”När normen om likabehandling i vår grundlag utmanas, och när normen om att respektera och sakligt bemöta invändningar från myndigheter och expertorgan försvagas, underminerar regeringen aktivt den ömtåliga väven av normer som bär upp vår demokrati.” Läs!👇🏼

Idag är jag en av undertecknarna av det här uppropet! Är du samhällsvetare, skriv gärna under du också: www.samtoo.se. www.aftonbladet.se/debatt/a/y58...

"Särskilt allvarlig är utvecklingen där företrädare för regeringsmakten framställer domstolar och myndigheter som generella demokratihot och som politiska motkrafter som måste pressas eller kringgås." Jag har undertecknat ett samhällsvetarupprop till stöd för en demokratisk rättsstat. Haka på!

"När det gäller relationen mellan stat och medborgare talar vi ... gärna om samhällskontraktet. ... upplevelsen av att vara lika mycket värd som alla andra är avgörande ... Denna norm är nu satt under press." Om du är samhällsvetare och vill skriva under uppropet kan du göra det här: www.samtoo.se

Idag skriver jag tillsammans med 38 andra samhällsvetare på Aftonbladets debattsida: www.aftonbladet.se/debatt/a/y58...

Two new facts stand out: 1. 85% of hallucinated citations in preprints are also in the subsequent journal version (thanks, peer review!) 2. Fake cites more likely to use the names of (male) scholars who are already highly cited, creating a fake-citation Matthew effect. arxiv.org/abs/2605.07723

📣 New publication 📣 Delighted to see my article with the brilliant Teresa Bejan and James Tilley now out in the BJPolS We develop and test the concept of 'partisan intolerance' - and find high levels of intolerance in Britain, associated with affective polarisation 👇

#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky New study: Confirmation biases stronger on political right (vs left). #Asymmetry www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

This beauty has now been submitted, approved by the publisher, and is set for production. Across 43 chapters, it covers a wide range of topics, approaches, and countries. Please stay tuned for updates. A big thank you to everyone involved! THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS OF THE FAR RIGHT

This beauty has now been submitted, approved by the publisher, and is set for production. Across 43 chapters, it covers a wide range of topics, approaches, and countries. Please stay tuned for updates. A big thank you to everyone involved! THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS OF THE FAR RIGHT

Den här texten ska ni läsa. @alexvoronov.bsky.social och @lindellch.bsky.social reder ut vad son egentligen stämmer i debatten om invandring och vad som falska påståenden som hotar att slita isär Sverige.

New study finds overconfidence is linked to believing in conspiracy theories, but it doesn’t directly cause those beliefs. Instead, it may make people more susceptible to accepting conspiratorial information when they encounter it. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

📖✅Happy to see our article, 'Bringing Rokkan into the twenty-first century: the cleavage structure of Western Europe' now issued in JEPP. @mirkocrulli.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The cost of raising a child in Sweden 🇸🇪 has risen by 73% in ten years, from SEK 1.28M to SEK 2.22M. And that's true even though daycare, healthcare, dental care, and schooling are mostly free-to-families. Economics is not the entire story, but in case you wonder why people hesitate to have kids.

🆕 Is “right-wing populism” a myth? 🧚 @alexyates2000.bsky.social & @aurelmondon.com argue three reasons why the #Populist label is ill-fitting for #FarRight politics, calling for the more common use of precise but stigmatising signifiers

New paper out with @antonialang.bsky.social in @electoralstudies.bsky.social 📣 Why is support for the Alternative for Germany often high in low-diversity rural areas, while ethnically diverse cities show mixed patterns? Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🧵: Klemperer skulle ha noterat följande språkglidning i vår tid: Demonstrant —> Aktivist —> Terrorist. Men att demonstrera är vår grundlagsskyddade rättighet. Att vara aktivist betyder ingenting mer än att vara en ”person som förespråkar, och ofta utför, direkta politiska handlingar” (SAOB). Ordet >

Is social media dying? How much did Twitter change as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation? Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has changed Here are the key take-aways 🧵 Full paper out now in in JQD:DM!

📢 SOFI söker forskningsassistent (50 %, ca 4 månader, start hösten 2026) till ett projekt om distansutbildning i högre utbildning. Arbete med intervjuer och forskningsdata. Ansök senast 12 maj. Läs mer och ansök: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

The special issue of @cpsjournal.bsky.social “Back from the Brink: Countering Illiberalism in Liberal Democracies”, co-edited by myself and Isabela Mares, was just published. The issue includes 8 articles, many of which set new research agendas. A🧵w/overview 1/10 journals.sagepub.com/toc/CPS/curr...

🚨🚨Fascinating @politico.eu report on how Donald #Trump has become so politically toxic in Europe that even his closest ideological #far-right allies increasingly view him as a liability. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/trum...

Last chance to apply for our Postdoc in Sociology at SOFI! Deadline: 13 April 2026 Read more and apply: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Det finns en naivetet i Sverige att våra högerpopulister är mer demokratiska än i andra länder. Det stämmer inte. SD-väljare straffar politiker med antidemokratiska tendenser i lika låg grad som väljare för PiS i Polen. www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/in-...

Nu kan du göra egna analyser av Levnadsnivåundersökningen (LNU). Skapa diagram, följ förändringar över tid och ladda ner data direkt. Ett värdefullt verktyg och ett enkelt sätt att arbeta med en av Sveriges viktigaste datakällor om levnadsförhållanden. levnadsnivaundersokningen.se

Filip Olsson visade med sin avhandling att det finns ett glapp mellan medvetna och omedvetna fördomar. Nu har det gått lite över ett år sedan han doktorerade. Vi har frågat honom om livet efter examen. www.su.se/enheter/soci...

🚨 Call for Contributors 🚨 "Lost in Their Words: Rewriting the Political Lexicon of the Far Right" Editors: Sofia Miola (University of Pavia) & Massimiliano Livi (Goethe University Frankfurt)

Skriv under mot denna fullständiga idioti. crd.org/sv/vandel/

Demokratin i USA mår sämre än på 50 år, och USA räknas inte längre som en liberal demokrati. Dyster läsning - men med en del ljuspunkter - i den senaste forskningsrapporten från @vdeminstitute.bsky.social

Excellent critique of the media’s normalization of the far right.

📢 We are hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology at SOFI, Stockholm University. Interested in research on the causes and consequences of social policy for individuals and society? Apply by 13 April 2026. More information and application: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... #postdoc #sociology

Job opportunity for sociologists working in the field of social policy: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Why does mainstream accommodation of far-right and Eurosceptic parties often electorally backfire? In my 3rd dissertation paper, just published in @wepsocial.bsky.social, I argue that voters specifically punish internally divided parties for accommodation: doi.org/10.1080/0140... 1/13 🧵

Come work with me! Two postdoc positions open in @erc.europa.eu project PROTECT, examining how local change shapes public support for protectionist policies in areas like trade and finance. @stockholmuni.bsky.social su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... #polisky #academicsky

New experimental study publshed in Nature confirms what we all largely expected, that "X" was algorithmically redesigned to promote a right-wing ideological pipeline. Full study here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

65.1🦋 #FarRight amplifiers 🔊 @dasalgon.bsky.social and @tevoelker.bsky.social show how far-right actors increasingly shape the agendas of mainstream parties, particularly around Islam, migration & cultural issues. #AfD

New course for PhD students. This course explores the contemporary conditions under which far-right publics are formed, mobilized, and legitimized, as well as their societal consequences, in terms of nativist sentiments, authoritarian attitudes, and anti-migrant violence. www.gu.se/en/socav/far...

The Swedish gov’t intends to deport an 8-month-old baby to Iran, even though he was born in Sweden and both parents are legal residents: www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/migr...

New article and special issue! Just out in Comparative Political Studies: “Countering Illiberalism in Liberal Democracies: Information, Legacies, Temporalities", the intro to a special issue on countering illiberalism in liberal democracies. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Thread 🧵1/7

65.1🦋 🆕 Perceived #Inequality and #Populism 🗣️ Evidence across Denmark, Germany and Italy show that people who perceive great inequality are more likely to hold #Populist attitudes according to @lstoetze.bsky.social, Johannes Giesecke & @heikekluever.bsky.social

CALL FOR CHAPTERS! Me and @grahammacklin.bsky.social are putting together an edited collection looking at the use of pseudoscientific ideas by extremist movements. If you are interested, please send us your abstracts at this link: forms.gle/mAUtpDGNEj9i...

Den här skrev vi 2018, men kan kanske fortfarande ha viss relevans: www.dagensarena.se/essa/stor-ri...

65.1🦋 What happens when the #RadicalRight looks fondly to the past? 🕰️ 👀 @populismblog.bsky.social & @steven-vanhauwaert.bsky.social introduce #AuthoritarianNostalgia exploring how supporters of VOX and Chega connect today’s politics with Spanish & Portuguese eras buff.ly/GHwnwul

Maybe not trust crisis, but the scandalization of Norwegian politics has reached a new level. And as I say here, political trust isn't extremely important for any one thing in particular, but it plays a role in many things, like voter turnout, welfare systems, acceptance of foreigners, and more.

Välkommen till Bajen, Vivienne! www.hammarbyfotboll.se/nyheter/baje... #bajen #hammarby

Important read(s) 👇

The #populist #right is a master of #flipsiding established #concepts. Michal Krzyzanowski, Natalia Krzyzanowska, @jensrydgren.bsky.social have edited a special issue with pieces analysing this practice, including my analysis of double flipsiding of #security www.tandfonline.com/toc/csos20/3...

Sociology, along with i.a. Mendelian genetics, cybernetics, quantum physics, or theory of relativity, was banned in the Soviet Union and its satellites as "bourgeois pseudoscience" incompatibile with Marxism-Leninism. Turns out that maybe it's just incompatible with authoritarianism in general.

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...

Some really striking numbers in this new survey showing the flip in European public opinion about America. But bear in mind this is only Western Europe. In Eastern Europe, it has been harder to take the blinders off peoples' eyes. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...