EVENTS

Invited speakers 

  • Liesbet Hooghe, Gary Marks, Spencer Corp, Sayman Rohleder-Stribl, UNC-EUI, May 6, 2026. “TAN parties and European integration.”
  • Alexander Sahn, UNC-EUI, March 11, 2026. TBA.
  • Jonathan Polk, U of Gothenburg, February, 11 2026. “Unpacking party positions on immigration.”
  • Ryan Brooks, UNC, January 14 2026. “Immigration as an easy issue.”
  • Theresa Kuhn, U of Amsterdam, May 2, 2024. “Measuring European identity” 
  • Hanna Kleider, Kings College London, April 11, 2024, “Multilevel governance and social policy” 
  • Bram Lancee, U of Amsterdam, March 7, 2024, “Experimental design” 
  • Frank Baumgartner and Isaac Unah, UNC-Chapel Hill, 22 May, 2023: “Dying Out: How and Why the Death Penalty is Finally Disappearing from America” 
  • Christina Zuber, University of Konstanz, 14 June, 2022: “Ideational Legacies and the Politics of Migration in European Minority Regions” 
  • Christoffer Green-Pedersen, University of Aarhus, 31 May, 2022: “Understanding the conflict of conflicts. What can we learn from the Irish case?” 

Conferences/workshops 

Global Challenges to Local Governance, EUI, June 22-23 2026. Organiser: Alexander Sahn.

This conference will bring together colleagues who work in the local political economy field to Florence to mix with EUI scholars and researchers.

PhD workshop: The comparative politics of Europe, EUI, May 26-27 2025. Organisers: Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks 

This workshop was an opportunity for Ph.D. researchers to present their dissertation research in a constructive environment, targeting PhD candidates who were seeking to hone their dissertation design and receive feedback on initial papers. 

Papers by Hilma Lindskog; Hiroki Yamashita; Spencer Corp; Marte Skogen; Max Bradley; Florian Sichart; Sayman Rohleder-Stribl; Fabienne Eisenring; Hannah Radner; Thareerat Laohabut; Sasha Rumiantseva; David Knoll.

Advances in cleavage research,  EUI, June 3-4 2024. Organisers: Liesbet Hooghe, Jonne Kamphorst, Gary Marks. 

This workshop brought together scholars to present new research on the contemporary political divide in western societies. Since the study of cleavages had mushroomed in recent years, this was a propitious time to critically evaluate its power and limitations. 

Papers by Jelle Koedam & Marco Steenbergen; Liesbet Hooghe & Gary Marks; Jacob Gunderson; Jonne Kamphorst; Simon Bornschier, Silja Hausermann, Delia Zollinger; Jan Rovny & Filip Kostelka; Twan Huijsmans, Bram Lancee, and Theresa Kuhn; Nina Obermaier; David Attewell; Jona De Jong; Alex Mierke-Zatwarnicki.

ECPR Workshop: Cleavage Politics in Western Societies, Lüneburg, March 25-28 2024. Organisers: Gary Marks and Delia Zollinger

This workshop brought together scholars to research on the divide mobilized by far right and green/left-libertarian parties.
Papers by Jona De Jong; Vincenzo Emanuele & Bruno Marino; Gary Marks, Liesbet Hooghe, Jonne Kamphorst; Julian Garritzman; Linus Westheuser; Alex Mierke-Zatwarnicki; Endre Borbàth; Anna Kurella & Milena Rapp; Jacob Gunderson; Simon Persico; Nils Steiner & Armin Schäfer; Nicole Martin, Ralph Scott, Roland Kappe; Kaitlin Alper; Vanessa Schwaiger & Franziska Maier; Federico Trastulli & Gefjon Off; Alberto Lopez Ortega & Stuart Turnbull Dugarte; Ambroos Verwee.

PhD. Workshop: The comparative politics of Europe, EUI, June 27-28 2022. Organisers: Liesbet Hooghe, Erik Jones, and Gary Marks

The workshop was an opportunity for Ph.D. students to receive feedback on their dissertation research in a constructive environment.
Papers by Jona De Jong & Jonne Kamphorst; Linet Durmuşoğlu: Sven Hegewald; Alexandra Jabbour; Philip Warnke; Ingrid Faleide; Martin Naunov; Samuel Johnston; Alexander Verdoes; Eunhyea Oh; Mariana Carmo Duarte; Julian Michel; Alberto Ganis.

Lessons of Postfunctionalism: Contestation in a multilevel polity, EUI, June 9-10, 2022. Organisers: Jan Rovny, Liesbet Hooghe, and Catherine De Vries

This conference is an occasion to reflect on the contribution of Gary Marks to comparative politics. Topics include GALTAN, the transnational cleavage, and multilevel governance.
Papers by David Attewell; Stephanie Shady, Liesbet Hooghe, and Gary Marks; Gabriele Magni; Andreas Jozwiak; Anna Brigevich; Theresa Kuhn; Hanna Kleider; Jelle Koedam; Jacob Gunderson.

Theories of the contemporary divide in Western societies, EUI, Dec 15-17, 2021. Organisers: Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks

This conference asked prominent researchers to probe the power and limitations of an influential theory/approach for explaining political polarization in Western societies. There were five plenary sessions with papers on a particular theoretical perspective.
Day 1: Papers on Cleavage Theory (Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks); Political Economy (Torben Iversen and David Soskice); Day 2: The Politics of Space (Catherine De Vries); Affective Polarization (Matthew Levendusky), and Day 3: Worldview Politics (Marc Hetherington and Caroline Lancaster).

Public speaking

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