Post at Broadstreet Blog
June 11, 2021

Title: “How the Black Death Changed European History”
Research Project: “Pandemics and Political Development: The Electoral Legacy of the Black Death in Germany” (Link)
Link: https://broadstreet.blog/2021/06/11/how-the-black-death-changed-european-history/

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Post at the Washington Post's Monkey Cage Blog
June 10, 2021

Title: “How history’s deadliest pandemic shaped politics in Central Europe for centuries”
Research Project: “Pandemics and Political Development: The Electoral Legacy of the Black Death in Germany” (Link)
Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/06/10/how-historys-deadliest-pandemic-shaped-politics-central-europe-centuries-until-now/

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Article at 300Gospodarka (Polish News Website)
May 18, 2021

Translated Title (from Polish): “A key side effect of EU funding: Improvements in government efficiency in Poland”
Research Project: “Does EU funding improve local state capacity? Evidence from Polish municipalities” (Link)
Link: https://300gospodarka.pl/analizy/fundusze-ue-sprawnosc-samorzadow-badanie

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Post at the Future of Europe Blog
May 7, 2021

Title: “Why the EU is a polycentric system of governance”
Research Project: “The Political Economy of the European Union: An Exploration of EU Institutions and Governance from the Perspective of Polycentrism” (Link)
Link: https://futureofeurope.ideasoneurope.eu/2021/05/07/why-the-eu-is-a-polycentric-system-of-governance/

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Post at the London School of Economics' EUROPP Blog
April 29, 2021

Title: “How the European Union’s structural funds helped promote a key aspect of democratisation”
Research Project: “Does EU funding improve local state capacity? Evidence from Polish municipalities” (Link)
Link: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2021/04/29/how-the-european-unions-structural-funds-helped-promote-a-key-aspect-of-democratisation/

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Article in The Times (British Newspaper)
July 6, 2020 (Online & Print)

Title: “Black Death ‘Cast 500-Year Shadow’ Over German Life”
Research Project: “Pandemics and Political Development: The Electoral Legacy of the Black Death in Germany” (Link)
Link: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/world/black-death-cast-500-year-shadow-over-german-life-8t5sz67bh

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Interview with Pravda (Slovak Newspaper)
July 4, 2020 (Print), July 7 (Online)

Translated Title (from Slovak): “The Black Death Changed the World. What Could the Coronavirus Do?”
Research Project: “Pandemics and Political Development: The Electoral Legacy of the Black Death in Germany” (Link)
Link: https://zurnal.pravda.sk/rozhovory/clanok/556556-cierna-smrt-zmenila-svet-co-dokaze-koronavirus/

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Interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (German Newspaper)
June 22, 2020 (Online & Print)

Translated Title (from German): “Corona Pandemic: the Hour of the Opportunists Comes in the Crisis”
Research Project: “Pandemics and Political Development: The Electoral Legacy of the Black Death in Germany” (Link)
Link: https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/debatten/corona-pandemie-in-der-krise-schlaegt-die-stunde-der-opportunisten-16825497.html

Follow-Up Story by piqd: https://www.piqd.de/volkswirtschaft/wie-pandemien-wirtschaft-und-gesellschaft-erschuttern-konnen-das-beispiel-der-pest-1347-bis-1351

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Interview with Policy Punchline (Podcast at Princeton University)
June 19, 2020 (Recorded on March 4, 2020)

Title: “Institutions of Europe: Political Legacy, State Capacity, and Future Challenges”
Research Project: Multiple Research Projects, see Research
Link: https://www.policypunchline.com/episodes/2020/6/19/institutions-of-europe-political-legacy-state-capacity-and-future-challenges

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Interview with UVA Today (UVA's Online News Platform)
June 10, 2020

Title: “Q&A: New Research Reveals Political Changes Wrought by the ‘Black Death’”
Research Project: “Pandemics and Political Development: The Electoral Legacy of the Black Death in Germany” (Link)
Link: https://news.virginia.edu/content/qa-new-research-reveals-political-changes-wrought-black-death

Republished by Phys.org: https://phys.org/news/2020-06-reveals-political-wrought-black-death.html
Republished by Archaelogy News Network: https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2020/06/new-research-reveals-political-changes.html
Follow-Up Story by IFLScience: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/black-death-plague-pandemic-brought-about-longterm-political-changes-will-covid19/
Follow-Up Interview with CBS News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj9fG8mY-NE

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Interview with Nowa Konfederacja (Polish Website)
November 11, 2019

Translated Title (from Polish): “After 101 Years, Poland's Partition Remains Visible in the Efficiency of Local Governments”
Research Project: “Imperial Rule, the Imposition of Bureaucratic Institutions, and their Long-Term Legacies” (Link)
Link: https://nowakonfederacja.pl/po-101-latach-nadal-widac-zabory-w-efektywnosci-samorzadow/