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Overview

Aleks Szczerbiak is affiliated with the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom and is an active researcher in the field of Social Sciences with a strong emphasis on Political Science and International Relations. Their work largely engages with topics related to European Union policy, governance, and right-wing populist movements across Europe.

Their research interests cover a broad range of issues including European Union Policy and Governance, Populism and Right-Wing Movements, Social Policy and Reform Studies, Electoral Systems and Political Participation, European and International Law Studies, International Relations and Foreign Policy, and Eastern European Communism and Reforms.

Frequent publication venues for Aleks Szczerbiak's work include:

  • JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies
  • European Politics and Society
  • Journal of European Integration
  • European Political Science
  • German Politics

Their recent papers reflect a concentration on European politics and integration, including:

  • "Conservatism and 'Eurorealism' in the European Parliament: the European Conservatives and Reformists under the leadership of Poland's Law and Justice" (2022, European Politics and Society)
  • "Euroscepticism and anti-establishment parties in Europe" (2024, Journal of European Integration)
  • "How is the European integration debate changing in post-communist states?" (2020, European Political Science)
  • "Drivers of Consensus: Responses to Brexit in Germany, France, Ireland and Poland" (2023, German Politics)
  • "Still a Key Political Actor? The Catholic Church and Politics in Post-1989 Poland" (2025, Europe Asia Studies)

Collaborative work is also evident in their career, with frequent co-authors including Toni Ha, A Nd, Richa Rd, G Whit M A N, and Heather Macr, each contributing to several joint research projects.

Best Publications

  • Contemporary Euroscepticism in the party systems of the European Union candidate states of Central and Eastern Europe

    Paul Taggart;Aleks Szczerbiak

  • The party politics of euroscepticism in EU member and candidate states

    Paul Taggart;Aleks Szczerbiak

  • Parties, Positions and Europe: Euroscepticism in the EU Candidate States of Central and Eastern Europe

    Paul Taggart;Aleks Szczerbiak

  • Party rules, party resources and the politics of parliamentary democracies How parties organize in the 21st century

    Thomas Poguntke;Susan E Scarrow;Paul D Webb;Elin H Allern

  • Opposing Europe: Party Systems and Opposition to the Union, the Euro and Europeanisation

    Aleks Szczerbiak;Paul Taggart

  • Coming in from the cold? Euroscepticism and government participation and party positions on Europe

    Paul Taggart;Aleks Szczerbiak

  • Putting Brexit into perspective: the effect of the Eurozone and migration crises and Brexit on Euroscepticism in European states

    Paul Taggart;Aleks Szczerbiak

  • Theorising Party-Based Euroscepticism: Problems of Definition, Measurement and Causality

    Aleks Szczerbiak;Paul Taggart

  • Opposing Europe? The comparative party politics of Euroscepticism. Volume 2: Comparative and theoretical perspectives

    Aleks Szczerbiak;Paul Taggart

  • 'Social Poland' defeats 'liberal Poland'?: the September-October 2005 Polish parliamentary and presidential elections

    Aleks Szczerbiak

  • Opposing Europe? The Comparative Party Politics of Euroscepticism: Volume 1: Case Studies and Country Surveys

    Aleks Szczerbiak;Paul Taggart

  • The politics of European referendum outcomes and turnout: two models

    Aleks Szczerbiak;Paul Taggart

  • Introduction: opposing Europe? The politics of euroscepticism in Europe

    Paul Taggart;Aleks Szczerbiak

  • Europeanisation, euroscepticism and party systems: Party‐based euroscepticism in the candidate states of Central and Eastern Europe

    Paul Taggart;Aleks Szczerbiak

  • Explaining lustration in Central Europe: a ‘post-communist politics’ approach

    Kieran Williams;Brigid Fowler;Aleks Szczerbiak

  • The Birth of a Bipolar Party System or a Referendum on a Polarizing Government? The October 2007 Polish Parliamentary Election

    Aleks Szczerbiak

  • The Polish centre-right's (last?) best hope: the rise and fall of Solidarity Electoral Action

    Aleks Szczerbiak

  • Dealing with the communist past or politics of the present?: Lustration in post-communist Poland

    Aleks Szczerbiak

  • Testing Party Models in East-Central Europe: Local Party Organization in Postcommunist Poland

    Aleks Szczerbiak

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  • An anti-establishment backlash that shook up the party system? The October 2015 Polish parliamentary election

    Aleks Szczerbiak

  • Opposing Europe? : the comparative party politics ofEuroscepticism.

    Aleks Szczerbiak;Paul A. Taggart

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Taggart
Paul Taggart University of Sussex
Tim Bale
Tim Bale Queen Mary University of London

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