Faculty Spotlight

New Article by Matthijs Bogaards

June 12, 2023

What role does the state play in post-conflict societies? How do local communities see the state? What are the do's and don'ts in state-building? What should be the priorities, is there a sequence that is best? These are the questions at the heart of the new article by Matthijs Bogaards, who seeks answers with the help of the most influential theory of politics in divided societies.

Full article: Consociationalism and the State (tandfonline.com)

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New Article by Daniel Bochsler

May 31, 2023

Which social groups are represented by their own parties, which ones not? In this new article, Daniel Bochsler (with Bernard Grofman & Miriam Hänni) investigates the institutional opportunities for group representation.

"Fit for parliament: a new index of electability, assessing the electoral success of group-based parties".

New Article by Robert Sata

May 30, 2023

A new research article by Robert Sata on Performing crisis to create your enemy: Europe vs. the EU in Hungarian populist discourse has just been published in Frontiers.

The article can be accessed HERE.

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New Article by Anil Duman

May 4, 2023

New article by Anil Duman titled Feeling insecure and excluding immigrant: Relationship between subjective risks and welfare chauvinism has just been published in the Social Policy & Administration Journal.

The open access article can be found here: https://bit.ly/3Vun8Io

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New Publication by Daniel Bochsler

April 21, 2023

How does territorial autonomy affect bargaining between ethnic groups and the government during regime transitions? In his new article, Daniel Bochsler, together with Andreas Juon, quantitatively studies this question for a global sample, 1946-2017. 

The Wrong Place at the Wrong Time? Territorial Autonomy and Conflict During Regime Transitions (with Andreas Juon).  

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00104140231168365

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