📢 This is tomorrow! The 8th Conference on Behaviour and Public Opinion in Catalonia will take place at @ibei.org & @politiquesupf.bsky.social Looking forward to a great day of discussions on great papers. See you there! 👥 @bcnpolisci.bsky.social sites.google.com/view/jcpop

👋Welcome to the Barcelona Network of Political Science. ▶️We are here to promote research, strengthen ties between institutions, and support young researchers and students in developing their research careers.

👋Benvinguts/des al Barcelona Network of Political Science. ▶️Som aquí amb objectiu fomentar la recerca, enfortir els vincles entre institucions i donar suport als investigadors joves i als estudiants en el desenvolupament de les seves carreres de recerca.

The official call is now out! seleccio.uab.cat/seleccio/con...

🚨2 ERC-funded Postdocs🚨 IDENTITY ERROR combines computational & experimental approaches to model epistemic vulnerability. 2 posts are available in our supportive & interdisciplinary team. Further details: Computational: my.corehr.com/pls/esbsheul... Social Psych: my.corehr.com/pls/esbsheul...

ICYMI, check out @georgenewth.bsky.social's blog on the limits of Keir Starmer's 'patriotic' discourse and his ongoing enabling of the far right. reacpol.net/starmer-farr...

Just one week to go before the submission deadline for the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social annual conference. You can submit your paper to the Reactionary Politics Specialist Group stream below! www.psa.ac.uk/events/psa-a...

The 3rd year of the Psychology of Resistance (in violent, repressive contexts) Virtual Meeting Series is starting this month - here is the schedule for the academic year 2025/26. More information, recordings, and form for mailing list to receive registration links here: resistancepsych.blogspot.com

The Psychology of Resistance (in violent, repressive contexts) Virtual Meeting Series and network is now here on Blue Sky, please follow for our updates on upcoming talks, recordings from sessions, papers from our presenters, etc.! bsky.app/profile/psyc...

This short piece co-authored with Alex Yates shows why the misuse of populism plays right in the hands of the far right (Annoyingly, the app is not allowing me to tag colleagues, but follow them!) theconversation.com/the-word-pop...

📢 Call open! We are hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher for the EU-funded project TaCT-FoRSED, which studies how conspiracy theories affect democratic attitudes. ℹ️ Info: tauler.seu-e.cat/detall?idEns... 🔗 Application: seleccio.uab.cat/seleccio/log...

We have a new paper out with @gricoc.bsky.social in @jwpp.bsky.social (this time I swear I am going to post the right link): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A belated 'repost' @galais.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ijpor/articl...

🧲 We are hiring! ✨ PhD position to join @dec-gr.bsky.social 🏁 4-year FPI contract 🎓 Pol Sci / Social Sci background + Master’s + English 📧 Send expression of interest with CV and motivation letter to [email protected] 🔗 tinyurl.com/yc3epmv2

One of the reasons why people often prefer debating ("dining across the divide") with the far right than the left is that the former makes them feel good about themselves by comparison Debates with/amongst the left bring up uncomfortable reflections about our participation in systems of oppression

We cannot allow this to stand anymore! We have prepared a petition calling for a boycott of the next ISPP 2026 conference in Newcastle, UK, unless the Executive Committee resigns or responds to our concerns. Please read and sign the petition here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

While there can be no complacency in countering fascists on the streets, concerns about the far right must also be concerns about the role of mainstream politicians and media in shaping the reactionary agenda aurelmondon.medium.com/the-people-l...

New article out! @luke-shuttleworth.bsky.social, @k8ebrown.bsky.social & I teamed up to explore whether the concept of 'cordon sanitaire' remains useful in the current stage of mainstreaming of far right politics Read the full article, open access, here 1/ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New from me and @yasemingacar.bsky.social in @uk.theconversation.com, summarising our recent work on the role of reappropriation/reclaiming stigmatising labels in identity politicisation, empowerment, and collective action. theconversation.com/why-people-r...

For those interested in ‘polarization’ and political conflict, check this interview by @reacpolrn.bsky.social. I discuss why we need critical approaches to political polarization beyond ahistorical & depoliticizing calls for social harmony. Many thanks to @aurelmondon.bsky.social for the interview!

It's crucial to counter claims that polarisation (much like populism) is always bad The middle ground between racism and anti-racism, transphobia and trans rights, genocide and anti-genocide is complicit with racism, transphobia and genocide rather than the "reasonable" position

New publication from me in Political Psychology on the phenomenon of the rise in applications for Irish passports post-Brexit and how such applicants negotiate discourses of citizenship and identity: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

'Overall, the French, German, and Austrian far right care less about Jews themselves and more about the weaponisation of antisemitism'. Must read by @cburchett.bsky.social 👇

📣New interview📣 @cburchett.bsky.social discusses the weaponisation of anti-antisemitism by far-right parties and its role in their Islamophobic discourse. reacpol.net/weaponisatio...

New article with @drsimongoodman.bsky.social, @adamjowett.bsky.social and Jackie Abell on how the international super rich are constructed as migrants in entertainment documentaries Open access too! @ree-uwe.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🚨 Call for papers 📢 VIII Jornada de Comportament i Opinió Pública de Catalunya / 8th Catalan Political Behavior & Public Opinion Workshop 📅 6 de novembre de 2025 / November 6, 2025 at @IBEI 📩 Deadline: 4 de juliol / July 4. Submission: 🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 👇

🚨 New Open Access! 🚨 Our article “Affective Polarization in the Face of Crisis” is now freely available! While polarization rose among some, it dropped after de-escalation—thanks to perceived elite consensus. 🔗 academic.oup.com/ijpor/articl... Galais & Balinhas 2025 #polsci

New OA paper! 🌍 We explore how diverse rural voices articulate senses of place tied to territory & land use, and how they envision sustainable futures in rural Galicia. We delve into place, identity, and land uses in times of ecosocial crisis. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

"So, is it really that hard to find a date when you vote radical right? The answer, unsettlingly, is no. But for democracy’s sake, maybe it should be." theloop.ecpr.eu/how-hard-is-... A short piece with my current professional boyfriend @bertous.bsky.social in the @ecprtheloop.bsky.social

En la Facultad de Educación de la UAM han organizado este evento mañana. Muchas ganas de estar allí y pasaros si tenéis hueco!

Just over a month to go until applications for our summer school close! Apply below to develop your skills in researching reactionary politics.

Our article "‘Free Palestine!’: protesting Israel’s war on Gaza in Italy and Spain" was just accepted at @sespjournal.bsky.social

10 years work has led to this: Social identity networks: People holding attitudes are a collective social identity information system & bipartite networks are a useful way to represent them. European Review of Social Psychology. @polpsyispp.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/1046...

'This moment urgently calls for bold, critical research and alliances across academia, journalism, and civil society and for those with privileged access to public discourse to take responsibility' @jfarkas.bsky.social and I on the rise of reactionary tech oligarchy academic.oup.com/ccc/article/...

Got 10 minutes? Contribute to Ellen McCarthy's valuable research on social identity and well-being by completing a short, anonymous survey for her Master’s research project. Please see the information below. unioflimerick.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Very happy to give that interview based on my recent article, discussing why the thorough examination of 'the elite' can help us understand populism better, while avoiding conflations. Thank you very much @alexyates2000.bsky.social for this!

New article Researching and Understanding Far-Right Politics in Times of Mainstreaming, co-authored with @georgenewth.bsky.social & @k8ebrown.bsky.social We explore a ‘fifth wave’ of far-right politics in which the identities of the mainstream & far right are mutually constitutive cup.org/3YFVnzn

Listening to Rest is Politics, Rest is Politics US, and reading respected commentators, it's striking how 'left-wing bias' in universities is now taken for granted. That matters, especially in the US, where academia faces political attack. Thoughts from having worked in US/UK universities. 🧵

In times like ours, the biased approach in social science is to stay silent We know through the vast body of research we read and write that reactionary politics cause extreme suffering and are a threat to democracy Pretending we can't say this is fear of power, not "objectivity"

We're delighted to launch the Reactionary Politics Specialist Group of the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social at #PSA25. Keep your eyes on our feed for updates on all of our upcoming activities.

I'm delighted to be taking part in University of Limerick #ResearchWeek2025 co-facilitating a panel discussion with Dr Steven Byrne and members of Men's and Women's Sheds on 2nd of May from 9.30 - 11am. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-role-o... #community #research #mensheds #womenssheds

📢📢Happy to see the article "Post-Truth Politics in Action? Representation of the Media in Spanish Radical Parties’ Electoral Campaigns" coauthored with my friend @haapalataru.bsky.social in the journal @cogitatiomac.bsky.social . Open access. www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...

The polarization hype is not new by the way Evan Smith and I discussed it back in 2022 and argued it was paving the way for the far right and Trump's return I wish we'd been wrong... jacobin.com/2022/09/trum...

ICYMI check out this blog from our member, @calderarocha.bsky.social, on the far-right co-option of feminism in France.

New blog post. Think outside of the box with your research methods but be informed too karenoreilly.wordpress.com/2025/04/04/t...

🎓 Interested in doing a PhD in political science? Today's the last day to apply to the PPIr program at @UABBarcelona! I’d be happy to supervise projects related to political behavior, public opinion, or participation. 👉 www.uab.cat/en/phds/poli...

How do complexity and simplicity in political communication shape citizens' reasoning and attitudes toward politicians? 💭 Read more about it in this new study, out now in Human Communication Research ⬇️🤩 academic.oup.com/hcr/advance-...

📢 New paper by @galais.bsky.social & me on Affective Polarization (AP)! Analyzing short-term changes in AP with panel data, we show that Spain’s COVID-19 de-escalation policies lowered AP, with effects mediated by perceptions of elite ideological divides. academic.oup.com/ijpor/articl...

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📢📢Muchas ganas de juntarnos el próximo viernes 14 de marzo a las 19 horas en @traficantes.bsky.social para discutir en torno a este magnífico libro de @laurarevolta.bsky.social , junto con @ruthferrero.bsky.social !