Matej Jungwirth
Program Area(s): Comparative Politics; Methods
Regional Specialization(s): Europe
Research Interest(s): Forced displacement, refugee returns, polarization, central Europe, survey methods, indigenous sovereignty.
Conference Presentations:
- ASEES (2024), Left Perspectives on Discipline III: Organizing Labor at the University – Perspectives Across Ranks (lighting roundtable)
- PRISMA Ukraina (2024), "Thinking About Going Back Home in War: Return Decision-Making of Ukrainian Refugees in the Czech Republic and Germany" (workshop paper)
- New Era Workshop (2024), participant in a selective scenario-building and communication training workshop
- Association for the Study of Nationalities Annual Conference (2024), "Neighboring the Enemy: Border Regimes and Distance Effects on Conflict Resolution Attitudes in 2014-2019 Ukraine" (panel paper)
- MPSA Conference (2024), "Mourning Lost Territory: Moving on, Staying in Place or Defying the Status Quo?" (panel paper)
- ASEEES Conference (2023), "The Road of Return: Ukrainian Forced Migrant Reentry" (panel paper)
- Northwestern University International Relations Speaker Series (2023), "Mourning Lost Territory: Moving On, Staying in Place or Reversing the Status Quo?" (workshop lecture)
- Council for European Studies Graduate Student Workshop (2023), "Territorial Mourning: A New Approach for Understanding the Impacts and Legacies of Territorial Loss" (graduate workshop)
Publications:
- Jungwirth, Matej (ed.). 2020. "Rethinking Return: Lessons from Colombia, Liberia and Nigeria." Mercy Corps and IOM. (August 1, 2021).
- Jungwirth, Matej. 2019. “Pirates, Boat People, and Bystanders: Contradictions at the Marine Bedrock of the International Human Rights Regime.” Journal of Public & International Affairs.
Honors and Awards:
- Buffett Institute Graduate Research Fellowship 2024-25, Northwestern University
- Buffett Institute Summer Research Grant, 2024, Northwestern University
- John Parker Compton Fellowship in International Relations, Princeton University
- Pi Sigma Alpha Best Thesis Competition (2015 runner-up)