Dr Gabriela Borz
Senior Lecturer
Politics
Personal statement
I joined the School of Government and Public Policy as a Lecturer in September 2013. Previously I was a post-doctoral research fellow in an ESRC project analysing political representation in the European Union at University of Aberdeen. I received my MA and PhD in Political Science from the Central European University. I was a Marie Curie fellow at the University of Bradford, and held research and visiting fellowships at the University of Birmingham and Northwestern University.
Prize And Awards
Publications
- The EU soft regulation of digital campaigning : regulatory effectiveness through platform compliance to the Code of Practice on Disinformation
- Borz Gabriela, De Francesco Fabrizio, Montgomerie Thomas L, Bellis Michael Peter
- Policy Studies (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01442872.2024.2302448
- The impact of EU Cohesion Policy on European identity : a comparative analysis of EU regions
- Borz Gabriela, Brandenburg Heinz, Mendez Carlos
- European Union Politics Vol 23, pp. 259-281 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1177/14651165221076444
- The impact of legislative reforms on party system change
- Borz Gabriela, Jiglau George
- Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review Vol XXI, pp. 461-485 (2021)
- Old party, new party? How to organise for electoral success across diaspora
- Borz Gabriela
- PS: Political Science & Politics Vol 54, pp. 118-119 (2021)
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096520001122
- Political parties and diaspora : a case study of Romanian parties' involvement abroad
- Borz Gabriela
- Parliamentary Affairs Vol 73, pp. 901-917 (2020)
- https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsaa044
- Organizational and ideological strategies for nationalization : evidence from European parties
- Borz Gabriela, de Miguel Carolina
- British Journal of Political Science Vol 49, pp. 1499-1526 (2019)
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S000712341700028X
Teaching
I currently coordinate and contribute to teaching in the following courses:
Undergraduate
- L2102 - Politics: Concepts
- L2203 - Politics: Government and Governance
- L2204 - Comparative Politics
Postgraduate
- L2914 - European Governance
Research Interests
I specialise in comparative politics, more specifically in the regulation and organisation of political parties, European Union governance, political behaviour and constitutionalism. My current research project DIGIEFFECT (www.digieffect.eu) investigates the risks associated with digital political campaigning in the European Union.
Professional Activities
- PSA - Political Studies Association 2024
- Chair
- 26/3/2024
- The impact of cohesion policy on EU identity
- Recipient
- 5/2/2024
- Masterclass Series: Central Europe, Europe Strategy and Expertise Department (Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, UK)
- Invited speaker
- 11/10/2023
- International Workshop "New Tools for Digital Society" (Philipps University, Germany)
- Invited speaker
- 28/9/2023
- International Conference on "Democracy at Crossroads: The European and Indian Experience" (JNU University, New Delhi, India)
- Invited speaker
- 26/9/2023
- IPSA World Congress 2023 , Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Speaker
- 18/7/2023
Projects
- Digital political campaigning: regulatory effectiveness through the eyes of citizens (Next Generation EU)
- Borz, Gabriela (Principal Investigator)
- DIGIEFFECT is a Next Generation EU grant (1,4 mil EUR), National Recovery and Resilience Plans. The primary goal of DIGIEFFECT is to assess the regulation of digital campaigning by focusing on citizens’ perceptions and evaluations. More specifically, the project investigates to what degree regulatory instruments adopted by the European Union, national governments and by the on-line corporations contribute to reducing on-line mis/dis/malinformation during electoral campaigns. The project is hosted by Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
- 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2026
- The Impact of Cohesion Policy on EU Identification (COHESIFY) H2020 SC6 Europe in a Changing World
- Bachtler, John (Principal Investigator) Borz, Gabriela (Co-investigator) Brandenburg, Heinz (Co-investigator) Ferry, Martin (Co-investigator) McMaster, Irene (Co-investigator) Mendez, Carlos (Co-investigator) van der Zwet, Arno (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2016 - 30-Jan-2018