Dr. Elena Frech

Today, 17. March 2026 the EU General Affairs Council is expected to pass an amendment to the European Electoral Act implementing proxy voting for mothers and pregnant women in the EP. Want to follow the Meeting?! consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/ga… #equalityforall @ECPR_Gender @ECPR_SGEU

📢 New article out: Staying Power We show how political seniority—often treated as neutral experience—works as a gendered informal institution shaping access to power in parliament. @ERC_Research @TRaasen 🧵

I am feeling honoured to be teaching in Basel. @UniBasel @UniBaselSocSci

Wie gehen eigentlich Kind und Politische Karriere zusammen? im Zwischenruf Podcast @i_parl Diskutiere ich mit Nadine Heselhaus (MdB) @spdbt über Herausforderungen und Reformideen. Hier: Mandat, Mutter, Kind - Eltern im Parlament zwischenruf.podigee.io/30-eltern-im-p… @DVPW_Gender @ECPR_Gender

Goodbye Namur! Ill miss my colleagues, the city and Belgian chocolate. #UNamur

A few days ago I submitted an EU grant proposal. 👷🏼‍♀️👩🏼‍🎓💪🏻… the ones who did. that before know how much work that is. 😥 I‘ve put more work than ever before and submitted days before the Deadline. Why? My career in academia may depend on it… #EU @UniSalzburg_ @JessFortinRitt

@MihailChiru @Politics_Oxford @OSGAOxford Congrats Mihail!!! Well done.

Happy to share that as of today I am Associate Professor in Central and Eastern European Politics @Politics_Oxford & @OSGAOxford. It has been a long journey & I am grateful to all the people who helped me along the way, especially to my brilliant co-authors & generous mentors.

🥁 In der neuen Ausgabe der @OZP_journal geben @Frech_Elena und Ulrich Sieberer einen spannenden Einblick in die "Konsensschmiede" des @OeParl und was wir daraus für Demokratien in stärker polarisierten Gesellschaften lernen können: oezp.at/OEZP/article/v…

🧨💣Neue Publikation 🧨🎉 Einen Blick hinter die Kulissen des Österreichischen Parlaments und was wir daraus für die Zukunft der Demokratie lernen können finden Sie hier: oezp.at/OEZP/article/v… #Ulrich-Sieberer @DVPW_Vergleich @OeParl

@SerraSilvaSofia, Tiago Silva, and I have a new publication, in open access, on Frontiers: frontiersin.org/journals/polit… We examine how the radical right party Chega contributes to escalating parliamentary conflict in Portugal. Key findings below 👇

Happy to have presented our work (with @JeremyDodeigne and @Frech_Elena) at the ECPR Parliaments Conference in Barcelona. Thank you all for your comments and feedback!

🎉Last week the president of the European Parliament proposed reforms of the parental leave regulations for MEPs. 🧨 A year ago we published a paper on the topic proposing similar reforms and discussing the underlying problems. See: cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgov… #EP #PiP @SophieKopsch

„Friedrich Merz, Eingliederungshilfe ist kein Luxus! #TeilhabeStattAusgrenzung” - Jetzt unterschreiben! chng.it/XCrkj5tBNS via @ChangeGER

Bye Prague! Learned so much at the #ECPRJS25 @UNamur #Transitions

🧨Interested in the complex struggle of women in EU politics? See our recent article on EUROPP @JessFortinRitt @LSEEuroppblog @PoliticsGenderJ @ECPR #Eu #EUropeanCareers @ECPR_SGEU blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/202…

💥 New: The complex struggle for gender equality in EU politics ✍️ @Frech_Elena & Jessica Fortin-Rittberger present insights from their new special issue @EUP_TheJournal blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/202…

@FrancescaFeo_1 @RMuriaas Great.

@Frech_Elena @RMuriaas it will be your way as we finalize it if you want! we would love to have your feedback <3

Very excited to have presented joint work with @RMuriaas from @GENDERSUCCESS project at today's DIGGSCORE @UiB_Gov tuesday seminar! We look at whether and how politicians discriminate against their peers based on gender & parental status. Thanks for the great feedback!

🚨 TOMORROW in @ECPR_SGEU #ECPRSeminars ⤵️ 🎙️ @Frech_Elena @JeremyDodeigne @Nelsonlrsantos & William Daniel discuss how territoriality in legislators’ questions varies across policy domains 💻 18 Mar, 15:00–16:30 GMT ✍️ Register FREE ecpr.eu/Events/297