In this article, I tackle the question of -how- populism can become democratic. I prefigure the potential of constructing ‘a democratic chain of conflict’, as a necessary supplement to ‘democratic populism’, as articulated in post-Marxism.

Open access article co-authored with @hadjioannou.bsky.social. Instead of asking whether social media reinforce or undermine democracy, we analyze what types of political practices they augment, deducing a democratic strategy in line with social media ecology. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Workshop 3: AI, Social Media and Ideology (Emerging Technologies in Conflict & Peace Workshop Series) Hosted by: Digital Transitions & Society (University of Nicosia) Format: Presentation followed by open discussion Date/time: March 18, 15:00 (Athens, GMT + 2) Event link and info in comments.

Happy to announce that I, together with @michaelangeloanast.bsky.social and @GiorgosCharalambous, have been awarded the @gerda-henkel-stiftung.de Scholarship for the research project “Mainstreaming Far-Right Accelerationism: Discourse, Ideology and Techno-Futurism in a Comparative Perspective”!

📣 Our colleagues from @ecpr.bsky.social Standing Group on the Critical Peace & Conflict asked us to share this Call for Papers for an upcoming conference on "Emerging Technologies in Conflict and Peace": www.unic.ac.cy/digits/inter...

Two weeks left to submit an abstract for the upcoming Conference on Emerging Technologies in Conflict & Peace (keynote speaker: Benjamin Noys), to be held at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus, May 18-19. @camilavergara.bsky.social @nicostrim.bsky.social @hadjioannou.bsky.social

Call for Papers: Conference on Emerging Technologies in Conflict & Peace (Keynote Speaker: Benjamin Noys) University of Nicosia, Cyprus (May 18 - 19) #socialsciences #sociologyoftechnology #digitalsociology #digitalpolitics #stsstudies #politicsoftechnology #conflictstudies #accelerationism

👉Call for Papers: Conference on Emerging Technologies in Conflict & Peace @ the University of Nicosia, Cyprus, May 18th - 19th. @nicostrim.bsky.social @hadjioannou.bsky.social

“A democratic offensive can only benefit by including in its arsenal as many tools as possible [...] This presupposes blurring the distinction between ‘expert’, ‘political’, and ‘poetic’ discourse, where the politician becomes the expert, the expert becomes the politician and both become poets”

New publication out co-authored with @nicostrim.bsky.social! "Surveillance, De-Democratization and the Digital States of Exception: Cyprus, a Small State Surveillance-Post"

The second day of #PSA25 kicked off with another powerful panel on dislocation and its epistemics! Insightful exchanges with Olivier Ouzilou, @dbonansinga.bsky.social & @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social, @rokuppers.bsky.social, @michaelangeloanast.bsky.social and Andy Knott—deep theory, sharp debates!

For those that are interested. I will be presenting two papers @ the Political Studies Association 2025 Conference: "Populism and the Mirror of Technology" and "Surveillance, De-Democratization and the Digital States of Exception: Cyprus, a Small State Surveillance-Post"

Has #China's open access #Deepseek turned the US AI world upside down? Curious to hear what everyone's thoughts on this are.

In its 1st blog entry, Digital Transitions & Society Research Group engages with the question of 'digital populism'. Link to full article ("Populism and the Mirror of Technology") in comments.

Any well networked colleague willing to put together a nationalism studies starter pack? ☺️

Ultimately, #technology was the #nation-state's condition of possibility. Its logic, mirroring that of #hegemony, provided the #social and #political basis for #nation construction projects. #nationalism #routledge #poststructuralism #semiotics #intertextuality #nation #monograph #Laclau #discourse

Our research team (Digital Transitions & Society) presented today at the Politics of Technologies in the Digital Age Conference at the University of Ioannina. Our presentations zeroed in on the intersection of technology and populism, platformization and ontological security.

A new #Kant talk out by our colleague at Digital Transitions & Society

Is Lying on Dating Apps Wrong? New episode just out! #Philosophy #Kant #Goethe-Institut

Getting some last minute help from Dall-E before my presentation 😂 #populism #technology #digitalities #politics #sociology #politicalsociology #populismstudies #nationalism

Hosted by our DIGITS colleague @hadjioannou.bsky.social

Does the logic of populist politics mirror the ontological potentials of technology? Do contemporary politics mirror technology's ontic manifestation in modern times? These are the questions I will be answering in the upcoming Politics of Technologies in the Digital Age Conference in Ioannina

Excited for "Politics of Technologies in the Digital Age" #Conference @ Ioannina. Our team at Digital Transitions & Society will present on #populism, #media platformization and #security, looking at the related ramifications in light of recent and anticipated developments in #AI.