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Bernaciak, Magdalena

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Bernaciak, Magdalena

Email Degree PhD, Political Economy, Central European University

Courses

  • EU Politics, EUR 2012
  • Comparative Politics, EUR 2013
  • Policies and Policy-Making in the EU, EUR 3003
  • Research Methods, EUR 3007
  • Topics Courses, EUR 4000

Research Interests

  • Political economy of EU eastern enlargement
  • Climate policy
  • Interest group politics in Europe
  • Employment relations in Central-Eastern Europe
  • Intra-EU employee flows and their regulation

Education
PhD, Political Economy, Central European University,2011
MA, Political Science, Central European University, 2005
MA, European Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University, 2004

Selected publications

  • ‘The politics of Bulgaria’s uneven energy transition’. Energy Research & Social Science, 2025, 129, Article 104399.
  •  ‘Multiple Strategies but Small Gains: Trade Union Revitalization and Power Resources in Central Eastern Europe after 2008’ [with Aurora Trif]. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 2023, 29(1), 83–102.
  • ‘Unions for Whom? Union Democracy and Precarious Workers in Poland and Italy’ [with Stefania Marino, Adam Mrozowicki and Valeria Pulignano]. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2019, 40(1): 111-131.,
  • ‘Weak Labour, Strong Interests: Polish Trade Unions and the Integration of EU Energy and Service Markets’ [with Aleksandra Lis]. Journal of Common Market Studies, 2017, 55(3): 432-448.
  • Market Expansion and Social Dumping in Europe (ed.).  London and New York: Routledge, 2015.
  • ‘Challenges of Upgrading: The Dynamics of East Central Europe’s Integration into the European Automotive Networks’ [with Vera Šćepanović]. German Journal of Industrial Relations/ Industrielle Beziehungen, 2010, 17(2): 123-146.
  • ‘Cross-border Competition and Trade Union Responses in the Enlarged EU: Evidence from the Automotive Industry in Germany and Poland’. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 2010, 16(2): 199-135.