Very excited to share this publication in Politics & Governance together with @sldelange.bsky.social @nathaliebrack.bsky.social @mrooduijn.bsky.social We study the embrace of illiberalism in far-right discourse in the European Parliament between 1999 and 2019 www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...

🚨 Excited to share that my first dissertation paper got published in Politics and Religion this week! I examine: Is Christian religiosity linked to nativist attitudes? And does this relationship strengthen when PRR parties are in power?

🚨 “We just need to recognize that we’re all citizens of this country.” –– Politicians + citizens often stress a shared national identity when trying to bridge racial, partisan, or other group divides. @stysyropoulos.bsky.social & I show why such “shared” identities are doomed to fail. 🧵1/9

Great piece by @jonhenley.bsky.social. I get to outline the vicious cycle of far right support. As mainstream parties move right on immigration, voters adjust their positions to the right, far-right support increases, mainstream parties move more to the right... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

On this note, here is a thread with recent research on what normalization is and how it happens. It includes links to references, from my work and that of others. I tried to tag the authors whenever they are on here, in case you are interested in following their work. 1/8

Hallo Bluesky! Das Institut für Politikwissenschaft @uni-muenster.de wird ab heute (nur) über diesen Kanal aktuelle News zu Studium, Lehre und Forschung posten. Weitere und detaillierte Informationen über unser Institut finden sich auch immer hier: www.uni-muenster.de/IfPol/

⏳ Last day to submit your abstract for #COMPTEXT2025! Deadline: January 15, 2025, 11:59:59pm CET 🚀 Details: shorturl.at/AmocX

Today, @luceng.bsky.social presented her work-in-progress on automated classification of in- and out-group appeals in the context of religion and identity in PRR party communication. Super interesting! #CSS