Happy national day to all Finns!   🇫🇮 & 🇪🇺: The city of Oulu is the European Capital of Culture for 2026. Its culture programme will revolve around the theme of cultural climate change.   For info about the Council in Finnish → link.europa.eu/jdQWYB

Join Emilia Palonen’s hybrid #booklaunch to explore her new #openaccess book 'The Birth and Death of Liberal Democracy in Hungary' (2025)! 📅 8 December, 14:00–16:00 (GMT+02:00) 📍 Online & University of Helsinki 🔗 Teams: bit.ly/4pkalX7 @emiliapalonen.bsky.social #politicalscience #culturalstudies

'Reconfiguring EU Peripheries: Political Elites, Contestation, and Geopolitical Shifts' (2024) presents empirically rich case studies that explore #EU integration processes. The volume, edited by Butnaru Troncotă, Özçelik & Cucută, is available in #openaccess at: doi.org/10.33134/pro...

In 'The Birth and Death of Liberal Democracy in Hungary', Emilia Palonen explores the transformation of Hungary’s #political landscape in the post-communist era. Find the #openaccess book at: doi.org/10.33134/pro... #populism #polarisation #illiberalism #politicalscience #culturalstudies #Hungary

RECLAIM is over, but we'll keep podcasting on the politics of post-truth. Join us for the last conversation on the project and stay tuned!

'The Birth and Death of Liberal Democracy in Hungary' by Emilia Palonen demonstrates how political #populism and #polarisation became mainstream in the country. The book is freely available in #openaccess at: doi.org/10.33134/pro... #PoliticalScience #DiscourseAnalysis #CulturalStudies #Democracy

Starting SOON | The #RECLAIM Final Conference "Frontiers of truth: Reclaiming Liberal Democracy in a post-factual world" will begin at 11‼️ Follow us here for key quotes and join our livestream on our YouTube channel 🔗 youtube.com/live/voB0950... /🧵

Coming up! ‘The Birth and Death of Liberal Democracy in Hungary’ by Emilia Palonen explores how political #populism and #polarisation became mainstream in #Hungary. The book is the fourth publication in the Pro et Contra series and will be freely available in #openaccess. Stay tuned!

Our article was just published! 🥳 You can read it free open access: Undermining Liberal Democracy? Cross‐Level Opposition in Madrid Regional President's Speeches During the Pandemic Crisis | Article | Politics and Governance www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...

Check out Miruna Butnaru-Troncotă's timely article on The Loop blog 👇 Butnaru-Troncotă is one of the editors of 'Reconfiguring EU Peripheries: Political Elites, Contestation, and Geopolitical Shifts' (2024). The book is freely available at: doi.org/10.33134/pro... @ecprtheloop.bsky.social #EU

Excited to organise this hybrid seminar on politics and evidence in times of crisis! Guest speaker is Dr. Emilia Aiello who talks to us about citizen initiative behind "Science in Parliament". Join us @uam.es or online. More details: www.madrid-ias.eu/news/seminar...

New article on populist discourse in EU post-truth context! This research was done by myself and @juanroch.bsky.social within the WP7 with @luisbouzagarcia.bsky.social of the Horizon Europe RECLAIM project.

The 5th episode of RECLAIM's project podcast is out. @lucasproto.bsky.social discusses the latest crisis of journalism with academics and journalists. The key issue as I see it is which kind of mediations with truth can journalism (re-)establish. open.spotify.com/episode/2avG...

Are you a US scientist thinking of quitting the States for Europe? Would you be willing to talk about it — anonymity is possible? Send me a DM. (Please reskeet if you have US contacts!)

Our Annual Report for 2024 is out! We're happy to see that HUP's books' reach keeps growing. If you'd like to learn more about our year, check out the Report at: hdl.handle.net/10138/594089 Image: Map of regions where HUP's books have been downloaded in 2020-2024 #scholarlypublishing #openaccess

💾 ⬇️ www.democracynow.org/2025/2/28/in...

The most striking result from yesterday’s German election #btw2025 🇩🇪: 🔹 35 years after reunification: The GDR is redrawn on this map. 🔹 The AfD won 45 out of 48 electoral districts in the East. 🔹 In some parts of Saxony, they came close to 50%! Why is this happening? Here’s my take 👇

Paras reagoida varhain ja yhdessä -- käykää allekirjoittamassa vetoomus yliopistoille ja korkeakouluille. Päivän demokratiateko. openpetition.eu/!tqcpn

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Vetoomus tieteen vapauden puolesta yliopistojen ja ammattikorkeakoulujen rehtoreille www.openpetition.eu/fi/petition/...

Trump's language police (unsuccessfully) requested changes to the wording of @helsinki.fi press releases related to NSF-Research Council of Finland collaborative research (in Finnish) Yliopistot | HBL: Trumpin kielipoliisien painostus ulottuu Helsingin yliopistoon asti www.hs.fi/helsinki/art...

We are very pleased with Professor Simon Usherwood's endorsement of 'Reconfiguring EU Peripheries', edited by Butnaru Troncotă, Özçelik & Cucută. The book is freely available in #openaccess at: doi.org/10.33134/pro... @simonusherwood.bsky.social #EU #geopolitics #politicalscience #OAbooks

Check out our latest release! 'Reconfiguring EU Peripheries' is a great read for anyone interested in #EUstudies, international relations, or #politics. The volume is edited by Butnaru Troncotă, Özçelik, and Cucută. Read the #openaccess book at: doi.org/10.33134/pro...

Great news! 'Reconfiguring EU Peripheries', edited by Butnaru Troncotă, Özçelik & Cucută, comes out next week. The book will be freely available in #openaccess. Find more information here: hup.fi/site/catalog... #EU #EUstudies #politics #scholarlypublishing #peerreview

Coming in June! 'Reconfiguring EU Peripheries', edited by Butnaru Troncotă, Özçelik & Cucută, sheds light on the various motivations behind #political elites' attitudes towards the #EU in countries such as Moldova, Hungary and Ukraine. #openaccess 🌐 #EUstudies

Coming up! 'Reconfiguring EU Peripheries' examines the politicians' views on the EU in Romania, Hungary, Ukraine, Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Türkiye, Kosovo, and Georgia amid growing regional tensions. The book is edited by Butnaru Troncotă, Özçelik and Cucută. #EUStudies 🌐 #openaccess

Looking for activities to get you through the winter? Just a reminder: all of our publications are freely accessible in #OpenAccess. Check out our collection of books here: hup.fi/site/books/. Happy reading! 📚 #AcademicSky