Launching our new "Words matter" series on our Peripheral Politics substack! 🐀 This first piece examines how language shapes discourse around Russia's war in Ukraine. peripheralpolitics.substack.com/p/words-matt...

📢 My book on Hungarian politics and populist polarisation is out. The online (hybrid) launch is on Monday 8 December at noon GMT, 2-4pm EST in Helsinki. The whole monograph is available open access online from @helsinkiupress.bsky.social - and in paper copies, if anyone is interested 🎉

🎈 Starting a new #postdoc project funded by the The Ella and Georg Ehrnrooth Foundation, exploring how young Hungarians define "news" when facing both global platform chaos AND a state-aligned media system. What counts as news anymore? What should journalism actually do?

How the the far-right uses TikTok in Europe to spread conspiracy theories vsquare.org/far-right-ti...

Just featured with Inga Jasinskaja-Lahti on Yle's All Points North podcast discussing our research on collective psychological ownership in Finland! (1/3) yle.fi/a/74-20181351 @decaproject.bsky.social @strateginen.bsky.social

This looks fascinating. @paologerbaudo.bsky.social is constantly a few years ahead of the curve in thinking creatively about the intersection of politics, media and culture - so he is one of those authors I always take seriously and drop everything to read!

On our substack, Peripheral Politics, @lanihart.bsky.social wrote about the critical skill of visual analysis in political communication. peripheralpolitics.substack.com/p/an-introdu... Subscribe for more!

DECA-hankkeen tutkijat Zea Szebeni ja Inga Jasinskaja-Lahti avaavat HS:n vieraskynässä, miten enemmistösuomalaiset ja toisen polven maahanmuuttajat kokevat omistajuutta Suomeen, mutta perustelevat omistajuuttaan eri tavoin: www.hs.fi/paakirjoituk... @zeaszebeni.bsky.social @strateginen.bsky.social

Julkaisimme Inga Jasinskaja-Lahtin kanssa Helsingin Sanomien Vieraskynässä kirjoituksen, jossa tarkastelemme suomalaisten ja toisen polven maahanmuuttajien suhdetta Suomeen. www.hs.fi/paakirjoituk... @decaproject.bsky.social @strateginen.bsky.social @helsinki.fi

For our last session of the day, we're with Shawn Rosenberg debating the causes and consequences of the rise of right-wing populism. Thanks to our fellows for all the thought-provoking and engaging questions! @polpsyispp.bsky.social

Last month, we presented our paper at the Migration and Societal Change Conference in Utrecht 🤩 It was an incredibly gratifying experience to share our findings and engage in such stimulating discussions with fellow researchers. Read our published paper here: advances.in/psychology/1...

And just like that, the 2025 #ISPPAcademy has wrapped! 🎉 Huge thanks to our incredible fellows for their engagement, enthusiasm, and vibrant energy throughout. My sincere gratitude also goes out to our dedicated instructors, and to my amazing assistant Sofia Jesus and the event team. 🙂 #ISPP2025

A proud weekend indeed 🌈 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Uusi artikkelimme "(The story of) This country is ours!" The territorial and epistemic dimensions of collective psychological ownership among the national majority and immigrants” on julkaistu! 🎉 (1/6) advances.in/psychology/1...

🎉 My new journal article “TikTok and the Algorithmic Transformation of Social Media Publics” has just been published on New Media and Society! t.co/HNRw8BKlKL

So honored that our blog post with @lanihart.bsky.social made the longlist! 🎉 Really exciting that our piece translating the academic work on tribalism resonated read the blog post below and the our academic article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

New Peripheral Politics newsletter post from @zeaszebeni.bsky.social, in which she explains why she just can't stop thinking about those inane AI action figure images that took over everyone's feeds a little while ago

How do you sum up an entire political movement on a baseball cap? Trump figured it out with #MAGA. #Democrats... haven't. @lanihart.bsky.social uses political theory to explain why this matters way more than you'd think peripheralpolitics.substack.com/p/searching-... Also, subscribe!

Last month I flew to Budapest with Ashifa Kassam to talk to Hungarian academics, activists, and journalists about the Orbánisation of the US. my piece for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

🐀 Just launched Peripheral Politics with @lanihart.bsky.social Our new Substack explores the political stories that don't make headlines - from semi-peripheral countries to the absurd moments that reveal deeper truths. Subscribe! peripheralpolitics.substack.com

Late reflection on the #HEPP5 conference at @helsinki.fi - I presented on "Contested Classrooms" examining Hungary's educational system as a battleground for competing knowledge claims. Chaired fascinating panels on political charisma & humor in populism. (1/2)

Not that I can read this, but maybe you can! It’s building on our article about pseudohistory in nation building, looking at Slovak narratives of the medieval king Svätopluk. Will also be posting the English version soon!

Új cikkünk @lanihart.bsky.social kollégámmal: hogyan építik a nemzetek identitásukat áltörténelmi hősökre? A szlovák Szvatopluk-szobor története azt mutatja: az érzelmi kötődés gyakran fontosabb a történelmi hitelességnél. tenyleg.com/2025/02/18/a...

A few facts and thoughts on fact-checking 🧵 • Fact-checking is NOT in opposition to free speech and debates. It is a significant contribution to public discourse. • Fact-checking works. Research shows how fact-checking can affect public perceptions and contribute to corrective mechanisms. [1/4]

Thrilled to share our new article "Banana Populism" published in Social Meedia + Society with @lanihart.bsky.social, @soschma.bsky.social and Mike Cole! We explore how populist leaders use mundane objects & whimsical imagery in political communication (1/7) journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

First report by the Observatory on Information and Democracy showcases the current state of academic research on information ecosystems and their impact on democracies worldwide. Check out the full report here: observatory.informationdemocracy.org/report/infor...

From Thursday's Strategic Research Council SHIELD consortium meeting - shared thoughts on the relationship between trust and epistemic rights in online environments @decaproject.bsky.social

🚨New publication alert!🚨 TL;DR: national identity, pseudohistory, slow memory, discourse analysis, Slovakia, medievalism Here’s the link, but read on below if you’d like a little run-down!

Check out our newest article with @lanihart.bsky.social and Jonáš Syrovátka below. Pseudohistory, slow joy and a medieval king.. need I say more?!

Political hope, anyone? When are leaders go fascist, previous supporters of those leaders actually go less fascist. See our registered-report longitudinal study, led by @shirahebelsela.bsky.social, Lee Aldar, and @taloharel.bsky.social, with Boaz Hameiri and Eran Halperin, here: tinyurl.com/3py5n6vb

Friss publikációnk a Qubiten! A modern törzsiségről írunk w/@lanihart.bsky.social: hogyan formálódnak értékek mentén olyan csoportok, amelyek átlépik a nemzeti határokat? Elemezzük többek között Trump MAGA és Orbán MEGA mozgalmát is: qubit.hu/2024/12/25/a...

The call for papers for the Annual Sociological Conference 2025 in Turku is now open! CSD members Juulia Heikkinen and Veikko Eranti are chairing the Political Sociology working group. Cool vibes and cutting-edge democracy stuff provided for sure. Do not hesitate to send an abstract, dl 31.1.2025.

Congrats 🥂 @zeaszebeni.bsky.social for brilliantly defending your PhD yesterday at the University of Helsinki (where I had the honor of being your “opponent”).

My Christmas gift 🎄 came early this year, successfully defended my PhD thesis on disinformation at Uni Helsinki. Big thanks to the opponent, @olivierklein.bsky.social for the friendly discussion and to Jan-Erik Lönnqvist and Inga Jasinskaja-Lahti for being the best supervisors

Why do voters often not mind negative or uncivil campaigns—is it for a lack of better electoral alternatives? 🧵 In my PhD study “The Fleeting Allure of Dark Campaigns” (w/ @lindabos.bsky.social & @alessandronai.bsky.social) we test this idea: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #polcom #commsky

TL;DR - Populism is old, tribalism is bold (a thread) Or, @zeaszebeni.bsky.social and I wrote an article! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... (go on, you can click, it's #openaccess)

🚨CALL FOR AUTHORS🚨 We are looking for authors willing to write a short entry (2.5k words) on the topics below for our Encyclopedia of Political Communication Interested? ➡️ Reach out asap via email ([email protected]) Plz repost for N and diversity @maxgroemping.bsky.social @dswirz.bsky.social