Karina ShyrokykhAssociate Professor
About me
I am Associate Professor (Docent) in International Relations with a focus on quantitative methods at the Department of Economic History and International Relations.
My research interests include climate governance, human rights, the European Union's external governance, European Neighbourhood Policy, international public administration networks, and external democracy promotion.
In my research, I build on statistical analysis and machine learning techniques with an application in Social Sciences. In my current research, I exploit longitudinal data analysis for the study of climate change adaptation governance, human rights, and the impact of technocratic networks. I also use text analysis and natural language processing tools for the study of climate debates.
Latest publications:
Klimes, M., Goldie-Ryder, K., Shyrokykh, K., Abumba, Bhanu, JB., and Neupane, B. (2023) "The Battle for Truth on Water, Climate and the Environment: The Impact of Information Influencing Campaigns". SIPRI, Stockholm. Available at: https://bit.ly/3ToDgfB
Shyrokykh, K., Zasiadko, Y. (2023) "Post-war reconstruction of Ukraine and the role of the Nordic Countries". Fast Track to Vision 2030. Available at: https://www.nordforsk.org/2023/fast-track-vision-2030.
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.
Dellmuth, L., and Shyrokykh, K. (2023) “Climate change on Twitter: Implications for climate governance research”. WIREs Climate Change. DOI: 10.1002/wcc.848
Shyrokykh, K., Dellmuth, L., and Funk., L. (2023) "Managing networks: Cohesion and fluidity in EU climate cooperation with European neighbours". European Union Politics. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/14651165231152836
Public outreach (selected):
October 12, 2022: "Беларусы ахвяры, расіяне — агрэсары. Што думаюць украінцы пра беларсаў?" У кантэксце — падкаст ЦНІ (Belarusian/Ukrainian)
October 7, 2022: Interview "Om Nobels fredspris". Podcasten Halv Tre med Lotta Bromé (Swe.)
August 12, 2022: Interview "Швеція почне виробляти зброю для України?", Radio NV (Ukrainian)
May 16, 2022: Interview "They do not want the RUSSIAN WORLD. Why Finland and Sweden want to join NATO", ICTV (Ukrainian)
April 15, 2022: Interview "Швеція йде до НАТО. Як біситься Росія?", Radio NV (Ukrainian)
Spring 2022: Interview “Russian war in Ukraine has nothing to do with NATO”. Ekohist (Eng.)
Spring 2022: Podcast at the Local "The Nato dilemma, what Sweden expects of us in a crisis, and how you can help Ukraine", March 12, 2022 (Eng.)
Spring 2022: Opinion piece at the Local "Solidarity brings hope: why Swedish support matters for us Ukrainians", March 12, 2022 (Eng.)
Fall 2020: "Russian state-sponsored media and disinformation on Twitter". ZOiS Spotlight 33/2020. (English/German)
Teaching
PhD Teaching
- 'Quantitative Methods in International Relations' (VT2020, VT2021)
Graduate Teaching
- 'Quantitative Methods' (HT2020, HT2021)
Undergraduate Teaching
- 'International Organizations and Human Rights' (VT2020)
- 'Research Skills' (VT2020, HT2020)
- 'Quantitative Methods in International Relations' (HT2020, VT2021)
- 'Introduction to International Political Economy' (HT2019, VT2020, HT2020, HT2021)
- 'Theory and Methods' (HT2019, VT2020)
- 'Globalization and International Political Economy' (HT2019)
Theses supervision
MA theses with focus on IR and quantitative methods
Summer courses
Analysera text och siffror – R för samhällsvetare (VT2021)
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.)
Research
List of publications
Peer-reviewed articles
Shyrokykh, K. (2021) "Help your neighbour, help yourself: The drivers of EU’ climate cooperation in trans-governmental networks with its neighbours". Governance, online first.
Shyrokykh, K. (2021) "Why climate? The drivers of the European Union’s climate governance in its post-Communist neighbourhood". Problems of Post-Communism, online first.
Tosun, J. and Shyrokykh, K. (2021) "Leadership in high-level forums on energy governance: China and Russia compared". Post-Communist Economies, online first.
Shyrokykh, K. (2021) "Human rights sanctions and the role of black knights: Evidence from the EU’s post-Soviet neighbours". Journal of European Integration, online first.
Shyrokykh, K. (2020) “How effective is EU’s human rights persuasion in its post-Soviet neighbourhood? Insights from a statistical assessment,” Journal of Contemporary European Studies, online first.
Shyrokykh, K. and Rimkute D. (2019) “EU rules beyond its borders: the policy-specific effects of transgovernmental networks and EU agencies in the European neighbourhood,” JCMS online first.
Shyrokykh, K. (2019) “Policy-specific effects of transgovernmental cooperation: A statistical assessment across the EU’s post-Soviet neighbours,” Journal of European Public Policy, 26:1, 149-168.
Shyrokykh, K. (2018) “The Evolution of the Foreign Policy of Ukraine: External Actors and Domestic Factors,” Europe-Asia Studies, 70:5, pp. 832-850.
Shyrokykh, K. (2018) “Compromising on values? Human rights pressure and competing interests of the European Union in the former Soviet states,” European Foreign Affairs Review 23:1, pp. 119-141.
Shyrokykh, K. (2017) “Effects and side effects of European Union assistance on the former Soviet republics,” Democratization 24:4, pp. 651-669.
Working papers
Rimkute D. and Shyrokykh, K. (2017) “The Role of EU Agencies in the Acquis Transfer: The Case of the European Neighbourhood Policy Countries,” TARN Working Paper Series 14/2017 (online: 1 November 2017, pp. 1-22).
Book chapters
Rimkute D. and Shyrokykh, K. (2019) Transferring the Acquis through EU Agencies: The Case of the European Neighbourhood Policy Countries. In The External Dimension of EU agencies and EU bodies: Law and Policy (eds. H. Hofmann, E. Vos & M. Chamon).
Book reviews
Shyrokykh, K. (2021) "Russia, the EU, and the Eastern partnership. Building bridges or digging trenches? by Vasile Rotaru, Stuttgart, Ibidem-Verlag, 2019, 180 pp., €35 (Paperback), ISBN 9783838211343". Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe. DOI: 10.1080/25739638.2021.1929181
Shyrokykh, K. (2021) "Rethinking Human Rights: Samuel Moyn. Not Enough. Human Rights in an Unequal World. Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2018. 277 pp., $29.95 (ISBN 9780674737563)". Human Rights Review. DOI: 10.1007/s12142-021-00624-2
Shyrokykh, K. (2020) "The Euromaidan’s Effect on Civil Society. Why and How Ukrainian Social Capital Increased After the Revolution of Dignity" by Sophie Falsini, Europe Asia Studies 72:2, pp.333-334.
Shyrokykh, K. (2012) “In Defense of Liberal-Pluralism” by Upendra Chidella, Parameshwar Rama Bhat and Vikram Singh Sirola, CEU Political Science Journal 7(1).
Shyrokykh, K. (2011) “Emergency Politics: Paradox, Law, Democracy” by Bonnie Honig, CEU Political Science Journal 6(2).
