For a reflection by @tamtagelashvili.bsky.social and me on how online harm to researchers can be prevented and mitigated, see this new chapter 👇

Danke an @simonhammann.bsky.social, der die Bluesky-Debatte mit seinem Post ausgelöst hat, sowie an @bpaassen.bsky.social & @benniangerer.bsky.social: Ihr kommt auch im Newsletter vor! Und @jmwiarda.bsky.social selbstverständlich ebenfalls, sein gestriger Beitrag zum Thema findet sich hier:

“…far-right groups have seized on cultural production – from clothing brands to top 40 music – to normalise their ideas, in a process that researchers say has hit new heights in the age of social media” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Check out this great article by @ashifakassam.bsky.social, featuring yours truly and the fab @gretajasser.bsky.social! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

My brilliant sister @gretajasser.bsky.social said some very clever things here ✨

Read about the "Radical Norm" project lead by @drkondor.bsky.social in this piece from The Guardian.

📣Call for panels & papers for the 2026 ECPR GC! Join the E&D‑endorsed section “Extremism in Extreme Times: Moving Beyond the Mainstream,” co‑chaired by C-REX scholar @drkondor.bsky.social and former C-REX guest researchers @gretajasser.bsky.social & Ryan Switzer. Submit now! ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

It’s here: the absolute coolest thing I have done all year, and that is saying something! “Man Up: Conversations on Gendered Hate in the Digital Age” is an original podcast produced by Long Story Short Media featuring leading extremism expert Cynthia 1/ linktr.ee/manuppodcast

Thanks to all contributors inc: @k8ebrown.bsky.social @aurelmondon.bsky.social Luca Manucci, João Bernardo Narciso @kurtsengul.bsky.social Jordan McSwiney, @amaramarasingam.bsky.social @aysed.bsky.social @philofwrite.bsky.social Chris Wilson, @jeffsparrow1.bsky.social & @gretajasser.bsky.social

Interested in the far right and the media? @imogenrichards.bsky.social edited a new book on it (with a chapter from yours, truly on the reporting on incels in the German media)

Excited to share that a new book I was fortunate to edit is now online! 📚 shorturl.at/LaKw7 'The Far Right and the Media' examines cases of reporting on the FR across Spain, Portugal, the US, UK, Aotearoa NZ, Israel & Australia. A preprint of the introduction is available here: shorturl.at/Rui7S

Whether you work in journalism, civil society, or academia: If you have a project pitch that touches on how digitalization is transforming society and want to come work with us for a bit, consider applying to this highly flexible fellowship. Lmk if you have any Qs.

Vortragstipp "Feindbild Forschung"📅: Am 15.07. spricht @gretajasser.bsky.social (IfDem, FoDEx FB Rechtsradikalismus) über die Beforschung rechter und misogyner Akteure & über Einschüchterungen v. Wissenschaftler:innen. Organisiert v. Fachschaft Sowi & der Geschlechterforschung der @uni-goettingen.de

We did it! Just submitted the manuscript for the edited volume 'Trans Panic, Anti-Gender Mobilisations, and the Far Right', forthcoming with Routledge, ETA 2026. Edited by Iris B. Segers, @audreygagnon.bsky.social @drkondor.bsky.social @gretajasser.bsky.social and myself.

Join us for the ECPR Extremism & Democracy conference where I’ll be discussant for the brilliant panel on food and the far right 🥛🥩🥚 with @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social @leoniedejonge.bsky.social @drkondor.bsky.social @manesweisskircher.bsky.social @gretajasser.bsky.social @celestinekunkeler.bsky.social

Much as the court warns against reading this as a victory of one group over another, that is exactly what will happen now, as a victory of the 'gender-critical' movement over trans women. Regardless of the potentially complex legal ramifications, this narrative will embolden anti-trans mobilisation.

'By rooting misogyny in women’s "shared biology", rather than our shared oppression under patriarchy, the Supreme Court relies on incredibly conservative ideas about gender as a naturalised phenomenon.' Indeed an incredible case of the naturalisation of cisness and the sex/gender order.

‼️If you haven't seen the call already, this is your reminder‼️ 3-year postdoc in computational social science at Aarhus University to study societal norms about political power 🫅 I'll be @comptext.bsky.social in Vienna (April 24-26) if you want to meet up and hear more about the position ☕🗣️

Wenn die Anträge der CDU/CSU morgen angenommen werden, wird sich mein Rechtsstatus und der vieler Menschen in diesem Land ändern. Meine deutsche Staatszugehörigkeit wird dann effektiv weniger wert sein, weil ich nicht ethnisch deutsch bin. Ich bin dann rechtlich nicht mehr gleichgestellt. WTF.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE 🎉 ✨️ 🎉🎊 My Book Is Officially Out 🥂😍💃💃AND The Best Part Is It's #OpenAccess Can't Believe I am Starting 2025 as a Published Author 🤓🤓 6 Years of Hard Work has Officially Paid Off 🍾🍾🍾

Why we need to pay attention to far-right humour? Post by me and Jordan McSwiney

We're counting down to the end of 2024 by highlighting key C-REX events from throughout the year. No. 11: @celestinekunkeler.bsky.social and Iris B. Segers organized a workshop on a forthcoming edited volume, ‘Trans panic and anti-gender mobilisation on the far right’ www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

I wrote for @us.theconversation.com about how I see Bluesky's recent growth in the context of research on social media migration! I don't think folks here necessarily WANT a "new Twitter," but that Bluesky has the potential to recapture some of what people liked. theconversation.com/bluesky-isnt...

5. Simply said, most popular “solutions” to the far right either underestimate the far right (by externalizing it from the “mainstream”) or are logically at odds with the analysis of the strength of the far right (eg asking the far right controlled state to oppose the far right).

Have I just created a Starter Pack? Yes I have. I am sure I am missing LOTS of people. Please lmk if you’d want me to add you! go.bsky.app/DWpfaZX

Check out our blog RightNow! if you’re interested commentary, analysis and reflection on topics related to the contemporary far right, including party politics, subcultural trends, militancy, violence, and terrorism. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

📣CfA: Professorship in Digital Communication! The DDC, in collaboration with the Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS), is calling for a Full Professor & DIAS Chair position on Digital Communication & its impact on democracy & society. fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

I created a starter pack of phenomenal scholars who are also super kind people. Necessarily incomplete— Please nominate someone for me to add! go.bsky.app/Hv3iMGV

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Former Twitter researchers, and social media researchers in general, take note! 🧪 #AcademicSky

📣We are hiring!🔥I'm looking for a PhD & Postdoc. 🔍Research focus on far-right parties, movements & ideologies in int'l perspective, with emphasis on the ways in which the far right is embedded in everyday culture. (2 further positions available, please share!) uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...

This episode was a real treat!

Here are some of the points I made 🧵

The cruelty is the point. Sarah McBride- an alum of the school where I now teach, so very proud- deserves so much better. Shame on them all.

‼️ I am looking for a ECR/postdoc working at the intersection of protest event and social network analysis. This is a 2-year position part of the Horizon EU ProTest project. The successful candidate will work with me (mostly) on the Italian case. Deadline: 11 December. bandi.unibo.it/ricerca/asse...

UPDATED with several more experts — Follow these journalists, researchers, and academics that monitor, research and provide analysis on all the flavors of the rising fascist authoritarian movement. go.bsky.app/PXBrCW9

Unsere Studie 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹-𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮-𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗶 𝗔𝗳𝗗? ist heute erschienen. Wir untersuchen die digitalen Landtagswahlkämpfe in BRB, SN & TH. Unser Fazit: Die digitale Performance der AfD wird in der Öffentlichkeit häufig überschätzt. Sie hängt von medialer Resonanz ab. www.otto-brenner-stiftung.de/social-media...

Jobs: 1 PhD student, 1 Post-doc to work with me on the project "Parliamentary Accountability and EU Action Against Democratic Backsliding". Both positions are for 3 years, starting 1.4.2025. Happy to answer questions. See below or here: www.hhu.de/die-hhu/kont.... PSJMInfo

@irms.bsky.social is accepting applications for new fellows and mentees who are committed to challenging male supremacism through research and analysis until August 9th! Visit our website to learn more. #misogyny #transmisogyny #misogynoir www.theirms.org/joinus

People making a case against block lists and "echo chambers," are either blissfully unaware of the type of vile shit other people are exposed to, or they simply don't care.

👋 We set up an account for all news related to the @ecpr.bsky.social Extremism & Democracy (E&D) Standing Group. We are platform for scholars working on various aspects of E&D around the world. (ecpr.eu/Group/extrem...) 💡Follow @ecpr-ead.bsky.social & stay up to date. 📣 Share to spread the news.

I’ve created a starter pack for #scholars of (digital) #activism and social movements. Please check it out to find people you might be interested in connecting with! Let me also know if you’d like to be included in the pack. #protests #research #AcademicSky go.bsky.app/DN73Mqz

Curious about the creator economy? Join us tomorrow for our first #CCSNChats event! Industry insight meets academic expertise in a virtual roundtable ❤️‍🔥 Book your ticket HERE: www.eventbrite.com/e/ccsn-chats...

Please DM me if you think you belong as I am conscious of adding people to such a list without their consent! Researcher extends beyond academia (and includes journalists, activists etc)

Right-wing media is like improv theater, influencers on stage, performing roles based on a set of loose rules, following a loose script, collaborating towards a shared goal, doing call outs/backs w/ a shared audience who is part of the show, cheering & nudging them as the show unfolds.

The ULTIMATE Tech Won’t Save Us starter pack is here! Follow a bunch of former guests of the show to keep up on their perspectives on the tech industry — and everything else they’re up to. A great group of people to add to your following deck!

Funded PhDs! The call is open for PhDs at the European University Institute (pics) in Florence. 4 yrs full funding + generous research funds. History, Law, Pol+Soc Sci, & Econ. Most grants are limited to member states, do check. Some international grants. Due: 31 Jan 25 www.eui.eu/en/services/...

Why was there a “comedian” making racist jokes about minorities at the Trump MSG rally? Because it’s CARNIVAL! It’s a laughing culture of abuse that we describe in our book www.degruyter.com/document/doi...

Never been an elder anything before

AI pictures look like plastic must taste.