Karina Shyrokykh Universitetslektor, docent

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.)

Pågående projekt:

Older People in War: Establishing a New Research Field, finansierat av Vetenskapsrådet, 2026–2028. För mer information, se: https://www.uu.se/en/research/research-projects/project?query=2025-00851_VR

VSCoW: Value Shifts in Ukraine in the Context of War, finansierat av Svenska institutet, 2024–2026. För mer information, se: https://si.se/en/projects-granted-funding/vscow-value-shifts-in-ukraine-in-the-context-of-war/

Avslutade projekt:

Embracing change: Overcoming obstacles and advancing democracy in the European Neighbourhood, finansierat av Horizon Europe, 2022–2025. För mer information, se: 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