A5015048379- European Union Policy and Governance
- Balkans: History, Politics, Society
- Eastern European Communism and Reforms
- Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
- Populism, Right-Wing Movements
- French Urban and Social Studies
- Turkey's Politics and Society
- Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
- Religion and Society Interactions
- Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
- Political Systems and Governance
- Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions
- Protein purification and stability
- Political Conflict and Governance
- Religious Education and Schools
- RNA modifications and cancer
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Health Sciences Research and Education
- Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology
- Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
Coventry University
2016-2025
University of Exeter
2025
Griffith University
2025
South African Radio Astronomy Observatory
2025
Rhodes University
2025
King's College London
2018
University College London
1998-2016
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
2007-2009
Southwestern University
1985
This essay introduces contributions to a special issue of East European Politics on "Rethinking democratic backsliding in Central and Eastern Europe", which seeks expand the study regression CEE beyond paradigmatic cases Hungary Poland. Reviewing these contributions, we identify several directions for research: 1) need critique "democratic backsliding", not simply as label, but also an assumed regional trend; 2) better integrate role illiberal socio-economic structures such oligarchical or...
Abstract: In 2007 Ivan Krastev argued that EU-enforced ‘liberal consensus’ in East Central Europe was giving way to illiberal, but ultimately benign, populism. Post-accession ‘backsliding’ Hungary suggests a stronger illiberal challenge. However, we argue, democratic malaise ECE is better understood as long-term pattern of ‘illiberal consolidation’ built on an accommodation between technocratic, economistic liberalism and forces rent-seeking cultural conservatism. This configuration...
Abstract Medium-timescale (minutes to hours) radio transients are a relatively unexplored population. The wide field-of-view and high instantaneous sensitivity of instruments such as MeerKAT provides an opportunity probe this class sources, using image-plane detection techniques. We aim systematically mine archival synthesis imaging data in order search for medium-timescale variables that not detected by conventional long-track image deploy prototype blind transient variable pipeline named...
Abstract This article argues for a fresh approach to debates on democratic backsliding and European Union (EU) influence in East Central Europe (ECE), drawing the discursive institutionalism of Vivien Schmidt. Underlying assumptions about CEE largely reflect set ideas derived from rational institutionalist historical schools. Moreover, same theoretical were previously deployed explain apparent success democratization EU leverage CEE. A perspective, stressing role actors their discourses...
Abstract Medium-timescale (minutes to hours) radio transients are a relatively unexplored population. The wide field-of-view and high instantaneous sensitivity of instruments such as MeerKAT provides an opportunity probe this class sources, using image-plane detection techniques. previous letter in series describes our project associated TRON pipeline designed mine archival data for transient variable sources. In letter, we report on new transient, flare, with Gaia DR3 6865945581361480448, G...
While all European democracies have been subject to the 'stress test' of global rise illiberal populism, institutional erosion has occurred mainly in East. Several qualitative analyses claimed that weakness liberalism explains democratic vulnerability region. Seeking inspiration and quantitative data, we turn research field support for democracy, which always started from assumption it is through cultural change rather than reform democracy takes root. By melding empirical strategies this...
Comparative democracy indices such as Freedom House Nations in Transit underpin many scholars' perceptions of democratic progress and backsliding. However, these fail to account empirically for practices deliberation, a central concern contemporary theory. They also address the ideational nature emergent global challenges democracy. This article addresses domains empirical neglect by presenting an "Everyday Democracy" approach evaluation, ethnographic methodology rooted engagement with Data...
Ethnicity is found in real-world contexts where non-ethnic forms of identification are available. This conclusion drawn from an empirical study carried out the multiethnic town Kurdzhali Southern Bulgaria, members Bulgarian majority live alongside Turkish minority. Drawing on “everyday nationhood” agenda that aims to provide a methodological toolkit for ethnicity/nationhood without overpredicting its importance, involved collection survey, interview, and ethnographic data. Against...
Transforming growth factor (TGF) beta2 gene expression was examined in murine, rat and human lung by situ hybridization with riboprobes. Hybridization signal observed a variety of cells the sense probe, Northern-blot analysis this probe demonstrated presence novel 3.5 kb transcript. This first report suggesting existance natural TGFbeta2 antisense transcript raises possibility that such may play role regulating production.
Engineering revolution: the paradox of democracy promotion in Serbia, by Marlene Spoerri, Philadelphia, University Pennsylvania, 2015, 256 pp., £39 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8122-4645-2 - Volume 44 Issue 4
Abstract Democratic erosion in the EU’s Central and Eastern European (CEE) member states has confounded EU policy-makers. In this paper, we investigate assumptions behind climate of optimism about CEE democratization that prevailed decision-making before after 5th 6th enlargements, extent to which political science participated intellectual climate. Based on a qualitative analysis early twenty-first century quantitative 500 randomly sampled papers published between 2000 2015, find both...