Dr Gabriela Borz
Senior Lecturer
Politics
Personal statement
I joined the School of Government and Public Policy as a Lecturer in September 2013. Previously I was a post-doctoral research fellow in an ESRC project analysing political representation in the European Union at University of Aberdeen. I received my MA and PhD in Political Science from the Central European University.聽 I was a Marie Curie fellow at the University of Bradford, and held research and visiting fellowships at the University of Birmingham and Northwestern University.
Prize And Awards
- Recipient
- 2013
Publications
- , Mitrea Elena Cristina, Montgomerie Thomas
- (2026)
- Villaplana F Ram贸n, , Fitzpatrick Jasmin, Lisi Marco, Barber脿 Oscar
- Open Research Europe Vol 6 (2026)
- , Mitrea Cristina, Longhini Anna, Montgomerie Thomas, Almodt R茅mi, Jigl膬u George
- Open Access Government Vol April 2025, pp. 290-291 (2025)
- , , Montgomerie Thomas L, Bellis Michael Peter
- Policy Studies Vol 45, pp. 709-729 (2024)
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- Policy Studies Vol 45, pp. 677-691 (2024)
- Research Features Vol 154 (2024)
Teaching
I currently coordinate and contribute to teaching in the following courses:
Undergraduate
- L2102 - Politics: Concepts
- L2203 - Politics: Government and Governance
- L2204 - Comparative Politics
Postgraduate
- L2914 - European Governance
Research Interests
I specialise in comparative politics, more specifically in the regulation and organisation of political parties, European Union governance, political behaviour and constitutionalism.聽 My current research project (www.digieffect.eu) investigates the risks associated with digital political campaigning in the European Union.聽
Professional Activities
- Invited speaker
- 2/7/2026
- Participant
- 24/6/2026
- Speaker
- 7/5/2026
- Contributor
- 20/4/2026
- Organiser
- 31/3/2026
- Contributor
- 27/3/2026
Projects
- Borz, Gabriela (Academic)
- The RELINK2 Action will intensify existing networking efforts of scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds and countries in the EU and beyond, to address two problems:
(1) How can democracies regain legitimacy and rebuild the link between representative institutions and citizens using the benefits of digital technologies?
(2) How can political organisations connect with digitally marginalised but politically active groups (the elderly) and with digitally active but politically marginalised ones (young citizens)?
The project will start in October 2024 and last till October 2028. RELINK 2 is hsted by Wroclaw University, Poland (professor Michal Jackunski) and is seconded by 30 academics from 18 countries.
Gabriela Borz acts as co-leader of Working Group 4 (Engagement and dissemination) and is a member of the RELINK2 management committee (UK). - 07-Jan-2024 - 07-Jan-2028
- Borz, Gabriela (Principal Investigator)
- DIGIEFFECT is a Next Generation EU grant (1,4 mil EUR), National Recovery and Resilience Plans. The primary goal of DIGIEFFECT is to assess the regulation of digital campaigning by focusing on citizens鈥� perceptions and evaluations. More specifically, the project investigates to what degree regulatory instruments adopted by the European Union, national governments and by the on-line corporations contribute to reducing on-line mis/dis/malinformation during electoral campaigns. The project is hosted by Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
- 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2026
- Bachtler, John (Principal Investigator) Borz, Gabriela (Co-investigator) Brandenburg, Heinz (Co-investigator) Ferry, Martin (Co-investigator) McMaster, Irene (Co-investigator) Mendez, Carlos (Co-investigator) van der Zwet, Arno (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2016 - 30-Jan-2018