ERC project DISINTEGRATION
@disintegrationerc.bsky.social
ERC-funded research project on "The Mass Politics of Disintegration" (DISINTEGRATION), run by @stefwalter.bsky.social and hosted at @ipz.bsky.social, explores responses to international cooperation challenges.
More info: www.disintegration.ch
More info: www.disintegration.ch
Thanks for following us along the way! It has been quite a ride
We believe and hope that DISINTEGRATION’s insights will contribute to a better understanding of the challenges to international cooperation that continue to emerge.
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We believe and hope that DISINTEGRATION’s insights will contribute to a better understanding of the challenges to international cooperation that continue to emerge.
20/20
April 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Thanks for following us along the way! It has been quite a ride
We believe and hope that DISINTEGRATION’s insights will contribute to a better understanding of the challenges to international cooperation that continue to emerge.
20/20
We believe and hope that DISINTEGRATION’s insights will contribute to a better understanding of the challenges to international cooperation that continue to emerge.
20/20
Huge thanks also go to DISINTEGRATION’s stellar advisory board: Tanja Börzel, @sarahobolt.bsky.social, @jonastallberg.bsky.social and @dustintingley.bsky.social gave feedback, reflection, new ideas and most of all a lot of encouragement to the project.
Thank you so much for everything!
18/20
Thank you so much for everything!
18/20
April 30, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Huge thanks also go to DISINTEGRATION’s stellar advisory board: Tanja Börzel, @sarahobolt.bsky.social, @jonastallberg.bsky.social and @dustintingley.bsky.social gave feedback, reflection, new ideas and most of all a lot of encouragement to the project.
Thank you so much for everything!
18/20
Thank you so much for everything!
18/20
The PI @stefwalter.bsky.social and the project postdocs @giorgiomalet.bsky.social, Marco Martini, @silviadecadri.bsky.social, @sujeongshim.bsky.social, @tommccraehunter.bsky.social and @scherzinger.bsky.social in particular made this project happen.
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April 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The PI @stefwalter.bsky.social and the project postdocs @giorgiomalet.bsky.social, Marco Martini, @silviadecadri.bsky.social, @sujeongshim.bsky.social, @tommccraehunter.bsky.social and @scherzinger.bsky.social in particular made this project happen.
17/20
17/20
All of this has only been possible because DISINTEGRATION allowed the collaboration of a wonderful group of people.
(and of course thanks to the @erc.europa.eu, who made all of this possible)
16/20
(and of course thanks to the @erc.europa.eu, who made all of this possible)
16/20
April 30, 2025 at 10:23 AM
All of this has only been possible because DISINTEGRATION allowed the collaboration of a wonderful group of people.
(and of course thanks to the @erc.europa.eu, who made all of this possible)
16/20
(and of course thanks to the @erc.europa.eu, who made all of this possible)
16/20
One of the achievements we are most proud of is that we have contributed to building the community of scholars interested in the contestation of international cooperation more broadly. DISINTEGRATION organized six workshops bringing together scholars from diverse subfields.
15/20
15/20
April 30, 2025 at 10:23 AM
One of the achievements we are most proud of is that we have contributed to building the community of scholars interested in the contestation of international cooperation more broadly. DISINTEGRATION organized six workshops bringing together scholars from diverse subfields.
15/20
15/20
Our project produced – and continues to produce – a lot of output, both on various aspects of the accommodation dilemma framework, and on broader (non-)cooperation dynamics.
In the coming weeks, we will post a link to each article and short summaries.
14/20
In the coming weeks, we will post a link to each article and short summaries.
14/20
April 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Our project produced – and continues to produce – a lot of output, both on various aspects of the accommodation dilemma framework, and on broader (non-)cooperation dynamics.
In the coming weeks, we will post a link to each article and short summaries.
14/20
In the coming weeks, we will post a link to each article and short summaries.
14/20
We have collected a lot of data in the course of the DISINTEGRATION project, most of which is available publicly in various repositories.
In the coming weeks, we will post more information on each dataset.
13/20
In the coming weeks, we will post more information on each dataset.
13/20
April 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM
We have collected a lot of data in the course of the DISINTEGRATION project, most of which is available publicly in various repositories.
In the coming weeks, we will post more information on each dataset.
13/20
In the coming weeks, we will post more information on each dataset.
13/20
… and has resulted in several review pieces about the state of the art on the contestation and politicization of international cooperation broadly defined.
12/20
12/20
April 30, 2025 at 10:21 AM
… and has resulted in several review pieces about the state of the art on the contestation and politicization of international cooperation broadly defined.
12/20
12/20
Further research has explored elite discourse about the international organizations…
11/20
11/20
April 30, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Further research has explored elite discourse about the international organizations…
11/20
11/20
3. What shapes governments responses to non-cooperation?
The trade-off between maintaining cooperation gains and minimizing contagion risks also responses to referendum-endorsed challenges. Cases in which govs/IOs face a pronounced accommodation dilemma are most difficult to resolve.
10/20
The trade-off between maintaining cooperation gains and minimizing contagion risks also responses to referendum-endorsed challenges. Cases in which govs/IOs face a pronounced accommodation dilemma are most difficult to resolve.
10/20
April 30, 2025 at 10:20 AM
3. What shapes governments responses to non-cooperation?
The trade-off between maintaining cooperation gains and minimizing contagion risks also responses to referendum-endorsed challenges. Cases in which govs/IOs face a pronounced accommodation dilemma are most difficult to resolve.
10/20
The trade-off between maintaining cooperation gains and minimizing contagion risks also responses to referendum-endorsed challenges. Cases in which govs/IOs face a pronounced accommodation dilemma are most difficult to resolve.
10/20
2. How do voters want governments to respond to unilateral non-cooperative challenges?
Overall, voters tend to prefer non-accommodation to accommodation. But the extent of their support for non-accommodation is shaped by contagion concerns and extent of cooperation gains they risk losing.
9/20
Overall, voters tend to prefer non-accommodation to accommodation. But the extent of their support for non-accommodation is shaped by contagion concerns and extent of cooperation gains they risk losing.
9/20
April 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
2. How do voters want governments to respond to unilateral non-cooperative challenges?
Overall, voters tend to prefer non-accommodation to accommodation. But the extent of their support for non-accommodation is shaped by contagion concerns and extent of cooperation gains they risk losing.
9/20
Overall, voters tend to prefer non-accommodation to accommodation. But the extent of their support for non-accommodation is shaped by contagion concerns and extent of cooperation gains they risk losing.
9/20
1. Are contagion concerns warranted?
Political contagion risks are real, both in public opinion, and in terms of public discourse. We document both encouragement and deterrence effects and show that IO’s responses influence whether encouragement or deterrence dominates.
8/20
Political contagion risks are real, both in public opinion, and in terms of public discourse. We document both encouragement and deterrence effects and show that IO’s responses influence whether encouragement or deterrence dominates.
8/20
April 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
1. Are contagion concerns warranted?
Political contagion risks are real, both in public opinion, and in terms of public discourse. We document both encouragement and deterrence effects and show that IO’s responses influence whether encouragement or deterrence dominates.
8/20
Political contagion risks are real, both in public opinion, and in terms of public discourse. We document both encouragement and deterrence effects and show that IO’s responses influence whether encouragement or deterrence dominates.
8/20
Our research design used a mixed-methods approach, including various public opinion surveys and survey experiments, analyses using text-as-data, and a major qualitative comparative case study.
6/20
6/20
April 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Our research design used a mixed-methods approach, including various public opinion surveys and survey experiments, analyses using text-as-data, and a major qualitative comparative case study.
6/20
6/20
Its core argument revolved around what we call the “accommodation dilemma”: the trade-off between short-term cooperation losses and long-term contagion risks. How states are exposed to these risks shapes their response to the unilateral challenge.
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April 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Its core argument revolved around what we call the “accommodation dilemma”: the trade-off between short-term cooperation losses and long-term contagion risks. How states are exposed to these risks shapes their response to the unilateral challenge.
5/20
5/20
DISINTEGRATION conceptualized possible responses to unilateral, non-cooperative challenges by other states as a continuum ranging from fully accommodating the challenger’s demands to acting tough and not accommodating any demands.
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4/20
April 30, 2025 at 10:16 AM
DISINTEGRATION conceptualized possible responses to unilateral, non-cooperative challenges by other states as a continuum ranging from fully accommodating the challenger’s demands to acting tough and not accommodating any demands.
4/20
4/20
The DISINTEGRATION project examined public opinion, domestic discourse, and international negotiations in response to unilateral, often voter-endorsed, challenges and engaged in theory-building.
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3/20
April 30, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The DISINTEGRATION project examined public opinion, domestic discourse, and international negotiations in response to unilateral, often voter-endorsed, challenges and engaged in theory-building.
3/20
3/20
Our guiding question: Why, how, and with what consequences does the international community respond to unilateral, non-cooperative behavior by individual states, especially challenges that are based on broad popular support?
Such challenges were pressing when we started, and have remained salient.
Such challenges were pressing when we started, and have remained salient.
April 30, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Our guiding question: Why, how, and with what consequences does the international community respond to unilateral, non-cooperative behavior by individual states, especially challenges that are based on broad popular support?
Such challenges were pressing when we started, and have remained salient.
Such challenges were pressing when we started, and have remained salient.
Today marks the final day of the DISINTEGRATION project, a project on the mass politics of disintegration generously funded by the @erc.europa.eu .
We celebrate with a thread on all we have done and found:
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We celebrate with a thread on all we have done and found:
1/20
April 30, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Today marks the final day of the DISINTEGRATION project, a project on the mass politics of disintegration generously funded by the @erc.europa.eu .
We celebrate with a thread on all we have done and found:
1/20
We celebrate with a thread on all we have done and found:
1/20
What a pleasure to reflect on the learnings, achievements and ways forward from the DISINTEGRATION project with former and current team members and our wonderful advisory board at Kloster Fischingen.
Great presentations, a quiz, beer tasting and many ideas for next steps.
Great presentations, a quiz, beer tasting and many ideas for next steps.
April 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
What a pleasure to reflect on the learnings, achievements and ways forward from the DISINTEGRATION project with former and current team members and our wonderful advisory board at Kloster Fischingen.
Great presentations, a quiz, beer tasting and many ideas for next steps.
Great presentations, a quiz, beer tasting and many ideas for next steps.
Graph of the month:
As the DISINTEGRATION project enters its final month, here is its core theoretical contribution:
A framework that predicts that the relative size of cooperation gains at risk and contagion risks shape the extent to which states accommodate non-cooperation by others or not.
As the DISINTEGRATION project enters its final month, here is its core theoretical contribution:
A framework that predicts that the relative size of cooperation gains at risk and contagion risks shape the extent to which states accommodate non-cooperation by others or not.
April 1, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Graph of the month:
As the DISINTEGRATION project enters its final month, here is its core theoretical contribution:
A framework that predicts that the relative size of cooperation gains at risk and contagion risks shape the extent to which states accommodate non-cooperation by others or not.
As the DISINTEGRATION project enters its final month, here is its core theoretical contribution:
A framework that predicts that the relative size of cooperation gains at risk and contagion risks shape the extent to which states accommodate non-cooperation by others or not.
Concluding three inspiring and insightful days of talking research and thinking about EU integration, its boundaries, and integration and disintegration dynamics with a fantastic set of people on Monte Verità.
March 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Concluding three inspiring and insightful days of talking research and thinking about EU integration, its boundaries, and integration and disintegration dynamics with a fantastic set of people on Monte Verità.
Today starts the Workshop "The changing boundaries of European integration", co-organized by the DISINTEGRATION (@stefwalter.bsky.social) and EUROBOR (Frank Schimmelfennig) @erc.europa.eu projects and generously co-sponsored by the CSF.
We look forward to three insightful days on Monte Verità!
We look forward to three insightful days on Monte Verità!
March 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Today starts the Workshop "The changing boundaries of European integration", co-organized by the DISINTEGRATION (@stefwalter.bsky.social) and EUROBOR (Frank Schimmelfennig) @erc.europa.eu projects and generously co-sponsored by the CSF.
We look forward to three insightful days on Monte Verità!
We look forward to three insightful days on Monte Verità!
***GRAPH OF THE MONTH***
Does media-reported EU policy focus shape legitimacy perceptions? Our new study finds that ideological leanings matter: left-wing voters reward EU focus on regulation & climate, while right-wing voters prefer immigration policies.
Does media-reported EU policy focus shape legitimacy perceptions? Our new study finds that ideological leanings matter: left-wing voters reward EU focus on regulation & climate, while right-wing voters prefer immigration policies.
March 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
***GRAPH OF THE MONTH***
Does media-reported EU policy focus shape legitimacy perceptions? Our new study finds that ideological leanings matter: left-wing voters reward EU focus on regulation & climate, while right-wing voters prefer immigration policies.
Does media-reported EU policy focus shape legitimacy perceptions? Our new study finds that ideological leanings matter: left-wing voters reward EU focus on regulation & climate, while right-wing voters prefer immigration policies.
(6/8) At the same time, IOs with higher levels of authority and those with an international parliamentary body are more likely to be discussed. And only a handful of IOs are responsible for the bulk of parliamentary communication on IOs.
February 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
(6/8) At the same time, IOs with higher levels of authority and those with an international parliamentary body are more likely to be discussed. And only a handful of IOs are responsible for the bulk of parliamentary communication on IOs.
(5/8) Turning to the salience of IOs, we show that overall, there is no overall trend to more discussion of IOs over time - though individual peaks of salience for certain IOs can be very high,
February 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
(5/8) Turning to the salience of IOs, we show that overall, there is no overall trend to more discussion of IOs over time - though individual peaks of salience for certain IOs can be very high,