Yuxiang Lin

Yuxiang Lin’s doctoral work seeks to explain the exception and ongoing success of the Bulgarian conservative political party GERB (Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria) over the past two decades. Based on one year’s fieldwork in Bulgaria during which time interviews were conducted with relevant political figures across the country, the study aims to address the wider issue of party politics in eastern Europe and why some parties are short lived while others endure. Yuxiang is co-supervised by Tim Haughton and Deema Kaneff, both from CREES.

Publications include: 'A Critical Literature Review of New Party Success in Central and Eastern Europe’ and ‘Between Nationalism and Europeanism: Representations of China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Bulgarian Media'.