Look at what has been going on in the DISINTEGRATION project lately.
DISINTEGRATION project excited to host María Victoria Alvarez, Associate Professor and Researcher at the National University of Rosario
Workshop on “Integration and Disintegration Dynamics”
Giorgio Malet secures the SNSF Ambizione Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Giorgio Malet, postdoc in the DISINTEGRATION project, on winning the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Ambizione grant!
“To Accommodate or Not?” – Talk by Stefanie Walter at Munich School of Politics and Public Policy, TUM
In a thought-provoking talk at the Munich School of Politics and Public Policy, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Stefanie Walter addressed the complex dilemma governments face when faced with non-cooperation by other states: To accommodate or not? She discussed the impact of the trade-off between the material benefits of cooperation and reputational considerations on citizens’ support for challenging and materially costly responses.
Conference Paper Presentations at IB Sektionstagung 2023 and EPSA 2023
Stefanie Walter presented the paper “How threats and promises affect support for international cooperation” at IB Sektionstagung 2023 (14-16 June 2023), in Friedrichshafen, Germany. This paper by Giorgio Malet and Stefanie Walter delves into the argument that how policymakers discuss the consequences of cooperation and of not cooperating affects the public’s attitudes on international negotiations. Giorgio Malet also presented this paper at the European Political Science Association’s (EPSA) 13th annual conference (22-24 June 2023) in Glasgow, Scotland.
New Dataset and Access to Newspaper Corpora
New Journal Article
New paper out in West European Politics by Giorgio Malet and Stefanie Walter. The paper examines how voters in countries closely cooperating with the EU can learn about the feasibility of cherrypicking strategies by looking at the experience of countries that pursued a similar path but analyzing the effects of the Brexit negotiations on public opinion in Switzerland. The paper is part of a special issue edited by Waltraud Schelkle on „The Crisis That Wasn’t? Brexit and Membership Crisis in the European Union“
New Journal Article
New paper out in the European Journal of Public Policy by Marco Martini and Stefanie Walter on how Brexit has changed the discourse of nationalist parties in other EU member states.
New News Article
Giorgio Malet and Stefanie Walter, together with Jonas Tallberg, have published an article in the Swedish newspaper Sydsvenskan with insights from the DISINTEGRATION survey on Swedish and Finnish public opinion on NATO membership. The article discusses public attitudes towards Turkey’s demands and security concerns related to Russia.
We are Hiring!
We are hiring a new postdoc! Please find the details here (application deadline Nov 15, 2022).
Recent Workshop
From 2-4 October, The Disintegration Project hosted a workshop on “International Cooperation in Challenging Times”. You can find the programme here.
New Journal Article
New paper out in International Organization by Stefanie Walter and co-authors on how to deal with states that withdraw from international institutions:
New Journal Article
The article “Brexit Dilemmas: Shaping Postwithdrawal Relations with a Leaving State” authored by Ignacio Jurado, Sandra León and Stefanie Walter has been published in International Organization.
New Blog Post
What happens if the institutional framework agreement between the EU and Switzerland fails? Stefanie Walter analyzes this question in the context of public opinion and expectations in her blog post.
Read the blog article here.
New Blog Post
In her recent blog article “Three Questions on Brexit”, Stefanie Walter discusses the implications of Brexit on the economy, the possibility of a British re-entry into the EU and the potential EU reaction to such an endeavor.
Read the blog article here.
Online Workshop – Academic Exchange
On March 15, the DISINTEGRATION team presented its research progress to the advisory board with Tanja Börzel, Sara Hobolt, Jonas Tallberg, and Dustin Tingely. In stimulating discussions, we received constructive feedback and insights to other perspectives. We look forward to having the next meeting with you!
New Paper Publication
How do voter-endorsed attempts to withdraw from international institutions reverberate abroad? This question and more is discussed in Stefanie Walter’s new article “Brexit Domino? The Political Contagion Effects of Voter-endorsed Withdrawals from International Institutions” published in the journal Comparative Political Studies.
Read the paper here.
New Paper Publication
The co-authored article “Politicizing International Cooperation: The Mass Public, Political Entrepreneurs, and Political Opportunity Structures” is published in the journal International Organization.
Read the paper here.
New Working Paper
New working paper by Marco Martini and Stefanie Walter on media discourse surrounding Brexit beyond the UK
New Publication
New article by Catherine de Vries, Sara Hobolt and Stefanie Walter on “Politicizing International Cooperation: The Mass Public, Political Entrepreneurs and Political Opportunity Structures” forthcoming at International Organization.
Find the paper here.
New Blog Post
New blog post about Swiss-EU relations in times of COVID-19: „Schlechtere Chancen für die Begrenzungsinitiative wegen der Corona-Krise”
Find the blog post here.
New Publication
New paper on the role of British voters’ expectations about the EU’s response to Brexit has been published in European Union Politics.
New Working Paper
New working paper on the contagion effects of Brexit in the EU-27 and Switzerland.
Project Kick-off
Three post-docs started to work on the DISINTEGRATION project in September 2019. We are excited to work on this project and have brainstormed on how to make the project into a success.