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Ángel Torres Adán @angeltorresadan.bsky.social · Sep 1

New OA paper🧵 @buzogany.bsky.social
and I just published a paper titled 'Democratic Backsliding in the Shadow of Crises: How Pandemics, War, and Democratic Regression Impact Attitudes towards Democracy in Georgia' Check it out in Contemporary Politics.
doi.org/10.1080/1356...

Democratic backsliding in the shadow of crises. How pandemics, war and democratic regression impact attitudes towards democracy in Georgia

This study explores the impact of crises on democratic support in Georgia by analyzing how external and domestic challenges – including the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and internal democ...

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Osteuropa-Institut @osteuropainstitut.bsky.social · Jul 21

📑 Check out a new journal article by OEI's Mihai Varga and Aron Buzogány @buzogany.bsky.social of the Universität für Bodenkultur on agricultural policy and rural development in contemporary Ukraine 🇺🇦.

The article is available to the public free of charge🔓

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Breaking the rural underdevelopment trap? Eastern Enlargement, agricultural policy and lessons for Ukraine

This article examines the lessons that the European Union’s Eastern Enlargement and the rural transitions it encouraged in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) hold for an enlarging EU and for Ukraine....

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GreenDeal-NET @greendealnet.eu · May 5

🇺🇦 Can Ukraine follow the EU’s rural development path or does it need a new one?

@buzogany.bsky.social's & Mihai Varga's article explores what past Eastern Enlargement strategies reveal about the challenges ahead, from post-war realities to protectionism.

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Breaking the rural underdevelopment trap? Eastern Enlargement, agricultural policy and lessons for Ukraine | GreenDeal-NET

EU enlargement lessons for Ukraine: Rural policy, market liberalization, & post-war development. Analyzing CEE's experience.

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GreenDeal-NET @greendealnet.eu · Apr 30

💡How can Energy Communities drive a just energy transition?

New research by GreenDeal-NET’s @buzogany.bsky.social & Patrick Scherhaufer explores lessons from local initiatives across Europe, challenges they face, and how stronger policies can empower them to shape a sustainable energy future.

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Energy communities—lessons learnt, challenges, and policy recommendations | GreenDeal-NET

Exploring European energy communities: Insights on progress, hurdles, and policy for a citizen-led energy shift.

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JEPP Journal @jeppjournal.bsky.social · Apr 10

Are there lessons from CEE enlargement for Ukraine’s rural development? 🤔 @buzogany.bsky.social and Mihai Varga (@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social) argue that Ukraine’s more protectionist approach challenges the adaptability of the EU’s traditional models used in CEE enlargement 👇

Breaking the rural underdevelopment trap? Eastern Enlargement, agricultural policy and lessons for Ukraine

This article examines the lessons that the European Union’s Eastern Enlargement and the rural transitions it encouraged in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) hold for an enlarging EU and for Ukraine....

www.tandfonline.com

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Aron Buzogány @buzogany.bsky.social · Mar 19

Psychotheraphy für alle

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Luca Tomini @lucatomini.bsky.social · Feb 9

4/Aron Buzogány @buzogany.bsky.social & Tobias Spöry @tobiasspoeri.bsky.social analyze city democracy & diplomacy in the Visegrád capitals: Bratislava, Budapest, Prague & Warsaw👇🏼 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Cities against democratic backsliding: democratic resilience through urban resistance in the Visegrád 4 capitals

How do cities fight democratic backsliding on the national level? Set in an increasingly illiberal context, the four Visegrád capitals (V4 capitals) Bratislava, Budapest, Prague and Warsaw have ele...

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Tobias Spöri @tobiasspoeri.bsky.social · Nov 15

🧵 1/ How can cities fight for democracy in times of democratic backsliding?

In a recent article for #ContemporaryPolitics, co-authored with @buzogany.bsky.social we explore how the Visegrád capitals—Bratislava, Budapest, Prague, & Warsaw—are leading the charge in advocating for democracy.