Our Special Issue on "Religion and Democratic Theory" is now out in @democratictheory.bsky.social (co-edited with Iman Al Nassre @ialnassre.bsky.social)
Check out the articles by Cristina Lafont, Schirin Amir-Moazami, Aurélia Bardon, Tobias Müller, and the interview with Cécile Laborde!
📣 Call for Applications: ECPR SGEU ECR Pre-Workshop
“The Far-Right as a Social Movement in Europe” organized with @larboe.bsky.social, 30 June 2026, one day ahead of the ECPR SGEU Conference in Catania, Italy.
Don't forget to apply until the end of the week! 🚨
🚨 New WP w/ @leonardocarella.bsky.social on OSF
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
We usually think that social identities precede preferences
We show the reverse is also true: people update their social identities to match their immigration preferences
Focus: class identity in 🇬🇧 + Christian identity in 🇮🇹
Vicariously proud of former @powimz.bsky.social MA student @luceng.bsky.social who has just published this very interesting paper on #farright Christian rhetoric in *Party Politics* 👏🎓📄✨📚
Results reveal group-specific framing, patterns of religious invocation distinct from those of other parties, and links to specific events. The study shows how Christian narratives serve as rhetorical resources for boundary construction, which can challenge cohesion even in secularised societies.
I combine automated text classification and qualitative analysis of parliamentary speech data to identify religious markers and how they co-occur with inclusionary and exclusionary group references across national contexts and over time.
The paper looks at how Christianity functions as a marker for drawing boundaries between ‘us’ and ‘them’ in largely secularised European contexts, where far-right parties themselves are typically not religious.
Very happy to share my second dissertation paper, now out in Party Politics.
I study the role of Christianity in the rhetoric of European far-right parties doi.org/10.1177/1354...
Very excited to share this publication in Politics & Governance together with @sldelange.bsky.social @nathaliebrack.bsky.social @mrooduijn.bsky.social
We study the embrace of illiberalism in far-right discourse in the European Parliament between 1999 and 2019
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
Dankeschön, Jessica!!
Lieben Dank dir, Johanna!
Thank you so much, Marvin!
Thank you, Robert!
Findings suggest: Religiosity among Christians, especially beliefs, positively correlates with nativism. However, I find no evidence that PRR parties in power amplify this relationship.
It's open access, so you can give it a read here: doi.org/10.1017/S1755048325000045
Prior research finds mixed results on the link between individual religiosity and outgroup hostility. My study adds a contextual factor: the presence of PRR parties in government. Drawing on EVS/WVS data (2017-22), I test this interaction across 37 European and Latin American countries.
🚨 Excited to share that my first dissertation paper got published in Politics and Religion this week!
I examine: Is Christian religiosity linked to nativist attitudes?
And does this relationship strengthen when PRR parties are in power?
🚨 “We just need to recognize that we’re all citizens of this country.” –– Politicians + citizens often stress a shared national identity when trying to bridge racial, partisan, or other group divides.
@stysyropoulos.bsky.social & I show why such “shared” identities are doomed to fail.
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Great piece by @jonhenley.bsky.social. I get to outline the vicious cycle of far right support. As mainstream parties move right on immigration, voters adjust their positions to the right, far-right support increases, mainstream parties move more to the right...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
On this note, here is a thread with recent research on what normalization is and how it happens.
It includes links to references, from my work and that of others.
I tried to tag the authors whenever they are on here, in case you are interested in following their work.
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Hallo Bluesky!
Das Institut für Politikwissenschaft @uni-muenster.de wird ab heute (nur) über diesen Kanal aktuelle News zu Studium, Lehre und Forschung posten. Weitere und detaillierte Informationen über unser Institut finden sich auch immer hier: www.uni-muenster.de/IfPol/
⏳ Last day to submit your abstract for #COMPTEXT2025!
Deadline: January 15, 2025, 11:59:59pm CET 🚀
Details: shorturl.at/AmocX
Today, @luceng.bsky.social presented her work-in-progress on automated classification of in- and out-group appeals in the context of religion and identity in PRR party communication. Super interesting! #CSS