Research

Currently, I am a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz (Germany). I conduct research as part of the Nationalism and Democratic Backsliding project. The project examines the role of nationalism in contemporary Europe, focusing on how illiberal elites mobilise nationalist narratives in post-socialist and post-fascist societies. I am responsible for fieldwork component of the project, including focus group research in Poland, Croatia, Germany, and Spain, as well as elite discourse analysis. Concurrently, I am working on several publications deriving from this project and from my PhD research, including a book proposal based on my doctoral thesis, provisionally titled Another Chinese City? Identity Formation amid Hong Kong’s Autocratisation.

Prior to my position at the University of Konstanz, I obtained a PhD and MRes in Political and Social Sciences from the European University Institute in Florence (Italy). My doctoral research examined grassroots identity formation in the context of socio-political transformations and Hong Kong’s post-colonial predicament. During my PhD, I held visiting researcher positions at the University of California, Berkeley; Goethe University Frankfurt; and The Chinese University of Hong Kong. 

Before this, I was a Research Associate at the University of Glasgow (UK), where I investigated the impact of Brexit on livelihood and belonging among Polish migrants in Scotland. I also worked as a Research Assistant at the Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography (Germany), and held research internships at organisations including Stop The Wall (Palestine) and the United Nations (Austria).

My academic research has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as European Urban and Regional Studies and Scottish Affairs. I have also published in other academic outlets online and co-authored a community outreach handbook. I am currently finalising several working papers with a view to submitting them to major international journals.

  • Bogacki, M., Botterill, K., Burrell, K. & Hörschelmann, K. (2023). What about Europe? European identity and spatial imaginaries of Europe among Polish migrants during post-Brexit negotiations in Scotland. European Urban and Regional Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/09697764231176546

    Botterill, K., Bogacki, M., Burrell, K., & Hörschelmann, K. (2020). Applying for Settled Status: Ambivalent and reluctant compliance of EU citizens in post-Brexit Scotland. Scottish Affairs. https://doi.org/10.3366/scot.2020.0329

  • Bogacki, M. (2026). Another Chinese city? : Identity Formation amid Hong Kong’s Autocratisation. European University Institute, PhD Thesis. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/94464

    Hörschelmann, K., Werner, A., Bogacki, M. & Lazova, Y. (2019). Taking Action for Urban Nature: Handbook for Citizen Engagement. NATURVATION Guide. Available at: https://naturvation.eu/sites/default/files/result/files/citizen_engagement_brochure2pag esmall.pdf

    Bogacki, M., Ruiter, J.J. de & Sèze R. (2018). The Charlie Hebdo Attacks in Paris: Defining Islamophobia and its Socio-Political Applications. Rozenberg Quarterly. Available here

    Bogacki, M. (2018). United Nations of Chunking Mansions. The Leipzig Glocal. Available at: https://leipglo.com/2018/10/26/united-nations-chungking-mansions/

    Bogacki, M. (2017). Polish Muslims: Tatar communities celebrating the end of Ramadan in Poland. Fresh from Poland. Available at: https://freshfrompoland.com/project/mariusz-bogacki-polish-muslims/

  • Another Chinese City? Identity Formation amid Hong Kong’s Autocratisation. Book proposal.

    Bogacki, M. (in preparation). Participatory Methods in Political Science: Why and How? TBC

    Bogacki, M. (in preparation). Why not Chinese? Explaining Hong Kong Identity as Lived Experience. Perspectives on Politics.

    Bogacki, M. (in preparation). ‘It’s just an extra day off’: Perceptions and Attitudes towards Chinese National and Cultural Commemorations in Hong Kong. Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism.

    Bogacki, M. (in preparation). Vulnerable Fieldwork amid Autocratisation: The Case of Hong Kong. Qualitative Research.‍ ‍