"After 16 years in academia, I’ve become more selective about collaboration. It remains a joy and a blessing, but I’ve also learned how quickly 'we' can turn wicked." #ScienceWorkingLife. scim.ag/47QSNdF

Hot off press: I'm happy to share my new article "Theorising European (Dis)Integration – Logics of Ordering and Unsettling the Polity" that has been published in "Yearbook of European Integration" (Rocznik Integracji Europejskiej) The article is available in the open access: rie.amu.edu.pl/19-2025/

"Productivity, I’ve come to see, is not measured only by research papers and grants. It is also sustained by presence, rest, and the relationships that give meaning to the work." #ScienceWorkingLife scim.ag/3XR5Y9S

Thank you to my friends at Harvard University Press for sending me these incredible books. I can’t wait to start reading! The Middle Ages - Johannes Fried The War on Heresy - R.I. Moore Pandoras Box - Jörn Leonhard The Thirty Years War - Peter H. Wilson

Some good news: two Ukrainian films have made the Oscars Academy Awards shortlist! "2000 Meters to Andriivka" by Mstyslav Chernov (Documentary Feature Film) and "I Died in Irpin" by Anastasiia Falileieva (Animated Short Film).

I was not sure what to expect from this book. It is truly outstanding. Top 1% of political books. Rivals Carl Schmitt. Review soon.

Charles Haywood youtube.com/watch?v=C2ll84…

A fantastic book and another I recommend is this classic:

There is no electricity, the whole city is running on generators, but the Christmas spirit in Lviv is still alive.

Charles Tilly on the State and Democracy Tilly is best known for his research on the state and social movements. However, in the 2000s he turned his attention to democracy and wrote these two books on the interaction between the state and democracy.

"The authors of this document don’t know much about Europe, or don’t care to find out. Living in a fantasy world, they are blind to real dangers. They invent fictional threats. Their information comes from conspiracist websites and random accounts on X, and if they use these

Just arrived. British postlibs again figure quite prominently in this book.

The interior of the Livraria Lello, a bookstore in Porto, Portugal. It is widely considered one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

russia hates this video because it immediately disproves its lies.

This is an amazing book, written by a brilliant scholar. Full stop.

Just a beautiful moment in Kyiv – because life goes on.

Where not already open access, the articles in this issue are free-to-access until the end of Jan 2026! Thank you Cambridge University Press - Politics !!

The main platform where I’ll focus all of my online presence is Substack. I’ll continue sharing articles and insights about Eastern European culture and history, as well as personal posts and updates. It will be my main social media platform. I really hope to see you there!

Meanwhile, Kharkiv puts up Christmas decorations. No matter what. 📷 iren_dorogkina