I am a politologist with focus on Eastern Europe. I am publishing on Eastern European topics and teach regularly at Swiss and Eastern European Universities.

 

Read the recent papers:

Political Elite Behaviour in Eastern Central Europe: Provoking Populism and Nationalism? In: Democracy, State and Society. European Integration in Central and Eastern Europe. Magdalena Gora and Katarzyna Zielinska. Krakow: Jagiellonian University Press, 79–93. (2011, full text)             

Beyond Democracy: the Relevance of Informal Power in Eastern Europe, in: Hayoz, Nicolas and Leszek Jesien (eds.), 1989 in Central and Eastern Europe: Implications and Meanings Twenty Years later. Bern: Peter Lang, 119-141 (2011)

“Challenging the East-West Divide: Insights from a Comparison of Ukraine and Italy," CEU Political Science Journal. Vol. 6, No. 2, 192-221 (2011).