Tena Prelec
Dr. of the semi-useless type. Anticorruption, Balkans, Russia, EU, Londongrad. Asst Prof at the University of Rijeka, honorary research fellow at Exeter & Sussex, BiEPAG member. WP leader, GEO-POWER-EU. Co-author of Indulging Kleptocracy (OUP, 2025)
- Reposted by Tena PrelecCorrosive capital is not business as usual, but not corruption either. Explains @tenaprelec.bsky.social to Népszava. @carnegieeurope.bsky.social study examines some typical projects from the Western Balkans nepszava.hu/3308849_korr...
- Reposted by Tena PrelecDavid Lammy announces the new UK anti-corruption strategy at Mansion house yesterday, just three years overdue. Evidence from our @oxunipress.bsky.social @tenaprelec.bsky.social Indulging Kleptocracy is cited. But will the many incremental changes proposed fix a problem which is transnational?
- Our @geopower-eu.bsky.social deliverable on Foreign Influence Challenges - focusing on Corrosive Capital & Disinformation - is out! It shows how foreign influence is co-produced and draws on a rich, multi-country dataset. In-depth case studies to come. geo-power.eu/portfolio/it...
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- Enrolment is open for the new English-taught Minor in Political Transformations at Uni Rijeka. We explore political change through the rule of law, IR, social theory, and engaged democracy, with a hands-on Challenge module. Apply by 31/01. Feel free to get in touch! uniri.hr/en/vijesti/e...
- Reposted by Tena PrelecLooking forward to next week's discussion of @jheathershaw.bsky.social's excellent and important book, Indulging Kleptocracy, co-authored with Tena Prelec and Tom Mayne, at @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social!
- Reposted by Tena PrelecThis reminds me of when our paper on kleptocracy and reputation laundering was edited by Chatham House after legal threats from someone who made his money from kleptocracy and was laundering his reputation. Similar cowardice from the embattled BBC. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
- Reposted by Tena PrelecProfessional enablers often work behind the scenes—but their influence can drive corruption and state capture. Join our GI ACE roundtable with @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social, @devipillay.co.za, Alex Cooley, @jheathershaw.bsky.social, Corentin Cohen and @tenaprelec.bsky.social 🔗 bit.ly/GIACERoundtable
- Weds 26/11 in London - looking forward to this discussion, alongside co-author Tom Mayne, hosted by the Transparency International Professional Supporters Network. Link to register www.tipsnetwork.org/events/indul...
- #EUEnlargement The European Commission has released its annual country reports. Wondering what’s new on the Western Balkan front, how countries compare to previous years, and what the key takeaways are? BiEPAG has you covered: www.biepag.eu/blog
- Authors: @vedrandzihic.bsky.social on BiH, @jomarovic.bsky.social on Montenegro, @markokmezic.bsky.social on Serbia, @donikaemini.bsky.social on Kosovo, @ndimitrov.bsky.social on North Macedonia, and Gjergji Vurmo on Albania.
- New OA article @europe-asia.bsky.social: The Incumbency Advantage and the Enabler Effect: How Londongrad Beat the UK AML Regime Drawing on £2bn of property data, we show that not a single incumbent kleptocrat (0/72!) lost their UK assets. with @jheathershaw.bsky.social T. Mayne & S. Tokubayev
- open access: read the full article here www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- It was great to have you with us, Filip & @eui-eu.bsky.social team! Long overdue, but wonderful to celebrate together: Croatia has joined the European University Institute. Looking forward to new generations of PhDs, postdocs, and academic collaboration with Europe’s best and brightest.
- Last week, I presented my research at the University of Rijeka (@unirijeka.bsky.social) during an event celebrating Croatia's accession to @eui-eu.bsky.social. I am grateful to the session's chair, Tena Prelec (@tenaprelec.bsky.social), & the audience for great questions & engagement.
- Reposted by Tena PrelecDemocracy, security, enlargement, and the future of Europe – these were just some of the big topics discussed at this year’s #CresSummerSchool. As a result, 18 young people from 13 European countries wrote a joint op-ed: 🗞️ This is the state of our Union! 👉 europeanwesternbalkans.com/2025/10/20/t...
- Grateful to @uisweden.bsky.social for hosting my talk on Serbia’s unrest in Stockholm last night. A full house, thoughtful questions from diplomats, academics & the wider public — a real sense that Serbia’s democratic experiment, and its civic energy, resonate far beyond its borders.
- Reposted by Tena Prelec📢 Tomorrow Assistant Prof. @tenaprelec.bsky.social @cas-see-uniri.bsky.social will present findings on how public attitudes toward democracy & governance in 🇷🇸 have evolved since the 2024 protests from the #GEOPOWEREU project at an event hosted by our consortium partner UI Sweden.🔗 shorturl.at/EzjMF
- Reposted by Tena Prelec@tenaprelec.bsky.social presents the notion of #corrosivecapital: econtent.pedis.uop.gr/jmc-eupf-wb/... 3/6.
- Reposted by Tena PrelecIn @europe-asia.bsky.social we (@tenaprelec.bsky.social et al) show how Londongrad beat the UK AML regime via the incumbency advantage (political elites being in power or favour at home) & enabler effect (networks of highly-skilled legal & financial professionals) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Tena PrelecNew paper! Q: Does State Capture Facilitate Strategic Corruption? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... A: Not necessarily. Even where states are deeply captured, supra-national and domestic institutions with oversight functions can create regulatory barriers
- A blog I’ve written about the contested concept of Strategic Corruption - more to come (follow @soc-ace.bsky.social if you’d like to hear more!) I’d like to thank @isrfoundation.bsky.social for their support for this project - wonderful foundation, pursuing a truly innovative approach to research.
- Strategic Corruption - A Useful Concept or a Catch-All? Drawing on insights from a recent ISRF-funded workshop, @tenaprelec.bsky.social reflects on the affordances and limits of the concept of #StrategicCorruption. #Corruption #InternationalRelations #Democracy isrf.org/blog/strateg...
- *New & open access* We draw on our book Indulging Kleptocracy, reflecting on the importance of networks - even more than states, we argue - in today’s global order. @oxfordacademic.bsky.social @jheathershaw.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social journal.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/articles/13/...
- Reposted by Tena Prelec@tenaprelec.bsky.social Tom and I wrote this paper based on @oxunipress.bsky.social Indulging Kleptocracy for @britishacademy.bsky.social journal. Our global future will be increasingly kleptocratic unless govts enforce their own laws. journal.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/articles/13/...
- Great to see this paper out. Whatever sensitive topic one might tackle - whether it is war crimes, corruption or others - the phenomenon of secrecy in closed institutions is one that raises imp questions, esp. in (semi)authoritarian contexts. Congrats @lanabi.bsky.social @denisakost.bsky.social
- 🚨⚖️🔍 New paper in Journal of Genocide Research with @denisakost.bsky.social & Timothy Waters we studied secrecy in Serbia’s war crimes trials. 📑Corpus of 164 judgements (1999–2019). Tried OCR+quant methods, but chaotic redactions made it impossible. So we wrote a descriptive, mixed-methods paper
- Reposted by Tena Prelec💥Free online conference by the the Italian Institute for the Future. I could only participate yesterday, but fascinating talks upcoming e.g. @miasmafactory.bsky.social, @tenaprelec.bsky.social, @jlmarti.bsky.social www.instituteforthefuture.it/frontiers-of... #philsky #futurestudies #polisky
- Reposted by Tena Prelec📢 On 20 May, Dr. @tenaprelec.bsky.social & Dr. @sonjasg.bsky.social presented at the 🇪🇺 Parliament Library, sharing insights from Indulging Kleptocracy and research from #GEOPOWEREU on corrosive capital. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/45O7iiP
- Reposted by Tena PrelecDitto. I’d like to make sure my research is “in sync” with Trump administration so I’m still able to visit the US, but I’m not sure whether he wants to use our book as a how-to guide for indulging kleptocrats. @tenaprelec.bsky.social
- Reposted by Tena Prelec🔊Listen to the ep.15 of 🎙️Seriously Balkans - The #BiEPAGtalks 🔹What the new German Government means for the Balkans Host: @fbieber.bsky.social Guests: Frauke Seebass, Fellow at @swp-berlin.org & Researcher @dgap.org Adnan Ćeramagić, Senior Analyst, ESI 🎧 tinyurl.com/5n9y55u8
- Full house - and a great discussion - at yesterday’s launch event of ThinkEurope in Ljubljana. I represented @cas-see-uniri.bsky.social bringing in some @geopower-eu.bsky.social research into the mix. Good luck to our friends Sabina Lange and Zoran Nechev with this new venture
- Next week in the European Parliament! We’re bringing the fight against enabling to the heart of 🇪🇺 @agillies.bsky.social on enabler networks @sonjasg.bsky.social on corrosive capital and your faithful trio on Indulging Kleptocracy Register: ep-events.secure.europarl.europa.eu/greensefa/ev...
- Reposted by Tena Prelec📽️ Watch Helen, our Senior Legal Researcher, talking about the findings of our “Gatekeepers, enablers or technicians?” report, which unpacks the different labels used to describe the role of UK lawyers in combatting #kleptocracy, #statecapture and grand #corruption. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVix...
- Reposted by Tena PrelecLast week, the Indulging Kleptocracy tour went to Geneva to brief a special session of the UN on illicit finance and Paris to speak to the OCED on the book. Thanks to hosts and fellow speakers. unctad.org/meeting/spec... @tenaprelec.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social @cais-exeter.bsky.social
- Reposted by Tena Prelec📚 BOOK LAUNCH & PANEL | 20 May, 12:30h, European Parliament Library ‘Indulging Kleptocracy’ and The Battle Against Transnational Enabling 📍 REGISTRATION: ep-events.secure.europarl.europa.eu/.../eve.../e...
- Looking to apply for a postdoc on corruption, authoritarianism, EU (non) enlargement and other fun topics… and you want to do it while sipping your favourite beverage by the seaside? Come work with me in Rijeka 🇭🇷 uniri.hr/en/vijesti/m...
- Glad to share that the 1st MSCA PF app I’ve supported as supervisor has been successful. Looking for more amazing researchers to join our growing team @cas-see-uniri-bsky.social Seed funding available for a pre-application workshop taking place on 24-26/06. More about my research interests here ⬇️
- Thank you so much for reading our book! Love your writing @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
- oh! by the way! got a review/essay in Foreign Policy, on Indulging Kleptocracy and the many (many) people who help kleptocrats acquire money, status, networks and legitimacy in the west: foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/18/k...
- As the US retreats from #anticorruption, the UK and EU need to act together, aligning approaches on enablers, legal accountability & systemic reforms. This op-ed by @jheathershaw.bsky.social, Tom Mayne and I is a first step in joining those dots. More to come. national.thelead.uk/p/time-to-st...
- Reposted by Tena PrelecLiz challenged the over-reliance on AML frameworks like FATF standards which often fail when kleptocrats rewrite laws,block investigations, or legalise corruption. Her message: "We often talk about ‘moving beyond compliance’, but I think we can do better and aim for avoiding complicity."
- Reposted by Tena PrelecIncreasing evidence that the Serbian government used a sound weapon against protesters (during 15 minutes of silence!) to create a mass panic. EU should demand an investigation. The use of repressive tools against peaceful protesters is a serious escalation & deliberate attempt to harm citizens.
- Why do lawyers decide to take on high-risk clients? What shapes their choices? Our research, hosted by @appgonacrt.bsky.social in Parliament this week, tackles these questions - read the @spotlightcorruption.org report here: www.spotlightcorruption.org/report/gatek...
- Yesterday, the @appgonacrt.bsky.social & @spotlightcorruption.org hosted a thought-provoking event to launch a new report by Dr. Helen Taylor, based on academic research by @tenaprelec.bsky.social, @csc-barrington.bsky.social, @ggarrod.bsky.social, & Pepe Tonin. Full Report: bit.ly/giacepolicyr...
- Based on the work done with fab colleagues @csc-barrington.bsky.social @ggarrod.bsky.social & Pepe Tonin. Read also Robert & Georgia's earlier paper that takes a deep dive into the comments analysis they've done, challenging the default justifications by lawyers www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gate...
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- Reposted by Tena Prelec🎙️ New #Kickback episode! @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social & Kevin Davis discuss Trump’s suspension of the FCPA & its impact on U.S. firms, global corruption, & regulation. What’s next for anti-bribery efforts? 🔗 SoundCloud: bit.ly/Soundcloudep128 🔗 Spotify: bit.ly/SpotifyEp128 #FCPA #AntiCorruption
- Make no mistake: this is not just about a collapsed railway canopy. It’s about a deeply corrupt system sustained by #corrosivecapital and #kleptocracy. @sonjasg.bsky.social and I break it down in our latest @biepag.bsky.social blog. www.biepag.eu/blog/serbias...
- Great to see that #IndulgingKleptocracy has been receiving some attention in Ireland. The role of EU countries in the kleptocracy problem - Ireland included - needs much more scrutiny. Let's keep the discussion going @irishtimes.com @irishexaminer.bsky.social
- "A shift in economic strength from west to east is being accompanied by a rise in power of private non-state actors." Thanks @irishtimes.com and Ian Hughes for a great review of @oxunipress.bsky.social #IndulgingKleptocracy by @tenaprelec.bsky.social + TomMayne www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
- Reposted by Tena PrelecLet's not forget the Irish dimension of #IndulgingKleptocracy!!! We (@tenaprelec.bsky.social Tom Mayne) authored this piece based on our book. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
- I'm so gutted I can't be there, but you, Oxford people, should:
- Tom Mayne and I are doing this book event with @oliverbullough.bsky.social about @oxunipress.bsky.social #IndulgingKleptocracy on 3 April. Join Us to discuss kleptocracy, enabling and the changing world! We'll miss you @tenaprelec.bsky.social oxfordliteraryfestival.org/literature-e...
- This was quite a tour! #IndulgingKleptocracy book launches & @isanet.bsky.social Convention in Chicago w/ many excellent panels incl @geopower-eu.bsky.social sister projects and GI ACE research on lawyers as enablers/gatekeepers. Some initial reflections here >>> www.linkedin.com/posts/tenapr...
- Our @tenaprelec.bsky.social has just finished a #US tour de force presenting her new book ‘Indulging Kleptocracy’ and attending the @isanet.bsky.social Convention 2025, where she has engaged with Geo-Power-EU sister projects on #EU enlargement in (very) turbulent geopolitical times. #ISA2025
- Reposted by Tena PrelecThank you Marianne Kamp & Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar school for hosting the final of six talks on @tenaprelec.bsky.social @oxunipress.bsky.social Indulging Kleptocracy. Thanks @szakonyi.bsky.social @nargiskassenova.bsky.social @zoereiter.bsky.social Alex Cooley & Jeffrey Winners too.
- Reposted by Tena PrelecThe US really is indulging Kleptocracy. We never meant for our @oxunipress.bsky.social @tenaprelec.bsky.social Tom Mayne book (with a foreword by @oliverbullough.bsky.social) to be taken as a programme for government. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
- Indulging an American breakfast in NYC. We’ll be speaking about other indulgences at Harriman Institute @columbiauniversity.bsky.social later today - join us! harriman.columbia.edu/event/indulg... @jheathershaw.bsky.social Tom Mayne @oupacademic.bsky.social
- Thank you to my @biepag.bsky.social colleagues, who’ve done a lot throughout the years to keep the attention high on the rule of law in the Balkans — domestic issues and foreign linkages alike. If you don’t follow their work yet, now is a great moment to start: BiEPAG.eu
- Congrats to our BiEPAG member @tenaprelec.bsky.social on her book 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙪𝙡𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙆𝙡𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙤𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙮, co-authored w/ @jheathershaw.bsky.social and Tom Mayne. 🔎 Examining the dangerous patterns of corruption that have enabled Russian and Eurasian kleptocratic elites. 📔 tinyurl.com/2dyvzja6
- Reposted by Tena PrelecLooking forward to this, the first of six talks on @oxunipress.bsky.social @tenaprelec.bsky.social Tom Mayne Indulging Kleptocracy in the United States in the next two weeks.
- If you in Boston area next Tuesday (25 Feb), join us (Davis Center) for this exciting event with @jheathershaw.bsky.social and Tom Mayne! We will discuss their new book “Indulging Kleptocracy” - one of the best books of 2024, according to Foreign Affairs. daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events/indul...
- I had so much fun talking to Giles Brown about transnational kleptocracy - Marbella 'sunny place for shady people' angle included... thank you for having me! A big plug to David Hooper's book, too: an excellent review of libel law, SLAPPs and related issues.
- On Giles Brown's Let's Talk - from 10.00CET - David Hooper's 'Buying Silence :How oligarchs, corporations and plutocrats use the law...', and @tenaprelec.bsky.social (w/@HeathershawJ) 'Indulging Kleptocracy: British Service Providers, Post Communist Elites, & the Enabling of Corruption'
- Reposted by Tena Prelec‘Expatriate: Following a migration category’ is now out in paperback 🎉 manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526182579/
- Professional enablers do not simply move money and don’t merely supply their services. They create the structures that sustain kleptocracy, embedding it into the political and economic fabric. New for @theconversation.com, w/ @jheathershaw.bsky.social & Tom Mayne theconversation.com/how-banks-la...
- Reposted by Tena Prelec🏛️ DC area followers - don't miss this book talk at GWU, 2.27.25 📖 Indulging Kleptocracy: British Service Providers, Postcommunist Elites, and the Enabling of Corruption @jheathershaw.bsky.social, @tenaprelec.bsky.social & Tom Mayne. Mod. @szakonyi.bsky.social calendar.gwu.edu/event/indulg...
- Excited* doesn’t cut it! Indulging Kleptocracy goes on a US tour soon, in the most interesting time** in my lifetime for corruption studies * here included: a dread to leave the LO at home with the Nth nursery flu of the year **see: a certain apocryphal Chinese curse
- In two weeks, @tenaprelec.bsky.social @cais-exeter.bsky.social Tom Mayne and I are hitting the USA for the Indulging Kleptocracy (Oxford, 2025) book tour. We start in Boston at Harvard on 26 Feb hosted by @nargiskassenova.bsky.social. 1/5 daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/events/indul...
- ‘The real horror show is the new administration’s approach to corruption, which will open the doors of America to all manner of bad actors.’ Spot-on piece by @cjcmichel.bsky.social on the tectonic set-backs to anticorruption inflicted by Trump in a matter of days. The repercussions will be global.
- Trump is taking a sledgehammer to the US's anti-corruption bona fides, and opening the door to kleptocrats and malign actors from around the world. My piece for @financialtimes.com on the worst week in the history of anti-corruption efforts in US history: www.ft.com/content/f9d1...
- Reposted by Tena PrelecOur take on possible (and impossible) scenarios for the future of protests in Serbia. Key take: the stability which motivates EU passivity is completely elusive. euobserver.com/eu-political.... w/ @fbieber.bsky.social @lurapo.bsky.social and Claudia Lastro.
- Reposted by Tena PrelecOur Executive Director @suehawley.bsky.social was at @ukparliament.parliament.uk on Monday at the launch of @jheathershaw.bsky.social, @tenaprelec.bsky.social and Tom Mayne’s super new book, ‘Indulging Kleptocracy’, which pinpoints the role of UK enablers who help kleptocrats hide their dirty money.
- What a night at Frontline Club. So many people who have inspired, supported and informed our work on Indulging Kleptocracy in many ways. The biggest thank you goes to the wonderful @oliverbullough.bsky.social, who wrote a cracking preface…
- …and chaired a discussion so engaging that fellow academics couldn’t believe we were presenting an academic book. Well it is, but not only. Come for the juicy preface, stay for the klepto stories, hold on tight for the IR theory! @jheathershaw.bsky.social Tom Mayne global.oup.com/academic/pro...
- Reposted by Tena Prelec💸 👀 Full house for the APPG @appgonacrt.bsky.social event in Parliament this evening. Chaired by @joepowell.bsky.social MP With… Susan Hawley of @endcorruption.bsky.social @jheathershaw.bsky.social Tom Mayne @tenaprelec.bsky.social @philbrickellmp.bsky.social MP #Democracy
- Reposted by Tena PrelecFull house at the Commons for the launch of Indulging Kleptocracy! @tenaprelec.bsky.social @jheathershaw.bsky.social @joepowell.bsky.social
- Reposted by Tena Prelec📢 Upcoming ACE Seminar: Strategic Corruption Join Dr @tenaprelec.bsky.social, Dr Bertram Lang & Dr Claudia Baez Camargo for a discussion on how transnational corruption advances political & economic goals. 📅 20 Feb 2025 | ⏰ 13:00 GMT 🔗 Register: bit.ly/40O7j2r #AntiCorruption
- Reposted by Tena Prelec@jheathershaw.bsky.social @tenaprelec.bsky.social & Tom Mayne recently launched their latest book, Indulging Kleptocracy, published by @oxfordunipress.bsky.social. The book looks at how financial & legal systems in democratic states facilitate kleptocrats in protecting & legitimizing their wealth.
- It’s finally out! Next week we’re launching Indulging Kleptocracy in London: - Monday 10 Feb, UK Parliament - Tue 11 Feb, Frontline Club, chaired by @oliverbullough.bsky.social (who also wrote a cracking preface!) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kleptoscop... Stay tuned for more events to come
- It's out today! Many years in the making. Our @tenaprelec.bsky.social Tom Mayne @oxunipress.bsky.social book, Indulging Kleptocracy. The UK’s indulgence of kleptocratic elites from Russia and Eurasia is an acute example of the phenomenon of professional enabling. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
- Reposted by Tena PrelecExtraordinary outcome to this case - if this was not a SLAPP suit, can such a thing ever exist? @skcoughtrie.bsky.social @spotlightcorruption.org @transparencyuk.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/571b...
- Reposted by Tena PrelecNo wonder the Chinese MFA supports Vučić amid student protests! One should not forget that the reconstruction of the railway station in Novi Sad, where a roof collapse killed 15 people on November 1, was part of the Belt and Road project – the Belgrade-Subotica Railway. report.az/en/amp/other...
- Reposted by Tena PrelecWho can make it to the club in next 5 years: one or none? In a new blog for @biepag.bsky.social, I address possible enlargement scenarios. As a citizen of Montenegro I will conclude by estimating that there is a 50-50 chance of the first or last scenario happening. www.biepag.eu/blog/ecs-age...
- Reposted by Tena PrelecIt's one week until Indulging Kleptocracy (@oxunipress.bsky.social @tenaprelec.bsky.social Tom Mayne) is released worldwide. We're launching the book in parliament on Feb 10th and at Frontline Club on Feb 11th. More launch events in UK, US, EU planned. Join Us! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kleptoscop...
- Reposted by Tena PrelecGreat episode of Kickback with John Heathershaw, Tom Mayne and @tenaprelec.bsky.social and a sneak preview of their new book Indulging Kleptocracy! We discuss the many types of professional services that enable grand corruption, money and reputation laundering
- New KickBack Episode! Join @jheathershaw.bsky.social, @tenaprelec.bsky.social, and Tom Mayne as they discuss Indulging Kleptocracy and the role of enablers in helping kleptocrats launder reputations and move money Soundcloud: bit.ly/KickbackSC #Kleptocracy #Corruption
- New Kickback Podcast episode, in which we chat with the wonderful @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social about Indulging Kleptocracy
- @tenaprelec.bsky.social Tom Mayne and I recorded an episode of Kickback, the global anticorruption podcast, with @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social about our forthcoming @oxunipress.bsky.social book Indulging Kleptocracy (out 4 Feb). Thanks Liz et al! soundcloud.com/kickback-gap...
- Reposted by Tena PrelecCalling all #anticorruption nerds based in the Global South! There is still time to apply for these great new fellowships. Please share widely!
- 📣 We are pleased to announce the Governance & Integrity Fellowship: a two-year programme of training, mentoring and research aimed at researchers from the Global South, delivered in partnership with ICRN 🌍 Find more information on the fellowship and how to apply: www.icrnetwork.org/what-we-do/c...
- Reposted by Tena PrelecMonday: Serbian newspaper quotes a top European Commission official as saying the EU would neither accept nor support a violent change of government in Serbia – a standard Vučić talking point, framing the opposition as pursuing a "color revolution" with the help of foreign intelligence agencies.
- Reposted by Tena PrelecIn 2020, @jheathershaw.bsky.social, Dr Saipira Furstenberg, and @tenaprelec.bsky.social explored academic freedom with #Universities in the #UK, and how this has been viewed as a form of #SoftPower in foreign policy. 2/4 ➡️ shorturl.at/t9TNS #EducationDay
- “Corruption kills “Go, so we can return” “When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.” “Trieste is with you” Protest in support of the Serbian students’ cry for democracy. Trst je uz vas
- Reposted by Tena PrelecLooking forward to taking the 15-hour train journey from Exeter to Bayreuth next week to talk about the forthcoming Tom Mayne @tenaprelec.bsky.social @oxunipress.bsky.social book Indulging Kleptocracy (out: 4 Feb).
- 📣 Bayreuth Peace Talk with @jheathershaw.bsky.social: "Indulging Kleptocracy" – 22 January, 18:00 CET at @unibayreuth.bsky.social with livestream! ▶️ www.peaceandconflict.uni-bayreuth.de/en/news/2025...
- Reposted by Tena PrelecWhat does electing Trump means for the #WesternBalkans, #Georgia, #Moldova and #Ukraine? Join us for the next @geopower-eu.bsky.social PowerTalk 📅23/01 ⏰4PM CET Moreℹ️http://bit.ly/40l4N3f Session link🔗http://bit.ly/3WnXcjh @sonjasg.bsky.social @tenaprelec.bsky.social
