Articles by Lesley-Ann Daniels

August 29, 2025

🧭 When Europe means unity, not pluralism: rethinking conditionality in Ukraine

Lesley-Ann Daniels

Lesley-Ann Daniels and Marc Sanjaume-Calvet explore a paradox at the heart of Ukraine’s path to EU membership: the strongest pro-European voices are often the least supportive of minority rights. Drawing on new survey data, they call for a more adaptive and politically sensitive enlargement strategy

Divided by sovereignty claims – territorial identity and societal polarisation

Lesley-Ann Daniels

Laia Balcells, Lesley-Ann Daniels, and Alexander Kuo highlight the role of contentious territorial issues in shaping societal divisions. They study three European regions —Scotland, Catalonia, and Northern Ireland — that have salient territorial claims but very different histories. All three, however, exhibit striking similarities in levels of social polarisation

Lesley-Ann Daniels

Assistant Professor, IBEI Barcelona

Lesley-Ann is a comparative politics scholar.

Her research interests are conflict and post-conflict settlements, transitional justice and public opinion.

She has published on amnesty and conflict settlement, and public opinion on territorial issues.

She has worked on Northern Ireland, Aceh, Spain, Scotland and Colombia.

Her current research project looks at opinions within Ukraine.

@ladanielsla

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