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Elena Avramovska

Dr Elena Avramovska is a senior researcher for democracy, society and youth at the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung office ‘Democracy of the Future’. She has contributed to publications with Oxford University Press, Routledge and the Journal of Democracy.

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Why Young Voters Are Ignoring Mainstream Politics

Elena Avramovska, Matteo Dressler and Michael Jennewein

Political parties are failing to connect with young voters—can they rethink their strategies before it is too late?

Politically disengaged youth in the former eastern bloc

Michael Jennewein and Elena Avramovska

Young people across the eastern-EU member states believe in Europe and universal norms—but their governments turn them off.