Adina Akbik

This is the first article out of my @erc.europa.eu StG project EUROTYPES, more to come! www.adinaakbik.eu/projects/270...

In November 2025, I had the opportunity to present this paper to the @ec.europa.eu's SG REFORM unit in Brussels. Credit photo: @cnichele65.bsky.social. Many thanks for the excellent graphic summarizing the paper! 👇

Many thanks to @bjoernbremer.bsky.social, Josh Robison, and participants in the lunch seminar at @polscileiden.bsky.social social for helpful comments on previous versions of the manuscript. Special thanks to Natália Kubalová for excellent research assistance on the survey.

Drawing on original survey data from #Germany, #Italy, #Romania, and #Sweden, we find that:
• Positive economic #stereotypes → more support for EU redistribution
• Negative economic #stereotypes → less support.
In other words, national stereotypes don’t just appear in media or political rhetoric.

📣New article out in @ejprjournal.bsky.social, co-authored with the wonderful @christinaluiset.bsky.social 📣

Do national stereotypes about 'hardworking' or 'lazy' Europeans actually shape public support for #EU solidarity?

They do - and we show how. 🔎🇪🇺

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Many thanks to @karolinapomorska.bsky.social & Emilian Kavalski for including me in their special issue! I am grateful for meeting many amazing scholars from the region along the way: Magdalena Góra, @natsty.bsky.social, @tomasweiss.bsky.social, @gnoutcheva.bsky.social, Jozef Batora, Stefan Cibian

More broadly, the findings highlight the justificatory role of stereotypes in multilateral negotiations and how exogenous shocks can reshape their meaning.

Using an interpretive approach, the analysis shows an emerging transformation of stereotypes about the region, which is starting to be recognised for its historical insight into #Russia.

Borrowing from social psychology, I propose a novel lens to study perceptions about #CEE governments in #EU external policy through the concept of regional stereotypes.

From historical bias to historical insight: shifting stereotypes about Central and Eastern Europe after the invasion of Ukraine Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine (2022), several Western European leaders expressed regret for previously disregarding the warnings of multiple Central and Eastern European (CEE) g...

📣New publication out in Cambridge Review of International Affairs📣

My latest article explores how @consilium.europa.eu officials perceive several #CEE governments—once dismissed as 'Russophobic'—in #EU foreign policy after the full-scale invasion of #Ukraine.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The findings show that while the Monetary Dialogues may lack the intensity of congressional hearings, the ECB is [surprisingly] held to a higher standard of accountability than the Fed.

Analyzing over 1,000 parliamentary questions and their respective answers, I reassess the common assumption that congressional hearings with the Fed ensure stronger parliamentary accountability than the Monetary Dialogues with the ECB.

Is the grass really greener on the other side? Parliamentary oversight of the European Central Bank and the Fed* This article explores differences in the parliamentary oversight of the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Federal Reserve (the Fed) in the United States during crisis situations. It is often argu...

📢New article out in 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺 on the parliamentary oversight of the ECB and the Fed during Covid-19 📣

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Standing Group on European Union (SGEU) Seminar Series European Consortium for Political Research

Today at 16:00 CET, Christina Toenshoff and I are presenting a paper on national stereotypes and public support for EU redistribution in the online seminar series of the @ecprsgeu.bsky.social

You can register here: ecpr.eu/Events/297

Join us at the next @ecprsgeu.bsky.social online seminar on February 18, 15:00 – 16:30 BST / 16:00 – 17:30 CEST
"The honest, the efficient, and the hardworking: What stereotypes Europe needs to increase support for redistribution" by @adinaakbik.bsky.social
register: ecpr.eu/Events/297

Congratulations Tom, great event and amazing book!!!

I created a starter pack of academics working on EU 🇪🇺 politics and European integration 👇. Let me know if you want to be added.

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Fantastic initiative 👏! Could I also be added please?

Adina Akbik wins Student-led Teaching Award This September, Adina Akbik received the first-ever Political Science Teaching Award at Leiden University. Created by student members of the Bachelor's and Master's Programme Committees (OLC), the awa...

Many thanks/Hartelijk dank to all the students who nominated me for this award, it means a lot!!! I know our Institute has many outstanding teachers who invest countless hours and energy into their teaching, and we appreciate such student-led initiatives 🙏 www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2024...

Understanding oversight through parliamentary questions: The European Parliament in the Economic and Monetary Union - Adina Akbik, Marta Migliorati, 2024 Although parliamentary questions are an essential tool of legislative oversight, there is limited research on their variation in holding governments accountable...

Empirically, we study the European Parliament in the Economic and Monetary Union, focusing on the Economic Dialogues in the ECON Committee during 2014-19. The article is available here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

We build a structural account of the variation of questions in legislative oversight that includes two drivers: (a) the legal framework of the oversight relationship at play; and (b) the nature of the policy activity under scrutiny.

🚨Under what conditions do members of parliaments ask different types of oversight questions? 🚨

I answer this question in a new article published in European Union Politics co-authored with the wonderful @martami.bsky.social

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We’re hiring: Full Professor of International Relations

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Online first: "Police patrols, fire alarms, or ambulance chasers? Parliamentary oversight of European monetary policy and banking supervision" by @adinaakbik.bsky.social & @sebdiessner.bsky.social

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The Role of the European Council in the EU Constitutional Structure This study by Mark Dawson and Adina Akbik was commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the AFCO Committee.

In a new study for the EU Parliament, Mark Dawson & @adinaakbik.bsky.social demonstrate how the EU Council's tendency to instruct other institutions and its limited accountability have established a gap between its de jure role and its de facto power. Learn more: www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...

🚨Job alert🚨

Postdoctoral Researcher in Political Science, focus on survey experiments & EU governance.

The position is linked to my ERC project EUROTYPES. Good conditions, nice colleagues, cool topic (full-time, 2,5 years).

www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...

PhD Candidate in Political Science, focus on EU governance The Institute of Political Science of Leiden University’s Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences invites applicants for the position of aPhD Candidate in Political Science, focus on EU governance ...

The 3rd position is separate and focuses on the Council of the EU: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...

If you have any talented master students/graduates interested in pursuing a PhD in EU studies, European public administration, or working with experimental methods, please send them my way!

PhD Candidate in Political Science, focus on EU agencies The Institute of Political Science of Leiden University’s Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences invites applicants for two positions ofPhD Candidate in Political Science, focus on EU agencies (1....

Jobs 📣 Jobs 📣 Jobs 📣

3 fully-funded PhD positions in Political Science (4 years) @ Leiden University, working on cultural stereotypes in #EU governance

2 positions are attached to my ERC project #EUROTYPES, focused on EU agencies: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...

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New Nordic pathways? Explaining Nordic countries’ defence policy choices in the wake of the Ukrainian war In May 2022 Finland and Sweden took the historical decision to apply for membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). One month later, after a three-decade long opt-out, Denmark vot...

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Glad to see my article on Nordic security and defence policies and evolving relations with NATO and CSDP published open access on @jeppjournal.bsky.social

We're hiring!

Eén of meer universitair docenten politicologie. Voor deze functies is de Nederlandse taal een must.

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