Project description
Shifting identities on the edge of Europe
Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine have been facing domestic divisions over embracing a European future and holding onto alternative identities shaped by history and Russian influence. This tug of war complicates their democratic progress and EU membership hopes. However, the ongoing war in Ukraine has accelerated the EU’s push to reshape its policy towards these countries, eventually granting them the candidate status. With the support of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the EUROIDE project explores how changing EU policies towards this trio influences their identity debates at home. By understanding these shifts, EUROIDE sheds light on what drives acceptance of European values in a region caught between two worlds.
Objective
The Russian-Ukrainian war marked a turn in the EU`s policy towards its Eastern Partnership (EaP) members, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The EU has been gradually opening since 2014 and offered a candidate status in 2022 and 2023. Thus, currently the EU faces a challenge of modifying its EaP policy and deciding how these countries can be led to the membership. However, these countries’ move towards Europe, which is based on European self-identification, has been contested domestically by alternative identities, including those advocated by Russia. The lack of a single identity has been noted as a challenge to domestic consensus on democratisation, to the EU rule transfer and implementation and as an incitement for external intervention. But considering the leap in the EU and Russian policies, this context faces potential restructuring. While we know how the EU policies might affect rule adoption beyond its borders, the question of its influence on identity debates has yet to be addressed. The goal of EUROIDE is to understand whether and under what conditions increasing acceptance from the EU side in times of Russian aggression instigates change in identity contestation. This understanding will provide well-needed insights into domestic constellations in regard to accepting or resisting democratisation and Europeanisation processes in value terms. To achieve the research objective, I will conduct a longitudinal and comparative study of identity discourses in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine under changing EU approach since 2014. EUROIDE will be based on a strong interdisciplinary approach, bridging political and psychological theories and computer science, Natural Language Processing (NLP) methods to analyse identity discourses. To ensure the successful implementation of the project, leading scholars in the studies of Europeanisation and the post-Soviet region will supervise me. EUROIDE will strengthen my academic profile towards advanced funding and a tenured position.
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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Germany
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