ERC project DISINTEGRATION

ERC project DISINTEGRATION

@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

ERC-funded research project on "The Mass Politics of Disintegration" (DISINTEGRATION), run by @stefwalter.bsky.social and hosted at @ipz.bsky.social, explores responses to international cooperation challenges. More info: www.disintegration.ch

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International Organization
@iojournal.bsky.social

A new essay by @jonastallberg.bsky.social, @stefwalter.bsky.social and Michael Zürn discusses what we know about the patterns and causes of, and responses to, such contestation, as well as avenues for future research. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

cambridge.orgContestation of International Organizations: Patterns, Drivers, and Responses | International Organization | Cambridge CoreContestation of International Organizations: Patterns, Drivers, and Responses

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Lisa Dellmuth
@lisadellmuth.bsky.social

I am very much looking forward to chairing the panel on "Responding to Non-Cooperation in International Relations" at #EPSS2026! Together with an excellent group of colleagues, we will discuss a research agenda for studying responses to non-cooperation in #InternationalRelations! Join us! #Polisky

ERC project DISINTEGRATION@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

DISINTEGRATION research at #EPSS2026! * How do political parties speak about IOs? by @tommccraehunter.bsky.social & @stefwalter.bsky.social * A theoretical framework on how to think about responses to non-cooperation in intl. politics by @lisadellmuth.bsky.social & @stefwalter.bsky.social

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Stefanie Walter
@stefwalter.bsky.social

Non-cooperation is a regular feature of international politics, but research on its various forms is fragmented across IR subfields. Our agenda-setting panel proposes and discusses a more unified framework for studying how actors respond to non-cooperation. Overview paper: shorturl.at/HbIvU

ERC project DISINTEGRATION
@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

DISINTEGRATION research at #EPSS2026! * How do political parties speak about IOs? by @tommccraehunter.bsky.social & @stefwalter.bsky.social * A theoretical framework on how to think about responses to non-cooperation in intl. politics by @lisadellmuth.bsky.social & @stefwalter.bsky.social

Stefanie Walter@stefwalter.bsky.social

First conference day at #EPSS2026. Very much looking forward to learning about new research, inspiration for next steps, and seeing colleagues and friends. I am particularly excited about these two panels:

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Tom Hunter
@tommccraehunter.bsky.social

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(5/5) This supports findings from this other great @jeppjournal.bsky.social article by Marco Martini and @stefwalter.bsky.social on how Brexit shapes nationalist rhetoric in media coverage outside the UK. doi.org/10.1080/1350...

doi.orgLearning from precedent: how the British Brexit experience shapes nationalist rhetoric outside the UKThe liberal international order has recently come under increasing nationalist pressure, evidenced by a rise in nationalist demands to withdraw from international institutions. A growing literature...

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Tom Hunter
@tommccraehunter.bsky.social

(1/5) My article Disintegration and Party Competition is out in the latest issue of @jeppjournal.bsky.social ! I ask how parties in other member states reacted to #Brexit. Do #Eurosceptic challengers frame it as an example to follow? Or do they instead row back on ‘hard’ demands to #leave the EU?

JEPP Journal@jeppjournal.bsky.social

▶️ @tommccraehunter.bsky.social on how British parties framed Brexit

tandfonline.comDisintegration and party competition: evidence from parliamentary speeches on BrexitHow do political parties in the European Union (EU) react to disintegration bids from a member state? This question is important, as scholars have argued that framing by elites (particularly Eurosc...

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Stefanie Walter
@stefwalter.bsky.social

So thanks to the ERWG members - @sarahobolt.bsky.social, @simonhix.bsky.social, @catherinedevries.bsky.social, @macartan.bsky.social & @markkayser.bsky.social - for being such a great group to work with. And I am excited to continue our work with the entire awesome @epssnet.bsky.social Council!

Stefanie Walter@stefwalter.bsky.social

Back home after an eventful weekend - I am proud of what we have created (even if we had hoped to arrive at a more consensual way forward). Our work in the EPSA reform working group has been intense. Still, doing this with such an engaged, friendly & creative group has been a privilege and treat.

ERC project DISINTEGRATION reposted

Stefanie Walter
@stefwalter.bsky.social

Back home after an eventful weekend - I am proud of what we have created (even if we had hoped to arrive at a more consensual way forward). Our work in the EPSA reform working group has been intense. Still, doing this with such an engaged, friendly & creative group has been a privilege and treat.

EPSS@epssnet.bsky.social

🌍 European Political Science Society is officially launched (EPSS)! 🗓️ June 26, 2025 📍EPSS is a not-for-profit & member-led association for political science in Europe 👉 Visit us: epssnet.org Some updates 👇🏽 🧵

epssnet.orgEPSS – European Political Science SocietyIn June 2025, the EPSA Governing Council voted to establish the not-for-profit organisation European Political Science Society (EPSS). Join our listserv and follow this website for more information and join us next summer for Belfast 2026.

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EPSS
@epssnet.bsky.social

🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community. 🔗 epssnet.org Here’s a thread with everything you need to know. 🧵

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Robin Huguenot-Noël
@rhuguenotnoel.bsky.social

Highly innovative design with fine-grained implementation: truly recommend the read !

ERC project DISINTEGRATION@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

DISINTEGRATION publ #9 @giorgiomalet.bsky.social and @stefwalter.bsky.social show key events in UK Brexit politics affected EU attitudes in other countries: foreign events can influence voters’ attitudes in other countries and events like Brexit have systemic consequences! doi.org/10.1177/1465...

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ERC project DISINTEGRATION
@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

To celebrate the successful conclusion of the DISINTEGRATION project, we are creating a thread that presents all published research completed in the project. We'll post one paper a day – stay tuned!

ERC project DISINTEGRATION@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

Our project produced – and continues to produce – a lot of output, both on various aspects of the accommodation dilemma framework, and on broader (non-)cooperation dynamics. In the coming weeks, we will post a link to each article and short summaries. 14/20

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@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

DISINTEGRATION dataset #3: The Nationalist Party Discourse dataset tracks how nationalist/EU-skeptic parties in 10 EU states talked about the EU during the Brexit decade (2012–2021). It codes 300+ media statements for tone, intensity & type of EU critique. www.swissubase.ch/de/catalogue...

swissubase.chNationalist Party DiscourseThe Nationalist Party Discourse Dataset provides data on nationalist party communication across European countries between 2012 and 2021, hand-coded from a EU/Brexit news corpus. It captures the disco...
ERC project DISINTEGRATION
@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

To celebrate the successful conclusion of the DISINTEGRATION project, we are creating a thread that presents all published research completed in the project. We'll post one paper a day – stay tuned!

ERC project DISINTEGRATION@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

Our project produced – and continues to produce – a lot of output, both on various aspects of the accommodation dilemma framework, and on broader (non-)cooperation dynamics. In the coming weeks, we will post a link to each article and short summaries. 14/20

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@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

DISINTEGRATION data feature #2: The Swiss Panel Survey tracks EU attitudes, CH-EU relations & intl cooperation over 6 waves (2019–2025)—spanning Brexit, COVID & Ukraine. Rich vote intention data on key referendums; weighted for representativeness. doi.org/10.48573/enm...

doi.orgDISINTEGRATION: Swiss Panel Survey: Public opinion on Switzerland’s relations with Europe and the World, 2019-2022The years between 2019 and 2022 have been a crucial period for Swiss politics, a period that has redefined the country’s role in world politics and, in particular, its relationship with the European U...
ERC project DISINTEGRATION
@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

To celebrate the successful conclusion of the DISINTEGRATION project, we are creating a thread that presents all published research completed in the project. We'll post one paper a day – stay tuned!

ERC project DISINTEGRATION@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

Our project produced – and continues to produce – a lot of output, both on various aspects of the accommodation dilemma framework, and on broader (non-)cooperation dynamics. In the coming weeks, we will post a link to each article and short summaries. 14/20

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@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

DISINTEGRATION publ #14: How do international institutions respond to unilateral challenges like non-compliance or withdrawal? @stefwalter.bsky.social & Nicole Plotke-Scherly develop a framework showing how IOs balance cooperation losses vs. contagion risks. doi.org/10.1093/isq/...

doi.orgResponding to Unilateral Challenges to International InstitutionsAbstracts. How do international institutions respond to unilateral challenges by its member states, such as non-compliance, blocking of reforms, renegotiat
ERC project DISINTEGRATION
@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

To celebrate the successful conclusion of the DISINTEGRATION project, we are creating a thread that presents all published research completed in the project. We'll post one paper a day – stay tuned!

ERC project DISINTEGRATION@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

Our project produced – and continues to produce – a lot of output, both on various aspects of the accommodation dilemma framework, and on broader (non-)cooperation dynamics. In the coming weeks, we will post a link to each article and short summaries. 14/20

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ERC project DISINTEGRATION
@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

DISINTEGRATION publ #12: When publics grow more Eurosceptic, do parties follow? In FR, IT & UK, mainstream parties adjusted positions but strategically decreased salience of EU issues. Study by @giorgiomalet.bsky.social and Cyrille Thiébaut doi.org/10.1111/1475...

doi.orgSilent responsiveness: How public opinion affects party discourse on wedge issuesHow does public opinion affect political discourse on issues that parties struggle to deal with? Although scholars tend to analyse party–voter linkages in terms of policy positions, parties can respo....
ERC project DISINTEGRATION
@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

To celebrate the successful conclusion of the DISINTEGRATION project, we are creating a thread that presents all published research completed in the project. We'll post one paper a day – stay tuned!

ERC project DISINTEGRATION@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

Our project produced – and continues to produce – a lot of output, both on various aspects of the accommodation dilemma framework, and on broader (non-)cooperation dynamics. In the coming weeks, we will post a link to each article and short summaries. 14/20

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ERC project DISINTEGRATION
@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

DISINTEGRATION publ #9 @giorgiomalet.bsky.social and @stefwalter.bsky.social show key events in UK Brexit politics affected EU attitudes in other countries: foreign events can influence voters’ attitudes in other countries and events like Brexit have systemic consequences! doi.org/10.1177/1465...

doi.orgSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
ERC project DISINTEGRATION
@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

DISINTEGRATION #10: How did parties in the EU react to Brexit? Analyzing parliamentary statements, @tommccraehunter.bsky.social finds that after the referendum, Eurosceptic challengers moderated their tone, while mainstream parties ramped up pro-EU rhetoric. No domino effect doi.org/10.1080/1350...

doi.orgDisintegration and party competition: evidence from parliamentary speeches on BrexitHow do political parties in the European Union (EU) react to disintegration bids from a member state? This question is important, as scholars have argued that framing by elites (particularly Eurosc...
ERC project DISINTEGRATION
@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

To celebrate the successful conclusion of the DISINTEGRATION project, we are creating a thread that presents all published research completed in the project. We'll post one paper a day – stay tuned!

ERC project DISINTEGRATION@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

Our project produced – and continues to produce – a lot of output, both on various aspects of the accommodation dilemma framework, and on broader (non-)cooperation dynamics. In the coming weeks, we will post a link to each article and short summaries. 14/20

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ERC project DISINTEGRATION
@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

DISINTEGRATION publication #7 @giorgiomalet.bsky.social shows that French rejection of the EU constitution in the 2005 referendum increased public opposition to the Constitution abroad, an example of cross-national social influence. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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ERC project DISINTEGRATION
@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

DISINTEGRATION publ #8 @giorgiomalet.bsky.social and @stefwalter.bsky.social test the “have your cake and eat it, too” argument with voters. Drawing on a panel survey, they show that Brexit had a small but non-negligible impact on Swiss voters’ expectations about EU resolve. doi.org/10.1080/0140...

doi.orgHave your cake and eat it, too? Switzerland and the feasibility of differentiated integration after BrexitA key Eurosceptic argument is that countries can selectively retain only those aspects of European integration from which they benefit, while opting out of those aspects they dislike. How convincin...
ERC project DISINTEGRATION
@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

To celebrate the successful conclusion of the DISINTEGRATION project, we are creating a thread that presents all published research completed in the project. We'll post one paper a day – stay tuned!

ERC project DISINTEGRATION@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

Our project produced – and continues to produce – a lot of output, both on various aspects of the accommodation dilemma framework, and on broader (non-)cooperation dynamics. In the coming weeks, we will post a link to each article and short summaries. 14/20

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@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

DISINTEGRATION publ #6 @jurado.bsky.social , @sandraleon.bsky.social and @stefwalter.bsky.social explore how voters want their govs to respond when another country withdraws from an IO. Willingness to compromise depends on exposure to the costs and benefits of accommodation. doi.org/10.1017/S002...

doi.orgBrexit Dilemmas: Shaping Postwithdrawal Relations with a Leaving State | International Organization | Cambridge CoreBrexit Dilemmas: Shaping Postwithdrawal Relations with a Leaving State - Volume 76 Issue 2
ERC project DISINTEGRATION
@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

To celebrate the successful conclusion of the DISINTEGRATION project, we are creating a thread that presents all published research completed in the project. We'll post one paper a day – stay tuned!

ERC project DISINTEGRATION@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

Our project produced – and continues to produce – a lot of output, both on various aspects of the accommodation dilemma framework, and on broader (non-)cooperation dynamics. In the coming weeks, we will post a link to each article and short summaries. 14/20

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@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

DISINTEGRATION publication #4: @stefwalter.bsky.social reviews the globalization backlash. She shows that the backlash is not associated with large swings in public opinion against globalization but is rather a result of its politicization by skeptical actors doi.org/10.1146/annu...

doi.orgThe Backlash Against Globalization | Annual ReviewsIn recent years, the world has seen a rising backlash against globalization. This article reviews the nature, causes, and consequences of the globalization backlash. It shows that, contrary to a popul...
ERC project DISINTEGRATION
@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

To celebrate the successful conclusion of the DISINTEGRATION project, we are creating a thread that presents all published research completed in the project. We'll post one paper a day – stay tuned!

ERC project DISINTEGRATION@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

Our project produced – and continues to produce – a lot of output, both on various aspects of the accommodation dilemma framework, and on broader (non-)cooperation dynamics. In the coming weeks, we will post a link to each article and short summaries. 14/20

ERC project DISINTEGRATION
@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

Charlotte Grynberg, @stefwalter.bsky.social and Fabio Wasserfallen show that pro-Brexit voters expected the EU largely accommodate the UK post-Brexit. Despite becoming more disillusioned over the course of negotiations, however, they still supported Brexit. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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ERC project DISINTEGRATION
@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

In a study of EU-27 public opinion on Brexit (n = 39,000), @stefwalter.bsky.social finds that many Europeans face an accommodation dilemma that moderates their willingness to compromise with the UK.  onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

onlinelibrary.wiley.comEU‐27 Public Opinion on Brexit†Although there has been much interest in British public opinion on Brexit, much less is known about how EU-27 Europeans view the Brexit negotiations. This is surprising, because Brexit confronts the ....

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Stefanie Walter
@stefwalter.bsky.social

Much of my research in the last six years has revolved around the @disintegrationerc.bsky.social project. I am so proud of my team and all we have achieved, and grateful to the @erc.europa.eu for making this possible. If you want to know what we did, this thread is for you:

ERC project DISINTEGRATION@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

Today marks the final day of the DISINTEGRATION project, a project on the mass politics of disintegration generously funded by the @erc.europa.eu . We celebrate with a thread on all we have done and found: 1/20

ERC project DISINTEGRATION reposted

Sara Hobolt
@sarahobolt.bsky.social

Great thread on an important, ambitious research project led by the brilliant @stefwalter.bsky.social - with insights and findings that are more relevant than ever given the challenges facing all major international organisations 👇

ERC project DISINTEGRATION@disintegrationerc.bsky.social

Today marks the final day of the DISINTEGRATION project, a project on the mass politics of disintegration generously funded by the @erc.europa.eu . We celebrate with a thread on all we have done and found: 1/20