Karina Shyrokykh Associate Professor
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Name and title: Karina ShyrokykhAssociate Professor
Workplace: Department of Economic History and International Relations Länk till annan webbplats.
Visiting address Room A 940Universitetsvägen 10 A, plan 9
Postal address Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer106 91 Stockholm
About me
I am Associate Professor (Docent) in International Relations with a focus on quantitative methods. My research interests include climate governance, human rights, the European Union's public administration networks, and external democracy promotion. My more resent scholalry interests include disinformation studies as well as preparedness and crisis response in relation to russia’s aggression against Ukraine. In my research, I build on longitudinal and survey data. I also use text analysis and natural language processing tools.
Latest publications (2025 and 2026):
Turf protection or policy expansion? How European agencies shape their reputation through social media communication. Regulation & Governance (2026) [with Sandra Eckert and Kristin Olofsson] http://doi.org/10.1111/rego.70117
Stable roles and agile structures: Temporal robustness in public administration networks. Public Policy and Administration (2025) [with Jarle Trondal] https://doi.org/10.1177/09520767251410845
Climate change framings and linkages across international organisations. Earth System Governance (2025) [with Lisa Dellmuth] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258981162500045X
Seeking to embed democracy: Tracing the substantial evolution of the European Union’s democracy promotion, 2004-2020. Comparative European Politics (2025) [with Sonja Grimm and Nea Solander] https://doi.org/10.1057/s41295-025-00430-x
Conditional aid under what conditions? Exploring consistency in performance-based aid allocation. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies (2025) [with Nea Solander] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jcms.13727
International Actors and Democracy Protection: Preventing the Spread of Illiberal Legislation in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Democratization (2025) [with Thomas Winzen] Doi: 10.1080/13510347.2025.2461463?needAccess=true
PhD Teaching
- 'Quantitative Methods in International Relations'
Graduate Teaching
- 'Quantitative Methods'
- 'Advanced Quantitative Methods'
- 'International Cooperation and International Institutions'
Undergraduate Teaching
- 'International Organizations and Human Rights'
- 'Research Skills'
- 'Quantitative Methods in International Relations'
- 'Introduction to International Political Economy'
- 'Theory and Methods'
- 'Globalization and International Political Economy'
Theses supervision
MA theses with a focus on EU politics, climate governance, human rights and quantitative methods.
Summer courses
Analysera text och siffror – R för samhällsvetare
Pedagogical training
- Teaching and Learning (Centre for the Advancement of University Teaching at Stockholm University (CeUL), HT2019, 7,5 hp.)
- Digital Competences for Teaching (Digitala Kompetenser för Undervisning) (Centre for the Advancement of University Teaching at Stockholm University (CeUL), VT2020, 7,5 hp.)
- Research Supervision (CeUL, HT2020, 7,5 hp.)
Ongoing projects:
Older People in War: Establishing a New Research Field, funded by Swedish Research Council, 2026-2028, for more, see https://www.uu.se/en/research/research-projects/project?query=2025-00851_VR
VSCoW: Value Shifts in Ukraine in the Context of War, funded by Swedish Institute, 2024-2026, for more, see https://si.se/en/projects-granted-funding/vscow-value-shifts-in-ukraine-in-the-context-of-war/
Completed projects:
Embracing change: Overcoming obstacles and advancing democracy in the European Neighbourhood, funded by Horizon Europe, 2022-2025, for more, see https://embrace-democracy.eu/
Peer-reviewed original articles (selected)
Karina Shyrokykh and Lisa Dellmuth (2025) Climate Change Framings and Linkages Across International Organisations. Earth System Governance. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esg.2025.100279
Sonja Grimm, Karina Shyrokykh, and Nea Solander (2025) Seeking to embed democracy: Tracing the substantial evolution of the European Union’s democracy promotion, 2004-2020. Comparative European Politics (2025) https://doi.org/10.1057/s41295-025-00430-x
Karina Shyrokykh and Nea Solander (2025) “Conditional Aid Under What Conditions? Exploring Consistency in Performance-Based Aid Allocation.” JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies.
Karina Shyrokykh and Thomas Winzen (2025)” International Actors and Democracy Protection: Preventing the Spread of Illiberal Legislation in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.” Democratization, online first. 10.1080/13510347.2025.2461463?needAccess=true
Karina Shyrokykh and Martin Kragh (2024) Black Knight NGOs and International Disinformation. European Security, online first. https://doi.org/10.1080/09662839.2024.2437781
Jung, Yeonju and Karina Shyrokykh (2024) "Needs or Interests: Drivers of China’s Peace Engagement in Conflict-affected Countries." International Peacekeeping, 31(5): 553–574. https://doi.org/10.1080/13533312.2024.2369513
Shyrokykh, K., Girnyk, M. and Dellmuth, L. (2023) “Short Text Classification with Machine Learning in the Social Sciences: The Case of Climate Change on Twitter.” Plos one, 18(9), e0290762.
Shyrokykh, Karina, Lisa Dellmuth and Elisa Funk (2023) “Managing Networks: Cohesion and Fluidity in EU Climate Cooperation with European Neighbours,” European Union Politics, 24(3): 539–558. https://doi.org/10.1177/14651165231152
Dellmuth, Lisa and Karina Shyrokykh (2023) “Climate Change on Twitter: Implications for Climate Governance Research,” Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews. Climate Change, 14(6): 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.848
Shyrokykh, Karina (2022) “Why climate? The Drivers of the European Union’s Climate Governance in its Post-Soviet East European Neighbors,” Problems of Post-Communism, 69(4-5): 358–368. https://doi.org/10.1080/10758216.2021.1974888
Shyrokykh, Karina (2022) “European Development Co‐operation via Technical Assistance: An Outside‐in Perspective,”JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, online first.https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13420