Dr Michael Martin Richter

affiliated researcher

Department of Politics and Economics

 

richterm@uni-bremen.de

 
 

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Research interests

• Evolution and current state of state-business relations in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)
• Survival and adaptation mechanisms of enterprises to crises in autocratic and hybrid regimes
• Corporate governance determinants of companies in post-Soviet countries
• Small and middle enterprises and entrepreneurship in Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine

 

short biography
 
10/2023 – 08/2024:  Postdoc Research Fellow and Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Surrey within the European Union’s Horizon Europe Project “REDEMOS: Reconfiguring EU Democracy Support. Towards a Sustained Demos in the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood” (grant agreement No 101061738)

09/2020 - 08/2023 Scientific employee (PhD candidate) at the Research Centre for East European Studies (University of Bremen) as part of the Innovative Training Network (ITN): Mapping Uncertainties, Challenges and Future Opportunities of Emerging Markets: Informal Barriers, Business Environments and Future Trends in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia (MARKETS), which is funded by an MSCA grant of the European Union in the context of Horizon 2020 (Grant agreement no: 861034) and coordinated by Dublin City University

09/2019 - 06/2020 European Interdisciplinary Studies: EU Public Affairs and Policies (M.A.)
College of Europe, Natolin
Title of MA Thesis: “The Eurasian Economic Union in 2030: A Moscow-led Alternative to the EU or Another Paper Tiger of Post-Soviet Integration Efforts?”

09/2017- 06/2019 International Master in Economy, State, and Society: Politics and the International Economy (first degree) and International Relations (second degree).
University College London (UCL) and Higher School of Economics (HSE) Moscow
Title of MA Thesis: “Economic Benefits and Political Obstacles of an FTA Between EU and EAEU”

01/19- 03/19 Policy Analysis Intern at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Moscow, Russia

09/2018 - 11/2018 Intern in the Political Department of the Polish Embassy in Moscow, Russia

10/2013 - 06/2017 Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) in International Management (double degree)
European School of Business (ESB) in Reutlingen and Jagiellonian University in Cracow
Title of B.Sc Thesis: “The Reasons for the Divergent Economic Development of Poland and Ukraine After 1989” 

07/2017 - 08/2017 Research and Data Analyst Intern Centre of Analysis of the Jagiellonian Club in Cracow, Poland

02/2016 - 06/2016 Assurance Intern at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in Freiburg, Germany

02/2015 - 06/2015 Procurement Intern at Ecolab Engineering in Cracow, Poland


Scholarships

09/2019 - 06/2020 European Neighbourhood Policy scholarship from the European Commission for the studies at the College of Europe

10/2016 - 06/2019 Konrad Adenauer Foundation scholarship for outstanding students


Publications
 

Edited Volumes

Michael Martin Richter, Jakub Bartoszewski (Eds.). (2024): Społeczno-gospodarcza Przyszłość Europy – Raport Demograficzny [Socio-economic Future of Europe – Demography  Report]. Coopernicus.pl.

Peer-Reviewed Jorunals

Michael Martin Richter (2024): Democratic breakthrough or new partial reform equilibrium? Ukraine’s institutional development in the third year of the large-scale invasion. Ukraine Analytical Digest, Issue 7, 2-6.

Michael Martin Richter (2024):  Transformation through Transparency: Anti-Corruption Reforms as the Key Principle in Ukraine's Reconstruction. Ukraine Analytica, Volume 33, Issue 1, 28-35.

Michael Martin Richter (2023): Victim of its Own Success (?) – The European Union’s Anti-Corruption Policy Advice in Ukraine Between Grand Visions and (Geo)political Realities. Journal of Common Market Studies.

Michael Martin Richter (2023): ‘Call the Bluff’ or ‘Build Back Better’ – Anti-Corruption Reforms in Post-War Ukraine.    Global Policy, Volume 14, Issue 4, 611-622.

Michael Martin Richter (2023): Diversity of Actors in Reform Backsliding and its Containment in the Ukrainian Hybrid Regime. Politics and Governance, Volume 11, Issue 1, pp. 5-15.

Jakub Bartoszewski, Michael Martin Richter (2022): Eastern Europe’s Melting Pot: How Warsaw Became the Conduit for Spreading Western Values in the Post-Soviet World. In:  Journal of International Affairs, Volume 74, Issue 1, pp. 297-318.

Michael Richter (2020): A Greater European FTA: Economic Gains yet Socio-Political Pains for Moscow? Greater European Journal Vol. 2, pp. 48-57.

Book Chapters

Michael Martin Richter (2024): Korruption und Oligarchismus in der Ukraine [Corruption and Oligarchy in Ukraine]. In: Dobbins, Michael (ed.), Ukraine erklären. Ukraine-Forschung in den Sozial- und Geisteswissenschaften im Kontext von Postkolonialismus und Postimperialismus. Springer VS. In preparation.

Michael Martin Richter, Jakub Bartoszewski (2024): Sustainable Taxation in the Service of the European Green Deal and Just Transition. In: Tandon, Suranjali (ed.), ‘A Green Deal for the Globe: European Union External Action and International just Transition' (pp. 80-120). Warsaw: College of Europe.

Michael Martin Richter et al. (2023): Political Cooperation Formats. In: Kerr,  Breanna (ed.), Voices from Central and Eastern Europe – Emerging Leaders Speak on the Second Annual Transatlantic Security Initiative (pp. 12-17). International Republican Institute.

Michael Martin Richter (2022): Innovationen als Wachstumsfaktor in der Transformation. Eine komparative Analyse von Ostdeutschland und Polen [Innovation as a growth factor during the transformation. A comparative analysis of east Germany and Poland]. In: Flade, Falk; Steinkamp, Anna; Walerski, Konrad (eds.), Transformation in Polen und Ostdeutschland. Voraussetzungen, Verlauf und Ergebnisse (pp. 103-122). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

Michael Richter (2019): Integracja w Europie – czy bliższa współpraca to klucz do wspólnego dobrobytu? [Integration in Europe - is Closer Cooperation the Key to Shared Prosperity?]. In: European Financial Congress (ed.), Akademia: Co zmienilibyśmy w Polsce i Europie? (pp. 46-51).

Michael Richter (2019): Zukunft der europäischen Sicherheitsinfrastruktur, [The Future of the European Security Infrastructure]. In: Crawford, Claudia; Chernov, Igor (eds.), Das europäische Sicherheitssystem: Mittel und Wege der Krisenbewältigung (pp. 24-26). Konrad Adenauer Foundation.

Science Communication

Michael Martin Richter, Kamil Tomkowicz (2024, May 22).  Polska musi zmienić model gospodarczy i zacząć inwestować w młodzież, edukację oraz innowacyjność [Poland needs to change its economic model and start investing in youth, education and innovation]. Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.

Patrick Triglavcanin, Michael Martin Richter (2024, February 23). Comment for the Big Ask on ‘How can partners enhance support for Ukraine?’. Britain’s World - The Council on Geostrategy’s online magazine.

Michael Martin Richter (2024, January 31).  Frozen assets: Avoiding the zero-sum game in supporting Ukraine. Britain’s World -  The Council on Geostrategy’s online magazine.

Laura Chappell, Michael Martin Richter (2023, December 19). Polish Security and Defence under the new Tusk Government: A ‘go to’ Player once more? Ideas on Europe - European Studies Network Blog.

Michael Martin Richter (2023, November 1): Opinion: Why the Polish elections are good news for Ukraine. Kyiv Independent.

Michael Martin Richter (2023, October 2):  The realists vs idealists Brussels battle on Ukraine's EU accession. EU Observer.

Michael Martin Richter (2023, June 8): Reading the Fine Print: Anti-Reforms Under the Banner of Reforms. Vox Ukraine.

Michael Martin Richter (2022): Verzweiflungstat aus wirtschaftlicher Schwäche - Russlands Krieg als Versuch, das Imperium wiederherzustellen [Act of Dispair out of Economic Weakness – Russia’s War as an Attempt to Restore the Empire]. In: WeltTrends, No.186, pp. 10-14.

Michael Martin Richter (2021): Konsum, Konservatismus und Staats-Kapitalismus – die PiS beschließt die sozio-ökonomische “Polnische Ordnung” [Consumption, Conservatism and State Capitalism – the PiS Party Brings the New Socio-Cconomic “Polish Order”]. In: Polen-Analysen 284, pp. 2–6.

Michael Martin Richter (2021): Die Ukraine auf dem Weg zum Rechts- oder Präsidentenstaat [Ukraine on the way towards a presidential or rule of law state]. In: Ukraineanalysen no. 256.

Michael Martin Richter (2021): Radiophobia - Why the Fallout of Unscientific Myths from Chernobyl Still Prevails. In: New Eastern Europe No 5/2021, pp. 141-146.

Michael Martin Richter (2021): Russische kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMUs) in der Corona-Krise – Ein Sterben auf Raten [Russian SMEs Dring COVID – a Death in Tranches]. In: Russland-Analysen no. 404.

Michael Richter (2021): Das Moskauer Damoklesschwert - Zum Verhältnis zwischen der EU und Russland, [Moscow’s Sword of Damocles – on the Relations Between EU and Russia]. In: WeltTrends, No.176, pp. 58-61 .

Michael Richter (2021, February 8): The battle of Nord Stream 2 narratives, Ridl.io.

Michael Richter, Mikhail Polianskii (2020): Belarus: Strategisch gefangen, [Belarus: Strategically Iocked]. In: WeltTrends, No.170, pp. 9-14.

Michael Richter, Jakub Bartoszewski (2020): Dirigisme 2.0 – The Way to Go for the Region? In: New Eastern Europe, No. 5/2020, pp. 98-106.

Janis Kluge, Michael Richter (2020, March 20): The Lisbon-Vladivostok Illusion. Op-ed, Ridl.io.