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Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Sergio Mariotti
Politecnico di Milano
2
Marina Nord
University of Gothenburg
3
Zofia Kinowska-Mazaraki
Institute of Political Studies
4
István Benczés
Corvinus University of Budapest
5
Aleksandra Bilewicz
Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development
6
Валерій ГЕЄЦЬ
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
7
Ottavia Cima
University of Bern
8
Kacper Wańczyk
Kozminski University
9
Kiran Auerbach
University of Zurich
10
Ladislav Hrabčák
University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik

Rising Stars Papers

1
Democracy Winning and Losing at the Ballot: Democracy Report 2024
SSRN Electronic Journal|2024
80 cit.
2
25 Years of Autocratization - Democracy Trumped? Democracy Report 2025
SSRN Electronic Journal|2025
77 cit.
3
“Win-lose” globalization and the weaponization of economic policies by nation-states
Critical Perspectives on International Business|2024
43 cit.
4
State of the world 2024: 25 years of autocratization – democracy trumped?
Democratization|2025
39 cit.
5
Governing the Economy Under Populist Rule: The Cases of Hungary and Poland
Problems of Post-Communism|2024
31 cit.
6
“Open strategic autonomy” as an industrial policy compass for the EU competitiveness and growth: The good, the bad, or the ugly?
Journal of Industrial and Business Economics|2024
31 cit.
7
When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900
Democratization|2025
22 cit.
8
Book Review: Researching Estonian Transformation. Morphogenetic Reflections
Studies of Transition States and Societies|2025
21 cit.
9
EU Regulation of the Crypto-Assets Market
Białostockie Studia Prawnicze|2024
12 cit.
10
When Autocratization is Reversed: Episodes of Democratic Turnarounds since 1900
SSRN Electronic Journal|2024
9 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Mihai Varga
Freie Universität Berlin
2
Ben Stanley
Uniwersytet SWPS
3
Polivios Psinas
Crete University Press
4
Irini Kadianaki
University of Cyprus
5
Fiorella Battaglia
University of Salento
6
Marco Cremaschi
Centre d'études Européennes de Sciences Po
7
Alfonso Santarpia
Université de Sherbrooke
8
Antonella Valmorbida
European Association for Local Democracy
9
Viviana Fini
Istituto Sperimentale Modelli E Strutture
10
Tony Jose
Vellore Institute of Technology University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
The War in Ukraine and Food Security in Eastern Europe
Gastronomica The Journal of Food and Culture|2022
25 cit.
2
Emigrant external voting in Central-Eastern Europe after EU enlargement
Electoral Studies|2022
19 cit.
3
Democracy After Illiberalism: A Warning from Poland
Journal of democracy|2025
12 cit.
4
‘Guilty as charged’: Intersectionality and accountability in lay talk on discrimination and violence
British Journal of Social Psychology|2023
11 cit.
5
Mental Maps of Eastern Europe: States, Mentalities, Modernisation
Journal of Historical Sociology|2022
9 cit.
6
Getting the “basics”? The World Bank’s narrative construction of poverty reduction in China
Land Use Policy|2022
5 cit.
7
Lay representations of diversity: Questioning assumptions about categorical differences and social inequality
Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology|2022
5 cit.
8
Breaking the rural underdevelopment trap? Eastern Enlargement, agricultural policy and lessons for Ukraine
Journal of European Public Policy|2025
5 cit.
9
Citizenship in social and political psychology: A relational and future‐oriented framework for the study of everyday citizenship practice
Political Psychology|2025
5 cit.
10
Ideological Contestation on Twitter Over Diversity: Constructions of Diversity as Clashing Projects
Political Psychology|2022
4 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Adam Przeworski
New York University
2
Владимир Останин
Russian Customs Academy
3
Elizabeth Cullen Dunn
Brigham and Women's Hospital
4
Gil Eyal
Columbia University
5
Bruce Kogut
Columbia University
6
Adrian Smith
University of Sussex
7
Peter Rodgers
University of Southampton
8
Johan Swinnen
International Food Policy Research Institute
9
Seán Hanley
British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies
10
Tatyana Lytkina
Institute of Biology of Komi Scientific Centre

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Knowledge of the Firm, Combinative Capabilities, and the Replication of Technology
Organization Science|1992
12.9k cit.
2
The Effect of National Culture on the Choice of Entry Mode
Journal of International Business Studies|1988
6.2k cit.
3
Knowledge of the Firm and the Evolutionary Theory of the Multinational Corporation
Journal of International Business Studies|1993
4k cit.
4
Joint ventures: Theoretical and empirical perspectives
Strategic Management Journal|1988
3.3k cit.
5
Knowledge and the Speed of the Transfer and Imitation of Organizational Capabilities: An Empirical Test
Organization Science|1995
3.3k cit.
6
What Firms Do? Coordination, Identity, and Learning
Organization Science|1996
3.1k cit.
7
Localization of Knowledge and the Mobility of Engineers in Regional Networks
Management Science|1999
2.6k cit.
8
Democracy and the Market: Political and Economic Reforms in Eastern Europe and Latin America
Bulletin of Latin American Research|1992
2.2k cit.
9
The governance of sustainable socio-technical transitions
Research Policy|2005
2.2k cit.
10
Modernization: Theories and Facts
World Politics|1997
2k cit.

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