Paolo Chiocchetti
@pchiocchetti.bsky.social
Lecturer and Researcher in British Politics at the Centre for British Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. British politics, European integration, radical left. Lives in Innsbruck and Berlin. https://www.gbz.hu-berlin.de/staff/dr-paolo-chiocchetti
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British Eurosceptic voters before and after Brexit
Introduction A decade ago, Brexit emerged as the most salient, divisive, and transformative issue in British politics. Having gathered strength since the early 1990s both within the Conservative pa...
doi.org
Paolo Chiocchetti, “British Eurosceptic voters before and after Brexit”, Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique [Online], XXX-3 | 2025
doi.org/10.4000/14qkm
doi.org/10.4000/14qkm
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Anarchy Is What Donald Trump Makes Of It
There's anarchy and then there's ANARCHY.
open.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Reposted by Paolo Chiocchetti
🚨 NEW EVENT 🚨
6️⃣ This January will mark 6 years since the UK's departure from the EU
🇬🇧🇪🇺 To discuss the important year ahead in UK-EU relations, UKICE's team of experts will be joined by Sir Ivan Rogers
📆 Fri 31 Jan, 1pm GMT
💻 Online
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6️⃣ This January will mark 6 years since the UK's departure from the EU
🇬🇧🇪🇺 To discuss the important year ahead in UK-EU relations, UKICE's team of experts will be joined by Sir Ivan Rogers
📆 Fri 31 Jan, 1pm GMT
💻 Online
Sign up here 👇
ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice...
UKICE Lunch Hour: UK-EU relations in 2026 - UK in a changing Europe
Join UK in a Changing Europe experts and former UK Permanent Representative to the EU Sir Ivan Rogers for a discussion on the future of UK-EU relations.
ukandeu.ac.uk
January 8, 2026 at 9:51 AM
🚨 NEW EVENT 🚨
6️⃣ This January will mark 6 years since the UK's departure from the EU
🇬🇧🇪🇺 To discuss the important year ahead in UK-EU relations, UKICE's team of experts will be joined by Sir Ivan Rogers
📆 Fri 31 Jan, 1pm GMT
💻 Online
Sign up here 👇
ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice...
6️⃣ This January will mark 6 years since the UK's departure from the EU
🇬🇧🇪🇺 To discuss the important year ahead in UK-EU relations, UKICE's team of experts will be joined by Sir Ivan Rogers
📆 Fri 31 Jan, 1pm GMT
💻 Online
Sign up here 👇
ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice...
📣 Temporary job for political scientists!
We are advertising a temporary position of Lecturer and Researcher in British Politics (HU-Berlin, full-time, 1-year, PhD or PostDoc level) to replace me during my paternity leave. Find the advert here (in German): www.hu-berlin.de/universitaet...
We are advertising a temporary position of Lecturer and Researcher in British Politics (HU-Berlin, full-time, 1-year, PhD or PostDoc level) to replace me during my paternity leave. Find the advert here (in German): www.hu-berlin.de/universitaet...
Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d) im Bereich Politik des Vereinigten Königreichs - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
www.hu-berlin.de
December 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
📣 Temporary job for political scientists!
We are advertising a temporary position of Lecturer and Researcher in British Politics (HU-Berlin, full-time, 1-year, PhD or PostDoc level) to replace me during my paternity leave. Find the advert here (in German): www.hu-berlin.de/universitaet...
We are advertising a temporary position of Lecturer and Researcher in British Politics (HU-Berlin, full-time, 1-year, PhD or PostDoc level) to replace me during my paternity leave. Find the advert here (in German): www.hu-berlin.de/universitaet...
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Belgian AI scientists are advocating *against* the use of AI in academia. “If independent thinking is no longer encouraged at university, where would it?” apache.be/2025/10/24/b...
Belgian AI scientists resist the use of AI in academia
Several AI scientists have published an open letter calling for a ban on AI use by students.
apache.be
October 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Belgian AI scientists are advocating *against* the use of AI in academia. “If independent thinking is no longer encouraged at university, where would it?” apache.be/2025/10/24/b...
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!
Reposted by Paolo Chiocchetti
Now out in #RFCB, my article about the growing dissatisfaction of Conservative MPs before the 2024 General Election... Useful to understand the weekly defections to Reform UK and public discontent with the course of the party by senior party officials!
journals.openedition.org/rfcb/14232
journals.openedition.org/rfcb/14232
From Hope to Disarray: The Parliamentary Conservative Party’s Road ...
Introduction The 2019 General Election in the United Kingdom produced a remarkable result for the Conservative Party. It won 365 out of 650 seats and around 44% of votes, which represented its high...
journals.openedition.org
September 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Now out in #RFCB, my article about the growing dissatisfaction of Conservative MPs before the 2024 General Election... Useful to understand the weekly defections to Reform UK and public discontent with the course of the party by senior party officials!
journals.openedition.org/rfcb/14232
journals.openedition.org/rfcb/14232
Paolo Chiocchetti, “British Eurosceptic voters before and after Brexit”, Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique [Online], XXX-3 | 2025
doi.org/10.4000/14qkm
doi.org/10.4000/14qkm
British Eurosceptic voters before and after Brexit
Introduction A decade ago, Brexit emerged as the most salient, divisive, and transformative issue in British politics. Having gathered strength since the early 1990s both within the Conservative pa...
doi.org
September 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Paolo Chiocchetti, “British Eurosceptic voters before and after Brexit”, Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique [Online], XXX-3 | 2025
doi.org/10.4000/14qkm
doi.org/10.4000/14qkm
Reposted by Paolo Chiocchetti
OK, a🧵: Our new paper studies workers' political consciousness in times of class demobilization.
We show there's more to workers' politics than right-wing resentment. Listening to workers, we reconstruct their moral critiques of money, power & recognition.
Link journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We show there's more to workers' politics than right-wing resentment. Listening to workers, we reconstruct their moral critiques of money, power & recognition.
Link journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
September 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
OK, a🧵: Our new paper studies workers' political consciousness in times of class demobilization.
We show there's more to workers' politics than right-wing resentment. Listening to workers, we reconstruct their moral critiques of money, power & recognition.
Link journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We show there's more to workers' politics than right-wing resentment. Listening to workers, we reconstruct their moral critiques of money, power & recognition.
Link journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
June 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
📣 Vising fellowship for early-career researchers at our Centre for British Studies in Berlin (6 months, €5,000). Political scientists welcome!
June 13, 2025 at 8:57 AM
📣 Vising fellowship for early-career researchers at our Centre for British Studies in Berlin (6 months, €5,000). Political scientists welcome!
Reposted by Paolo Chiocchetti
Coming soon with @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social...
British Labour Leaders: www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/britis...
British Conservative Leaders: www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/britis...
British Labour Leaders: www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/britis...
British Conservative Leaders: www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/britis...
April 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Coming soon with @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social...
British Labour Leaders: www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/britis...
British Conservative Leaders: www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/britis...
British Labour Leaders: www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/britis...
British Conservative Leaders: www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/britis...
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💥OUT NOW!
Volume 48, Issue 5 (2025). The Special Issue "External Differentiation: A New Trajectory after Brexit and Ukraine?"
Edited by @pchiocchetti.bsky.social Stefan Telle & @brigidlaffan.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fwep20/c...
Volume 48, Issue 5 (2025). The Special Issue "External Differentiation: A New Trajectory after Brexit and Ukraine?"
Edited by @pchiocchetti.bsky.social Stefan Telle & @brigidlaffan.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fwep20/c...
April 7, 2025 at 7:52 AM
💥OUT NOW!
Volume 48, Issue 5 (2025). The Special Issue "External Differentiation: A New Trajectory after Brexit and Ukraine?"
Edited by @pchiocchetti.bsky.social Stefan Telle & @brigidlaffan.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fwep20/c...
Volume 48, Issue 5 (2025). The Special Issue "External Differentiation: A New Trajectory after Brexit and Ukraine?"
Edited by @pchiocchetti.bsky.social Stefan Telle & @brigidlaffan.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fwep20/c...
Many thanks to: my two co-editors Stefan and Brigid; all the contributors; the wonderful team at WEP (@wepsocial.bsky.social); the DFG (@dfg.de) for the related grant; and the Centre for British Studies of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (@humboldtuni.bsky.social) for the logistical support!
April 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Many thanks to: my two co-editors Stefan and Brigid; all the contributors; the wonderful team at WEP (@wepsocial.bsky.social); the DFG (@dfg.de) for the related grant; and the Centre for British Studies of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (@humboldtuni.bsky.social) for the logistical support!
In the tenth article, Maryna Rabinovych show how pre-war external differentiation agreements strengthened Ukraine's resilience under aggression
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EU external differentiated integration as a crisis response tool? Evidence from Ukraine
Emerging scholarship on the EU and Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 has predominantly focused on explaining the unprecedented strength of the EU’s response, especially it...
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April 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
In the tenth article, Maryna Rabinovych show how pre-war external differentiation agreements strengthened Ukraine's resilience under aggression
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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In the ninth article, Meltem Müftüler-Baç reassess the complexities of Turkey's relations with the European Union
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A fragile relationship: Turkey and the European Union moving beyond membership with external differentiated integration
Turkey’s relations with the European Union depend on extensive legal instruments, drivers of interdependence and voluntary compliance to the EU rules. With an Association Agreement dating back to 1...
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April 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
In the ninth article, Meltem Müftüler-Baç reassess the complexities of Turkey's relations with the European Union
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In the eight article, Maria Giulia Amadio Viceré and Matteo Bonomi explain differentiated integration in the Western Balkans as a 'strategy of system maintenance'
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External differentiation as a strategy of system maintenance: EU enlargement towards the Western Balkans
Despite the stalling of enlargement countries’ accession to the EU, these countries have been recurrently involved in EU policies. There is, however, little knowledge about their participation in E...
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April 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
In the eight article, Maria Giulia Amadio Viceré and Matteo Bonomi explain differentiated integration in the Western Balkans as a 'strategy of system maintenance'
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In the seventh article, Federico Fabbrini (@deli-dcu.bsky.social) explores the post-Brexit framework of the UK-EU relationship and the legal avenues for a more ambitious relaunch
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EU–UK relations after the war in Ukraine: options to re-engage post Brexit
The article examines the relationship between the UK and the EU after Russia’s aggression of Ukraine, discussing options to deepen cooperation post-Brexit. The article outlines the current framewor...
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April 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In the seventh article, Federico Fabbrini (@deli-dcu.bsky.social) explores the post-Brexit framework of the UK-EU relationship and the legal avenues for a more ambitious relaunch
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In the sixth article, Sieglinde Gstöhl reassesses the Swiss approach to differentiated integration, highlighting the importance of governance aspects
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Switzerland’s intricate differentiated integration with the European Union: bringing governance (back) in
For three decades Switzerland has been pursuing an approach of sectoral bilateralism, resulting in an intricate pattern of external differentiated integration with the European Union (EU). This art...
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April 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
In the sixth article, Sieglinde Gstöhl reassesses the Swiss approach to differentiated integration, highlighting the importance of governance aspects
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In the fifth article, Kristine Graneng (@kgraneng.bsky.social g.bsky.social) & Lise Rye examine Norwegian politicians' presentations of their 'wriggle room' within the EEA association
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Where to wriggle? Norwegian politicians’ presentations of autonomy within the EEA association
Perceptions of the ‘wriggle room’ within the framework of European integration might have significant implications for both public opinion and policy choices, as exemplified by the Brexit process. ...
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April 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
In the fifth article, Kristine Graneng (@kgraneng.bsky.social g.bsky.social) & Lise Rye examine Norwegian politicians' presentations of their 'wriggle room' within the EEA association
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In the fourth article, Andreas Dür (@andduer.bsky.social uer.bsky.social) develops a novel LLM-based methodology to measure the textual distance between EU trade agreements and explain their varied degree of legal alignment
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EU trade agreements and external differentiation: a large language model approach
The EU’s trade agreements with third countries exhibit varying degrees of alignment with intra-EU rules. What factors explain this external differentiation? This article answers this question by re...
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April 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
In the fourth article, Andreas Dür (@andduer.bsky.social uer.bsky.social) develops a novel LLM-based methodology to measure the textual distance between EU trade agreements and explain their varied degree of legal alignment
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....