Volmondig mee eens. www.trouw.nl/wetenschap/u...

How did Brazil’s courts check Bolsonaro when other democracies have let would-be autocrats go unpunished?

Dankbaar dat ik de Preek van de Leek in de Oudshoornse Kerk in Alphen aan de Rijn mocht geven. Ginspireerd op een lezing die Wiardi Beckman in 1941 gaf en waarin democratie, verdraagzaamheid, en vrijheid centraal stonden

Dankbaar dat ik de Preek van de Leek in de Oudshoornse Kerk in Alphen aan de Rijn mocht geven. Ginspireerd op een lezing die Wiardi Beckman in 1941 gaf en waarin democratie, verdraagzaamheid, en vrijheid centraal stonden

Vandaag geeft het Parool duiding bij de VSP, de studentenbeweging van Marlon. Met commentaar van yours truly www.parool.nl/amsterdam/wa...

Germany's #AfD is now openly courting an international right-wing extremist (with whom they have been playing footsie for years). The whole radical/extreme distinction is moot at this point, and so far, it doesn't make a dent in their support

Storm-battered Portugal heads to polls as rivals unite to keep out far right

In de omgang met FvD horen principes nu boven politieke calculaties te gaan

Goed nieuws in de week waarin @ftm.nl weer eens blootlegde hoe pervers het huidige financieringsmodel van wetenschappelijke publicaties is. Blij dat de Nederlandse Kring voor Wetenschap der Politicologie hier achter is gaan staan!

In de Telegraaf: ondanks schandalen en extremisme groei bij #FvD. 'Ze bouwen een groot extreemrechts netwerk op' www.telegraaf.nl/politiek/ond...

Vandaag geeft het Parool duiding bij de VSP, de studentenbeweging van Marlon. Met commentaar van yours truly www.parool.nl/amsterdam/wa...

Our new special issue is now published! "Conceptual Flipsiding and Reversal of Liberal-Democratic Notions: Discursive-Political Strategies in the Normalization of Nationalism, Populism, Neoliberalism, and the Far Right" www.tandfonline.com/toc/csos20/3...

a new working paper: osf.io/3dq2x_v1! we administered an original survey to a sample of 10-to-12-year olds, their parents, and a national sample to assess the extent to which values can provide a foundation for political ideology. we find that values structure political preferences among children.

Meanwhile a violent far-right student at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), one of the largest in the country, has been allowed to get away with absolutely abusive and vile behaviour for several years with next to no reaction from the university archive.is/2026.02.06-1...

How do rural journalists negotiate between the dominant metropolitan-based rules of their field and their position within communities? Paper out w/ Tyler Nagel. For rural-specific reporting practices, a-typical business ideas, & unconventional innovations, see journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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

Marlon U., oprichter en vertegenwoordiger van de uiterst rechtse Vrijmoedige Studenten Partij (VSP), voerde schrikbewind op de VU www.parool.nl/amsterdam/ho...

Long read die elke burger die om de rechtsstaat en het demonstratierecht geeft zou moeten lezen

Very happy to share my second dissertation paper, now out in Party Politics. I study the role of Christianity in the rhetoric of European far-right parties doi.org/10.1177/1354...

For the FES, I wrote a short brief about how mainstream party strategies have fueled far-right success. They move toward more anti-immigration positions to win voters back. This does not work, but shifts public opinion to the right. Parties then react to shifts in public opinion. A vicious cycle.

Forum voor Democratie heeft de meeste leden, maar dit maakt de partij niet direct democratisch. Carla Hoetink duikt in de partijstructuur van Forum en ziet dat de ongelijkheid tussen bestuur en leden enorm is: www.parlement.com/column/20260...

🧵I am happy to announce a new article in Political Behavior @polbehavior.bsky.social, “Are the Politically Active Better Represented?”, co-authored with @jenny-oser.bsky.social, @rdassonneville.bsky.social, @professormpersson.bsky.social, and Anders Sundell. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Figuur moet iets anders omdat VRO weer onder BZK valt

Call for papers for our workshop on electoral politics at the Poletmaal2026 in Ghent on June 11-12. Please join Amber Voets, Chloe de Grauwe, and myself for great discussions of our changing electoral landscape and explanations for voter behavior politicologenetmaal.eu/workshops-20...

For an international audience: Forum for Democracy (FvD) is showing its true colors in many ways recently, amongst others by having candidates from extremist extraparliamentary organisations on its local lists

Porfefeuilleverdeling in kabinet-Jetten 👇 In minderheidskabinetten is portefeuilleverdeling potentieel extra belangrijk. Ministers kunnen per dossier sturen met welke oppositiepartijen onderhandeld wordt en zo via wisselende meerderheden beleid realiseren dat dichter bij hun eigen voorkeuren ligt.

‘Het parlement kan wel vastleggen dat er vijf jaar gevangenisstraf staat op het bezetten van een gebouw, maar rechters zullen daar niet zomaar naar handelen. Het staat op gespannen voet met het demonstratierecht in het Europees Verdrag voor de Rechten van de Mens.’ www.folia.nl/nl/actueel/1...

Could the centre-right Republicans join forces with the far-right National Rally in France? ✍ @phmarliere.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

In a Rotterdam courtroom today prosecutors are asking for a two-year sentence for Thomas D., a leader of far-right Geuzenbond, for illegal weapons possession (a “small arms factory”). I’ll update the thread as more information comes in. www.omroepbrabant.nl/nieuws/60030...

Together with over 50 leading scholars of European Union law, we are raising the alarm over the revision of how the EU writes its laws. The EU Commission risks departing from public consultation to impact assessment in the name of political convenience READ papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Call for papers for our workshop on electoral politics at the Poletmaal2026 in Ghent on June 11-12. Please join Amber Voets, Chloe de Grauwe, and myself for great discussions of our changing electoral landscape and explanations for voter behavior politicologenetmaal.eu/workshops-20...

Some people like using our (w/ @markuswagner.bsky.social) heroes & villains paper to teach partisanship. We've made it easier (and fun?) for students with a new online playground 🦹 doi.org/10.1017/psrm... www.turnbulldugarte.com/heroes-playg...

“Scrutiny of university classrooms is being formalized, with new laws requiring professors to post syllabuses and tip lines for students to complain” There goes academic freedom. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...

In this dark season, it was a welcome homecoming to give a lecture as part of the Studium Generale series at my alma mater, Maastricht University. The lecture covers the broad brushes of the argument I make in my book, Protecting Democracy in Europe (Hurst/OUP) m.youtube.com/watch?v=JInB...

📢📖🧠 My final PhD paper is out! In this article, I trace the evolution of the oldest PPTTs in Flanders (Belgium), showing how they moved from being party intellectuals to becoming party assistants.

After a short hiatus, Respect the Marble is back: catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/introducin... Introducing a new series The Long Carve: about how to decide which ideas deserves our long-term writing attention, & how we learn to keep writing when the outcome is unknown and uncertain. 🧵

De must read voor deze week, interview met mijn fantastische collega hoogleraar @leoniedejonge.bsky.social

"There is now a whole network of agencies in Germany that work mainly for the #AfD and AfD-affiliated groups. These agencies would not exist if there had been no money."

Are visual strategies distinctive to populism? Francesco Melito & @mattiazulianello.bsky.social examine how political parties’ comms teams strategise, based on original interviews with professionals working directly with Italian parties. Read more: buff.ly/VNboEXh @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

What Sofia is too modest to explicitly say in her post below, is that - in addition to our PRR youth wings book - she has a solo one coming out with OUP in June on grassroots women in the PRR: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

This will come as no surprise to any women in academia

"The other iron law of reactionary centrism – beyond the asymmetry that is hiding behind the seeming evenhandedness – is that only the left and liberals really have agency." Brilliant column by @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social

Voor onder andere Geuzenbond, NVU, en Voorpost. Wat veel zegt over normalisering extreemrechts in Nederland

By strange coincidence, I was at a workshop just two weeks ago where Batuhan presented this paper. It's not too long and well worth your time 🇮🇹 #farright

Right-Wing Populist Declares Victory in Costa Rica’s Presidential Election www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

Ik sprak met de NRC over lokale strategie van FVD en PVV www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

🎉 Really happy to see my first single-authored article published in @politicalgeography.bsky.social ! It analyses how inequalities in access to basic services (healthcare, education, roads, and internet coverage) affect levels of rural resentment 👇 [1/5] www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Democratic transitions in one country lead to a decrease in party polarisation over democracy in neighbouring countries journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Bij extreme winstmarges denk je waarschijnlijk niet aan wetenschappelijke uitgevers. Toch slaan wetenschappers alarm: de tarieven voor ‘open’ publicaties rijzen de pan uit en staan niet in verhouding tot de werkelijke kosten. Publiek onderzoeksgeld verdwijnt zo rechtstreeks naar aandeelhouders.