Hoe versla je een autocratische en corrupte rechts-populist? Voor De Groene reisde ik door Hongarije, waar het politieke einde van Orbán niet langer ondenkbaar is. www.groene.nl/artikel/het-...

Glad to see this out at @epsrjournal.bsky.social! Using ESS data, Raquel Rego and I find that an anti-immigration stance is the strongest predictor of far-right sympathies among police and military personnel—similar to the general population. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Online radicalisering van (zeer jonge) jongeren blijft een punt van zorg uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/details?id=E...

De PVV surft mee op de golf van verrechtsing in Brussel, waar radicaal-rechts steeds vaker de toon zet. Bijna iedereen wil met de zes Europarlementariërs praten, al wil niet iedereen in het openbaar met ze gezien worden. buff.ly/TKNmpZi

Extreemrechtse relschoppers die van gemeente naar gemeente trekken om anti-azc-demonstraties aan te wakkeren, creëren het beeld dat verzet tegen asielopvang breed gedragen is. Maar draagvlak voor asielopvang is juist relatief groot. ‘Actieve groepen genereren disproportioneel veel media-aandacht.’

Nowadays some politicians cry “fraud” even before the election. Too often the accusation has nothing to do with electoral manipulation. It has become a weapon to attack institutions, justify antidemocratic measures, and reject election results. 🆕 OE by Gerardo de Icaza

The far right failed to win big in France’s municipal elections. But that’s not good news for the country’s left wing. Despite the lack of showy results, the right consolidated its momentum ahead of the 2027 presidential race, argues @cfieschi.bsky.social. carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...

Our new article on gender differences in why young people join political parties is now out, open access, in @ejprjournal.bsky.social ✨ www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @duncanmcdonnell.com @profannikawerner.bsky.social @rheinisch.bsky.social Marco Valbruzzi @cwegscheider.bsky.social

‘Assault on justice’: how far-right attacks are threatening rule of law in Europe

Nieuwe column voor @groene.nl over de omgang met extreemrechts. De aandacht gaat nu vooral uit naar twee zaken: snelle, daadkrachtige reacties en partijpolitieke strategieën. Beide zijn belangrijk, maar beide schieten tekort. 👇

Recommended reading for anyone working on group identities and party competition!

🌷March Issue 💼 Profession Daniel Stockemer, Engi Abou-El-Kheir & Stephen Sawyer explore the relationship between female editorial board members, female editors, and the number of female authors published across #PoliticalScience journals. 👉 buff.ly/L39NC77

If only there were some people, let’s call them political scientists, who had done research on this topic…

🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.104 📉 @mebergman.bsky.social of @ecprpovb.bsky.social reveals how valence #populism has a potential electoral disadvantage. 🗳️ Non-ideological messages focussed on good governance may broaden appeal, but lacking an ideological core can also cost votes. 👉️ bit.ly/47zmQr0

Oef. Dit is moeilijk lezen, maar volledig verwacht. Deze regering zou herstelwerkzaamheden moeten verrichten, maar ik zie weinig tekens dat dat ook echt gaat gebeuren. www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikel...

AJPS article from @kenbenoit.bsky.social, Scott de Marchi, Conor Laver, Michael Laver, and Jinshuai Ma on using LLMs to analyse political texts. 🧵 1/8 Social science research requires reliable extraction of information from texts to identify authors' preferences on various policies and issues.

“Als we de academische vrijheid écht willen beschermen, moeten we niet alleen individuele wetenschappers, maar ook universiteiten en andere kennisinstellingen beschermen.” Scherpe analyse van ingridleijten.bsky.social overdemuur.org/academische-...

My new study is out with @feps-europe.eu. "Laboratories of Counter-Hegemony: Orbán, Trump and the Transatlantic Far-Right Ecosystem" maps the infrastructure that has turned a small Central European country into a launchpad for reorganizing the Western right. 🧵 1/9 👉 feps-europe.eu/publication/...

Alle alarmbellen moeten afgaan!

#OpenAccess from the new issue of @epsjournal.bsky.social - Misuse, mislabelling, and the broken path of the ‘hard-right’: Challenging nonscientific political discourse - cup.org/45kNxP2 - @gsamaras.bsky.social#OpenAccess

T-14 days until the Hungarian election. 🇭🇺🗳️ In this thread, I discuss Magyar's prospects of success in restoring (liberal) democracy (if he wins) and will tell you he's not the saviour you might think he is (but that he’s still good enough for now). 🧵 1/

New piece out at @electoralstudies.bsky.social w @ealasaid.bsky.social @havlikv.bsky.social @alenakluknavska.bsky.social TLDR: incivility from populists marginally increases support for political violence among their followers Data: 🇦🇷🇨🇿🇩🇪🇮🇹 Paper: tinyurl.com/2yhj43pm Open data: osf.io/9m7zu

In the first contests of Germany’s “super election year,” the radical-right AfD performed well far from its strongholds. The country may soon decide it’s time to cooperate with the party rather than try to contain it.

Well, after last night’s GBNews debate I no longer need to explain to students the risks of using AI to write papers since Matt G has done us all a favour by having a fever dream meltdown trying to justify it. And to think we thought his contributions to academia were over.

De Symfonie van Onvrede door @catherinedevries.bsky.social is naast een genuanceerde analyse van de opkomst van radicaal rechtse partijen ook een uit het hart gegrepen pleidooi voor meer nabijheid - zowel van de staat als tussen (andersdenkende) mensen: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Oftewel FvD laat zich iets gelegen liggen aan artikel P15 van de Kieswet www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/ver...

Helder redactiebeleid van Volkskrant www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...

🛡️ New on RightNow! How can individual, community, and institutional strategies better protect researchers from online harassment? By @tamtagelashvili.bsky.social & @audreygagnon.bsky.social - read more: www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

Als je een ding leest dit weekend, laat het dit essay zijn. En denk na over je eigen rol in je eigen omgeving

After seeing the mightily impressive Mr. Nobody against Putin yesterday at @moviesthatmatter.bsky.social this feels eerily similar to Russian propaganda through education

Dit verhaal van mijn collega @lamyae.bsky.social moet elke Nederlander lezen www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Amazing opportunity. Be sure to apply. Would like to strongly encourage female researchers to join this great event!

Really pleased to advertise these 4 LSE postdocs in the history of popular government as part of our ERC Synergy Project "Popular Government in Global Perspective (POPGOV)"

Alles wat @leoniedejonge.bsky.social en @simonotjes.bsky.social in hun stuk schrijven 💯

Brilliant article! If you are interested in populism, this is a must read (and make sure you follow Alex as he has more work in the pipeline)!

What does losing the referendum mean for Meloni's government & 🇮🇹 ?

🌀 📍 Backlash against asylum seekers in Austria 🏔️ @markuswagner.bsky.social & @lukrudolph.bsky.social show that hosting refugees in local communities sparked stronger anti‑asylum, anti‑immigrant and anti‑Muslim attitudes with political consequences too. 📊🗳️

FOUR GRAPHS ABOUT 🇩🇰'S GENERAL ELECTION My read of the election in four graphs. First: big urban-rural divide. The two big mainstream parties, Social Democrats and Liberals, are now mainly rural/suburban, with niche parties dominating in cities. (1/4) #polisky

Since the narrative of “young right-wing men” persists so — here are some findings/patterns from the representative election statistics of the various German federal states. Spoiler: *IN NO GERMAN STATE DO MEN AGED 18–24 VOTE FOR THE AfD MORE THAN MEN AGED 35–60.*

📣 New job at Oxford's Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM)! 📣 The Departments of Politics & IR (DPIR) and Social Policy and Intervention (DSPI) are hiring an Associate Professor of Causal and Experimental Methods. Come work with me and amazing Oxford peeps! Deadline NOON April 27th.

🌀 🛐 Religion still matters at the ballot box 📊 @raulgomez.bsky.social highlights that faith continues to shape voting behaviour — and it’s not going away anytime soon. 🗳️📌

Grondig eens met alles wat in deze analyse van Joyce Weeland van de EUR staat: “de geloofwaardigheid wordt juist bedreigd zodra wetenschappelijke bevindingen politiek worden geframed.“ www.socialevraagstukken.nl/linkse-of-re...

Dit gaat over een onderzoek naar rijksambtenaren, maar ik denk dat dit breder geldt. 'Enerzijds zien zij zichzelf wel degelijk als verdediger van de democratie en rechtsstaat. Anderzijds kan een principiële opstelling ze al gauw een promotie of zelfs hun baan kosten.' www.groene.nl/artikel/hoe-...

Yesterday's 22% puts Denmark's Social Democrats at the 7th place among West European soc dem parties in their latest national legislative elections. In % of eligible voters, it would rise to the 6th, given the relatively high turnout of 84%. Labour's July 2024 result retains the 2nd place.

'Hey, look at #Denmark! Social Democrats can stay relevant and marginalise the #farright by becoming - get this! - a bit like the far right!' Parrotted by every medium, contemplated by every SD party, ridiculed by every political scientist.

Grondig eens met alles wat in deze analyse van Joyce Weeland van de EUR staat: “de geloofwaardigheid wordt juist bedreigd zodra wetenschappelijke bevindingen politiek worden geframed.“ www.socialevraagstukken.nl/linkse-of-re...

If the exit poll is anything near accurate, this would be the lowest vote share for the Social Democrats (the model for Blue Labour) since 1901.

Exit poll in Denmark suggests that the Moderates will hold the balance of power with the Red Bloc as the larger of the two blocs — this is what was expected. Red Bloc could get closer to majority if Citizens' Party (H) doesn't get past the 2% threshold. A+V+M govt will certainly not have majority

Breaking News! Code UFB! Global sea surface temperatures continue breaking daily records, with Mar. 23 having a preliminary SST of 21.141°C, ahead of the previous daily record of 21.118°C set in 2024. This graph shows how fast SSTs are rising compared to pre-2023 temperatures.

Local election results show the hurdles along the path to power for French far right theconversation.com/local-electi...