New policy paper from the IDEoPOP & @iirprague.bsky.social collaboration! In this second paper, @lesliewehner.bsky.social and @simonkaack.bsky.social explore the foreign policy implications of the election of José Antonio Kast as president of Chile. Check it out!

''How does right-wing populism reshape foreign policy?'' New analysis by our PI @sdestradi.bsky.social with @carnegieendowment.org on the impact of right-wing populism on India's foreign policy. You can find it here: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

It was a pleasure to speak with Milan Vaishnav @carnegieendowment.org about our new book "Populism and Foreign Policy" @academic.oup.com carnegieendowment.org/podcasts/gra...

Many thanks to the @ideopop.bsky.social team for the feedback on this article, now published in @isq-jrnl.bsky.social: "Populist Publics' Affinity for Nuclear Weapons? Explaining Opposition to the Nuclear Sharing Weapons in European Populist Publics" by Etienne et al. 👇

We're excited to share that we launched the #IDEoPOP policy paper series in collaboration with the @iirprague.bsky.social! The first policy paper by our PI @sdestradi.bsky.social explores #populist engagement with the #UnitedNations. Read the contribution here: www.iir.cz/en/populists...

We conclude the #IDEoPOP doctoral training with a lecture by @profannikawerner.bsky.social on radical right populist parties in the EU. The seminar provided interesting insights into the main drivers for populists alliance building in the European Parliament. Thank you for the lecture!

We start the new year with an #IDEoPOP workshop on #populism and security by our PI, @fabrizio-coticchia.bsky.social. We received very interesting insights into Fabrizio's research results, particularly on the case of Italy. Thank you for the lecture! #MSCA #foreignpolicy

So nice to see that our early piece (with Johannes Plagemann @giga-hamburg.de) on #populism and #foreignpolicy remains among the 5 most read and 5 most cited articles in Foreign Policy Analysis! @fpajrnl.bsky.social @ideopop.bsky.social @pwunifreiburg.bsky.social

Last week, I attended a super inspiring workshop on right-wing #Populism in middle powers @carnegieeurope.bsky.social in Brussels. Thanks for the invitation @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social & @milanv.bsky.social !! @ideopop.bsky.social

It was a pleasure to take part in the lecture series of The International Dimensions and Effects of Populism! Thanks to @sdestradi.bsky.social and the IDEoPOP team for having me! If you are interested in the lecture, you can find it here: ideopop.populism-internationalrelations.com/lecture-ii-4...

Today we had an inspiring lecture by our #IDEoPOP PIs Fredrik Söderbaum and @kilianspandler.bsky.social on #populism and #InternationalOrganizations. Thank you both for presenting and @pbilgin.bsky.social for chairing the session. #multilateralism #regionalism #MSCA #DoctoralNetworks #HorizonEurope

As part of our lecture series on populism and foreign policy we had a workshop on the populist politicization of foreign policy today. Thank you @davidcadier.bsky.social for the interesting lecture and insightful Q&A session 😊 #Politicisation #ForeignPolicy #MSCA #DoctoralNetworks #HorizonEurope

Very happy to share that my new book "Populism and Foreign Policy", co-authored with Johannes Plagemann, is now out as an e-book with Oxford University Press! We examine how populist governments reshape #foreignpolicy across the globe. More here: academic.oup.com/book/61646

We had an excellent lecture by @hakkitas.bsky.social @giga-hamburg.de yesterday in our #MSCA Doctoral Network IDEoPOP @ideopop.bsky.social. Thanks a lot, dear Hakki, for presenting your super inspiring and innovative research agenda on #populism and #territoriality! @pwunifreiburg.bsky.social

Thank you so much, dear @erinjenne.bsky.social, for giving a lecture on #sovereigntism and the international dimensions of #populism to our doctoral candidates in the @ideopop.bsky.social doctoral network! #MSCA #DoctoralNetworks

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Back from Rapallo, where I had very inspiring three days with fantastic colleagues to discuss our emerging research agenda on #politicization of #foreignpolicy. Thank you @europeanisa.bsky.social for this wonderful opportunity! #RapalloSymposia

The local newspaper reported about our public roundtable (in German only): www.badische-zeitung.de/wie-war-s-be...

Some impressions from our IDEoPOP Kick-off Conference on the international dimensions and effects of #populism held @uni-freiburg.de on 17-19 September. The entire network met in person for the first time for an inspiring mix of poster sessions by our doctoral candidates, panels, and roundtables.

New publication (with Emidio Diodato) in @jcms-eu.bsky.social The Long‐Term Effects of #Populism on #ForeignPolicy: Berlusconi's Legacy and Its Impact on Italy's Approach to the #EU and International Politics onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @ideopop.bsky.social @pwunifreiburg.bsky.social

Thank you so much for coming to our @ideopop.bsky.social kick-off conference and for presenting your super interesting research, dear @dwajner.bsky.social !

We had two very inspiring panels on the international consequences of #populism at #SISP2025 today 😊 @ideopop.bsky.social

Good morning Napoli! Looking forward to #SISP2025 with two panels on #populism and #IR co-organized with @khayyamrza.bsky.social of the @ideopop.bsky.social doctoral network

My contribution this morning in Deutschlandfunk (in German) on Germany's foreign minister's trip to #India www.deutschlandfunk.de/wirtschaft-u...

Today, I could finally collect my copies of our Routledge #Handbook of #Populism and #ForeignPolicy. I am so grateful to all our authors and to the best co-editors in the world: @achryssogelos.bsky.social and @davidcadier.bsky.social!

Interested in different theories and conceptualization of #populism? Here are lectures by some of the leading scholars in the field, given in the context of our MSCA doctoral network @ideopop.bsky.social

The first six #lectures of our series on #Populism are now available online! Super interesting contributions on the different theorizations of populism and on how to measure it. Follow this space for more video lectures in the coming weeks! ideopop.populism-internationalrelations.com/doctoral-tra...

📣 We're #hiring: You successfully completed your #PhD and are motivated to research and teach in #InternationalRelations? Consider joining our lovely team at @uni-freiburg.de in Germany's sunniest region. 🌞 More info 👇 @sdestradi.bsky.social @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social @abi-freiburg.bsky.social

Our #handbook of #populism and #foreignpolicy has a publication date: 20 June! Very much looking forward to seeing this in print :-) @davidcadier.bsky.social @achryssogelos.bsky.social www.routledge.com/Routledge-Ha...

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A few days ago, I spoke with NZZ about the India-Pakistan conflict and Kashmir: podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/n...

*We are hiring!* @pwunifreiburg.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de 2-year Postdoc position in #InternationationalRelations at my chair with a fantastic team! :-) uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...

I had a wonderful time in Jerusalem this week at the workshop "The International Impact of #Populism: Mitigation or Boost?" organized by @dwajner.bsky.social @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social Very much enjoyed discussions with colleagues and students. Thank you for the invitation!!

“even if [Europeans] cannot stop the attacks on US academia, different groups can help US-based academics in other ways.” My new op-Ed in @theguardian.com

📚 Top 10 Books: International Women’s Day 2025 Book Reviews Editor Mariana Vieira has curated a selection of outstanding books written by women that have been reviewed in our journal over the past year. Dive into the list 👇 medium.com/internationa...

What an honour to see my book "Reluctance in World Politics" in the @iajournal.bsky.social list of top 10 books written by women! And a reference to our #populism special section, too. Thank you!!😊 medium.com/internationa...

Attending #ISA2025 @isanet.bsky.social ? Interested in fresh scholarly insights on the foreign policies of populist actors across the world (they might come in handy these days)? Come to our roundtable at 4, organised around our upcoming Handbook and with many authors present! @fpa-isa.bsky.social

Our handbook of #populism and #foreignpolicy has a cover! @achryssogelos.bsky.social @davidcadier.bsky.social And if you are attending #ISA2025 @isanet.bsky.social, join us at roundtable MD24 "Populism and Foreign Policy Making" on Monday 3 March at 4 pm in room Lake Huron 8 (Hilton).

Pleased to share my blog piece with International Affairs @iajournal.bsky.social, linking my current Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.bsky.social research on how leaders change, my previous IA article on breaking bad, and Trump 2.0 medium.com/internationa...

We are hiring @uni-freiburg.de!! We are looking for a doctoral candidate to work on "Populist politicization of foreign policy" in the EU-funded MSCA doctoral network "International Dimensions and Effects of Populism" (IDEoPOP) uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...

This'll be fun!, with Barry Posen, @nathalietocci.bsky.social & @sdestradi.bsky.social . . .

Very much looking forward to the online roundtable "A World Order Out of Balance? Power, Populism, and the Shaping of Tomorrow’s Global Order", organized by @europeanisa.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social eisa-net.org/online-event...

If you know of recent PhDs/postdocs with interest in quant. (ideally mixed-method) research on pol violence/repression/armed actors PLEASE direct them to me! Am looking to appoint Humboldt Fellows to work with me for a year. Esp looking for ppl from Global South. No German citizens/German degree.

Super interesting and timely piece by Ron Krebs: "Trump vs. the Military: Why Populists Turn Against Their Armed Forces—and Degrade National Power" www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

Happy to share my first publication based on some reflections from my PhD research. In this forum contribution for International Politics, I hold that #far-right parties hold various visions and are spoilers, agnostics, or architects of #EuropeanSecurity. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Very much enjoyed giving a lecture at UP Diliman! Great questions from students and a beautiful campus 😊 A big thank you to Aries Arugay @ariesarugay.bsky.social for the invitation!!

Hier ein kurzer "GIGA Insight" Bericht mit Johannes Plagemann zur (Un)berechenbarkeit populistischer Außenpolitik @giga-hamburg.de www.giga-hamburg.de/de/presse/nu...

Very much looking forward to giving a lecture at UP Diliman, Philippines, on Friday :-) polisci.upd.edu.ph/destradi-lec...

We are hiring in Freiburg: Full Professorship (W 3) for political science specializing in Politics and governance of the European Union uni-freiburg.de/university/j... Please spread the word, looking forward to working with a friendly new colleague soon! :-) @uni-freiburg.de

Want to learn Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) in presence, rather than online? 🏫 Register for the #QCA Workshop at the 28th Summer School in Social Science Methods at the Università della Svizzera italiana #USI in beautiful #Lugano (Aug 19-23). www.usi.ch/en/education...