Biography

Agnieszka Kwiatkowska is a Jean Monnet Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies of the European University Institute (EUI) and an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the SWPS University in Poland. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Warsaw. Her research interests and expertise include political preferences and voting behaviours, encompassing both the electorate and political elites.

In her recent research project ‘PARLIN. Institutionalisation of political parties in the parliaments of Central Europe - data mining of parliamentary debates’ (National Science Centre, 2020-2024) she led a team in analysing voting behaviour and parliamentary speeches within five Central European countries. She is also an expert in survey research, undertaking projects alongside academic, non-governmental, and business organisations, as well as political parties, think-tanks, and media outlets, including the European Commission, The Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.

During her Jean Monnet fellowship at the Robert Schuman Centre, she is investigating the discursive strategies related to democratic backsliding and democratic resilience. This research aims to dissect the predominant narratives of democracy as utilised by governing right-wing populist parties and the principal anti-populist opposition parties in Europe by integrating mixed methods research, including the application of advanced machine-learning tools to a database of parliamentary speeches from several European parliaments.

More info is available at: agnieszka.es

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