Daunis Auers

Professor, Director of the PhD programme in Social Sciences

Head of the Sociology, Political Science, Anthropology study field.
Jean Monnet Chair
Hirsch Index -14 (2023)

daunis.auers@lu.lv

Research interests include political parties, elections, political risks and economic competitiveness. Auers has studied at the London School of Economics (LSE) and defended his PhD at University College London (UCL) in the United Kingdom. He has been a U.S. Fulbright program researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, and University of Washington, Seattle, and a Baltic-American Freedom Foundation researcher at Wayne State University, Detroit. In 2015, Palgrave Macmillan published his book "Comparative Politics and Government of the Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the 21st Century" (Politics and governance of the Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the 21st century).

Teaching

Introduction to comparative politics (4 CP, BA level)

European Union I: Integration and Institutions (4 CP, BA level))

European Union II: Policies and decision-making (4 CP, BA level))

Political risk management (4 CP, MA level)

USA and Europe: Comparative Policy, Institutions and Society (4 CP, MA level)

Comparative Politics: Concepts and Themes (4 CP, MA level)

Peer-reviewed articles and chapters

• “Chapter 24. The Latvian Saeima” in Thomas Christiansen, Elena Griglio and Nicola Lupo (eds), The Routledge Handbook of Parliamentary Administrations. Routledge: London. 2022. (with Visvaldis Valtenbergs).
• “Chapter 19. Latvia: From Hubris to Nemesis” in Kennet Lyngaard, Mads Jensen and Michael Kluth (eds), Governments’ Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic in Europe: Navigating the Perfect Storm. Palgrave Macmillan: London. 2022.
• “Onwards and Upwards! Mainstreaming Radical Right Populism in Contemporary Latvia” in Michael Loader, Siobhan Hearne and Matthew Kott (eds) Defining Latvia: Recent Explorations in History, Culture and Politics. Budapest, Hungary: CEU Press. 2022
• “The Baltic Countries” pp. 396-425 in Zsuzsa Csergo, Daina S. Eglītis and Paula M. Pickering (eds) Central and East European Politics. Changes and Challenges. 5^th Edition.   Rowman & Littlefield. 2021.
• “The economy in Latvia”. Central and South-Eastern Europe 2022. London: Routledge. 2021.
• “Latvijas politiskās sistēmas eiropeizācija.” pp.17-25 in Daunis Auers (red) Latvija: Parskats par Tautas Attīstību 2019/2020. Latvijas Eiropeizācija. Riga, Latvia: LU SPPI. 2020.
• “Latvia” pp. 131-150 in Vit Hlousek and Petr Kaniok (eds) The European Parliament Election of 2019 in East-Central Europe: Second Order Euroscepticism. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. 2020.
• “From the Soviet Union to the European Union. Key lessons from the economic and political transformation of the Baltic states.” pp.279-302 in Florin Abraham (ed) Annus Mirablis: Three Decades After: Desires, Achievements, Future. Bucharest, Romania: Comunicare. 2020.
• “15 no 100. Latvijas dalības Eiropas Savienībā 15. Gadi” pp. 79-185, Žaneta Ozoliņa and Inna Šteinbuka (red.)  Latvijas Eiropas ceļš: 15 < 30 < 100 Rīga : LU Akadēmiskais apgāds. 2019. (ar A.Austeru, Ž.Ozoliņu un I.Šteinbuku).
• “Populism and political party institutionalisation in the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.” Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences. 11 (3). September 2018, pp. 341-355.
• “Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Liberal parties in the Baltic states”. In Caroline Close & Emilie van Haute (eds) Liberal Parties in Europe. London: Routledge. 2018.
• “Who Are We? Latvia’s International Image Today and Tomorrow.” In Andris Sprūds, Valters Ščerbinskis, Kārlis Bukovskis (eds), The Centenary of Latvia’s Foreign Affairs: Scenarios for the Future. Rīga: Latvian Institute of International Affairs. 2018
• “Populism in the Baltic states.” In Andis Kudors & Artis Pabriks (eds) The Rise of Populism: Lessons for the European Union and the United States of America. Riga: The Center for East European Studies. 2017.
• “The Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2015”. Journal of Common Market Studies. 54(1). September 2016, pp.83-90. (Ar Tomu Rostoku).
• “The impact of the radical right in the Baltic States”. In Michael Minkenberg (ed.) Transforming the Transformation? The Radical Right in the Political Process in East Central Europe. London: Routledge. 2015 (Ar Andresu Kasekampu).

Monographs

• The Politics and Government of the Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the 21^st Century. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, UK/New York, US. 2015.

Popular scientific publications

•  “The Russia-Ukraine War and Right-Wing Populism in Latvia.” In: The Impacts of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine on Right-wing Populism in Europe. (eds). Gilles Ivaldi and Emilia Zankina. European Center for Populism Studies (ECPS). March 8, 2023. Brussels. https://doi.org/10.55271/rp0023

• “Continuity in Change. Latvia’s Local Governments after Regional Reform and Local Government Elections.” Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Analysis. June 2021.
• “No betona uz cilvēku? ES fondi, ANM un Latvijas cilvēkkapitāla akumulēšana”. Ar Uldi Spuriņu, Elmāru Kehri un Robertu Menci. Ekonomistu Apvienība. 2021.
• “Latvia Country Report. Bertelesmann Tranformation Index 2020”. Bertelsmann Stiftung. 2020 (un 2008-2018).
• “Ríga X”. Ar Uldi Spuriņu, Viesturu Celmiņu et al. Domnīca Certus / Eeter Strategy. 2020.
• “RSU un augstākās izglītības eksports”. Ar Uldi Spuriņu un Tomu Baumani. Domnīca Certus. 2020.
• “Reģionu konkurētspēja. Latvijas konkurētspējas ziņojums 2019”. Ar Uldi Spuriņu, Sergeju Gubinu un Edvīnu Karnīti. Domnīca Certus. 2019.
• “The 2019 European Parliament Elections in the Baltic States”. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Analysis. May 2019.
• “Latvia”, Nations in Transit 2018, Freedom House, New York, 2018.
• “Latvija 2022: Globalie satricinājumi. Latvijas izaicinājumi. Domnīca Certus. 2017.
• “Atpakaļ nākotnē? Rīga kā savienotājpilsēta” 4. Nodaļa ziņojumā “Nākotnes mērķi, tagadnes virzieni. Latvija 2022. Latvijas konkurētspējas ziņojums 2017.” Ar Vjačeslavu Dombrovski. Domnīca Certus 2017.
• “Latvijas demogrāfijas portets. Šodien un rīt”. Ar Sergeju Gubinu. Domnīca Certus 2017.
• “Augstākās izglītības ekonomiskā nozīme un ietekme Latvijā”. Ar Sergeju Gubinu. Domnīca Certus 2016.
• “Europe’s new populists are frightening – but they won’t last”. Europe’s World. Summer 2016.
• “Latvia’s New-Old Government.” Foreign Policy Research Institute: Baltic Bulletin. February 2016.