsky.social analysis ➡️ voxeurop.eu/en/belarus-p...

two more people arrested in Almaty for protest in solidarity with imprisoned Yensebek - in Almaty, Akmaral Djakibayeva was arrested & fined; in Kostanai, Sergei Zinchenko was arrested. There's one more activist who protested in Aqtobe but wasn't arrested. Satira qylmys emes - Satire is not a crime!

📣 Abstract submission for #EWIS2025 is open until Februray 11th! 🗓️ Until then, we'll be sharing information about the 40 workshops running at this year's event 🔗 Full list of workshops: https://buff.ly/3WtQYhP

In 2024, I marked my 4th year not being able to return to #Belarus or conduct fieldwork in the country which has been often researched through secondary sources. With the support of the Science at Risk Emergency Office, two of my colleagues and I discuss deteriorating academic freedom in Belarus ⬇️

Honored to see Intent to Destroy on the 2024 best Ukraine related books list of @kyivindependent.com together with @yarotrof.bsky.social, Serhiy Plokhy, Oleksandr Mykhed and others. Thanks, @katetsurkan.bsky.social!

We are searching for #polsci scholars with a special interest in teaching and researching QUALITATIVE political science methods! Yes, QUALITATIVE! @statsvitenskap.bsky.social is vibrant and full of nice people. Oslo has lots of culture, nature and charm. Join us! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

We are greatly saddened to learn of the passing this morning of the social anthropologist and public intellectual, Thomas Hylland Eriksen. We would like to extend our condolences to Kari and his family, as well as to his colleagues at the University of Oslo and around the world.

‼️ I am looking for a ECR/postdoc working at the intersection of protest event and social network analysis. This is a 2-year position part of the Horizon EU ProTest project. The successful candidate will work with me (mostly) on the Italian case. Deadline: 11 December. bandi.unibo.it/ricerca/asse...