Scholars Working on East European Politics

We’re SWEEP-ing in a new era 🧹🧹🧹 EEPG is now Scholars Working on East European Politics. What does this mean? We’re now broadening the community to include scholars at all career stages. Lots of fun in store with our new-look on our website (sweep-workshop.github.io) & below⤵️⤵️

Our CfP for the Fall/Winter series is due tonight at midnight PST! Submit with an abstract at the link below 📝

📆 Just over a week to submit your abstracts for our Fall/Winter 2026 workshop series! We welcome scholars at all career stages and projects using any methodological approach. ⏰ CfP Deadline: Thursday October 1 @ 11:59 PST 📝 More info + form here⤵️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We had a great time at our first conference happy hour at APSA last weekend! Looking forwards to keeping up with the SWEEP community at our Fall/Winter online workshop series. CfP out *now*; abstracts due by 10/1. Work at any stage is welcome! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

💫💫A brief reminder that we'll be celebrating a great APSA tonight at our SWEEP Happy Hour. All are welcome!🍻🌳 ⏰ 6pm Saturday September 5th 📍Nightshift Brewing Boston Esplanade maps.app.goo.gl/Gj22JHMYirrs...

✨✨And, don't forget -- we'll be celebrating a great conference together on Saturday September 5 @ Nightshift Brewing Boston Esplanade at 6pm✨✨ Please join us as we toast our wonderful community! 🍻

Attending APSA this week in Boston? Want to learn from awesome cutting-edge research engaging East European politics? Here's your cheat-sheet-guide to all of the great panels featuring members of our network (including times, locations, and panel abstracts!) ➡️ docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Highly recommend. [📢 shared through Valeria Umanets] Call for Papers: Politics & Political Economy of Eurasia Workshop @ MPSA2027 Chicago | April 1–4, 2027 We welcome research on politics & political economy across Eurasia, from Eastern Europe to Central Asia. Deadline: Sept. 15 More info:

This is tomorrow! We look forward to seeing you then.

EEPG is now SWEEP! A workshop for East European politics for scholars at all career stages. See below for our newest CfP📄 + APSA happy hour deets 🍸+ a call to share your APSA panel for a pre-conference run-down 📝 that we'll be circulating soon!

It was time for a SWEEP! 🧹 We are transforming our grad workshop, EEPGW, into a new online East European politics workshop for scholars *at all career stages*! Below is our Call for Papers📄 & an APSA happy hour🍸& a call to share your APSA panel so fellow East Europeanists can be in the loop📝!

My new article in East European Politics looks at how state capacity shapes the diffusion of #digitalauthoritarianism in Eurasia. Using Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan as cases, the article shows that borrowing authoritarian “blueprints” is one thing, but implementing them effectively is another.

We are looking forward to the next session of our series tomorrow at 5pm CET/11am ET. Yurii Kondratyk (EUI) presenting "Ethnic Identity, Citizenship, and Public Support for NATO in Estonia, 2019–2024" + Robert Lipinski (Oxford) discussing. Come join!

Hot off the press -- we're excited to share our schedule for the Spring/Summer 2026 EEPG Series 🐬🌸☀️⛵🌼 We kick off NEXT Friday, April 17. You may sign up here to get the papers + links to join the sessions (all on Fridays, from 11-12 ET/5-6CET/8-9PST): eepg-workshop.github.io

Abstracts are due today for our Spring/Summer 2026 series! Submit at the link below⤵️

🚨📆 Deadline extension!📆 🚨 If you're interested in presenting your work (at any stage!) submit @ the link below by Fri March 13 at 11:59 PM PST. A big thanks to those who submitted proposals already-- we look forward to reading your submissions & to another great set of workshops✨

🚨📆 Deadline extension!📆 🚨 If you're interested in presenting your work (at any stage!) submit @ the link below by Fri March 13 at 11:59 PM PST. A big thanks to those who submitted proposals already-- we look forward to reading your submissions & to another great set of workshops✨

Abstracts are due today (11:59 PST) for our Spring/Summer 2026 series! We welcome work at all stages, from pre-analysis plans to late-stage working papers. Submit at the form below! 💫🌟✨

🚨 A reminder! 🚨 The call for our Spring/Summer 2026 series is due THIS Friday, March 6 @ 11:59PST. Presenters only need an abstract to submit: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🚨 A reminder! 🚨 The call for our Spring/Summer 2026 series is due THIS Friday, March 6 @ 11:59PST. Presenters only need an abstract to submit: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Wonderful to see "The Electoral Effects of State-Sponsored Anti-LGBTQ Measures," which @bogatyrev.bsky.social presented on behalf of himself and co-authors as part of our Spring-Summer 2024 series, now accepted @thejop.bsky.social. Please see below for the paper:

Save the date! 📆 Our next session is this Friday Oct 24 at 5pm CET/11am EST/8am PST, where @hannafolsz.bsky.social will present "Economic Retaliation and the Decline of Opposition Quality." We'll have comments from @ludwigschulze.bsky.social. Link+paper via email list: eepg-workshop.github.io

We are looking forward to the first session of our new series this Fri. Oct. 10 at 5pm CET/11am ET. We have two papers about historical legacies in Estonia🇪🇪 from @isadesisto.bsky.social (Princeton) + Robert Lipinski (Oxford), and discussion from @krisztiszabo.bsky.social (RHUL, CEU). Come join!

We are looking forward to the first session of our new series this Fri. Oct. 10 at 5pm CET/11am ET. We have two papers about historical legacies in Estonia🇪🇪 from @isadesisto.bsky.social (Princeton) + Robert Lipinski (Oxford), and discussion from @krisztiszabo.bsky.social (RHUL, CEU). Come join!

Very happy to join in and excited to participate this semester!

Come join us! We have an awesome lineup of presentations this fall from grads and early career researchers. Our first workshop is next Friday 10/10 at 11ET/5pm CET. You can get more info + sign up for our list-serv to get the papers and Zooms here: eepg-workshop.github.io