Research Projects

Campaign, ideology and organization

This project aims to explain the attractiveness of newly formed political parties in Central and Eastern Europe. Over the past 20 years, many newly formed political parties have won parliamentary seats at the national level, while other political parties – new or old – have failed to secure electoral support.

Election Integrity and Democracy in Republic of Moldova

The project is implemented in partnership with the Centre for Political and Administrative Studies at Moldova State University. It received funding from the Black Sea Trust for Regional cooperation between August 2024 and February 2025.

Political Parties, Poverty and Vote Buying

Electoral clientelism in Romania

This project was funded by the Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding in 2020-2022, project number: PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2019-0460.

Local Resilience (LOCRES)

It aims to become a source for policy makers and to illustrate the socio-economic mechanisms of contemporary communities and their challenges during crises. The methodology is applied to the cases of Romania and the Republic of Moldova, with the potential to be extended to the entire Eastern European region in the future.