Rethinking Europe's East-West Divide
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Rethinking Europe’s East-West Divide’ network aims to overcome disciplinary siloes and to fully integrate the study of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) into mainstream European Politics and European Union Studies. The network advances a novel research agenda for studying political processes in CEE and Western Europe together.
We encourage qualitative and quantitative comparative research, but also studies of diffusion of policies and discourses between CEE and Western Europe, as well as studies that focus on structural dependencies in Europe and their political impacts. With a view to building an inclusive interdisciplinary community the network brings together a diverse group of scholars from a range of disciplines (comparative politics, EU politics, political economy, history and gender studies, among others) at various stages of their careers. Furthermore, the network is committed to creating a platform for voices and perspectives, often marginalised in the field of European studies and will prioritise supporting early career scholars based in Central and Eastern Europe.
DPIR’S Dr Eli Gateva awarded University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES) funding to analyse Europe’s East-West divide.
Fragment of the East Side Gallery, a 1.3 km long part of the original Berlin Wall. | Image: VanderWolf Images/ Shutterstock.
DPIR’s Departmental Lecturer in European Union Politics Dr Eli Gateva has been jointly awarded UACES Research network funding with Dr Julia Rone (University of Cambridge) and Dr Emilija Tudzarovska (Charles University, Prague/Czech Academy of Sciences) to launch and develop ‘Rethinking Europe’s East-West Divide’ network.
The network aims to overcome disciplinary siloes and fully integrate the study of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) into mainstream European Politics and European Union Studies. Their term as convenors will last for three years, running from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2026.
With a view to building an inclusive interdisciplinary community, the network brings together a diverse group of scholars at various stages of their careers; with expertise in political science, history and political economy; based in more than 20 institutions across 14 countries.
Furthermore, the network is committed to creating a platform for voices and perspectives, often marginalised in the field of European studies. The network will encourage studying East and West together by fostering lively academic exchange at online and in-person events, as well as networking between scholars interested in comparing both regions.
"As ten countries prepare to celebrate 20 years of EU membership, and with enlargement firmly back on the Union’s agenda, there is no better time to rethink Europe’s East-West divide, challenge outdated stereotypes and advance a novel research agenda." - Dr Eli Gateva
The network will organise panels on Central and Eastern European politics in a broader comparative perspective at major conferences (European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Council for European Studies (CES), UACES) boosting the visibility of the network and expanding its membership.
As the network will support the development of an edited book on Central and Eastern European Politics, its publication will have a long-lasting impact on the study of the region. Furthermore, it will be a stepping stone to new research projects and collaborations.
A network launch conference will be held on Thursday 14 and Friday 15 March at St Antony’s College in Oxford.
Julia Rone joins new project: Rethinking Europe’s East-West Divide
Author(s): Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy
Dr Julia Rone has been jointly awarded funding to integrate the study of Eastern and Central Europe with mainstream European Political studies.
Dr Julia Rone, Research Associate at the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, has bene jointly awarded UACES Research network funding with Dr Eli Gateva (University of Oxford) and Dr Emilija Tudzarovska (Charles University, Prague/Czech Academy of Sciences).
The funding will be used to launch a new network: ‘Rethinking Europe’s East-West Divide’.
The network aims to overcome disciplinary siloes and fully integrate the study of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) into mainstream European Politics and European Union Studies. Their term as convenors will last for three years, running from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2026.
With a view to building an inclusive interdisciplinary community, the network will bring together a diverse group of scholars at various stages of their careers; with expertise in political science, history and political economy; based in more than 20 institutions across 14 countries.
To mark the launch of the network, the Department of Politics and International Relations at Oxford are hosting two day conference. Julia Rone and her co-conveners will be hosting a number of thematic panels and events.
Visiting Fellow Blog: Emilija Tudzarovska
Author(s): Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy
Dr Emilija Tudzarovska – Visiting Fellow Blog.
This term, the Minderoo Center for Technology and Democracy (MCTD) welcomed Visiting Fellow Dr Emilija Tudzarovska (@emitudzarovska), Lecturer in European Politics at Charles University in Prague and a Researcher at the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Sociology.
During her visit, Emilija undertook critical research of the processes of legitimation and parliamentary scrutiny over the digital sector in the EU.
In her research, she investigates the normative value of the democratic scrutiny provided by the national parliaments in the context of “surveillance capitalism”, contributing to a joint forthcoming publication with MCTD Research Associate Dr. Julia Rone.
By focusing on the regulation of AI in the EU, the research explores the capacities of different national parliaments to provide scrutiny of digital sovereignty policy, and AI more specifically. The research specifically focuses on the case of the CEE countries, in the broader context of crisis of democratic representation in the EU.
Her research is also part of the recently jointly awarded UACES Research network funding with Dr Julia Rone (MCTD) and Dr Eli Gateva (University of Oxford), as well as her work on populism for SYRI (@institutSYRI) at the Czech Academy of Sciences.