Zbigniew Truchlewski
@ztruchlewski.bsky.social
Prof Uni of Geneva • Fellow @eui-schuman.bsky.social &
@lse-ei.bsky.social • EU Polity Formation & Integration, Solidarity, Austerity • @solid-erc.bsky.social • Frmrly: @uva.nl Max Weber EUI @ecb.europa.eu @ec.europa.eu • https://zgtruchlewski.github.io
@lse-ei.bsky.social • EU Polity Formation & Integration, Solidarity, Austerity • @solid-erc.bsky.social • Frmrly: @uva.nl Max Weber EUI @ecb.europa.eu @ec.europa.eu • https://zgtruchlewski.github.io
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For those that want to put their money where their democracy is:
@direkt36.bsky.social (hu)
@investigacecz.bsky.social (cz)
@vsquare.bsky.social (CEE)
@decorrespondent.nl (nl)
@mediapart.fr (fr)
@direkt36.bsky.social (hu)
@investigacecz.bsky.social (cz)
@vsquare.bsky.social (CEE)
@decorrespondent.nl (nl)
@mediapart.fr (fr)
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NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
December 7, 2025 at 8:38 AM
For those that want to put their money where their democracy is:
@direkt36.bsky.social (hu)
@investigacecz.bsky.social (cz)
@vsquare.bsky.social (CEE)
@decorrespondent.nl (nl)
@mediapart.fr (fr)
@direkt36.bsky.social (hu)
@investigacecz.bsky.social (cz)
@vsquare.bsky.social (CEE)
@decorrespondent.nl (nl)
@mediapart.fr (fr)
Happy to see the review of the book by @nenaoana.bsky.social @alexmoise.bsky.social and Hanspeter Kriesi on the EU and COVID recently published at Oxford University Press by Reinout van der Veer at the @jei-publication.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The technocracy-responsiveness nexus in EU policy-making
Debates over EU policy-making often depict the EU either as an unresponsive technocracy or as responsive despite constraints. Yet these two images are not unrelated. First, the increased focus of E...
www.tandfonline.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Happy to see the review of the book by @nenaoana.bsky.social @alexmoise.bsky.social and Hanspeter Kriesi on the EU and COVID recently published at Oxford University Press by Reinout van der Veer at the @jei-publication.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Brilliant lecture by @uelistaeger.bsky.social on work with @tonihaastrup.bsky.social on EU's geopolitical turn and its effects on relationship with Africa - at the Unige GSI and roundtable with @catherinehoeffler.bsky.social Dêlidji Eric Degila and Didier Péclard
www.unige.ch/gsi/genevaaf...
www.unige.ch/gsi/genevaaf...
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Brilliant lecture by @uelistaeger.bsky.social on work with @tonihaastrup.bsky.social on EU's geopolitical turn and its effects on relationship with Africa - at the Unige GSI and roundtable with @catherinehoeffler.bsky.social Dêlidji Eric Degila and Didier Péclard
www.unige.ch/gsi/genevaaf...
www.unige.ch/gsi/genevaaf...
From the famous stats paper: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdOh...
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
From the famous stats paper: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdOh...
Very much this 👇 Goal is 75% reach, almost there!
If this is a moment when you feel like helping courageous Ukrainians to stay alive, here is one way to do so.
www.help99.co/patches/timo...
www.help99.co/patches/timo...
Timothy Snyder: Freedom is Action
Professor Timothy Snyder – a prominent voice of freedom, teams up with NAFO to fundraise for ten trucks and ten cargo buses with anti-drone jamming systems. These will transport and protect those who ...
www.help99.co
November 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Very much this 👇 Goal is 75% reach, almost there!
Brilliant initiative, agree with @unabergmane.bsky.social - there are lots of very good books from and on Ukraine, like Zhadan's The Orphanage or @popovaprof.bsky.social and @oxanashevel.bsky.social Russia and Ukraine: Entangled Histories, Diverging States, and much more!
While empires are ravaging Ukraine, think about donating to Ukrainians if you can. And consider de-centring these empires from your cultural consumption. There is fantastic music and literature in Ukraine that Russia is trying to destroy. Support it by learning about it. chapterukraine.com
Ukrainian literature in English translation – Chapter Ukraine
Build your own bookshelf dedicated to Ukrainian literature in English translation. | Chapter Ukraine
chapterukraine.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Brilliant initiative, agree with @unabergmane.bsky.social - there are lots of very good books from and on Ukraine, like Zhadan's The Orphanage or @popovaprof.bsky.social and @oxanashevel.bsky.social Russia and Ukraine: Entangled Histories, Diverging States, and much more!
Thought-provoking week-end read by Cornel: "The problem isn’t that China “cheats.” The problem is that it plans well while Europeans act like the last liberals in the trenches, preferring to vanish rather than see too much state intervention." ...
Forget derisking. 2025 is about the the quiet MAGA-fication of the European mainstream, one green regulation rollback and green subsidy cut at a time. geoeconomic.substack.com/p/the-wartbu...
The Wartburg Syndrome
How the Old Continent Risks Becoming the New East Germany
geoeconomic.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Thought-provoking week-end read by Cornel: "The problem isn’t that China “cheats.” The problem is that it plans well while Europeans act like the last liberals in the trenches, preferring to vanish rather than see too much state intervention." ...
Amazing and very useful work by @dtoshkov.bsky.social also cool for teaching purposes -> @nenaoana.bsky.social
How do attitudes to 🇪🇺 European integration relate to political ideology and policy preferences?
A major update of my study:
- I added the latest 2023 ESS data for citizens and 2024 CHES data for parties
- I built an app to explore these relationships across datasets, indicators, years & countries
A major update of my study:
- I added the latest 2023 ESS data for citizens and 2024 CHES data for parties
- I built an app to explore these relationships across datasets, indicators, years & countries
November 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Amazing and very useful work by @dtoshkov.bsky.social also cool for teaching purposes -> @nenaoana.bsky.social
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Conditioning on a match indicator S can generate collider bias exactly cancelling a confounding path and identifying the effect of Z on X. Here it is in a very good DAG.
9/10 because of the functional form specificity.
From Steiner et al. (2017) "Graphical Models for Quasi-experimental Designs"
9/10 because of the functional form specificity.
From Steiner et al. (2017) "Graphical Models for Quasi-experimental Designs"
October 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Conditioning on a match indicator S can generate collider bias exactly cancelling a confounding path and identifying the effect of Z on X. Here it is in a very good DAG.
9/10 because of the functional form specificity.
From Steiner et al. (2017) "Graphical Models for Quasi-experimental Designs"
9/10 because of the functional form specificity.
From Steiner et al. (2017) "Graphical Models for Quasi-experimental Designs"
Great opportunity 👇!
🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project
You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
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You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna!
⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025
wratil.eu/files/MULTIR...
1/4 🧵
November 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Great opportunity 👇!
I'm recruiting a PhD researcher at the Department of Politics and the Global Studies Institute at the University of Geneva. Please repost! Quick overview, more details in link:
November 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I'm recruiting a PhD researcher at the Department of Politics and the Global Studies Institute at the University of Geneva. Please repost! Quick overview, more details in link:
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Exciting to see this in print - the first article of our special issue on EU crisis politics and polity formation, by Hanspeter Kriesi in @jeppjournal.bsky.social. Lots more to follow...
🍵 Keep calm and avoid polity politicisation
🤝 Hanspeter Kriesi examines policy politicisation during COVID-19 and finds that, despite tensions, de-escalation and polity-maintenance mechanisms prevented a spillover into polity politicisation 👇
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🤝 Hanspeter Kriesi examines policy politicisation during COVID-19 and finds that, despite tensions, de-escalation and polity-maintenance mechanisms prevented a spillover into polity politicisation 👇
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The dynamics of EU policymaking in the COVID-19 crisis
In the compound EU polity, the escalation potential of policy politicisation into polity politicisation is high. However, this very challenge induces key actors to focus their attention on the de-e...
www.tandfonline.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Exciting to see this in print - the first article of our special issue on EU crisis politics and polity formation, by Hanspeter Kriesi in @jeppjournal.bsky.social. Lots more to follow...
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⚒️ 🚢 🌊 Part of the Special Issue: Rebuilding the ship at sea: crisis politics and EU polity formation; Guest Editors: @katealexandershaw.bsky.social,
Kate Alexander Shaw, Marcello Natili, @nenaoana.bsky.social, Waltraud Schelkle & @ztruchlewski.bsky.social
Kate Alexander Shaw, Marcello Natili, @nenaoana.bsky.social, Waltraud Schelkle & @ztruchlewski.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 AM
⚒️ 🚢 🌊 Part of the Special Issue: Rebuilding the ship at sea: crisis politics and EU polity formation; Guest Editors: @katealexandershaw.bsky.social,
Kate Alexander Shaw, Marcello Natili, @nenaoana.bsky.social, Waltraud Schelkle & @ztruchlewski.bsky.social
Kate Alexander Shaw, Marcello Natili, @nenaoana.bsky.social, Waltraud Schelkle & @ztruchlewski.bsky.social
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🍵 Keep calm and avoid polity politicisation
🤝 Hanspeter Kriesi examines policy politicisation during COVID-19 and finds that, despite tensions, de-escalation and polity-maintenance mechanisms prevented a spillover into polity politicisation 👇
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🤝 Hanspeter Kriesi examines policy politicisation during COVID-19 and finds that, despite tensions, de-escalation and polity-maintenance mechanisms prevented a spillover into polity politicisation 👇
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The dynamics of EU policymaking in the COVID-19 crisis
In the compound EU polity, the escalation potential of policy politicisation into polity politicisation is high. However, this very challenge induces key actors to focus their attention on the de-e...
www.tandfonline.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🍵 Keep calm and avoid polity politicisation
🤝 Hanspeter Kriesi examines policy politicisation during COVID-19 and finds that, despite tensions, de-escalation and polity-maintenance mechanisms prevented a spillover into polity politicisation 👇
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🤝 Hanspeter Kriesi examines policy politicisation during COVID-19 and finds that, despite tensions, de-escalation and polity-maintenance mechanisms prevented a spillover into polity politicisation 👇
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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❗Among their electoral potential, social democratic parties face very few strategic dilemmas. Left-progressive appeals resonate most strongly.
New study in @worldpolitics.bsky.social
with @tabouchadi.bsky.social , @indubioproreto.bsky.social, Nadja Mosimann, and @markuswagner.bsky.social
Thread👇
New study in @worldpolitics.bsky.social
with @tabouchadi.bsky.social , @indubioproreto.bsky.social, Nadja Mosimann, and @markuswagner.bsky.social
Thread👇
New article out in World Politcs. We analyze how different groups react to varying programs of social democratic parties. We find less trade-offs than often assumed. Generally, more left-progressive programs increase support among social democratic potentials
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
July 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
❗Among their electoral potential, social democratic parties face very few strategic dilemmas. Left-progressive appeals resonate most strongly.
New study in @worldpolitics.bsky.social
with @tabouchadi.bsky.social , @indubioproreto.bsky.social, Nadja Mosimann, and @markuswagner.bsky.social
Thread👇
New study in @worldpolitics.bsky.social
with @tabouchadi.bsky.social , @indubioproreto.bsky.social, Nadja Mosimann, and @markuswagner.bsky.social
Thread👇
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🎉 New research alert! My study with the great @ilketoygur.bsky.social has just been published in JEPP @jeppjournal.bsky.social: "Does climate policy backlash fuel Eurosceptic vote? Exploring the link in the European Parliament elections" www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
(THREAD)
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Does climate policy backlash fuel Eurosceptic vote? Exploring the link in the European Parliament elections
www.tandfonline.com
July 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
🎉 New research alert! My study with the great @ilketoygur.bsky.social has just been published in JEPP @jeppjournal.bsky.social: "Does climate policy backlash fuel Eurosceptic vote? Exploring the link in the European Parliament elections" www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Thanks so much @dermothodson.bsky.social and @vanghel.bsky.social for giving stimulating comments on the new book by @nenaoana.bsky.social @alexmoise.bsky.social and Hanspeter Kriesi, it will help us further develop our research agenda!
It was a privilege to discuss this great book by @ztruchlewski.bsky.social, @nenaoana.bsky.social, @alexmoise.bsky.social and Hanspeter Kriesi @ces-europe.bsky.social . It is a must read on how Europeans stood together during the pandemic and whether such solidarity was exceptional or the new norm.
global.oup.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Thanks so much @dermothodson.bsky.social and @vanghel.bsky.social for giving stimulating comments on the new book by @nenaoana.bsky.social @alexmoise.bsky.social and Hanspeter Kriesi, it will help us further develop our research agenda!
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Delighted to see the 2nd edition of Foundations of European Politics 🇪🇺 in print! @catherinedevries.bsky.social @sopro.bsky.social @jbslapin.bsky.social
If you teach EU or European politics, you can order an inspection copy here: global.oup.com/ushe/product...
If you teach EU or European politics, you can order an inspection copy here: global.oup.com/ushe/product...
June 19, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Delighted to see the 2nd edition of Foundations of European Politics 🇪🇺 in print! @catherinedevries.bsky.social @sopro.bsky.social @jbslapin.bsky.social
If you teach EU or European politics, you can order an inspection copy here: global.oup.com/ushe/product...
If you teach EU or European politics, you can order an inspection copy here: global.oup.com/ushe/product...
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Delighted that my paper with @kevincunning.bsky.social on "Still second-order national elections? Evaluating the classic model after the 2024 European elections" has just been published by @wepsocial.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140... 1/
doi.org/10.1080/0140... 1/
May 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Delighted that my paper with @kevincunning.bsky.social on "Still second-order national elections? Evaluating the classic model after the 2024 European elections" has just been published by @wepsocial.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0140... 1/
doi.org/10.1080/0140... 1/
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Out now🎉 - Evidence (from distribution analyses and machine learning models on EES 2014-2024 data) of strong similarities and growing convergence in EU public opinion, particularly on economic issues. Common right-ward shifts on immigration, yes - but underlying drivers still vary. shorturl.at/KCx0S
June 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Out now🎉 - Evidence (from distribution analyses and machine learning models on EES 2014-2024 data) of strong similarities and growing convergence in EU public opinion, particularly on economic issues. Common right-ward shifts on immigration, yes - but underlying drivers still vary. shorturl.at/KCx0S
New book out at @oxfordacademic.bsky.social on COVID and the EU by @nenaoana.bsky.social @alexmoise.bsky.social and Hanspeter Kriesi. The book was presented at the @eui-eu.bsky.social @eui-sps.bsky.social with very insightful comments by @simonhix.bsky.social www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
Pandemic Polity-Building: How Covid-19 Shaped the European Union
This event features a book presentation by Zbigniew Truchlewski (EUI Research Fellow), Ioana-Elena Oana (EUI Part-time Assistant Professor), Alexandru Moise (EUI Research Fellow), and Hanspeter Kriesi...
www.eui.eu
June 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
New book out at @oxfordacademic.bsky.social on COVID and the EU by @nenaoana.bsky.social @alexmoise.bsky.social and Hanspeter Kriesi. The book was presented at the @eui-eu.bsky.social @eui-sps.bsky.social with very insightful comments by @simonhix.bsky.social www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
Neat 👇
ICYMI githistory.xyz is a great way to navigate #git commits and visualise how a file has been changing across commits
Just replace github.com with github.githistory.xyz in the URL and enjoy! #rstats
Just replace github.com with github.githistory.xyz in the URL and enjoy! #rstats
June 20, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Neat 👇
Congrats to @nenaoana.bsky.social, Marcello Natili and his moustache for new smarticle in @jeppjournal.bsky.social on public support for the EU during crises. A short 🧵:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Understanding public support for EU polity building in hard times: the role of territorial, functional, and crisis politics
Between 2005 and 2025, repeated European crises spurred various forms of EU polity building in a process we call ‘binding’ (i.e., the development of capacity by the centre to provide public goods)....
www.tandfonline.com
June 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Congrats to @nenaoana.bsky.social, Marcello Natili and his moustache for new smarticle in @jeppjournal.bsky.social on public support for the EU during crises. A short 🧵:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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NEW -
Benchmarking pandemic response: How the UK’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout impacted diffuse and specific support for the EU - cup.org/425D2O7
- @irenerodriguez.bsky.social, @tonirodon.bsky.social, @aslunn.bsky.social, @lisaherbig.bsky.social, @heikekluever.bsky.social & @theresakuhn.bsky.social
Benchmarking pandemic response: How the UK’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout impacted diffuse and specific support for the EU - cup.org/425D2O7
- @irenerodriguez.bsky.social, @tonirodon.bsky.social, @aslunn.bsky.social, @lisaherbig.bsky.social, @heikekluever.bsky.social & @theresakuhn.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 9:50 AM
NEW -
Benchmarking pandemic response: How the UK’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout impacted diffuse and specific support for the EU - cup.org/425D2O7
- @irenerodriguez.bsky.social, @tonirodon.bsky.social, @aslunn.bsky.social, @lisaherbig.bsky.social, @heikekluever.bsky.social & @theresakuhn.bsky.social
Benchmarking pandemic response: How the UK’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout impacted diffuse and specific support for the EU - cup.org/425D2O7
- @irenerodriguez.bsky.social, @tonirodon.bsky.social, @aslunn.bsky.social, @lisaherbig.bsky.social, @heikekluever.bsky.social & @theresakuhn.bsky.social
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The first novel I read in Ukraine, Pidmohyl’nyi’s “The City” now available in English translation. More important work from HURI.
books.huri.harvard.edu/books/the-city
books.huri.harvard.edu/books/the-city
The City, by Valerian Pidmohylnyi
Valerian Pidmohylnyi’s The City was a landmark event in the history of Ukrainian literature. Written by a master craftsman in full control of the texture, rhythm, and tone of the text, the novel tells...
books.huri.harvard.edu
June 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The first novel I read in Ukraine, Pidmohyl’nyi’s “The City” now available in English translation. More important work from HURI.
books.huri.harvard.edu/books/the-city
books.huri.harvard.edu/books/the-city