🚨 New paper by Philippe Mongrain, @anamkuraishi.bsky.social, Karolin Soontjens, and Stefaan Walgrave finds that even politicians fall for wishful thinking. Their study of Belgium’s 2024 elections shows both politicians and voters overestimate their preferred party’s chances.

🚨New publication Interviews with elite politicians in Belgium & Australia on views about democracy’s future show: 1. Belgian elites are more pessimistic 2. Pessimism stems from the gap between citizens’ expectations & politicians’ limited capacity to deliver www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🧵

🌍 European Political Science Society is officially launched (EPSS)! 🗓️ June 26, 2025 📍EPSS is a not-for-profit & member-led association for political science in Europe 👉 Visit us: epssnet.org Some updates 👇🏽 🧵

🚨New publication! I develop an interpretative methodological framework to analyse post-truth narratives. Key findings: 1. Post-truth is a type of political discourse featuring desire. 2. Post-truth discourse can play an important role in democratisation attempts. tinyurl.com/3utbft4y A thread🧵

New interview with @lavanguardia.com (along with other great scholars) on the global rise of authoritarianism, democratic erosion, and anti-democratic parties' electoral victories. www.lavanguardia.com/internaciona...

📣 NEW BOOK ALERT! Polisky Dictatorsky With post-truth politics reshaping the political landscape, how does it influence voter decisions? What are the consequences for democracy? @anamkuraishi.bsky.social latest book explores these critical questions. Get yours at: www.routledge.com/Towards-a-Ne...

🚨New publication! We introduce the “U-Turn” as a new regime transformation where autocratization is closely followed by and linked to subsequent democratization. Key findings: • 52% of autocratizations become U-Turns, • 73% when focusing on the last 30 years www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🧵

📚📣 NEW BOOK ALERT! In a pivotal election year, marked by populist leaders and "post-truth" politics, how can we make sense of it all? How does it influence voters and democracy? My latest book explores these critical questions. Get your copy here: www.routledge.com/Towards-a-Ne... #AcademicSky

Polisky Dictatorsky CfP is now open for our Third Conference on Authoritarian Politics taking place at King’s College, London, on 23-24 June 2025! To apply, complete this form with a 200-word abstract before 16 February 2025.: forms.gle/KBDiwPMABykv...

Polisky Dictatorsky Yesterday we finished another great season of the virtual workshop! Thank you all for joining!! While we prepare the Spring season, we want to let you know we will be organizing another in-person conference over the summer! The CfP will be out soon. Stay tuned!

We noticed there wasn't a starter pack on authoritarian politics yet – Now there is! go.bsky.app/UFHn7sS Spread and ask to join!

The starter pack I was searching for but couldn't find. Great for scholars, journalists, and anyone looking for research-based takes on current events. Please reply to this message or DM if you want me to add you, or anyone else, to the list 😊 go.bsky.app/315MyLR

Welcome to all our new followers! You can keep abreast of the latest research from the M2P team by following our excellent team of researchers individually. We've created a starter pack here: go.bsky.app/Lquzoz1

📣NEW BOOK 📣 In the biggest election-year and with the rise of populist leaders, post-truth is more relevant than ever. How shall we think about it? How does it affect voters? My forthcoming book with Routledge answers these Qs. Details will follow, here’s the book cover!

📣 New Paper Out — It is OpenAccess!! 📣 Interested in authoritarian ruling parties & parties’ organization strategies? In this paper, I show how authoritarian ruling parties can face a dilemma on ‘who to select?’, and how they solve it! Polisky Dicatorsky Check it out here: tinyurl.com/4wwrkc2p

Hi @profmusgrave.bsky.social, can I please be added to the Polisky list?