Research Output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
I am a post-doctoral researcher based in Helsinki University’s Department of Political and Economic Studies. Currently I am working on data collection and analysis for Whirl of Knowledge: Cultural Populism in European Polarised Politics and Societies a project funded by the Academy of Finland.
In 2018 I defended my doctoral thesis on the loss of democratic quality in Central and Eastern Europe over the last decade, with a focus on post-accession influences of the EU. My other academic interests include democratization, the role of social media in elections and protest, qualitative comparative analysis and topic modeling.
Since 2014, I’ve been expanding my interest in the use of computational methods in political science. A few questions I’m interested in exploring empirically through this methodological approach are: who is the demos of digital democracy? How do politicians and the public co-produce political communication through social media? How well do online/offline repertoires of political action complement eachother and translate between media? And what is the mobilizing potential of social media for political participation, especially in fragile democracies?
Fields of Science
- 517 Political science
Publications
Democracy after Accession: Deconsolidation and the EU’s Domestic Impact in Central and Eastern Europe
Sibinescu, L-E., 2018, University of Helsinki. 207 p.Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis › Monograph
Open Access
Demokratia ja pettymys: yksi näkökulma Itäisestä Euroopasta
Sibinescu, L-E., 8 Nov 2017, In : Politiikasta.fi.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › General public
Open Access
Protest, Citizen Engagement and the Coproduction of Political Communication: The Case of Romania’s 2014 Presidential Elections
Sibinescu, L-E., 23 Dec 2016, In : Medijske studije . 7, 14, p. 142-155 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Projects
- 2 Active
Now-Time, Us-Space: Hegemonic Mobilisations in Central and Eastern Europe
Palonen, E., Kazlauskaitė, R., Salmela, M., Sibinescu, L., Hyttinen, A., Hartikainen, I., Czigany, K., Vuolteenaho, J. & Vulovic, M.
01/01/2020 → 31/12/2023
Project: Research project
WhiKnow: Whirl of Knowledge: Cultural Populism in European Polarised Politics and Societies
Palonen, E., Salojärvi, V., Kazlauskaitė, R., Sibinescu, L., Salmela, M., Ahonen, P., Sundell, T., Teivainen, T., Hartikainen, I., Herkman, J., Sopanen, N., Koljonen, J. M., Hyttinen, A., Czigany, K., Koivukoski, J. & Vulovic, M.
01/01/2019 → 31/12/2022
Project: Research project
Activities
The Challenges of Measuring Political Polarization with Big Data: An Application on The Use of Twitter in the 2019 European Parliament Elections
Laura-Elena Sibinescu (Attendee)21 Aug 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Talks
ECPR General Conference 2019
Emilia Palonen (Speaker: Presenter), Laura-Elena Sibinescu (Speaker: Presenter)4 Sep 2019 → 7 Sep 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Politiikan tutkimuksen päivät 2019
Emilia Palonen (Speaker: Chair), Laura-Elena Sibinescu (Speaker: Chair)14 Mar 2019 → 15 Mar 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Babes-Bolyai University
Laura-Elena Sibinescu (Visiting researcher)1 Nov 2019 → 30 Nov 2019
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution
Mediaflows 2019
Virpi Salojärvi (Speaker: Presenter), Laura-Elena Sibinescu (Speaker: Presenter)20 Nov 2019 → 22 Nov 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Press / Media
Valtsika Insight: Is there a crisis of democracy?
29/05/2018
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media