📣 In a new open access article in @environmentalpol.bsky.social, I examine how appeals to "economic realism" – like the claim that we "can’t afford climate policy" – have long structured far-right #climateskepticism @cidape.bsky.social @ifswien.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢 JOIN OUR ROUNDTABLE 🗓️ 22 Oct @univie.ac.at Hosted by @ifswien.bsky.social, Civil Sphere Network, @arbeiterkammer.at Wien, CIDAPE, chair: @evrop-anka.bsky.social . Speakers: @karenner.bsky.social, Csaba Szalo (@masarykuniversity.bsky.social), Adriana Zaharijević, @dominikzelinsky.bsky.social

🚨Publication alert: Congratulations to our team member @tillhilmar.bsky.social on his new publication in @environmentalpol.bsky.social 👏

🌿Mid-term conference in #Tartu this month - We discussed ways to strengthen interdisciplinary research on #ClimateEmotions, innovative methodologies and staged an interactive #deliberative #democratic assembly on #ClimatePolitics led by @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @futuresstudiouu.bsky.social

What is... CLIMATE DISTRESS? 🧐 #theory #climateemotions #inequality #democracy #climatechange #socialscience #humanities #psychology

✨ My article on #climateskepticism in AfD's and FPÖ's social media communication will soon be out in Environmental Politics – stay tuned! @cidape.bsky.social @ifswien.bsky.social

A Horizon meeting @cidape.bsky.social in Tartu under way. With a lot of great people!

Brainstorming with the consortium at our mid-term conference in #Tartu. #ClimateEmotions #Democracy #Deliberation #Equality

PhD researcher Sarah Helena Schäfer from @ifswien.bsky.social at @univie.ac.at speaking to Tibetan Buddhist nuns and monks in #India about the role of #emotions in #climate action. Here, she's with a group of exceptionally savvy nuns from Ladakh talking about #SpiritualClimateDiscourse for CIDAPE🌿

😨 Fear and 😟 anxiety often drive policy, especially in times of crisis. How emotions shape protective policymaking is the focus of our latest #PROTEMOInsights. 📲 Take a look 👉 www.protemo.eu/news/protemo... #PROTEMO #Emotions #Democracy

How can collective emotions -and cardboard- fuel democracy under the strain of war? 👉 Read the full blogpost here: www.pledgeproject.eu/pledge-blog-... #Ukraine #CardboardRevolution #Democracy #PoliticalEmotions #CivicEngagement #PLEDGE #EU

Had a wonderful time at the @ecpr.bsky.social conference in Thessaloniki! Great exchanges on #Emotions and Public #Policy, especially in the panel chaired by @kaylamgabehart.bsky.social and in the panels by our @protemo.bsky.social and @pledge-project.bsky.social colleagues.

🎙️ New @ccspod.bsky.social episode! I unpack how computational methods transform the study of opinionated communication + share insights from my work on studying climate change campaigns on social media with @cidape.bsky.social Listen here 👉 aboutccs.net/opinion/

Meet Susanna Soosaar - postdoc researcher at CIDAPE

Nora Habelitz and Nikos Saridakis at #ECPR General Conference in #Thessaloniki. Nikos chaired a panel on #FarRight Mobilisation, @nhabelitz.bsky.social‬ presented a paper with @sonjablum.bsky.social‬ and @fabiennelind.bsky.social‬ on #emotions in policy communication during the 2024 #EU elections.

Check out one of the first publications from the CIDAPE project @cidape.bsky.social on „Climate, Inequality and Democratic Action - The Force of Political Emotions“ 👇

Sylvia Herzog and Sarah Helena Schäfer from @univie.ac.at @ifswien.bsky.social presented at the @isa-sociology.org confere ce in #Rabat #Morocco this week in a session on "Multiple Civil Spheres Shaping Environmental Solidarities" #ClimateBoundaries #Inequality #ClimateEmotions #EmotionalKnowledge

Last week #CIDAPE joined the @univie.ac.at #MissionClimate event, learning about #naturebasedsolutions ♻️ from the Department of Geography and getting to network interdisciplinary and with political stakeholders. 📸 #1-3 @veronikaebner.bsky.social #4 Philipp Stambera - FFG

🪟👀 Patrik Gažo in #Slovakia about to collect insights from skilled workers and socio-cultural professionals about the impact of #ClimateChange on their work, private lives and #Emotions. 📝Study on #ClimateBoundaries w/ @tillhilmar.bsky.social @dominikzelinsky.bsky.social @magneflemmen.bsky.social

Veronika Ebner at @icahdq.bsky.social conference in #Denver on “Popularity on Social Media During the #EU Election 2024: A Computational Analysis of Climate-Related Policy Salience Across Platforms and #EU Member States” [email protected] @sonjablum.bsky.social @dominikzelinsky.bsky.social

Last week at Sustainability Day @ifswien.bsky.social🌿 Shout-out to @fabiennelind.bsky.social, @tillhilmar.bsky.social, Linda Coufal & Sarah Schäfer for presenting a poster with first insights👏 & @evrop-anka.bsky.social & Fabienne for an interesting panel discussion on #emotions and #climatepolitics

💙Today on Emotion Awareness Day, we highlight the power of emotions in shaping democracy. @mores-project.bsky.social @protemo.bsky.social @cidape.bsky.social ape.bsky.social‬ @encodemotion.bsky.social #EmotionAwarenessDaya#EmotionsInDemocracycy

Open Call for Applications:📢 Summer School on 'Democratic Backsliding and Political Conflict' at ‪@sns.it‬ organized by CIDAPE WP6 Co-Lead Manuela Caiani. www.sns.it/it/evento/su...

Anger, pride, contempt—these moral emotions shape how we engage with politics. 🔍 We launched a crowdsourcing activity to learn how emotions affect your views on important EU policies. Your opinion makes a difference. Have your say: 🔗https://mores-horizon.eu/news/have-your-say-about-eu-policies 🧪

Impressions from #ecprjs25 at @charlesuni.cuni.cz where we exchanged updates of our current research stages. Lovely also to meet with colleagues Thomas Legein and Gabriella Szabo from our #EU Horizon sister project @pledge-project.bsky.social and commenting on each other's papers.

Nora Habelitz presenting research results with Fabienne Lind @fabiennelind.bsky.social and Sonja Blum @sonjablum.bsky.social at #ecprjs25. "Energized? How German and Italian Politicians emotionally narrate energy policy in the EU Elections 2024."🔋

@evrop-anka.bsky.social at COST Action @depolarisingeu.bsky.social last week, to present CIDAPE’s new methodology for understanding #emotions in #climate discourse. WP1 is establishing an “Interpretative Emotions Analysis” framework, using emotions as a critical lens to address polarised debates.

This week, Susanna Soosaar (University of Tartu) and Nora Habelitz (University of Bielefeld) are working together to discuss climate policy narratives in Bielefeld. They’re analysing emotions in debates about climate laws in the Estonian and German context. 🌱

Could political radicalism require an element of conservatism? That's what we suggest in our new article. Treating politics as theatre🎭, we suggest that the most successful political movements tap into and reinterpret already dominant symbols. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Nikos Saridakis preparing for the CIDAPE WP6 focus group discussion in Rome @Pick Center, in April 2025. Learn more about our focus groups here: cidape.eu/news-events/...

This #EarthDay, we reflect on the emotions that shape how we engage with the climate emergency: grief, anger, hope... How do you feel about it? Emotions are a form of climate knowledge. They reveal what matters and what futures we’re willing to fight for. #ClimateEmotions #EarthDay2025 #CIDAPE

Ondřej Císař and Linda Coufal preparing for the citizen panels, as the CIDAPE team in Czechia examines the views of citizens on climate justice activism. Find out more: cidape.eu/news-events/...

👋 Meet Sarah Helena Schäfer PhD researcher at CIDAPE (WP 1) @univie.ac.at #ClimateEmotions #Sociology #Spirituality #Buddhism #CIDAPE

📣 New publication by @michelpoiccard.bsky.social from WP5 👏 Interesting read on the nexus between armed conflicts and climate change with a case study of the war in Ukraine 📖

Meet Anna Durnová – Principal Investigator of CIDAPE @evrop-anka.bsky.social #PoliticalEmotions #ResearchEthics #CIDAPE cidape.eu/research/

Last week @veronikaebner.bsky.social (WP3) engaged with a youth audience in a panel discussion about climate communication on social media at the UN building in Vienna. Big thanks to the audience that had many questions about how we can communicate #climatechange better and find motivation to act 💪

Here are some pictures from Ipek Demirsu from @sns.it who is currently conducting go-along interviews for WP6 with local farmers in 🇮🇹 to talk about their perceptions of climate change, strategies they develop, and how they feel about relevant regulations aiming to promote sustainable agriculture 🚜🌱

Goodbye X, hello bluesky 🦋 #CIDAPE is happy to be here and we will soon start introducing our project partners and share details about our research on climate, inequality, emotions, and democratic action. Stay tuned 🔥