PhD defence
Dominika Proszowska defended her doctoral thesis How people trust their governments: trends, patterns and determinants of trust differentiation in multilevel polities on 1 September 2021.
Current position
Postdoctoral researcher, Centre for Evaluation of Vaccination, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp
PhD project
To what extent are citizens able to make sense of the political reality? And how does it affect their political trust? European citizens live in a very complex, multi-layered and multilevel political system. The policies that affect their daily lives are decided by different actors at different levels of governance – and most often decision at one level is heavily interconnected with decisions taken at other levels. My research investigates how citizens navigate the politics when forming their political trust attitudes. Who is able to differentiate between different levels of governance? Why? Those are the issues I bring in focus through the means of statistical analysis.
- Supervisor: Bas Denters, Twente Graduate School, University of Twente
- Co-supervisor: Chris Lord, ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo and Giedo Jansen, University of Twente
Secondment
- Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM), Warsaw
Background
Prior to starting my PhD, I got first-hand experience from European policy-making through an internship in the political part of the European Parliament. I focused mostly on committee work on foreign and constitutional affairs. Previously, I studied EU-East Asia relationship and its implications for the regional power balance in South-East and East Asia. I spent most of my time during the university education abroad – conducting research in Japan, and before that in Hungary and other Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. My research focus has shifted over time – from the Europeanization processes in CEE, through EU’s position in global affairs to EU policy-making. I believe this allows me to take a multidisciplinary approach to studying complexities of the EU. I decided to join PLATO as it provides a great opportunity to expand my academic horizons and develop a quality research of EU contemporary affairs. Nationality: Polish.
- Master of Political Sciences, Graduate School of Law, Kobe University
- MA in European Studies, Jagiellonian University
- BA in European Studies, Jagiellonian University
News
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‘PLATO helped me become confident in my skills and capabilities’
Four PLATO PhD researchers share their experiences – and provide top tips for future doctoral students.
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Becoming a presenter with impact
As part of PLATO's training programme, the Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics, Sciences Po Paris hosted a three-day training in giving scientific presentations. Focusing on presentation skills through intensive rehearsal early on in a doctorate quickly proved its value.
Publications
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The politics of legitimation in the EU: legitimacy recovered?
The overall conclusions of the PLATO project are available in a joint book with contributions by supervisors and PhD researchers. The book develops a better understanding of how the politics of legitimating the EU are actor-dependent, context-dependent and problem-dependent.
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Political trust in a multilevel polity: patterns of differentiation among more and less politically sophisticated citizens
In a new article in the International Review of Administrative Sciences Dominika Proszowska, Giedo Jansen and Bas Denters explore patterns of citizens’ (non-)differentiation between the local, national and European Union governance levels with regard to political trust.
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On their own turf? The level-specificity of political trust in multilevel political systems
Dominika Proszowska, Giedo Jansen and Bas Denters have published an article in Acta Politica on trust in local, national and EU governments, finding that political trust is a subjectively rational evaluation.
Presentations
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PLATO kick-off conference
PLATO's kick-off conference brings together the project's partners in Oslo for academic discussions and networking.
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Research findings from PLATO at ECPR
A number of PhD researchers and supervisors will attend the ECPR General Conference in Wroclaw, which takes place from 4-7 September 2o19, including a full panel devoted to PLATO research findings.
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Dominika Proszowska on political trust in multilevel systems at EGPA
Dominika Proszowska presented her co-authored work twice at the 2019 EGPA Conference 'Public Administration across Borders', which took place in Belfast on 11-13 September 2019.
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Banking union, identity politics and political trust discussed at ECPR in Mons
A total of 29 workshops on a range of subjects were organised as part of the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops held in Mons in April 2019. Research from PLATO was discussed in three of the week-long workshops.
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Synthesising research findings (RTC4)
ESRs will be presenting their contribution to the PLATO anthology and their overall research results, with an emphasis on the first.
