Matej Jungwirth
@matejjung.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in Political Science at Northwestern. All things territorial conflict, forced displacement, collective memory and national identity.
“Il vecchio mondo sta morendo. Quello nuovo tarda a comparire. E in questo chiaroscuro nascono i mostri.”
“Il vecchio mondo sta morendo. Quello nuovo tarda a comparire. E in questo chiaroscuro nascono i mostri.”
Grateful for the recognition from MAPOR (great and friendly venue to present at, regardless of your rank!) and for the continuing generous support from the @buffett.northwestern.edu
Congrats to Matej Jungwirth, @polisciatnu.bsky.social PhD candidate & former Buffett Research Fellow, on his honorable mention for the Doris Graber Best Student Paper Competition at MAPOR. His paper shared insights from his survey experiment study of Ukrainian refugees in the Czech Republic... 🧵
November 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Grateful for the recognition from MAPOR (great and friendly venue to present at, regardless of your rank!) and for the continuing generous support from the @buffett.northwestern.edu
Excellent thread on how to read and make sense of the protest visuals from Portland.
What The Hell Is Going On, a thread:
I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.
So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.
I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.
So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.
October 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Excellent thread on how to read and make sense of the protest visuals from Portland.
Reposted by Matej Jungwirth
"Precisely because they have been losing court cases over free speech and visas for foreign students, Trumpists now seek to entrap universities in a deal that effectively removes the protections of federal law and gives the administration arbitrary power over them."
US universities must reject Trump’s ‘compact’. It is full of traps | Jan-Werner Müller
The administration is trying to make nine universities an offer they seemingly cannot refuse
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"Precisely because they have been losing court cases over free speech and visas for foreign students, Trumpists now seek to entrap universities in a deal that effectively removes the protections of federal law and gives the administration arbitrary power over them."
Reposted by Matej Jungwirth
Hot takes on Czech elections:
1/ the outcomes were driven by voter mobilisation in economic peripheries which are ANO strongholds. Pre-election polls suggested that ANO is able to mobilise their voters from 2017 who abstained in 2021 and also non-voters from 2021.
1/ the outcomes were driven by voter mobilisation in economic peripheries which are ANO strongholds. Pre-election polls suggested that ANO is able to mobilise their voters from 2017 who abstained in 2021 and also non-voters from 2021.
October 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Hot takes on Czech elections:
1/ the outcomes were driven by voter mobilisation in economic peripheries which are ANO strongholds. Pre-election polls suggested that ANO is able to mobilise their voters from 2017 who abstained in 2021 and also non-voters from 2021.
1/ the outcomes were driven by voter mobilisation in economic peripheries which are ANO strongholds. Pre-election polls suggested that ANO is able to mobilise their voters from 2017 who abstained in 2021 and also non-voters from 2021.
Had a great time at the highly picturesque campus of the University of Denver where I attended the @bridgingthegap.bsky.social workshop on bridging the worlds of academia and public policy
September 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Had a great time at the highly picturesque campus of the University of Denver where I attended the @bridgingthegap.bsky.social workshop on bridging the worlds of academia and public policy
@apsa.bsky.social unofficial reception for the yet-to-be recognized Mountain Scrambling section is starting soon atop Mt Harvey! Serving stunning sunrise and local fares.
September 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
@apsa.bsky.social unofficial reception for the yet-to-be recognized Mountain Scrambling section is starting soon atop Mt Harvey! Serving stunning sunrise and local fares.
Czech TV host: “What should we expect from the Trump-Putin summit”
- “I am worried.”
- “I am worried.”
August 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Czech TV host: “What should we expect from the Trump-Putin summit”
- “I am worried.”
- “I am worried.”
Very happy to begin the archival research stage of my dissertation at the Czech National Archive in Prague! I do still have a lot to learn about the nuts and bolts of archival procedures in CZ :) still excited to begin studying the displacement of Czechoslovak citizens after the 1938 Munich treaty.
July 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Very happy to begin the archival research stage of my dissertation at the Czech National Archive in Prague! I do still have a lot to learn about the nuts and bolts of archival procedures in CZ :) still excited to begin studying the displacement of Czechoslovak citizens after the 1938 Munich treaty.
1/2 Delighted to begin my engagement here with this recognition of my research and work. That being said, this research would not be possible without the continuing support of @polisciatnu.bsky.social and @buffett.northwestern.edu for which I am very grateful. Also, kudos to all collecting…
The SPS Department is pleased to announce that @matejjung.bsky.social - @polisciatnu.bsky.social has been awarded the Jacques Rupnik Prize 2025 for his paper:
“Thinking About Going Back Home in War”, presented at the EUI Workshop on Political Behaviour in CEE.
Congratulations!
#EUI #RupnikPrize
“Thinking About Going Back Home in War”, presented at the EUI Workshop on Political Behaviour in CEE.
Congratulations!
#EUI #RupnikPrize
June 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM
1/2 Delighted to begin my engagement here with this recognition of my research and work. That being said, this research would not be possible without the continuing support of @polisciatnu.bsky.social and @buffett.northwestern.edu for which I am very grateful. Also, kudos to all collecting…