COVIDEU Project

Studies the impact of the COVID-Pandemic on support for the European Union 🇪🇺
Funded by a Challenges for Europe grant of the @VolkswagenSt

[COVIDEU Project @COVIDEUProject]

📢 Welcome to the official Twitter account of the COVIDEU Project!

Stay tuned to learn more about the project and our amazing team! 🇪🇺💙

[Luis Remiro @LuisMRemiro]

Last week, I presented our latest paper, coauthored with @tonirodon, on the electoral effects of the NextGenerationEU funds on local governments in Spain, at the final workshop of the @COVIDEUProject. It was a great pleasure to work with such a fantastic group of researchers!

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We are grateful to all participants for such a rich conversation, and to the whole COVIDEU team for an inspiring final workshop.
Special thanks to the @VolkswagenSt for generously funding the COVIDEU Project and to the Humboldt Governance Lab for hosting the event.

[COVIDEU Project @COVIDEUProject]

On Friday, the COVIDEU Project held its last yearly workshop in Berlin. After a morning review of each of our team’s current research projects, we opened our doors for a roundtable on radical right support among young people.

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One key takeaway from our discussion: growing support for far-right parties among younger cohorts is neither uniform nor inevitable. Context is important; social media, institutional trust, and economic precarity all play different roles.

[Lisa Herbig @LisaHerbig]

📣 New Publication!

Do border closures change political attitudes?

We show that COVID-related border closures led to a short-term increase in hostility towards immigrants and decreased support for the EU, in affected border regions. But their negative effects faded quickly.

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6/6 Read it here (OA): https://t.co/7xTULSbDNr

By @LisaHerbig, @aslunn, @TheresaJKuhn, @irewrl, @tonirodon and @HeikeKluever

[COVIDEU Project @COVIDEUProject]

1/6 📢 Just as Germany announces it will begin turning back asylum seekers at its borders on May 6, our new article in European Journal of Political Research is out
🧵👇🏻"Closed borders, closed minds?"
https://t.co/7xTULSbDNr

#BorderPolitics #EUPolitics #Schengen #COVID19 #EJPR

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5/6 🗺️ Borders send strong political signals: about threat, sovereignty, and trust.

Our study shows how these signals can shift public opinion, even in EU core countries like Germany.

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🚧 Closed borders, closed minds? 🧠🌍

New research, by @LisaHerbig, @aslunn, @TheresaJKuhn, @irewrl, @tonirodon & @HeikeKluever, explores how COVID-19 border closures shaped EU support and attitudes toward immigrants. #PolSci

📖 Read more: https://t.co/8LjFnoAErK #OA

[Luis Remiro @LuisMRemiro]

As the week wraps up, I'm thrilled to share some exciting news! I've joined the @COVIDEUProject as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Universitat Pompeu Fabra's Department of Political and Social Sciences @PolitiquesUPF. I'm happy to be joining this amazing team! @tonirodon @irewrl

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🎓 We are seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher to join our team. 📚✨

🗓️ Apply by December 26.
📍 Located in Barcelona.
🔗 Details & application: https://t.co/g2l9foZ95b.

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New @COVIDEUProject article by @aslunn & @HeikeKluever examines how major geopolitical events influence EU support, focusing on the 2022 invasion of Ukraine and its impact on European attitudes, ideological divides, and trends over time: https://t.co/ErgoLmIEhx

[PSRM Journal @PSRMJournal]

🇺🇦🇷🇺The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022...

🇪🇺...triggered a surge of EU support among Europeans, growing stronger as the conflict persisted.

➡️Read our latest article by @aslunn & @HeikeKluever https://t.co/kCF1UBQWqR #FirstView

[irene rodríguez @irewrl]

Excited to present joint work with @tonirodon and @sachary_ today at the inaugural session of the new PhD Research Seminars at @PolitiquesUPF . A huge thanks to @mcarrem_, @marcsanjaume and Luís Ortiz for organising this!
The cool graphs here are made by the great @sachary_

[Theresa Kuhn @TheresaJKuhn]

What at pleasure to be at the @VolkswagenSt Challenges for Europe Symposium and present the results of our @COVIDEUProject to an interdisciplinary audience

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Besides @TheresaJKuhn, @LisaHerbig @aslunn and Đorđe Milosav will represent the COVID EU Team in Hanover.

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🚄 Heading to the @VolkswagenSt Symposium in Hanover this week! Excited to dive into the diverse and fascinating projects exploring "Potentials and Challenges for Europe" 🇪🇺 Looking forward to an inspiring exchange of ideas!

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📢 @TheresaJKuhn will present key findings from the @COVIDEUProject this Thursday at 3:00 PM! We're looking forward to an insightful discussion on “The Impact of COVID-19 on Public Support for the European Union” with the fellow researchers. #EUpolitics #COVID19 #BorderPolicies