Excited to share that, with @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social , we’ve published a new article in New Media & Society! We examine how far-right actors on X (formerly Twitter) instrumentalize wellness culture to spread reactionary ideology. Thread below 🧵

🚨🚨This is stellar investigative journalism by @kaitlintosh.bsky.social and @michelleinezsimon.bsky.social on how #elonmusk is boosting the #british right. 🧵 news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Crucial to call out racial dog-whistles for what they are. The amount of (thinly) veiled racial statements public figures get away with under the veneer of deniability is astonishing.

"They love death as we love life" - this was not just an offhand comment that Wilders made today. There is a dark and disturbing history behind it. Best explained by @antigonesdream.bsky.social here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Amazing read! Fomo for not being there in person. Crucial step in the much-needed research agenda on the embeddedness of politicians into digital media networks.

New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵

The call for papers/panels for the @ecprsgeu.bsky.social conference is open. Have a look at section 3 on populism, radical politics and the EU that I'll chair together with @sldelange.bsky.social Deadline: December 10 ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

WhatsApp deactivation experimental results in Brazil, India, and South Africa mirror those from prior social media studies: big changes in content exposure -> minimal changes in attitudes, decreases in political knowledge, increases in subjective wellbeing www.venturatiago.com/talk/vmtn_wh...

i mean there’s a guy from a Dutch far-right group sitting in custody right now on terror and weapons offences and another foiled neo-Nazi attack on Eurovision 2020 where the guy planned on using chemicals like cyanide and ricin but ok tweede kamer nltimes.nl/2025/09/19/d...

Super cool position opening up at the super cool department! If you have any questions about the PhD life at CEVIPOL (or know someone who might have them), feel free to reach to out to me:)

Below more information on the research note on how citizens view their political opponents, I have had a pleasure to work on with brilliant colleagues @eelcoharteveld.bsky.social @markuswagner.bsky.social and @jnareal.bsky.social.

Trend that was visible in previous polls continues: VVD losing support while CDA is gaining. PVV slightly ahead of GL/PvdA and CDA. Beyond these four parties, others are below 10% (D66 and JA21) or 5% (another 9 parties)

On Tuesday, Ill be discussing four exciting papers on the far right and illiberalism. They will be presented by @piotrmarczynski.bsky.social @larboe.bsky.social @javidibad.bsky.social and @tevoelker.bsky.social

Question to my followers and #polisky at large. I have data for MPs from Greece, Poland, Belgium and Finland in the period (2019-2023). I am looking for MP-level variables that capture seniority in the party and if it is a new/safe seat. Is there dataset like this? Any tips welcome:)

Great read and wonderful example of incorporating insights from media studies and political communication to address traditional political science questions. I believe that the self-identification as centrist combined with extreme policy views is indicative of algorithmic division of political space

getting my phrenology checked by my laptop camera before I can listen to WAP, a future I always wanted www.404media.co/spotify-uk-a...

⚽️ In their third and last group stage match of Euro 2025, the Polish women’s team secured a hard-fought victory over Denmark, winning 3–2.

The polls, one year since the general election: Reform: +14.1 Greens: +2.6 Lib Dems: +1.5 Conservatives: -6.7 Labour: -11.1 👉https://britainelects.substack.com/p/whos-ahead-in-the-polls

Lives up to the hype! The book shows the authoritarian structure of corporation in action. With Facebook employees withholding bad news from the leadership and rushing to like all their Facebook posts (they usually wrote), the parallels with dysfunctional authoritarian systems are striking.

📣 SAVE THE DATE State of the Federation 🗓️ 6 Feb 2026 | 📍UAntwerp ‪@uantwerpenfsw.bsky.social‬ The 13th edition of this annual polsci conference — hosted by ABSP & ‪@vpw-politicologie.bsky.social‬ — brings together scholars from across subfields to explore Belgium’s polity, politics & policy‪

Quite a strong final statement: "Descriptive research is important and it is a pity that the general obsession with causal estimates disincentivizes researchers from attempting to publish careful and detailed description."

Organizing summer schools surely is a lot of work, but getting to know all these *amazing* junior scholars and learning about their work 💯% makes it worth it!! Can’t wait to see their work come out in top journals!

Many thanks to @rlachat.bsky.social and @rdassonneville.bsky.social for organising the event and to all great speakers! I'm happy I got to spend a week in Paris getting to know a bunch of smart and kind people and learning about their research.

The real danger here to me would not be that people are misled into thinking this is not AI. However, flooding internet with dehumanizing images endangers desensitizing as further to what we see online. I hope Google will have a look at how Veo3 gets used, before integrating it with Youtube Shorts.

Looking forward to welcome the participants of the 2025 CERIUM-FMSH summer school, on Challenges to Electoral Democracy. With @rdassonneville.bsky.social , @fondationmsh.bsky.social, @cerium-udem.bsky.social

The crux of coverage on the primary win of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social focuses (understandably) on the implications it has for Democrats in the age of Trump. 2.0. However, the postulate of 'affordability' applies to the broader context of big cities becoming to expensive to live in.

🚨 Now out in Nature Human Behaviour 🚨 We show that following the news on WhatsApp or Instagram (N = 3,395 🇫🇷🇩🇪) increases current affairs knowledge, participants’ ability to discern true from false news stories, awareness of true news stories, as well as trust in the news. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Iran launches retaliatory strikes, with blasts heard in Tel Aviv, following Israel's unprecedented attack on Iranian nuclear sites. cnn.it/3FU23DR

Back from London, I started searching for explanations why my internet signal was so bad during my stay. I think I found the reason. I love that the real 5G conspiracy is misleading people you can actually connect to it.

🥩 Great to listen to @manesweisskircher.bsky.social presenting our new joint venture on how the far right mobilises against lab-grown meat at the @ecpr-ead.bsky.social conference in London! 🍗

The entire special issue looks amazing! Congrats to authors and editors:)

Quick reminder of Wilders PVV electoral trajectory

Geert Wilders PVV leaves Dutch government coalition, resulting in fall of cabinet Schoof

Cannot recommend this thread by @benstanley.eu enough to understand the difference between exit poll and late poll. I was also struck by the confidence with which Trzaskowski proclaimed himself to be a winner, most likely prematurely so.

Here you can see the results updated live on levels of Gmina -> Powiat -> Voivodeship.

After exit poll slightly favoring Trzaskowski, late polls (IPSOS and OGW) show Nawrocki to win presidential election in Poland. This would mean a continued veto power of PiS of gov's agenda, potentially impacting stability of gov's coalition.

Tribune co-signée avec @piotrmarczynski.bsky.social publiée dans @lemonde.fr sur l'extrême droite en Europe

Do researchers find it appropriate to use AI to draft (parts of) scientific papers? Survey shows quite some support, mostly seen as appropriate with disclosure. ℹ️ www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Yesterday, 13(!) presidential contenders debated for the last time ahead of the first round of presidential election in Poland next Sunday. Currently, gathering 100.000 signatures is sufficient to be registered as the candidate, hence qualifying for the debates. Is it the best way to go about it?

In case you have been wondering what everyone in Poland is talking about 10 days prior to the first round of the presidential elections.

So, yeah, let's be cautious about extrapolating effects mate.

Great article on the confusing death of 4Chan and its everlasting legacy. 'once Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022 there was really no point to 4chan anymore. Why hide behind anonymity if a billionaire lets you post the same kind of extremist content under your real name and even pays you for it?'

Unsurprisingly, Trump supporters cast the ongoing mass protests with the well-known trope of 'paid' protestors. The conspiracy is seemingly inspired/amplified by the Trump advisor Laura Loomer who speaks of the 'Red-Green' alliance between Antifa and environmentalists.

Very nice department to work in! For any questions concerning the city, Belgian (Wallonian!) academia or whatnot, I am also happy to chat:)

The US Director of National Intelligence is retweeting a far-right conspiracy theorist based in Malaysia.

Every person on Bluesky should know: * Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever * Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies * Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured * Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic www.404media.co/the-200-site...

As we are living in a very confusing moment, below I am including a few articles/books/podcasts that helped me (somewhat) to make sense of the current dynamics in the U.S. I would be happy to receive any recommendations, as there are lots of people here whose media diet I am very curious of.