Parties, Elections and Politicisation

Who Frames Europe? Euroscepticism, Radical Right Parties and Elite Twitter Communication

Online-first publication.

The politicisation of European integration on politicians’ social media: which aspects of political opportunity structure matter?

The Party Politics of EU Politicization on Social Media: Evidence from Czechia

Selective EU Framing on Twitter: Party Leaders Across Six Member States, 2007–2022

This article examines how political party leaders frame the European Union on Twitter and what this reveals about elite strategies of EU politicisation. Building on scholarship …

Determinants of political polarisation in the context of democratic renewal: a study of public attitudes in Poland

Czechia: Attitudinal, Behavioural, and Representational Trust and Legitimacy in the Czech Multi-Level Democracy

This chapter analyses data from the 2024 ActEU survey conducted during the European Parliament (EP) election campaign in Czechia, a period marked by heightened political …

Report studying Central European populism and new cleavages

Report on the pirate innovations and the link between responsiveness and political trust and legitimacy of these party movements

INTERFER: Foreign Interference in the Context of Geopolitical and Technological Change

2025–2028 · OP JAK · Research team member. INTERFER examines foreign interference in the context of contemporary geopolitical and technological change. The project studies how …

The Populist Far Right in the EU: A convergence in immigration, climate change, and gender-related policies?

Anticipating the Czech European Parliament elections: ambiguous EU attitudes, sovereignty, scepticism on green policies and referendum on the government

Edited by C. Colomina, S. Russack, H. S. Margalef & I. Toygur.

Politicisation of Immigration in Central and Eastern Europe: Evidence from Plenary Debates in Two Countries

Mapping and Explaining the Politicisation and Framing of European Integration in the Political Discourse of Central and Eastern European Countries

2023–2025 · Czech Science Foundation (GAČR) · Principal Investigator. This project examined how European integration was politicised and framed in political discourse across …

ActEU: Towards a New Era of Representative Democracy: Activating European Citizens' Trust in Times of Crises and Polarization

2023–2026 · Horizon Europe · Research team member. ActEU examined the drivers of political trust, legitimacy, and representation in European democracies during periods of crisis …

Disastrous pandemic management puts the Czech Republic at a critical democratic juncture

Edited by Sophia Russack.

Catherine E. de Vries: Euroscepticism and the Future of European Integration

Moving Forward or Turning Back? Slovak Parties and the Future of the EU

Czech Republic: political elites and citizens view EU cooperation with scepticism

Edited by Sophia Russack.

Czech party positions on the EU’s finality: a conceptual metaphor approach

Alignment of national parties and European party federations

Edited by S. Blockmans & S. Russack.

Variations of metaphors in party manifestos about EU finality: Assessing party positions through conceptual metaphors

Edited by J. Perrez, M. Reuchamps & P. H. Thibodeau.

Representative Democracy in Czechia: A Disconnect Between the National and EU Level

Edited by S. Blockmans & S. Russack.

Europe on the precipice: can the populist tide be turned

Direct Democracy in Czechia: From the Shadows to the Limelight

Edited by S. Blockmans & S. Russack.

Revisiting the Second-Order Election Model and Its Application to European Parliament Elections in Central and Eastern European Countries

První rok práce poslanců Evropského parlamentu

Jak se uchytili čeští europoslanci?

Jak české politické strany pracují s unijními tématy?

Europeanisation of EP Election Manifestos: An Application of a New Approach on the Case of Slovak Political Parties

Europeanisation of Czech Parties' Election Manifestos: Reviewing the 2013 Chamber of Deputies Elections

Docházka poslanců EP na schůze výborů

Representation of Women in Second-order Elections: The Czech Republic and Slovakia Compared

Europeizace volebních programů pro volby do EP

Europeanisation of Slovak Parties’ Programmatic Documents for EP Elections: A Drop in the Bucket, or a Light at the End of the Tunnel?

Voting Behaviour in EP Elections in the Post-Communist Countries: Second-Order or Not?

Towards the European(-ised) Public Sphere: The Case of EP Elections in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

The Supply Side of Second-Order Elections in the Czech Republic: A Light at the End of the Tunnel?

Candidate quality across different orders of elections: the cases of the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Women’s Representation in European Parliamentary Elections: A Second-Order Approach?

National or European? EP Elections Campaign Themes in the News Media

European Parliament Elections after Eastern Enlargement

Second-rate coverage of second-order elections: Czech and Slovak elections to the EP in the media