Eli Gateva
@eli-gateva.bsky.social
Lecturer in International Relations at University of Oxford,
Convenor of UACES Rethinking Europe’s East-West Divide network,
EU Politics, democracy, enlargement
Convenor of UACES Rethinking Europe’s East-West Divide network,
EU Politics, democracy, enlargement
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Bohemia Illiberalis?🇨🇿
Join us for a post-election briefing with the great @petraguasti.bsky.social, Andrea Michalcová & Vit Dostál and discuss the democracy & foreign policy related implications of the 🇨🇿 election results.
📅October 6, 3:00 pm CET / 9:00 am EDT
RSVP 👉 www.authlib.eu/event-bohemi...
Join us for a post-election briefing with the great @petraguasti.bsky.social, Andrea Michalcová & Vit Dostál and discuss the democracy & foreign policy related implications of the 🇨🇿 election results.
📅October 6, 3:00 pm CET / 9:00 am EDT
RSVP 👉 www.authlib.eu/event-bohemi...
Bohemia Illiberalis? Perspectives on Czechia’s Future Democratic Landscape and Foreign Policy After the Elections
Where is Czechia headed after the 2025 parliamentary election? Join our discussion on October 6 (Monday) at 3:00 p.m. CET.
www.authlib.eu
October 1, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Bohemia Illiberalis?🇨🇿
Join us for a post-election briefing with the great @petraguasti.bsky.social, Andrea Michalcová & Vit Dostál and discuss the democracy & foreign policy related implications of the 🇨🇿 election results.
📅October 6, 3:00 pm CET / 9:00 am EDT
RSVP 👉 www.authlib.eu/event-bohemi...
Join us for a post-election briefing with the great @petraguasti.bsky.social, Andrea Michalcová & Vit Dostál and discuss the democracy & foreign policy related implications of the 🇨🇿 election results.
📅October 6, 3:00 pm CET / 9:00 am EDT
RSVP 👉 www.authlib.eu/event-bohemi...
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Listen to our series developed in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social
which discusses essential contributions made to their most recent issue on a rolling basis
revdem.ceu.edu/category/jou...
which discusses essential contributions made to their most recent issue on a rolling basis
revdem.ceu.edu/category/jou...
September 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Listen to our series developed in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social
which discusses essential contributions made to their most recent issue on a rolling basis
revdem.ceu.edu/category/jou...
which discusses essential contributions made to their most recent issue on a rolling basis
revdem.ceu.edu/category/jou...
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@centreeuropeanref.bsky.social is looking for a technology fellow to join its research team.
Please see the #job description and details on how to apply below 👇
Deadline for applications 19/09/25
buff.ly/jGjPGCY
Please see the #job description and details on how to apply below 👇
Deadline for applications 19/09/25
buff.ly/jGjPGCY
Technology fellow 2025
The Centre for European Reform is looking for a technology fellow to join its research team.
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August 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
@centreeuropeanref.bsky.social is looking for a technology fellow to join its research team.
Please see the #job description and details on how to apply below 👇
Deadline for applications 19/09/25
buff.ly/jGjPGCY
Please see the #job description and details on how to apply below 👇
Deadline for applications 19/09/25
buff.ly/jGjPGCY
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Job alert! Join us at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social as a postdoctoral fellow to work on your own research for three years. #sociology
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
August 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Job alert! Join us at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social as a postdoctoral fellow to work on your own research for three years. #sociology
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A guaranteed no-go because of the symbolism— a repeat of the 1994 betrayal, hosted by the most anti-Ukrainian European leader who eyes pieces of Ukraine. A reminder that Trump’s « peacemaking » skews heavily towards Ru.
Also, there will likely be no Pu-Zelensky meeting anywhere.
Also, there will likely be no Pu-Zelensky meeting anywhere.
Budapest? Not everyone may remember this, but in 1994 Ukraine already got assurances of territorial integrity from the US, Russia and the UK. In Budapest. Maybe I’m superstitious, but this time I would try to find another place.
August 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
A guaranteed no-go because of the symbolism— a repeat of the 1994 betrayal, hosted by the most anti-Ukrainian European leader who eyes pieces of Ukraine. A reminder that Trump’s « peacemaking » skews heavily towards Ru.
Also, there will likely be no Pu-Zelensky meeting anywhere.
Also, there will likely be no Pu-Zelensky meeting anywhere.
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The frontlines in Donbas are strategically the same for 2yrs now. Ru can’t conquer it. If Ru truly cared about control of Donbas only, it would have proposed “land for peace” 2yrs ago. “We just want Donbas” is the new version of “we just want Crimea” and it’s the exact same bald-faced lie.
August 16, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The frontlines in Donbas are strategically the same for 2yrs now. Ru can’t conquer it. If Ru truly cared about control of Donbas only, it would have proposed “land for peace” 2yrs ago. “We just want Donbas” is the new version of “we just want Crimea” and it’s the exact same bald-faced lie.
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We are looking for 1–2 postdoctoral researchers to join the project “Political Violence in Democracies”, led by @hannefjelde.bsky.social
📌 Full-time, 2-year postdoctoral position
📆 Start Date: Dec 1, (or by agreement)
📍 Location: Uppsala
⏳ Apply by: Oct 1
Read more: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
📌 Full-time, 2-year postdoctoral position
📆 Start Date: Dec 1, (or by agreement)
📍 Location: Uppsala
⏳ Apply by: Oct 1
Read more: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
August 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
We are looking for 1–2 postdoctoral researchers to join the project “Political Violence in Democracies”, led by @hannefjelde.bsky.social
📌 Full-time, 2-year postdoctoral position
📆 Start Date: Dec 1, (or by agreement)
📍 Location: Uppsala
⏳ Apply by: Oct 1
Read more: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
📌 Full-time, 2-year postdoctoral position
📆 Start Date: Dec 1, (or by agreement)
📍 Location: Uppsala
⏳ Apply by: Oct 1
Read more: www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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Western media should say more often and more explicitly that Ru's main summer offensive FAILED. It's important context for the upcoming negotiations. Ru is failing and thus its maximalist demands on Ukraine should not be taken seriously.
www.wsj.com/world/ukrain...
www.wsj.com/world/ukrain...
Ukraine Repels a Russian Offensive, as Putin Seeks Trump Talks
The fight for northern Ukraine’s Sumy province shows how neither Moscow nor Kyiv has gained a clear battlefield advantage.
www.wsj.com
August 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Western media should say more often and more explicitly that Ru's main summer offensive FAILED. It's important context for the upcoming negotiations. Ru is failing and thus its maximalist demands on Ukraine should not be taken seriously.
www.wsj.com/world/ukrain...
www.wsj.com/world/ukrain...
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Know a potential PhD student interested in #democraticresilience, environmental politics & the Baltics? If so pls encourage them to check out this funded studentship & chance to work with my wonderful colleagues Licia Cianetti and Fiona Nunan. For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/cen...
BISCA PhD Studentships - University of Birmingham
PhD opportunities in Birmingham Institute for Sustainability and Climate Action (BISCA) at the University of Birmingham.
www.birmingham.ac.uk
August 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Know a potential PhD student interested in #democraticresilience, environmental politics & the Baltics? If so pls encourage them to check out this funded studentship & chance to work with my wonderful colleagues Licia Cianetti and Fiona Nunan. For more info: www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/cen...
Looking for background reading on EU10 or just interested in European politics and European integration? Explore 'Rethinking Europe’s East-West Divide – 20 Years since the Big Bang Enlargement' Blog Series: blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/b... at @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social
Big bang enlargement series - EUROPP
This series was put together by Dr Eli Gateva (University of Oxford). You can cite the series using the following citation: Gateva, E (ed) (2024/2025) Rethinking Europe’s East-West Divide – 20 Years s...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
July 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Looking for background reading on EU10 or just interested in European politics and European integration? Explore 'Rethinking Europe’s East-West Divide – 20 Years since the Big Bang Enlargement' Blog Series: blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/b... at @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social
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Paid research assistant opportunity with the British Election Study for UK-based graduate students. Help us validate turnout in our surveys against Electoral Commission records
July 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Paid research assistant opportunity with the British Election Study for UK-based graduate students. Help us validate turnout in our surveys against Electoral Commission records
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Less than a week left to register for the UACES 55th Annual Conference 2025⏲️
Join us in Liverpool for stimulating panels, networking events and standout plenaries.
Register via our website: www.uaces.org/liverpool
Registration closes this Sunday 27 July. Don’t miss out.
#UACES2025
Join us in Liverpool for stimulating panels, networking events and standout plenaries.
Register via our website: www.uaces.org/liverpool
Registration closes this Sunday 27 July. Don’t miss out.
#UACES2025
July 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Less than a week left to register for the UACES 55th Annual Conference 2025⏲️
Join us in Liverpool for stimulating panels, networking events and standout plenaries.
Register via our website: www.uaces.org/liverpool
Registration closes this Sunday 27 July. Don’t miss out.
#UACES2025
Join us in Liverpool for stimulating panels, networking events and standout plenaries.
Register via our website: www.uaces.org/liverpool
Registration closes this Sunday 27 July. Don’t miss out.
#UACES2025
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Working with @lotemhalevy.bsky.social was super fun and super inspiring! I learned a lot from her about ugly times, my favorite kind of times to contemplate these days … to new scholarship on liberalism 🤩🥂📚
It's an honor to have an article with @lenkabustikova.bsky.social in this special issue on Illiberalism with so many scholars whose work I've learnt so much from.
Thanks to @zsolt.bsky.social , @petraguasti.bsky.social , Dean Schafer, + Bálint Mikola!
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
Thanks to @zsolt.bsky.social , @petraguasti.bsky.social , Dean Schafer, + Bálint Mikola!
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
July 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Working with @lotemhalevy.bsky.social was super fun and super inspiring! I learned a lot from her about ugly times, my favorite kind of times to contemplate these days … to new scholarship on liberalism 🤩🥂📚
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Important study www.kew.org.pl/wp-content/u...
July 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Important study www.kew.org.pl/wp-content/u...
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📘 Ever wondered what it's like to work for the EU? Apply for a Blue Book Traineeship!
✅ 5-month paid traineeship
✅ Starting March 2026
✅ Apply with any Bachelor’s degree
✅ Build skills, friendships, and your 🇪🇺 future
🗓️ Deadline: 29 Aug, 10:00
👉 europa.eu/!YNDggC
✅ 5-month paid traineeship
✅ Starting March 2026
✅ Apply with any Bachelor’s degree
✅ Build skills, friendships, and your 🇪🇺 future
🗓️ Deadline: 29 Aug, 10:00
👉 europa.eu/!YNDggC
July 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
📘 Ever wondered what it's like to work for the EU? Apply for a Blue Book Traineeship!
✅ 5-month paid traineeship
✅ Starting March 2026
✅ Apply with any Bachelor’s degree
✅ Build skills, friendships, and your 🇪🇺 future
🗓️ Deadline: 29 Aug, 10:00
👉 europa.eu/!YNDggC
✅ 5-month paid traineeship
✅ Starting March 2026
✅ Apply with any Bachelor’s degree
✅ Build skills, friendships, and your 🇪🇺 future
🗓️ Deadline: 29 Aug, 10:00
👉 europa.eu/!YNDggC
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Excited to announce the #OxfordLLMs tuition-free AI workshop for social scientists!
Join us for 5 days of lectures, coding tutorials, and collaborative research, to learn hot to use LLMs for social science🙂
Dates: 22-26 September
Venue: @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
llmsforsocialscience.net
Join us for 5 days of lectures, coding tutorials, and collaborative research, to learn hot to use LLMs for social science🙂
Dates: 22-26 September
Venue: @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
llmsforsocialscience.net
Oxford LLMs
A Workshop for Social Science Researchers
llmsforsocialscience.net
July 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Excited to announce the #OxfordLLMs tuition-free AI workshop for social scientists!
Join us for 5 days of lectures, coding tutorials, and collaborative research, to learn hot to use LLMs for social science🙂
Dates: 22-26 September
Venue: @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
llmsforsocialscience.net
Join us for 5 days of lectures, coding tutorials, and collaborative research, to learn hot to use LLMs for social science🙂
Dates: 22-26 September
Venue: @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social
llmsforsocialscience.net
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Bulgaria’s geopolitical recategorization from USSR’s closest satellite to a member of core Europe is de facto complete. A historical achievement!
EU economy and finance ministers have approved #Bulgaria's entry into the euro area.
From 1 January 2026, Bulgaria will start using the 💶 euro and enjoy the benefits of joining the single currency.
Find out more about how EU countries adopt the euro 👇👇
europa.eu/!Nnk4xx
From 1 January 2026, Bulgaria will start using the 💶 euro and enjoy the benefits of joining the single currency.
Find out more about how EU countries adopt the euro 👇👇
europa.eu/!Nnk4xx
July 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Bulgaria’s geopolitical recategorization from USSR’s closest satellite to a member of core Europe is de facto complete. A historical achievement!
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very happy to be part of this report by the fantastic Critical Infrastructure Lab & REDE.
The title of my short essay is
"We have never been sovereign? EU’s Digital transition from a CEE perspective"
www.criticalinfralab.net/wp-content/u...
It's not a bad read for an academic text :)
The title of my short essay is
"We have never been sovereign? EU’s Digital transition from a CEE perspective"
www.criticalinfralab.net/wp-content/u...
It's not a bad read for an academic text :)
www.criticalinfralab.net
July 8, 2025 at 10:32 AM
very happy to be part of this report by the fantastic Critical Infrastructure Lab & REDE.
The title of my short essay is
"We have never been sovereign? EU’s Digital transition from a CEE perspective"
www.criticalinfralab.net/wp-content/u...
It's not a bad read for an academic text :)
The title of my short essay is
"We have never been sovereign? EU’s Digital transition from a CEE perspective"
www.criticalinfralab.net/wp-content/u...
It's not a bad read for an academic text :)
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Our piece with @oxanashevel.bsky.social from March continues to provide the relevant frame of analysis. Trump and Pu couldn't force Ukr's diplomatic surrender and now Trump is helping Ru by withholding aid and lifting sanctions. How far will he go? www.justsecurity.org/109084/putin...
Putin and Trump Cannot Erase Ukraine, and Joint Efforts to Do So May Backfire
To bring true peace to Ukraine, the Trump administration must understand that its interest lies in putting real pressure on Putin.
www.justsecurity.org
July 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Our piece with @oxanashevel.bsky.social from March continues to provide the relevant frame of analysis. Trump and Pu couldn't force Ukr's diplomatic surrender and now Trump is helping Ru by withholding aid and lifting sanctions. How far will he go? www.justsecurity.org/109084/putin...
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Happy to share my thoughts on writing in Times Higher Education!
“Books, articles and grant proposals do not arrive in a single stroke. They are created, like sculptures, through a thousand small movements.”
This is what I call skillpower.
1/2
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-w...
“Books, articles and grant proposals do not arrive in a single stroke. They are created, like sculptures, through a thousand small movements.”
This is what I call skillpower.
1/2
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-w...
How to write even when the words won’t come
Books, articles and grant proposals do not arrive in a single stroke. They are created, like sculptures, through a thousand small movements. Here, Catherine De Vries explains how to develop ‘skill pow...
www.timeshighereducation.com
June 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Happy to share my thoughts on writing in Times Higher Education!
“Books, articles and grant proposals do not arrive in a single stroke. They are created, like sculptures, through a thousand small movements.”
This is what I call skillpower.
1/2
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-w...
“Books, articles and grant proposals do not arrive in a single stroke. They are created, like sculptures, through a thousand small movements.”
This is what I call skillpower.
1/2
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-w...
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🤩 Out and #openaccess, thanks to @tandfresearch.bsky.social @esrciaasurrey.bsky.social, why it is important to learn about these women’s role in the early years of European integration, where my study identifies distinct career trajectories @cbesurrey.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
June 16, 2025 at 6:45 AM
🤩 Out and #openaccess, thanks to @tandfresearch.bsky.social @esrciaasurrey.bsky.social, why it is important to learn about these women’s role in the early years of European integration, where my study identifies distinct career trajectories @cbesurrey.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Academics... shocking discovery by me today.
Reviewers of an economics journal used to be - in living memory - thanked for their services by delivery of a CASE OF WINE.
What have we let happen?!?!
For non-academics: we do this entirely for free now, usually out of work hours, under pressure.
Reviewers of an economics journal used to be - in living memory - thanked for their services by delivery of a CASE OF WINE.
What have we let happen?!?!
For non-academics: we do this entirely for free now, usually out of work hours, under pressure.
June 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Academics... shocking discovery by me today.
Reviewers of an economics journal used to be - in living memory - thanked for their services by delivery of a CASE OF WINE.
What have we let happen?!?!
For non-academics: we do this entirely for free now, usually out of work hours, under pressure.
Reviewers of an economics journal used to be - in living memory - thanked for their services by delivery of a CASE OF WINE.
What have we let happen?!?!
For non-academics: we do this entirely for free now, usually out of work hours, under pressure.
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The largest % of Brits know climate change is real, want the govt to do something about it, and are *very* happy to accept renewables as solutions.
Labour should not allow Farage to weaponize net zero, which he has such a weak case for. So many reasons to push forward with a just energy transition.
Labour should not allow Farage to weaponize net zero, which he has such a weak case for. So many reasons to push forward with a just energy transition.
June 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The largest % of Brits know climate change is real, want the govt to do something about it, and are *very* happy to accept renewables as solutions.
Labour should not allow Farage to weaponize net zero, which he has such a weak case for. So many reasons to push forward with a just energy transition.
Labour should not allow Farage to weaponize net zero, which he has such a weak case for. So many reasons to push forward with a just energy transition.
Interested in studying Europe and European integration? Ana Bojinović Fenko explores how Slovenia has changed after two decades of EU membership, part of series on Rethinking Europe's East-West Divide - 20 Years since the Big Bang Enlargement @eastwestdivide.bsky.social @uaces.bsky.social
💥 New: Euro-optimism at its finest – twenty years of Slovenia’s membership of the EU
✍️ Ana Bojinović Fenko
✍️ Ana Bojinović Fenko
Euro-optimism at its finest – 20 years of Slovenia’s EU membership
Slovenia was a star pupil among the 2004 EU enlargement states. Despite challenges since accession, the country retains a distinct brand of “Euro-optimism”.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
June 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Interested in studying Europe and European integration? Ana Bojinović Fenko explores how Slovenia has changed after two decades of EU membership, part of series on Rethinking Europe's East-West Divide - 20 Years since the Big Bang Enlargement @eastwestdivide.bsky.social @uaces.bsky.social
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