Nena (Ioana-Elena) Oana
@nenaoana.bsky.social
Assist. Prof. (PT) at EUI, Florence | PhD from CEU Political Science | Methods and R 🤓 | EU & crisis politics, Public Opinion and behavior, Protest
📎 http://nenaoana.github.io
📎 http://nenaoana.github.io
Pinned
High time for some professional news:
Happy to share that I’ll be joining the University of Amsterdam as Assistant Professor in EU Politics & Governance from January 🎓🇪🇺.
Excited to meet new colleagues and to return to Amsterdam’s sunsets and canals, a city that has always felt a bit like home 🛶.
Happy to share that I’ll be joining the University of Amsterdam as Assistant Professor in EU Politics & Governance from January 🎓🇪🇺.
Excited to meet new colleagues and to return to Amsterdam’s sunsets and canals, a city that has always felt a bit like home 🛶.
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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
March 14, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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
High time for some professional news:
Happy to share that I’ll be joining the University of Amsterdam as Assistant Professor in EU Politics & Governance from January 🎓🇪🇺.
Excited to meet new colleagues and to return to Amsterdam’s sunsets and canals, a city that has always felt a bit like home 🛶.
Happy to share that I’ll be joining the University of Amsterdam as Assistant Professor in EU Politics & Governance from January 🎓🇪🇺.
Excited to meet new colleagues and to return to Amsterdam’s sunsets and canals, a city that has always felt a bit like home 🛶.
November 6, 2025 at 7:25 AM
High time for some professional news:
Happy to share that I’ll be joining the University of Amsterdam as Assistant Professor in EU Politics & Governance from January 🎓🇪🇺.
Excited to meet new colleagues and to return to Amsterdam’s sunsets and canals, a city that has always felt a bit like home 🛶.
Happy to share that I’ll be joining the University of Amsterdam as Assistant Professor in EU Politics & Governance from January 🎓🇪🇺.
Excited to meet new colleagues and to return to Amsterdam’s sunsets and canals, a city that has always felt a bit like home 🛶.
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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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It was great to be back at @eui-schuman.bsky.social
for a workshop on "The EU between differentiation, disintegration, and enlargement". Find most papers on @wepsocial.bsky.social (tinyurl.com/bdz7arw7) and @jeppjournal.bsky.social (tinyurl.com/4htxs4hk). Thanks to all organisers and participants!
for a workshop on "The EU between differentiation, disintegration, and enlargement". Find most papers on @wepsocial.bsky.social (tinyurl.com/bdz7arw7) and @jeppjournal.bsky.social (tinyurl.com/4htxs4hk). Thanks to all organisers and participants!
October 21, 2025 at 7:30 AM
It was great to be back at @eui-schuman.bsky.social
for a workshop on "The EU between differentiation, disintegration, and enlargement". Find most papers on @wepsocial.bsky.social (tinyurl.com/bdz7arw7) and @jeppjournal.bsky.social (tinyurl.com/4htxs4hk). Thanks to all organisers and participants!
for a workshop on "The EU between differentiation, disintegration, and enlargement". Find most papers on @wepsocial.bsky.social (tinyurl.com/bdz7arw7) and @jeppjournal.bsky.social (tinyurl.com/4htxs4hk). Thanks to all organisers and participants!
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As I am fairly new to Bluesky, this comes a bit late, but it is still worth checking out:
Our #oa introduction to the @jeppjournal.bsky.social special issue on "Europe’s Changing Protest Landscape"
with @sophiahunger.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjpp20/3...
Our #oa introduction to the @jeppjournal.bsky.social special issue on "Europe’s Changing Protest Landscape"
with @sophiahunger.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjpp20/3...
Journal of European Public Policy
Special Issue: Europe's Changing Protest Landscape. Guest Editors: Sophia Hunger & Swen Hutter. Volume 32, Issue 8 of Journal of European Public Policy
www.tandfonline.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
As I am fairly new to Bluesky, this comes a bit late, but it is still worth checking out:
Our #oa introduction to the @jeppjournal.bsky.social special issue on "Europe’s Changing Protest Landscape"
with @sophiahunger.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjpp20/3...
Our #oa introduction to the @jeppjournal.bsky.social special issue on "Europe’s Changing Protest Landscape"
with @sophiahunger.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjpp20/3...
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no better way to depart from #ecprgc25 than 👀 my paper just published in @eupthejournal.bsky.social! I find localism in an unlikely place & show that people feel more represented when they live in incumbent MEPs' hometowns, using survey data from 🇷🇴🇭🇺🇮🇹🇧🇪 doi.org/10.1177/1465... #Polisky
The effect of MEPs' local ties on perceived representation: Evidence from four EU member states - Daniel Kovarek, 2025
Concerned with the electoral and attitudinal effects of localness, a large literature studies how candidates’ and elected deputies’ local ties shape perceived r...
journals.sagepub.com
August 30, 2025 at 9:44 AM
no better way to depart from #ecprgc25 than 👀 my paper just published in @eupthejournal.bsky.social! I find localism in an unlikely place & show that people feel more represented when they live in incumbent MEPs' hometowns, using survey data from 🇷🇴🇭🇺🇮🇹🇧🇪 doi.org/10.1177/1465... #Polisky
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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.
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June 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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.
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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...
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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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The EU 'binds' together (especially in times of crisis)🛠️🛤️
❓@ztruchlewski.bsky.social,Marcello Natili and @nenaoana.bsky.social investigate what drives public support for EU polity building.
💡 They find that crises increase support for EU polity building, especially in redistributive areas.
❓@ztruchlewski.bsky.social,Marcello Natili and @nenaoana.bsky.social investigate what drives public support for EU polity building.
💡 They find that crises increase support for EU polity building, especially in redistributive areas.
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 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The EU 'binds' together (especially in times of crisis)🛠️🛤️
❓@ztruchlewski.bsky.social,Marcello Natili and @nenaoana.bsky.social investigate what drives public support for EU polity building.
💡 They find that crises increase support for EU polity building, especially in redistributive areas.
❓@ztruchlewski.bsky.social,Marcello Natili and @nenaoana.bsky.social investigate what drives public support for EU polity building.
💡 They find that crises increase support for EU polity building, especially in redistributive areas.
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Or this joint experiment by @nenaoana.bsky.social and Alexandru D. Moise on energy policy in the EU: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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March 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Or this joint experiment by @nenaoana.bsky.social and Alexandru D. Moise on energy policy in the EU: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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The book builds on and further develops recent publications like this one which offers an original framework for analysing how external threats shape European integration link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Tilly versus Milward: Experimental Evidence of Public Preferences for European Defense Amidst the Russian Threat - Political Behavior
Following the “bellicist” school of state formation, the external threat of war is expected to spur polity formation by centralizing military capacity (Tilly, in Coercion, Capital, and European States...
link.springer.com
March 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The book builds on and further develops recent publications like this one which offers an original framework for analysing how external threats shape European integration link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The book develops a novel framework for understanding European polity formation and brings a wealth of data to analyse public preferences in 4 policy field - all open access and financed by the wonderful @solid-erc.bsky.social at @eui-schuman.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social and the U. of Milano
March 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The book develops a novel framework for understanding European polity formation and brings a wealth of data to analyse public preferences in 4 policy field - all open access and financed by the wonderful @solid-erc.bsky.social at @eui-schuman.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social and the U. of Milano
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🚨Congrats to @nenaoana.bsky.social and Alexandru D. Moise for new joint book at @cambridgeup.bsky.social @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social on the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine public preferences for the European Union.
March 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
🚨Congrats to @nenaoana.bsky.social and Alexandru D. Moise for new joint book at @cambridgeup.bsky.social @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social on the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine public preferences for the European Union.
Extremely happy to see our latest mini-monograph on public demand for #EU polity building in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of #Ukraine. You can find it Open Access 🔓 here: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
March 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Extremely happy to see our latest mini-monograph on public demand for #EU polity building in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of #Ukraine. You can find it Open Access 🔓 here: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
New OA 🔓 publication in EUP 🔔: What is the potential for unity and/or conflict in attitudes towards energy #sanctions and the #transnational sharing of their costs within the #EU following the Russian invasion of #Ukraine?
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Demand-side constraints on European solidarity for energy sanctions: Experimental evidence from seven EU countries - Ioana-Elena Oana, Alexandru D Moise, Zbigniew Truchlewski, 2025
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is testing bonds of energy solidarity in Europe as domestic and territorial conflicts can undermine unity and swift political ac...
journals.sagepub.com
February 27, 2025 at 10:19 AM
New OA 🔓 publication in EUP 🔔: What is the potential for unity and/or conflict in attitudes towards energy #sanctions and the #transnational sharing of their costs within the #EU following the Russian invasion of #Ukraine?
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Good paper by @nenaoana.bsky.social @ztruchlewski.bsky.social and colleagues on energy solidarity. Results
Consistent with our 2023 experiment paper on energy security & solidarity in the EU.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Consistent with our 2023 experiment paper on energy security & solidarity in the EU.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Which Energy Security Union? An experiment on public preferences for energy union alternatives in 5 western European countries
The Russian invasion of Ukraine caught the European Union (EU) off-balance, leading some to propose a relaunch of the EU's Energy Union. However, the …
www.sciencedirect.com
February 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Good paper by @nenaoana.bsky.social @ztruchlewski.bsky.social and colleagues on energy solidarity. Results
Consistent with our 2023 experiment paper on energy security & solidarity in the EU.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Consistent with our 2023 experiment paper on energy security & solidarity in the EU.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🚨 Postdoc Fellow at LSE in Political Behaviour 🚨
We're hiring a 2-3 year postdoc fellow at the LSE to join our great department (with some teaching in political behaviour and comparative European or EU politics)
Please spread the word and reach out with questions!
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We're hiring a 2-3 year postdoc fellow at the LSE to join our great department (with some teaching in political behaviour and comparative European or EU politics)
Please spread the word and reach out with questions!
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
LSE Fellow in Political Behaviour
LSE Fellow in Political Behaviour,
,
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></em></p>
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jobs.lse.ac.uk
February 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🚨 Postdoc Fellow at LSE in Political Behaviour 🚨
We're hiring a 2-3 year postdoc fellow at the LSE to join our great department (with some teaching in political behaviour and comparative European or EU politics)
Please spread the word and reach out with questions!
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We're hiring a 2-3 year postdoc fellow at the LSE to join our great department (with some teaching in political behaviour and comparative European or EU politics)
Please spread the word and reach out with questions!
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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there has to be a joke that starts like “4 CEU graduates walk into a sala lettura in Milan…” @nenaoana.bsky.social @ztruchlewski.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 10:02 AM
there has to be a joke that starts like “4 CEU graduates walk into a sala lettura in Milan…” @nenaoana.bsky.social @ztruchlewski.bsky.social
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@financialtimes.com reporting that 🇪🇺 is discussing setting up a 500bn 💶 defence fund
Some ‘details’ coming out suggest that its set-up might be clever for convincing fiscal hawks to join:
- voluntary nature backed by national guarantees not 🇪🇺-wide
-open to others, 🇬🇧🇳🇴
-EIB role
shorturl.at/FX315
Some ‘details’ coming out suggest that its set-up might be clever for convincing fiscal hawks to join:
- voluntary nature backed by national guarantees not 🇪🇺-wide
-open to others, 🇬🇧🇳🇴
-EIB role
shorturl.at/FX315
Europe races to set up €500bn defence fund
Initiative is open to UK and would tap bond markets to boost spending for Trump’s White House return
www.ft.com
December 6, 2024 at 8:08 AM
@financialtimes.com reporting that 🇪🇺 is discussing setting up a 500bn 💶 defence fund
Some ‘details’ coming out suggest that its set-up might be clever for convincing fiscal hawks to join:
- voluntary nature backed by national guarantees not 🇪🇺-wide
-open to others, 🇬🇧🇳🇴
-EIB role
shorturl.at/FX315
Some ‘details’ coming out suggest that its set-up might be clever for convincing fiscal hawks to join:
- voluntary nature backed by national guarantees not 🇪🇺-wide
-open to others, 🇬🇧🇳🇴
-EIB role
shorturl.at/FX315
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Every person who has had to teach a Gen Zer how to use R
Heard from guy that teaches coding bootcamps. He has to teach them what a folder is. I'm gonna have a job forever.
November 30, 2024 at 3:17 AM
Every person who has had to teach a Gen Zer how to use R
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Thrilled to share our latest work, with @DanMercea and Matthias Hoffmann, published at @PolStudies. Using nat. rep. survey data from 6 European countries, we explore what differentiates actual and potential protesters between themselves and in relation to non-protesters.
A short 🧵
A short 🧵
November 26, 2024 at 12:31 PM
Thrilled to share our latest work, with @DanMercea and Matthias Hoffmann, published at @PolStudies. Using nat. rep. survey data from 6 European countries, we explore what differentiates actual and potential protesters between themselves and in relation to non-protesters.
A short 🧵
A short 🧵
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If you're interested in trying out LLMs in #rstats but don't know where to begin, I've added a few two vignettes to elmer: elmer.tidyverse.org/articles/elm... and elmer.tidyverse.org/articles/pro...
Getting started with elmer
elmer.tidyverse.org
November 29, 2024 at 3:45 PM
If you're interested in trying out LLMs in #rstats but don't know where to begin, I've added a few two vignettes to elmer: elmer.tidyverse.org/articles/elm... and elmer.tidyverse.org/articles/pro...
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The social movements scholars starter pack has hit 100 members! Thanks to all who recommended additions. Lots of new people to follow if you have not looked at it in a while.
There's still space and many new folks have joined Bluesky - who else should be added?
go.bsky.app/59uZyEy
There's still space and many new folks have joined Bluesky - who else should be added?
go.bsky.app/59uZyEy
November 27, 2024 at 2:52 PM
The social movements scholars starter pack has hit 100 members! Thanks to all who recommended additions. Lots of new people to follow if you have not looked at it in a while.
There's still space and many new folks have joined Bluesky - who else should be added?
go.bsky.app/59uZyEy
There's still space and many new folks have joined Bluesky - who else should be added?
go.bsky.app/59uZyEy