Dr Sergiu Gherghina

Reader in Comparative Politics. (Political & International Studies)

telephone: 0141 330 7746
email: Sergiu.Gherghina@glasgow.ac.uk

42 Bute Gardens, Room 1206, Glasgow, G12 8RT

Biography

I am a Reader in Comparative Politics at the University of Glasgow. My research focuses on party politics, political participation, legislative behavior, direct democracy, deliberative democracy, and Central and Eastern European politics. I published in a range of international peer-reviewed journals as well as authored and edited several books examining political parties, elections, democratization and democratic innovations. My research and teaching combines quantitative and qualitative methods.

Research interests

My primary research interests lie in the fields of:

party politics
political participation
legislative behaviour
direct democracy
deliberative democracy
Central and Eastern European politics
populism

Research groups

Publications

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Number of items: 196.

2025

Feijoo, Laura and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2025) Mass shooters and religious bias in the US printed media: a one card game? International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society, (doi: 10.1007/s10767-025-09528-2) (Early Online Publication)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Farcas, Raluca (2025) Politics outside parliament: explaining candidates’ support for citizen-initiated referendums. Comparative European Politics, (doi: 10.1057/s41295-025-00426-7) (Early Online Publication)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2025) Transformational party leaders: determinants of leadership style assessment in Central and Eastern Europe. Politics and Governance, 13, 9141. (doi: 10.17645/pag.9141)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Soare, Sorina (2025) Parties abroad and migrants’ representation in the country of origin. International Migration, 63(2), e70008. (doi: 10.1111/imig.70008)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Barberà, Oscar and Lisi, Marco (2025) Political parties and the use of digitalization in daily politics: introduction to the special issue. Swiss Political Science Review, 31(1), pp. 5-13. (doi: 10.1111/spsr.12651)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Marian, Claudiu (2025) Taking their game to the next level: why members support party digitalization. Swiss Political Science Review, 31(1), pp. 122-141. (doi: 10.1111/spsr.12624)

Mișcoiu, Sergiu and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2025) Candidate withdrawal in the French 2024 national legislative elections. French Politics, 23(1), pp. 40-57. (doi: 10.1057/s41253-024-00272-1)

Biletska, Yuliya and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2025) Politics, identity and civic engagement: comparing the protest participation of Ukrainian migrants in the home and host countries. Nationalities Papers, (doi: 10.1017/nps.2025.7) (Early Online Publication)

Soare, Sorina, Tap, Paul, Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Boldrini, Matteo (2025) Party digitalization and members’ empowerment: a comparison of four Italian parties. Mediterranean Politics, (doi: 10.1080/13629395.2025.2459559) (Early Online Publication)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2025) Political Parties and Participation: Migrants’ Subjective Knowledge about Their Representatives. Journal of Legislative Studies, (doi: 10.1080/13572334.2025.2457909) (Early Online Publication)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2025) Political parties and forms of citizens’ involvement in decision-making: a special section. Political Studies Review, (doi: 10.1177/14789299241307218) (Early Online Publication)

2024

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Tap, Paul (2024) Selling their vote expensively: the effects of information, apathy and age. Party Politics, (doi: 10.1177/13540688241311866) (Early Online Publication)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (Ed.) (2024) Political Parties and Deliberative Democracy in Europe: A Convenient Relationship? Series: Routledge Studies in Democratic Innovations. Routledge: London and New York. ISBN 9781032821733

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Geissel, Brigitte and Henger, Fabian (2024) Limited congruence: citizens’ attitudes and party rhetoric about referendums and deliberative practices. Politics and Governance, 12, 8754. (doi: 10.17645/pag.8754)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Pilet, Jean-Benoit and Mitru, Bettina (2024) Big ideas, little detail: how populist parties talk about referendums in Europe. Contemporary Politics, 30(4), pp. 437-455. (doi: 10.1080/13569775.2023.2296734)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Saikkonen, Inga (2024) Partisanship and tolerance for clientelism: evidence from a conjoint experiment in Romania. Political Studies, 72(3), pp. 1250-1266. (doi: 10.1177/00323217231178994)

Pilet, Jean-Benoit and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2024) Populism and alternative models to representative democracy. Contemporary Politics, 30(4), pp. 405-415. (doi: 10.1080/13569775.2024.2307092)

Miskolczy, István and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2024) Making words harmless: why politicians survive character assassination attacks. British Journal of Politics and International Relations, (doi: 10.1177/13691481241264980) (Early Online Publication)

Claassen, C. et al. (2024) Conceptualizing and measuring support for democracy: a new approach. Comparative Political Studies, (doi: 10.1177/00104140241259458) (Early Online Publication)

Taylor, Sophie and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2024) Loving a good fight: personality traits and reactions to conflict in TV debates. British Politics, (doi: 10.1057/s41293-024-00254-5) (Early Online Publication)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2024) The Power of Opposition. How Legislative Organization Influences Democratic Consolidation. Simone Wegmann New York, Routledge (2022), 202 p., ISBN 9781032282459. Swiss Political Science Review, (doi: 10.1111/spsr.12593)[Book Review] (Early Online Publication)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Farcasband, Raluca and Oross, Daniel (2024) Referendums as extended arms of the government: evidence from an illiberal regime. East European Politics, (doi: 10.1080/21599165.2024.2340466) (Early Online Publication)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Tap, Paul (2024) Close to politics and to policies: subjective knowledge about referendum topics in Eastern Europe. Comparative European Politics, 22(2), pp. 267-285. (doi: 10.1057/s41295-023-00350-8)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Basarabă, Adrian (2024) Migrants' voter turnout in the home country elections: non‐integration or political anchor? Politics and Governance, 12, 7396. (doi: 10.17645/pag.7396)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Tap, Paul (2024) Buying loyalty: volatile voters and electoral clientelism. Politics, 44(4), pp. 670-687. (doi: 10.1177/02633957221132707)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Mitru, Bettina (2024) Too little, too vague: how populist parties talk about deliberation in Europe. Politics, (doi: 10.1177/02633957241231803) (Early Online Publication)

Chau, Grace W.F. and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2024) Conditional loyalty and exit: explaining the emigration of wealthy Chinese after the 2012 leadership change. Diaspora Studies, (doi: 10.1163/09763457-bja10081)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Qvortrup, Matt (2024) Compulsory voting, economic conditions and turnout: explaining the outcome of constitutional referendums. West European Politics, (doi: 10.1080/01402382.2023.2293380) (Early Online Publication)

Mișcoiu, Sergiu, Mitru, Bettina and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2024) Migrants away from the polls: explaining the absenteeism of people with sub-Saharan African origins in the 2022 French presidential elections. Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, (doi: 10.1080/1070289x.2023.2298576) (Early Online Publication)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Marian, Claudiu (2024) Election campaign and media exposure: explaining objective vs subjective political knowledge among first-time voters. Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, 32(1), pp. 37-53. (doi: 10.1080/25739638.2024.2319400)

2023

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Tap, Paul and Traistaru, Ionut (2023) Feeling excluded? Why ethnic minorities (do not) engage in participatory budgeting. Identities, (doi: 10.1080/1070289X.2023.2284533) (Early Online Publication)

Pálsdóttir, Valgerður Björk, Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Tap, Paul (2023) Why do politicians not act upon citizens' deliberations? Evidence from Iceland. Political Studies Review, (doi: 10.1177/14789299231197157) (Early Online Publication)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Mitru, Bettina (2023) First-time voters and electoral campaigns: Explaining online engagement in Romania. First Monday, 28(9), (doi: 10.5210/fm.v28i9.12741)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Bankov, Petar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0609-4947 (2023) Troublemakers and game changers: how political parties stopped democratic backsliding in Bulgaria. Democratization, (doi: 10.1080/13510347.2023.2250985) (Early Online Publication)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Nemčok, Miroslav (Eds.) (2023) Political Parties and Electoral Clientelism. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham. ISBN 9783031372940

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Tap, Paul (2023) Conservatism, social isolation and political context: why East Europeans would leave the EU in exit referendums. International Political Science Review, 44(4), pp. 523-539. (doi: 10.1177/01925121211061453)

Oross, Daniel and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2023) Closer to citizens or ticking boxes? Political parties and participatory practices in Hungary. Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 56(3), pp. 127-149. (doi: 10.1525/cpcs.2023.1825060)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Hasić, Jasmin and Mișcoiu, Sergiu (2023) Ethnic groups and constitutional deliberation. Understanding participation in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Romania. In: Reuchamps, Min and Welp, Yanina (eds.) Deliberative Constitution-making. Opportunities and Challenges. Routledge, pp. 77-90. ISBN 9781003327165 (doi: 10.4324/9781003327165)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Tap, Paul and Farcas, Raluca (2023) Informal power and short-term consequences: country presidents and political parties in Romania. Political Studies Review, (doi: 10.1177/14789299231187220) (Early Online Publication)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Soare, Sorina and Jacquet, Vincent (2023) Political parties and deliberation: from challenges to opportunities. Acta Politica, 58, pp. 487-494. (doi: 10.1057/s41269-023-00294-7)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Marian, Claudiu and Farcas, Raluca (2023) Tying loose ends: political parties and individual private funding in Romania. Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, (doi: 10.1080/14683857.2023.2213552) (Early Online Publication)

Buta, Oana and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2023) Organisational capacity and electoral gains: why majority parties nominate Roma candidates in local elections. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 49(9), pp. 2154-2171. (doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2022.2031921)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Tap, Paul (2023) Stranger than fiction: voters and party leaders in a new democracy. Political Studies Review, 21(2), pp. 422-433. (doi: 10.1177/14789299221087139)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Mișcoiu, Sergiu and Tap, Paul (2023) Using the pandemic as a pretext: voter absenteeism in the 2020 elections in Romania. Communist and Post-Communist Studies, (doi: 10.1525/cpcs.2023.1823167) (Early Online Publication)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Marian, Claudiu (2023) Win big, buy more: political parties, competition and electoral clientelism. East European Politics, (doi: 10.1080/21599165.2023.2191951) (Early Online Publication)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Soare, Sorina and Tap, Paul (2023) Speaking out against the discrimination of Romanians abroad: an analysis of parliamentary speeches in the home country. Nationalities Papers, 51(2), pp. 403-424. (doi: 10.1017/nps.2022.32)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Volintiru, Clara (2023) Budgetary clientelism and decentralization in Hungary and Romania. Journal of Developing Societies, 39(1), pp. 40-62. (doi: 10.1177/0169796X221148509)

Soaita, Adriana Mihaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2874-6763, Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Munro, Moira ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6275-4831 (2023) Finding housing, making home: Romanian migrants in post-Brexit/post-Covid Britain. Documentation. CaCHE, University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Soaita, Adriana Mihaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2874-6763, Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Munro, Moira ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6275-4831 (2023) Romanian migrants in the UK: how many have arrived and are they in some way different from those who migrated to the EU states? Documentation. University of Glasgow, CaCHE, Glasgow.

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Ekman, Joakim and Podolian, Olena (2023) When promises reach boundaries: political participation in post-communist countries. European Societies, 25(2), pp. 268-280. (doi: 10.1080/14616696.2023.2178187)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Lutai, Raluca (2023) Who accepts electoral clientelism? The role of personality traits in Romania. Journal of Contemporary European Studies, (doi: 10.1080/14782804.2023.2174503) (Early Online Publication)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2023) More than users: how political parties shape the acceptance of electoral clientelism. Party Politics, (doi: 10.1177/13540688231151655) (Early Online Publication)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Close, Caroline and Carman, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3114-0666 (2023) Parliamentarians’ support for direct and deliberative democracy in Europe: an account of individual-level determinants. Comparative Politics, 55(2), pp. 219-238. (doi: 10.5129/001041523X16559281347210)

Swanson, David and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2023) From opposition to government: how populist parties change their political communication in Northern Ireland. Irish Political Studies, 38(4), pp. 489-515. (doi: 10.1080/07907184.2023.2227570)

2022

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Ilinca, Sebastian (2022) Romania: inconsistent and unpredictable policy implementation. In: Lynggaard, Kennet, Jensen, Mads Dagnis and Kluth, Michael (eds.) Governments’ Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic in Europe: Navigating the Perfect Storm. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 123-134. ISBN 9783031141447 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-14145-4_11)

Miscoiu, Sergiu, Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Samsudean, Dragos (2022) Religion, homosexuality, and the EU: grasping the beliefs of Romanian orthodox priests. Sexuality, Gender and Policy, 5(2), pp. 108-121. (doi: 10.1002/sgp2.12050)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2022) The Rise of Entrepreneurial Parties in European Politics. Party Politics, 28(5), p. 988. (doi: 10.1177/13540688221104230)[Book Review]

Cairney, Jerome and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2022) Party whips and expertise: explaining committee switching in the Scottish Parliament. Parliamentary Affairs, 75(3), pp. 577-595. (doi: 10.1093/pa/gsaa066)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Mișcoiu, Sergiu (2022) Les effets de la démocratie directe sur la confiance dans les institutions et la démocratie. In: Magni-Berton, Raul and Morel, Laurence (eds.) Démocraties directes. Larcier: Brussels, pp. 293-300. ISBN 9782802772156

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Tap, Paul and Soare, Sorina (2022) More than voters: parliamentary debates about emigrants in a new democracy. Ethnicities, 22(3), pp. 487-506. (doi: 10.1177/14687968211046309)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Giugal, Aurelian and Momoc, Antonio (2022) Electoral process nullification: the reasons behind voting for a dead candidate. Representation, (doi: 10.1080/00344893.2022.2071972) (Early Online Publication)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Volintiru, Clara and Sigurjonsson, Throstur Olaf (2022) Making a difference: the effects of institutional resilience in society during COVID-19. European Political Science, (doi: 10.1057/s41304-022-00380-y) (Early Online Publication)

Volintiru, Clara and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2022) We are in this together: stakeholder cooperation during COVID-19 in Romania. European Political Science, (doi: 10.1057/s41304-022-00383-9) (Early Online Publication)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Miscoiu, Sergiu (2022) Faith in a new party: the involvement of the Romanian Orthodox Church in the 2020 election campaign. Politics, Religion and Ideology, 23(2), pp. 226-242. (doi: 10.1080/21567689.2022.2080669)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Jacquet, Vincent (2022) Why political parties use deliberation: a framework for analysis. Acta Politica, (doi: 10.1057/s41269-022-00232-z) (Early Online Publication)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Saikkonen, Inga and Bankov, Petar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0609-4947 (2022) Dissatisfied, uninformed or both? Democratic satisfaction, political knowledge and the acceptance of clientelism in a new democracy. Democratization, 29(2), pp. 211-231. (doi: 10.1080/13510347.2021.1947250)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Silagadze, Nanuli (2022) Selective equality: social democratic parties and the referendums on same-sex marriage in Eastern Europe. Europe-Asia Studies, 74(1), pp. 140-158. (doi: 10.1080/09668136.2021.1902481)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2022) Still on the fringes? Far-right parties and identity in Romania. In: Mörner, Ninna (ed.) The Many Faces of the Far Right in the Post-Communist Space: a Comparative Study of Far-Right Movements and Identity in the Region. Centre for Baltic and East European Studies: Huddinge, pp. 128-134. ISBN 9789185139132

2021

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Mokre, Monika and Mișcoiu, Sergiu (2021) Deliberative democracy, under-represented groups and inclusiveness in Europe. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, 34(5), pp. 633-637. (doi: 10.1080/13511610.2021.1996975)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Pilet, Jean-Benoit (2021) Do populist parties support referendums? A comparative analysis of election manifestos in Europe. Electoral Studies, 74, 102419. (doi: 10.1016/j.electstud.2021.102419)

Miscoiu, Sergiu and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2021) Poorly designed deliberation: explaining the banlieues' non-involvement in the Great Debate. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, 34(5), pp. 694-711. (doi: 10.1080/13511610.2021.1978283)

Bankov, Petar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0609-4947, Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Silagadze, Nanuli (2021) Walking the walk or just talking the talk? VMRO‐BND’s efforts to become a mass party. Politics and Governance, 9(4), pp. 307-316. (doi: 10.17645/pag.v9i4.4562)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Miscoiu, Sergiu and Soare, Sorina (2021) How far does nationalism go? An overview of populist parties in Central and Eastern Europe. In: Heinisch, Reinhard, Holtz-Bacha, Christina and Mazzoleni, Oscar (eds.) Political Populism: Handbook of Concepts, Questions and Strategies of Research [2nd revised and extended Edition]. Series: International Studies on Populism. Nomos: Baden-Baden, pp. 239-256. ISBN 9783848766178

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Silagadze, Nanuli (2021) Calling referendums on domestic policies: how political elites and citizens differ. Comparative European Politics, 19(5), pp. 642-661. (doi: 10.1057/s41295-021-00252-7)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Volintiru, Clara (2021) Political parties and clientelism in transition countries: evidence from Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. Acta Politica, 56(4), pp. 677-693. (doi: 10.1057/s41269-020-00151-x)

Hedrick, Samuel and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2021) Why people vote in local level referendums: comparing Germany and the United States. European Politics and Society, 22(5), pp. 716-732. (doi: 10.1080/23745118.2020.1820703)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Tap, Paul (2021) Ecology projects and participatory budgeting: enhancing citizens. Sustainability, 13(19), 10561. (doi: 10.3390/su131910561)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Nemcok, Miroslav (2021) Political parties, state resources and electoral clientelism. Acta Politica, 56, pp. 591-599. (doi: 10.1057/s41269-021-00216-5)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2021) Work and stay: explaining perceived discrimination among Romanian labor migrants. Journal of International Migration and Integration, 22(3), pp. 887-905. (doi: 10.1007/s12134-020-00777-y)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Silagadze, Nanuli (2021) Party cues and pre-campaign attitudes: voting choice in referendums in Eastern Europe. Problems of Post-Communism, (doi: 10.1080/10758216.2021.1963780) (Early Online Publication)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Ekman, Joakim and Podolian, Olena (2021) Anti-establishment parties and voters' responses in post-communist Europe. Problems of Post-Communism, 68(4), pp. 261-263. (doi: 10.1080/10758216.2021.1928831)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Rusu, Elena (2021) Begin again: election campaign and own opinions among first-time voters in Romania. Social Science Quarterly, 102(4), pp. 1311-1329. (doi: 10.1111/ssqu.12979)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Tap, Paul (2021) First-time voters and honest political leaders: evidence from the 2019 presidential election in Romania. East European Politics, 37(3), pp. 496-513. (doi: 10.1080/21599165.2020.1824907)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Pilet, Jean-Benoit (2021) Populist attitudes and direct democracy: a questionable relationship. Swiss Political Science Review, 27(2), pp. 496-505. (doi: 10.1111/spsr.12451)

Oross, Daniel, Mátyás, Eszter and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2021) Sustainability and politics: explaining the emergence of the 2020 Budapest Climate Assembly. Sustainability, 13(11), 6100. (doi: 10.3390/su13116100)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Mokre, Monika and Miscoiu, Sergiu (2021) Introduction: democratic deliberation and under-represented groups. Political Studies Review, 19(2), pp. 159-163. (doi: 10.1177/1478929920950931)

Stoiciu, Victoria and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2021) Intra-party deliberation, under-represented groups and candidate selection: the case of Demos in Romania. Political Studies Review, 19(2), pp. 179-185. (doi: 10.1177/1478929920939818)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2021) Party members and leadership styles in new European democracies. British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 23(1), pp. 85-103. (doi: 10.1177/1369148120939869)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Soare, Sorina (2021) Electoral performance beyond leaders? The organization of populist parties in postcommunist Europe. Party Politics, 27(1), pp. 58-68. (doi: 10.1177/1354068819863629)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Grad, Marius (2021) Political game-changers: the importance of leaders for newly emerged parties in Romania. Slavic Review, 80(3), pp. 608-628. (doi: 10.1017/slr.2021.146)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Plopeanu, Aurelian (2021) Social networks, attachment and integration understanding the church attendance of Romanian migrants. Journal of Beliefs and Values, 42(1), pp. 110-123. (doi: 10.1080/13617672.2020.1769920)

2020

Bankov, Petar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0609-4947 and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2020) Post-accession congruence in Bulgaria and Romania: Measuring mass-elite congruence of opinions on European integration through mixed methods. European Political Science, 19(4), pp. 562-572. (doi: 10.1057/s41304-020-00271-0)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Silagadze, Nanuli (2020) Populists and referendums in Europe: dispelling the myth. Political Quarterly, 91(4), pp. 795-805. (doi: 10.1111/1467-923X.12934)

Shim, Jaemin and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2020) Measuring the mass-elite preference congruence: findings from a meta-analysis and introduction to the symposium. European Political Science, 19(4), pp. 509-527. (doi: 10.1057/s41304-020-00273-y)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2020) The adaptation strategies of post-communist political parties: an introduction. European Review, 28(5), pp. 721-727. (doi: 10.1017/S1062798720000198)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2020) Members versus experts: the perceptions of party leadership styles in new democracies. European Review, 28(5), pp. 810-825. (doi: 10.1017/S1062798720000253)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Soare, Sorina (2020) Vote-seeking among non-resident citizens: how Romanian parties form organisations abroad. Representation, (doi: 10.1080/00344893.2020.1815077) (Early Online Publication)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Plopeanu, Aurelian (2020) Who wishes to return? Ties to home country among the Romanian migrants. Nationalities Papers, 48(5), pp. 876-890. (doi: 10.1017/nps.2019.72)

Silagadze, Nanuli and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2020) Bringing the policy in: a new typology of national referendums. European Political Science, 19, pp. 461-477. (doi: 10.1057/s41304-019-00230-4)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Bankov, Petar ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0609-4947 (2020) Who follows the referendum campaign? The effect of political interest and media use in Bulgaria. Problems of Post-Communism, (doi: 10.1080/10758216.2020.1760722) (Early Online Publication)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Soare, Sorina (2020) The organization of Romanian parties abroad. In: Kernalegenn, Tudi and van Haute, Emilie (eds.) Political Parties Abroad. A New Arena for Party Politics. Series: Routledge studies on political parties and party systems. Routledge: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY, pp. 77-95. ISBN 9780367857851 (doi: 10.4324/9781003015086-7)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Soare, Sorina and Jacquet, Vincent (2020) Deliberative democracy and political parties: functions and consequences. European Political Science, 19, pp. 200-211. (doi: 10.1057/s41304-019-00234-0)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Stoiciu, Victoria (2020) Selecting candidates through deliberation: the effects for Demos in Romania. European Political Science, 19, pp. 171-180. (doi: 10.1057/s41304-019-00232-2)

Silagadze, Nanuli and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2020) Referendum policies across political systems. Political Quarterly, 91(1), pp. 182-191. (doi: 10.1111/1467-923X.12790)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (Ed.) (2020) Party Leaders in Eastern Europe: Personality, Behavior and Consequences. Series: Palgrave studies in political psychology. Palgrave MacMillan: Basingstoke. ISBN 9783030320249

Chiru, Mihail and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2020) National games for local gains: legislative activity, party organization and candidate selection. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 30(1), pp. 64-82. (doi: 10.1080/17457289.2018.1537280)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2020) Both Muslim and European. Diasporic and Migrant Identities of Bosniaks. Europe-Asia Studies, 72(1), pp. 138-140. (doi: 10.1080/09668136.2019.1700708)[Book Review]

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2020) Conclusion: an aggregate comparison of party leaders in Eastern Europe. In: Gherghina, Sergiu (ed.) Party Leaders in Eastern Europe: Personality, Behavior and Consequences. Series: Palgrave studies in political psychology. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, pp. 265-272. ISBN 9783030320249 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-32025-6_12)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2020) Party leaders in Eastern Europe: traits, behaviors and consequences. In: Gherghina, Sergiu (ed.) Party Leaders in Eastern Europe: Personality, Behavior and Consequences. Series: Palgrave studies in political psychology. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, pp. 1-15. ISBN 9783030320249 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-32025-6_1)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Geissel, Brigitte (2020) Support for direct and deliberative models of democracy in the UK: understanding the difference. Political Research Exchange, 2(1), 1809474. (doi: 10.1080/2474736X.2020.1809474)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Plopeanu, Aurelian-Petrus and Necula, Constantin-Valer (2020) The impact of socio-cultural integration on return intentions: evidence from a survey on Romanian migrants. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 18(4), pp. 515-528. (doi: 10.1080/15562948.2020.1735599)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Racu, Alexandru, Giugăl, Aurelian, Gavriș, Alexandru, Silagadze, Nanuli and Johnston, Ron (2020) Non-voting in the 2018 Romanian referendum: the importance of initiators, campaigning and issue saliency. Political Science, 71(3), pp. 193-213. (doi: 10.1080/00323187.2020.1781541)

Grad, Marius, Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Ivan, Adrian (2020) Migrants and their families in the home country: a bi-directional influence on voting behavior. Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 20(3), pp. 393-410. (doi: 10.1080/14683857.2020.1791452)

Volintiru, Clara and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2020) Party leaders in Romania: designated successors or tactical players? In: Gherghina, Sergiu (ed.) Party Leaders in Eastern Europe: Personality, Behavior and Consequences. Series: Palgrave studies in political psychology. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, pp. 197-218. ISBN 9783030320249 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-32025-6_9)

2019

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Ekman, Joakim and Podolian, Olena (Eds.) (2019) Democratic Innovations in Central and Eastern Europe. Routledge: London. ISBN 9780367421670

Close, Caroline and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2019) Rethinking intra-party cohesion: towards a conceptual and analytical framework. Party Politics, 25(5), pp. 652-663. (doi: 10.1177/1354068819836044)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Close, Caroline and Kopecký, Petr (2019) The dynamics and dimensions of intra-party conflict: Introduction to the special issue. Party Politics, 25(5), pp. 649-651. (doi: 10.1177/1354068819836048)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2019) Hijacked direct democracy: the instrumental use of referendums in Romania. East European Politics and Societies, 33(3), pp. 778-797. (doi: 10.1177/0888325418800553)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2019) How political parties use referendums: an analytical framework. East European Politics and Societies, 33(3), pp. 677-690. (doi: 10.1177/0888325418803164)

Chiru, Mihail and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2019) Committee chair selection under high informational and organizational constraints. Party Politics, 25(4), pp. 547-558. (doi: 10.1177/1354068817741765)

Pompl, Solonge and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2019) Messages and familiar faces: crowdfunding in the 2017 U.K. electoral campaign. Politics and Policy, 47(3), pp. 436-463. (doi: 10.1111/polp.12301)

Close, Caroline and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2019) Introduction: towards a better understanding of parliamentary unity. Parliamentary Affairs, 72(2), pp. 379-386. (doi: 10.1093/pa/gsx074)

Close, Caroline, Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Sierens, Vivien (2019) Prompting legislative agreement and loyalty: what role for intra-party democracy? Parliamentary Affairs, 72(2), pp. 387-405. (doi: 10.1093/pa/gsx075)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Ekman, Joakim and Podolian, Olena (2019) Democratic innovations in Central and Eastern Europe: expanding the research agenda. Contemporary Politics, 25(1), pp. 1-10. (doi: 10.1080/13569775.2018.1543752)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Geissel, Brigitte (2019) An alternative to representation: explaining preferences for citizens as political decision-makers. Political Studies Review, 17(3), pp. 224-238. (doi: 10.1177/1478929918807713)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Silagadze, Nanuli (2019) And yet it matters: referendum campaigns and vote decision in Eastern Europe. Contemporary Politics, 25(1), pp. 29-46. (doi: 10.1080/13569775.2018.1543790)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2019) Communism’s shadow. Historical legacies and contemporary political attitudes, by Grigore Pop-Eleches and Joshua A. Tucker. Democratization, 26(8), pp. 1541-1543. (doi: 10.1080/13510347.2019.1615457)[Book Review]

2018

Kandyla, Anna and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2018) What triggers the intention to use the European Citizens’ Initiative? The role of benefits, values and efficacy. Journal of Common Market Studies, 56(6), pp. 1223-1239. (doi: 10.1111/jcms.12737)

Silagadze, Nanuli and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2018) When who and how matter: explaining the success of referendums in Europe. Comparative European Politics, 16(5), pp. 905-922. (doi: 10.1057/s41295-017-0107-9)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2018) The Romanian Party System: Cartelization, Coalition Leverage and Elite Continuity. In: Lisi, Marco (ed.) Party System Change, the European Crisis and the State of Democracy. Series: Routledge studies on political parties and party systems. Routledge: London, pp. 231-247. ISBN 9781138550087 (doi: 10.4324/9781315147116-13)

Werkmann, Caroline and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2018) Organized for parliament? Explaining the electoral success of radical right parties in post-communist Europe. Government and Opposition, 53(3), pp. 461-485. (doi: 10.1017/gov.2016.38)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Iancu, Alexandra and Soare, Sorina (Eds.) (2018) Party Members and Their Importance in Non-EU Countries: A Comparative Analysis. Series: Routledge studies on political parties and party systems. Routledge: Abingdon. ISBN 9781138708631

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Chiru, Mihail (2018) Romania: an ambivalent parliamentary opposition. In: De Giorgi, Elisabetta and Ilonszki, Gabriella (eds.) Opposition Parties in European Legislatures: Conflict or Consensus? Series: Routledge studies on political parties and party systems. Routledge: Abingdon, pp. 191-209. ISBN 9781138674875

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Silagadze, Nanuli (2018) Policy agenda and legitimation: referendums on interethnic relations in Central and Eastern Europe. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 24(4), pp. 389-410. (doi: 10.1080/13537113.2018.1522746)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and von dem Berge, Benjamin (2018) When Europeanisation meets organisation: enhancing the rights of party members in Central and Eastern Europe. Journal of European Integration, 40(2), pp. 209-226. (doi: 10.1080/07036337.2017.1418868)

Varacheva, Tatiana and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2018) Neutral or biased? The presentation of the Kyrgyzstan and Egypt uprisings by RIA Novosti. Europe-Asia Studies, 70(8), pp. 1213-1235. (doi: 10.1080/09668136.2018.1508644)

2017

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2017) The use of referendums in Central and Eastern Europe after the EU accession. In: Hashimoto, Tom and Rhimes, Michael (eds.) Reviewing European Union Accession: Unexpected Results, Spillover Effects, and Externalities. Series: Law in Eastern Europe (67). Brill: Leiden, pp. 41-56. ISBN 9789004316478

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Miscoiu, Sergiu and Soare, Sorina (2017) How far does nationalism go? An overview of populist parties in Central and Eastern Europe. In: Heinisch, Reinhard C., Holtz-Bacha, Christina and Mazzoleni, Oscar (eds.) Political Populism: A Handbook. Nomos: Baden-Baden, pp. 193-208. ISBN 9783848725342

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Geissel, Brigitte (2017) Linking democratic preferences and political participation: evidence from Germany. Political Studies, 65(1 Supp), pp. 24-42. (doi: 10.1177/0032321716672224)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Volintiru, Clara (2017) A new model of clientelism: political parties, public resources, and private contributors. European Political Science Review, 9(1), pp. 115-137. (doi: 10.1017/s1755773915000326)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2017) Direct democracy and subjective regime legitimacy in Europe. Democratization, 24(4), pp. 613-631. (doi: 10.1080/13510347.2016.1196355)

2016

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Kopecky, Petr (Eds.) (2016) Politicization of Administrative Elites in Western Europe [Guest editors]. Palgrave Macmillan.

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2016) Rewarding the ‘traitors’? Legislative defection and re-election in Romania. Party Politics, 22(4), pp. 490-500. (doi: 10.1177/1354068814550434)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Groh, Adriana (2016) A poor sales pitch? The European citizens’ initiative and attitudes toward the EU in Germany and the UK. European Politics and Society, 17(3), pp. 373-387. (doi: 10.1080/23745118.2016.1166875)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Ekman, Joakim and Podolian, Olena (Eds.) (2016) Political Participation and Civic Engagement in Central and Eastern Europe [Guest editors]. Taylor & Francis.

Ekman, Joakim, Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Podolian, Olena (2016) Challenges and realities of political participation and civic engagement in central and eastern Europe. East European Politics, 32(1), pp. 1-11. (doi: 10.1080/21599165.2016.1141091)

Geissel, Brigitte and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2016) Constitutional deliberative democracy and democratic innovations. In: Reuchamps, Min and Suiter, Jane (eds.) Constitutional Deliberative Democracy in Europe. Series: Studies in European political science. ECPR Press: Colchester, pp. 75-92. ISBN 9781785521454

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Jiglău, George (2016) Playing their cards right: ethnic parties and government coalitions in Post-Communist Europe. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 22(2), pp. 220-240. (doi: 10.1080/13537113.2016.1169065)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Miscoiu, Sergiu (2016) Crowd-sourced legislation and politics: the legitimacy of constitutional deliberation in Romania. Problems of Post-Communism, 63(1), pp. 27-36. (doi: 10.1080/10758216.2015.1057092)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Soare, Sorina (2016) A test of European Union post-accession influence: comparing reactions to political instability in Romania. Democratization, 23(5), pp. 797-818. (doi: 10.1080/13510347.2015.1020792)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Tseng, Huan-Kai (2016) Voting home or abroad? Comparing migrants' electoral participation in countries of origin and of residence. Nationalities Papers, 44(3), pp. 456-472. (doi: 10.1080/00905992.2015.1132690)

2015

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2015) The Romanian presidential election, November 2014. Electoral Studies, 38, pp. 109-114. (doi: 10.1016/j.electstud.2015.01.008)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (Ed.) (2015) The Romanian Political System after 1989 [Guest editor]. De Gruyter.

Chiru, Mihail, Gauja, Anika, Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Rodriguez-Teruel, Juan (2015) Explaining change in party leadership selection rules. In: Cross, William P. and Pilet, Jean-Benoit (eds.) The Politics of Party Leadership: a Cross-National Perspective. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 31-49. ISBN 9780198748984

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Spáč, Peter (2015) Democratising candidate selection in Romania and Slovakia. In: Sandri, Giulia and Seddone, Antonella (eds.) Party Primaries in Comparative Perspective. Ashgate: Surrey, pp. 145-160. ISBN 9781472450388

Radecki, Michal and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2015) Objective and subjective party leadership selection: regulations, activists, and voters in Poland. European Politics and Society, 16(4), pp. 598-612. (doi: 10.1080/23745118.2015.1072342)

2014

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2014) Party Organization and Electoral Volatility in Central and Eastern Europe: Enhancing Voter Loyalty. Series: Routledge research in comparative politics (61). Routledge: London. ISBN 9780415737166

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2014) Shaping parties’ legitimacy: Internal regulations and membership organisations in post-communist Europe. International Political Science Review, 35(3), pp. 291-306. (doi: 10.1177/0192512113517125)

Chiru, Mihail and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2014) Let’s not risk too much: the selection of party leaders in Romania. In: Pilet, Jean-Benoit and Cross, William P. (eds.) The Selection of Political Party Leaders in Contemporary Parliamentary Democracies: a Comparative Study. Series: Routledge research on social and political elites (4). Routledge: London, pp. 141-155. ISBN 9780415704168

Chiru, Mihail and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2014) Parliamentary sovereignty and international intervention: elite attitudes in the first Central European legislatures. East European Politics, 30(1), pp. 21-33. (doi: 10.1080/21599165.2013.858627)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2014) A response to the interview with Mr. Tudor Barbu, Vice-President of the People’s Party – Dan Diaconescu. Southeastern Europe, 38(1), pp. 142-148. (doi: 10.1163/18763332-03801007)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2014) Review of Valerie J. Bunce and Sharon L. Wolchik Defeating Authoritarian Leaders in Postcommunist Countries (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2011). East European Politics, 30(1), pp. 148-149. (doi: 10.1080/21599165.2013.864969)[Book Review]

2013

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Chiru, Mihail (2013) Determinants of legislative voting loyalty under different electoral systems: evidence from Romania. International Political Science Review, 35(5), pp. 523-541. (doi: 10.1177/0192512113501242)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Katsanidou, Alexia (2013) Data availability in political science journals. European Political Science, 12(3), pp. 333-349. (doi: 10.1057/eps.2013.8)

Chiru, Mihail, Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Stefan, Laurentiu (2013) Standing for reelection under different rules: Evidence from the Romanian legislature. Problems of Post-Communism, 60(5), pp. 34-44. (doi: 10.2753/PPC1075-8216600503)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2013) Going for a safe vote: electoral bribes in post-communist Romania. Debatte: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, 21(2-3), pp. 143-164. (doi: 10.1080/0965156X.2013.836859)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2013) One-shot party primaries: the case of the Romanian Social Democrats. Politics, 33(3), pp. 185-195. (doi: 10.1111/1467-9256.12007)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Chiru, Mihail (2013) Taking the short route: political parties, funding regulations, and state resources in Romania. East European Politics and Societies, 27(1), pp. 108-128. (doi: 10.1177/0888325412465003)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Miscoiu, Sergiu (2013) The failure of cohabitation: explaining the 2007 and 2012 institutional crises in Romania. East European Politics and Societies, 27(4), pp. 668-684. (doi: 10.1177/0888325413485621)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Stefan, Laurentiu and Chiru, Mihail (2013) Electoral reform – Cui bono? Attitudes of Romanian MPs to the electoral system change. Journal of Legislative Studies, 19(3), pp. 351-369. (doi: 10.1080/13572334.2013.812347)

Lowery, David, van Witteloostuijn, Arjen, Peli, Gabor, Brasher, Holly, Otjes, Simon and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2013) Policy agendas and births and deaths of political parties. Party Politics, 19(3), pp. 381-407. (doi: 10.1177/1354068811407576)

2012

Chiru, Mihail and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2012) When voter loyalty fails: party performance and corruption in Bulgaria and Romania. European Political Science Review, 4(01), pp. 29-49. (doi: 10.1017/s1755773911000063)

Chiru, M. and Gherghina, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2012) Keeping the doors closed: leadership selection in post-communist Romania. East European Politics and Societies, 26(3), pp. 510-537. (doi: 10.1177/0888325411428969)

Chiru, Mihail and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2012) Does the confidence in the EU spill over to the national level? A longitudinal analysis of political trust in Central Europe. Perspectives on European Politics and Society, 13(2), pp. 226-245. (doi: 10.1080/15705854.2012.675654)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2012) Changing borders, stable attitudes: The national and European identity before and after the most recent EU enlargements. Romanian Journal of European Affairs, 12(2), pp. 52-66.

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Chiru, Mihail (2012) The first casting happens at home: role formation in the European parliamentary elections. Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 12(2), pp. 299-314. (doi: 10.1080/14683857.2012.686014)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Chiru, Mihail (2012) Voting after watching: the strategic role of election polls. European Review, 20(02), pp. 210-221. (doi: 10.1017/S1062798711000548)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Jiglau, George (2012) Where does the mechanism collapse? Understanding the 2008 Romanian electoral system. Representation, 48(4), pp. 445-459. (doi: 10.1080/00344893.2012.720889)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Klymenko, Lina (2012) Why look back? Citizens' attitudes toward the Communist Regime in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine. Problems of Post-Communism, 59(1), pp. 55-65. (doi: 10.2753/PPC1075-8216590105)

Klymenko, Lina and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2012) Determinants of positive attitudes towards an authoritarian regime: the case of Belarus. Soviet and Post-Soviet Review, 39(2), pp. 249-269. (doi: 10.1163/18763324-03902006)

Stefan, Laurentiu, Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Chiru, Mihail (2012) We all agree that we disagree too much: attitudes of Romanian MPs towards party discipline. East European Politics, 28(2), pp. 180-192. (doi: 10.1080/13523279.2011.635649)

Vlas, Natalia and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2012) Where does religion meet democracy? A comparative analysis of attitudes in Europe. International Political Science Review, 33(3), pp. 336-351. (doi: 10.1177/0192512111415983)

2011

Jiglau, George and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2011) The divergent paths of the ethnic parties in post-communist transitions. Transition Studies Review, 18(2), pp. 445-457. (doi: 10.1007/s11300-011-0212-4)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Tseng, Huan-Kai (2011) When candidates and vote distribution matter: A new indicator of electoral competitiveness. SSRN Electronic Journal, (doi: 10.2139/ssrn.2028618)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2011) Does government performance matter? Electoral support for incumbents in six post-communist countries. Contemporary Politics, 17(3), pp. 257-277. (doi: 10.1080/13569775.2011.597144)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2011) MPs' role orientations in newly emerged democratic legislatures. Journal of Legislative Studies, 17(1), pp. 45-64. (doi: 10.1080/13572334.2011.545179)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Jiglau, George (2011) Explaining ethnic mobilisation in post-communist countries. Europe-Asia Studies, 63(1), pp. 49-76. (doi: 10.1080/09668136.2011.534302)

Jiglău, George and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2011) The ideological institutionalization of the Romanian party system. Romanian Journal of Political Science, 11(1), pp. 71-90.

2010

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2010) Unraveling romance: an assessment of candidate countries’ support for the EU. Comparative European Politics, 8(4), pp. 444-467. (doi: 10.1057/cep.2009.6)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Braghiroli, Stefano (2010) A lover to be ashamed of: Romania in the eyes of the Italian political elites. Journal of Social Research and Policy, 1(2), pp. 5-17.

Lowery, David, Otjes, Simon, Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598, Van Witteloostuijn, Arjen, Peli, Gabor and Brasher, Holly (2010) Unpacking LogM: toward a more general theory of party system density. American Journal of Political Science, 54(4), pp. 921-935. (doi: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2010.00469.x)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Frantescu, Doru (2010) Improving rookies’ performance: an assessment of the Romanian MEPs’ activity. European Review, 18(02), p. 155. (doi: 10.1017/S1062798709990391)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Chiru, Mihail (2010) Practice and payment: determinants of candidate list position in European Parliament elections. European Union Politics, 11(4), pp. 533-552. (doi: 10.1177/1465116510380284)

2009

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2009) The helping hand: the role of the EU in the democratization of post-communist Europe. Romanian Journal of Political Science, 9(2), pp. 65-79.

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2009) The success of extremist parties in Central and Eastern European States and its causes. In: Backes, U., Jaskulowski, T. and Polese, A. (eds.) Totalitarismus und Transformation. Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, pp. 185-208. ISBN 9783525369111 (doi: 10.13109/9783666369117.185)

Vlas, Natalia and Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2009) Convergence or replacement? Attitudes towards political and religious institutions in contemporary Romania. Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies, 8(24), pp. 70-94.

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Number of items: 196.

Articles

Claassen, C. et al. (2024) Conceptualizing and measuring support for democracy: a new approach. Comparative Political Studies, (doi: 10.1177/00104140241259458) (Early Online Publication)

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (2015) The Romanian presidential election, November 2014. Electoral Studies, 38, pp. 109-114. (doi: 10.1016/j.electstud.2015.01.008)

Books

Book Sections

Book Reviews

Edited Books

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Nemčok, Miroslav (Eds.) (2023) Political Parties and Electoral Clientelism. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham. ISBN 9783031372940

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Kopecky, Petr (Eds.) (2016) Politicization of Administrative Elites in Western Europe [Guest editors]. Palgrave Macmillan.

Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 (Ed.) (2015) The Romanian Political System after 1989 [Guest editor]. De Gruyter.

Research Reports or Papers

Soaita, Adriana Mihaela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2874-6763, Gherghina, Sergiu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-5598 and Munro, Moira ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6275-4831 (2023) Romanian migrants in the UK: how many have arrived and are they in some way different from those who migrated to the EU states? Documentation. University of Glasgow, CaCHE, Glasgow.

This list was generated on Sun Jun 15 13:49:55 2025 BST.

Grants

'Political Parties, Poverty and Vote Buying: Explaining Clientelism in Romania', funding from the Romanian National Science Foundation UEFISCDI, 2020-2022

"Piloting Local Resilience Metrics in Romania and the Republic of Moldova", funding from the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation, 2021-2022

'Referendums and political legitimacy: Evidence from four European countries', Seed Corn Funding from Nuffield Foundation, 2019

'Party Leadership Styles in Eastern Europe: Transactional or Transformational?', Carnegie Research Incentive Grant, 2018

'Party Leadership in Portugal', Royal Society of Edinburgh Mobility Grant, 2018

Fokus Line A/B Grant for Early Career Researchers, Goethe University Frankfurt, 2015.

Supervision

I am happy to supervise PhD projects examining:

Party Politics
Political Participation
Direct Democracy
Processes of Democratization
Political Representation
Populism
Legislative Politics
Public Opinion

Teaching

Undergraduate Teaching

Comparative Politics 1B (2017)

Honours

Direct and Deliberative Democracy (2017-2023)
Challe nges to Democracy (2024-)

Postgraduate Teaching

Political Institutions and Communication (2017-)
The Psychology of Political Communication (2020-)
Comparative Public Opinion (2019 & 2020)
Internet and Civil Society (2018)

Additional information

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA)

Editor-in-Chief for Politics

Associate editor for Migration Studies

Editor of the Book Series on Democratic Innovations, Routledge

Member in the Editorial Board for East European Politics

Sergiu Gherghina

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