Research and Analysis

Policy papers

• Emily Adams, John Austin, Maria Skóra (2025). How the United States’ and Germany’s Politics Got Upended, AIA NRW Discussion Papers 2025/7, Academy of International Affairs NRW, https://www.aia-nrw.org/en/publications/how-the-united-states-and-germanys-politics-got-upended/.
• Maria Skóra (2025). “What future for rule of law protection? Towards a more effective use of the EU’s toolbox under the vdL 2.0 Commission”, European Policy Centre, Brussels, https://epc-web-s3.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/ckeditor/2025/07/16/rule-of-law-pb-v4.pdf.
• Sophie Pornschlegel, Corina Stratulat, Eric Maurice, Luca Barana, Marc-Olivier Padis, Daniel Schade, Maria Skóra (2024). “More diverse than united? A comparative analysis of the EU elections”, European Policy Centre/Das Progressive Zentrum, Brussels/Berlin, https://www.progressives-zentrum.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/241001_DPZ_EPC_EP-Election-Project_Final-Report.pdf.
• Maria Skóra (2022). “How can the EU better protect the rule of law?”, FES Europe Policy Brief, Brussels, https://brussels.fes.de/e/policy-paper-how-to-improve-the-eus-rule-of-law-toolbox.
• Maria Skóra, Sophie Pornschlegel (2019). “European Elections and Beyond. A comparative outlook at the European Election Campaigns in France, Germany and Poland”, Das Progressive Zentrum, Berlin, 2019, https://www.progressives-zentrum.org/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/04/The-European-Election-2019_A-Comparative-Outlook.pdf.
• Maria Skóra (2019). “EU Dispute with Hungary: What’s Next? An Overview”, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung/Das Progressive Zentrum, Berlin, https://www.progressives-zentrum.org/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/DPZ_Policy-Brief_EU-Dispute-with-Hungary.pdf.
• Maria Skóra (2015). “Social and Fiscal Policy in CEE. Two Sides of One Coin”, Das Progressive Zentrum, Berlin, https://www.progressives-zentrum.org/social-and-fiscal-policy-in-eastern-and-central-europe-two-sides-of-one-coin/?lang=en.

Working Papers

• Maria Skóra (2025). Breaking the Law to Restore the Law? Evidence from the Public Media Crisis in Poland, 2025/33 DI Working Papers, Central European University Democracy Institute, https://democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/sites/default/files/article/attachment/2025-10/Maria%20Skora_Breaking%20the%20law%20to%20restore%20the%20law_CEU%20DI%20WP%2033%202025.pdf.
• Maria Skóra (2024). “Overcoming the rule of law erosion in Poland. Legal and political dimensions”, Working Paper, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Warsaw.
• Maria Skóra (2013). “Austerity Policies and Gender Impacts In Poland. Working Paper”, Freidrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Budapest, https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/budapest/10834.pdf.

Analyses

• Maria Skóra (2025). “Null and Void. The CJEU Judgment on Poland’s Chamber of Extraordinary Control and Public Affairs”, Verfassungsblog, 16.09.2025, https://verfassungsblog.de/cjeu-poland-supremecourt/.
• Maria Skóra (2024). “Restoring the Rule of Law. Politics in the Service of Democracy”, in: Current Debate: One Year Later: Rule of Law in Poland, Verfassungsblog, 18.12.2024, https://verfassungsblog.de/restoring-the-rule-of-law/.
• Maria Skóra (2023). “Die Transformation des polnischen Rechtssystems seit 2015. Reformen und ihre Folgen”, Dossier, Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung, 29.09.2023, https://www.bpb.de/themen/europa/polen/541201/die-transformation-des-polnischen-rechtssystems-seit-2015/.
• Maria Skóra (2023). “Czy Niemcy zatrzymają łamanie praworządności w Polsce? [analiza Archiwum Osiatyńskiego]”, Wiktor Osiatyński Archive, 8.05.2023, https://archiwumosiatynskiego.pl/wpis-w-debacie/czy-niemcy-zatrzymaja-lamanie-praworzadnosci-w-polsce-analiza-archiwum-osiatynskiego/.
• Maria Skóra (2023). “The Rule of Law Challenge in Poland from the Perspective of Germany”, in: Anna Wójcik (ed.) European mechanisms for safeguarding the rule of law and national responses, Wiktor Osiatyński Archive/Foundation for Civic Monitoring OKO, https://archiwumosiatynskiego.pl/images/2023/06/AO_raport2023_EN_23.06.20.pdf.
• Maria Skóra (2022). “In need of a decisive European response to the attacks on the rule of law: the case of Poland”, Berlin Perspectives, Institut für Europäische Politik, Berlin, https://iep-berlin.de/site/assets/files/2254/iep_paper_bp_rule_of_law_the_case_of_poland_22_10.pdf.
• Maria Skóra (2022). “Protecting the rule of law: The case of Poland”, Berlin Perspectives 04/2022, Institut für Europäische Politik, https://iep-berlin.de/site/assets/files/2254/iep_paper_bp_rule_of_law_the_case_of_poland_22_10.pdf.
• Maria Skóra (2019). “The European Parliament Elections and Beyond”, German Marshall Fund, April 2019, https://www.gmfus.org/news/european-parliament-elections-and-beyond.
• Maria Skóra (2017). “The V4 Lack a Shared Vision for Social Europe”, Clingendael Magazine, https://www.clingendael.org/publication/v4-lack-shared-vision-social-europe.

Reports

• Maria Skóra, Georg McCutcheon (2025). “Selbstverständlich europäisch!? 2025. Den Führungsanspruch kooperativ gestalten”, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Berlin, https://www.boell.de/de/2025/06/19/selbstverstaendlich-europaeisch-2025.
• Maria Skóra, Gavin Rae (2025). “Social Democracy with(out) people: possible strategies for survival and expansion of the Polish left”, FEPS/FES, Brussels/Warsaw, https://feps-europe.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Social-Democracy-without-people.pdf.
• Maria Skóra, Jakub Jaraczewski (2025). “Scenarios from Poland’s Presidential Election”, Democracy Reporting International, Berlin, https://democracyreporting.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/images/6835947b17dad.pdf.
• Maria Skóra, Jakub Jaraczewski (2025). “Presidential Election in Poland. A Comparative Analysis of Candidates’ Programmes: Rule of Law, Democracy, and European Engagement”, Democracy Reporting International, Berlin, https://democracyreporting.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/images/682b011d63ff6.pdf.
• Maria Skóra (2024). “WE TAKE OUR HOUSE BACK!” Containing the fringe conspiracy movements in the United States. Lessons for Germany, American Council On Germany, https://acgusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Maria-Skora-Final-Report-Conspiracy-Theories-in-US.pdf.
• Maria Skóra, York Albrecht (2024). “RESILIO toolbox”, Institut für Europäische Politik, Berlin, https://iep-berlin.de/site/assets/files/3756/iep_resilio_toolbox_final.pdf.
• Maria Skóra, David Nonhoff, York Albrecht (2024). “What makes the rule of law resilient? Evidence from EU27”, Institut für Europäische Politik, Berlin, https://iep-berlin.de/site/assets/files/3623/iep_resilio_monitor_fullreport_final_digital_20240305.pdf.
• Maria Skóra (2024). “Poland revisited. Strategic impulses for government stakeholders in Germany”, Institut für Europäische Politik, Berlin, https://iep-berlin.de/site/assets/files/3604/polen_5-pager_en_neu.pdf.
• Ania Skrzypek, Maria Skóra (eds.) (2018). “The Future of the Visegrad Group”, Foundation for European Progressive Studies/Das Progressive Zentrum, Brussels/Berlin, https://www.progressives-zentrum.org/ebook-the-future-of-the-visegrad-group/?lang=en.

Peer-reviewed

• York Albrecht, Maria Skóra (2025). “Rechtsstaatlichkeitsresilienz in der Praxis: Ansätze und Perspektiven aus den EU-Mitgliedstaaten”, integration 1/2025:35-50, doi.org/10.5771/0720-5120-2025-1-35.
• Maria Skóra (2024). “Poland ist zurück – Chancen für ein polnisch-deutsches Engagement in Europa nach den Parlamentswahlen 2023”, integration 1/2024.
• York Albrecht, David Nonhoff, Maria Skóra, Robyn Titulski (2023). “Rechtsstaatlichkeit unter Druck: Resilienz statt Reaktion”, integration 1/2023, DOI:10.5771/0720-5120-2023-1-4.
• Maria Skóra (2022). “Die Überwindung der Polykrise – Europa braucht eine ‘Zeitenwende’“, integration, 45(4):343-350, DOI:10.5771/0720-5120-2022-4-343.
• Dominic Schickert, Maria Skóra, Diego Rivas, Lukas Schwermer, Ansgar Klein (2021). “Die USA nach der Präsidentenwahl: Mobilisierung sozialer Bewegungen und eine gespaltene Zivilgesellschaft”, Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen 34(1):1-13, DOI:10.1515/fjsb-2021-0001.
• Maria Skóra (2010). “Searching for a new quality – queer, gender and economics”, interalia, 2010-5, DOI:10.51897/interalia/GQDS2207.

Chapters in books

• Maria Skóra (2023). “Les États de Visegrad, la « crise migratoire » et le populisme” [in:] La France, l’Allemagne et l’Europe face aux migrations, défi majeur du XXIe siècle, Claire Demesmay, Stephan Martens (eds.), Collection Perspectives Européennes, Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, https://urn.ub.unibe.ch/urn:ch:slsp:zbz:9791030009637:ihv:pdf. 
• Maria Skóra (2018). “The 4th Industrial Revolution in Poland. Status Quo and Outlook” [in:] Work in the Digital Age Challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Max Neufeind, Jacqueline O’Reilly, Florian Ranft (eds.), Sussex Business School, University of Sussex/Policy Network/Das Progressive Zentrum, London, https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781786609076/Work-in-the-Digital-Age-Challenges-of-the-Fourth-Industrial-Revolution. 
• Maria Skóra (2017). “Ekonomia ‘dobrej zmiany’. Czy w Polsce panuje rynek pracownika?” [in:] Ekonomia polityczna dobrej zmiany, Michał Sutowski (red.), Instytut Studiów Zaawansowanych/Krytyka Polityczna, Warsaw, https://krytykapolityczna.pl/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ekonomia-polityczna-dobrej-zmiany.pdf.