The federal government isn’t America’s only authoritarian institution: Backlash at Yale to its negotiations with Trump shine a light on the danger of smaller authoritarian structures in civil society. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

📘 Youth Wings of the Populist Radical Right is out today online with Oxford University Press! A wee thread about our new-born book 🧵 academic.oup.com/book/62992

It's summer in this part of the world, time for novels! I finally managed to read this book, suggested by too many friends and students to be avoided. I have very mixed feelings. My few cents.

"What is happening in the United States is the attempted conversion of science into a political tool, tolerated when useful, punished when inconvenient, and redefined when it resists". academic.oup.com/eurpub/artic...

Almost 1 in 4 voters in Europe now votes for a radical right party (23%), up from 7% in 2006 and 11% in 2016. Almost 1 in 3 votes for a populist party. By contrast, only ≈1% now votes for a radical left party, the lowest level since 1989 Source: The PopuList 4.0, via @caterinafr.bsky.social

#VendrediLecture📚 Political science can no longer treat the far right as an *external challenger* in the *electoral arena* of politics. In the 2025 Peter Mair Lecture, @caterinafr.bsky.social suggested three ways forward. You can now read her full keynote speech: doi.org/10.1080/0790...

Gearing up for the 5th edition of our Summer School! Keynote lectures are open to all. @casmudde.bsky.social @pietrocastellig.bsky.social @ecpr-ead.bsky.social @ecpr.bsky.social

1/ I'm delighted to share my latest article: The mainstreaming of the far right and democratic erosion: Three analytical pathways, now published in Irish Political Studies www.flyn.to/LopOj99 @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social

🇮🇪 Why was Ireland the exception in a year of anti-incumbent, far-right votes? @conorlittle.bsky.social shows the main parties held firm: Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael renewed their vows, Sinn Féin's vote slid to 19%, and far-right parties won 1.6% and no seats. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0140...

Now it's the time of Dina Waked for the @edr-sciencespo.bsky.social about the importance to speak true to power.

Excellent speech by @tommasovitale.bsky.social at the 2026 graduation ceremony of Sciences Po @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social : "Always ask why things are what they are".

Today we launch the new version of The PopuList! The PopuList provides an overview of far-left, far-right and populist parties in 31 European countries from 1989 until 1 May 2026. Explore the new website here: popu-list.org

#Populism? The PopuList 4.0 and its shiny website are out today! Always a pleasure to work with captain @mrooduijn.bsky.social and the rocking crew @dafnoukos.bsky.social @sldelange.bsky.social @casmudde.bsky.social @stijntvankessel.bsky.social @paultaggart.bsky.social @cris-sciencespo.bsky.social

Un épisode de chaleur est un événement météorologique. La tendance qui modifie sa fréquence, son intensité et ses conséquences est, elle, une évolution climatique de fond.

I made a small visualisation of the birthplace and nation represented of players at the World Cup. Stunning 96(!) players born in France. You can play with it here: claude.ai/public/artif...

Terrible but true: “nothing is too rightwing any more.” How there are no guardrails anymore on the right of UK politics and beyond. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre....

🚨 🚨 🚨 new publication (with @antonialang.bsky.social) klaxon!!! Over the past decade, scholars have increasingly turned to “place” as a key factor in political behaviour — particularly on the far right, in Europe & the US. Urban-rural divides are especially intriguing. But are they true cleavages? 🤔

The Far-Right Protest Observatory is online 📯! www.farpo.eu FARPO, a joint initiative by ULB/Cevipol, @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social, C-REX, University of Bologna, provides data on protest events by far-right parties and movements across Europe in the past 20 years: check our website! (1/8)

I’m hiring 2 doctoral researchers in Politics of Climate Change at Heidelberg University 🌍 📊 Survey Research & Political Participation 🗣️ Qualitative Research & Group Formation Part of “The New Climate Divide” Deadline: 21 June 2026 Calls: www.ipw.uni-heidelberg.de/en/about-us/... Please share!

We couldn't have a better audience and venue for the first presentation of our forthcoming @oxfordunipress.bsky.social volume "Protests of the far right" based of Farpo.eu. Thanks for hosting us D. della Porta, @mportosg.bsky.social L.Zamponi & L. Bosi. @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social

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...

Is there also a documentary that shows how reactionary centrists paved the way for the Nazi takeover by creating a moral panic about non-issues (like the 1920s equivalent of "wokeness")?

🎓 I am very happy to share that I have successfully defended my PhD dissertation, "Competition Between Equals: Mainstream Party Decline, Far-Right Evolution, and the Transformation of Party Competition in Western Europe", on Monday!

Sadly very accurate!

#DansLaPresse 📰 Dynamiques communes aux partis d'extrêmes droites en Europe et dans le monde, circulation et contagion des idées, liens entre extrêmes droites et classes populaires, ... Autant de sujets abordés dans l'interview de @caterinafr.bsky.social par @amestre.bsky.social dans @lemonde.fr ⤵️

The full story of the situation in Florida. 1. Universities will no longer have (already censored) Intro to Sociology as general ed course. 2. Colleges will have far-right version of Intro to Sociology as general ed course.

La Costituzione protegge più di una maggioranza parlamentare. #referendum

Et sinon... Les évolutions de la liberté académique comparés a qq autres "démocraties"

Un editorial qui résume bien les enjeux du référendum sur la réforme de la justice qui se tiendra en Italie le 22 et 23 mars. @lemonde.fr www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

Le vote Knafo, le vote du vrai peuple qui souffre

Voter ne suffit plus En accès libre et bien dense

🌍✨ Celebrating International Women’s Day ✨🌍 This #InternationalWomensDay, we’re highlighting a collection of articles exploring women’s representation, participation, and gender equality in politics 📚 Explore the research and join the conversation buff.ly/9wGrwYE #IWD #WomenInPolitics

Be our allies, there is so much to fight for in this era of eroding rights #IWD2026

📅 The schedule of the 5th @ecpr-ead.bsky.social Summer School on Concepts & Methods for Research on Far-Right Politics now online! tinyurl.com/f73yym3b ⏳ One month left to apply @casmudde.bsky.social @leoniedejonge.bsky.social @dafnoukos.bsky.social @andreapirro.it @albertostefanelli.bsky.social

Timely publication by brilliant @asheinze.bsky.social and @gefjonoff.bsky.social to understand the current wave of far-right politics. Proud to see this important piece featured in @ejprjournal.bsky.social

As we (rightly) focus on the threat of U.S. government funding far-right parties and "think tanks", this excellent @veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social report is an important reminder of the crucial role that the Orbán government already plays in developing and financing a far-right infrastructure in Europe.

Bravo @malojan.bsky.social !

Denmark 2026 How Professors Explain Gender Disparities in Academia onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... "Male professors relate women's career barriers to family factors. Female professors favour explanations at the university level, lack of recognition, implicit bias in evaluations".

NEW PUBLICATION “How the Media Cordon Sanitaire Crumbles: Lessons from Germany” now out in @prxjournal.bsky.social 🔓 doi.org/10.1080/2474736X.2026.2621808 I’m very happy that this paper is out – this project is particularly important to me.

📰 "Le marché global de la cocaïne ne s’organise plus autour de barons, comme à l’époque de Pablo Escobar", écrit Gabriel Feltran dans @lemonde.fr, relevant une mutation des modes d’organisation du commerce de gros. ⤵️ @cnrsshs.bsky.social @cnrs-idf-villejuif.bsky.social @scpo-research.bsky.social

The Price of American #Authoritarianism: the latest @foreignaffairs.com article from @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social @lucanway.bsky.social @dziblatt.bsky.social and Steven Levitsky. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Great conference to launch an excellent new book on French Democracy in Distress. @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social @vtiberj.bsky.social @caterinafr.bsky.social @cevipof.bsky.social

www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @ejprjournal.bsky.social

Et pour prolonger l'échange sur l'état de la démocratie en France (en français), ne manquez pas cette table ronde autour de l'ouvrage "French Democracy in distress" Le 29 Janvier. Info en bas:

📢 AUTHLIB webinar How do illiberals challenge democracy in Austria, Italy & France? 🗓️ Jan 26 |🕒 10:00 CET 🎙️Batuhan Eren (Scuola Normale Superiore), @caterinafr.bsky.social @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social, Sylvia Kritzinger (Uni Vienna) & @veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social @gmfus.bsky.social 👉 t.ly/DdE4e

A great closing conference of the AUTHLIB @authlibeu.bsky.social at CEU in Budapest - thanks to all. The organizers and participants!

🗣️Finally, we heard from @caterinafr.bsky.social @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social showing how illiberalism is rising in France and how it influences the country's political landscape. 📚Stay tuned for our AUTHLIB Country Paper series including our Sciences Po team's paper on France!

💥 Our two-day concluding conference is already underway at the Central European University @weareceu.bsky.social! If you are in Budapest, come by today and tomorrow to learn about illiberalism in Europe from all the excellent scholars of Authlib and join our discussion!