We’re sending our solidarity and support to Jewish communities after a frightening series of targeted antisemitic attacks. Jewish people, like everyone else, have the right to safety and belonging where they worship, work and live.
Participants of our Joint Sessions workshop on gender and quantitative methods in Innsbruck, with beautiful mountains in the background
Me and Maarja smiling proudly, with Innsbruck mountain background ✨
and that's a wrap on our @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions workshop that brought together incredible scholars applying quant and computational methods to politics and gender topics!
for @maarja.bsky.social (who graciously came down from the mountains for this ⛷️) and I, this was a dream come true ✨
Grateful to @reacpolrn.bsky.social for the chance to present some early post-PhD research on how UK, German, and French far-right parties' approach to (anti-)antisemitism has changed - or not - since 7 October at #psa26. Even better w good friends @mikebankole.bsky.social @salomeietter.bsky.social
If you are in London next week (24/3), I'll be speaking at this event at King's College London on how democratic institutions (try to) respond to far-right populism in Germany. And in very good company!
🎉 New publication 😍 The 4th wave of the #farright is marked by #mainstreaming & #normalisation - but how can we distinguish between them? In our new article, @gefjonoff.bsky.social and I map the existing literature, introduce a conceptual framework & outline research avenues. doi.org/10.1017/S147...
As the analysis starts of the Gorton and Denton result, I wanted to flag some aspects that my experience yesterday suggests are being over or under-played
(Caveats - I went to Longsight, Gorton and Denton town centres and spoke to as many people as I could, but it was mostly during the working day)
If you want to defeat the far right, you need a real alternative, not a more moderate version that panders & parrots but offers nothing to address real issues.
Congratulations @greenparty.org.uk, Hannah Spencer, @zackpolanski.bsky.social & the people of Gorton & Denton
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...
Bildbeschreibung Policy Brief Wirksam gegen RechtsauBen Eine systematische Analyse zivilgesellschaftlicher Strategien gegen die extreme Rechte Christin Janicke Hans Jonas Gunzelmann Teresa Volker Swen Hutter Zivilgesellschaftliche Organisationen spielen in der Auseinandersetzung mit Rechts extremismus eine zentrale Rolle. Sie setzen auf eine Vielzahl von Strategien, die von unterschiedlichsten Organisationen genutzt werden - von Gewerkschaften iiber Sport- vereine und Kultureinrichtungen bis zu Feuerwehren und Naturschutzverbénden. Das Projekt ,Wirksam gegen RechtsauBen" hat diese Strategien auf Basis von 191 Praxis- Handreichungen und 56 wissenschaftlichen Studien analysiert und fiinf iibergeord- nete Typen identifiziert: 1. organisationale Strategien, 2. Netzwerkarbeit, 3. politische Bildung, 4. Proteste und 5. Offentlichkeitsarbeit. Doch wihrend das Praxiswissen um- fangreich ist, bleibt die wissenschaftliche Evidenz zur Wirkung der Strategien be- grenzt. Daher braucht es einen systematischen Wissenstransfer zwischen zivilgesell- schaftlichen Handlungsfeldern, eine praxisnahe Forschung, Kooperationen zwischen Wissenschaft und Praxis sowie eine langfristige finanzielle und politische Unterstützung- zung für zivilgesellschaftliche Akteur*innen.
Das WZB-Projekt „Wirksam gegen Rechtsaußen" hat Strategien von zivilgesellschaftlichen Institutionen in der Auseinandersetzung mit #Rechtsextremismus untersucht und systematisiert. Den neuen Policy Brief dazu gibt es hier: www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10...
@chjncke.bsky.social @tevoelker.bsky.social
Germany's #AfD is now openly courting an international right-wing extremist (with whom they have been playing footsie for years). The whole radical/extreme distinction is moot at this point, and so far, it doesn't make a dent in their support
For the FES, I wrote a short brief about how mainstream party strategies have fueled far-right success. They move toward more anti-immigration positions to win voters back. This does not work, but shifts public opinion to the right. Parties then react to shifts in public opinion. A vicious cycle.
Sage advice from @sathnam.bsky.social on how to read for pleasure again, I’d also add bookending (sorry, couldn’t resist) the day with a half hour of reading a physical book first thing and again before bedtime. www.thetimes.com/culture/book... 📚
JD Vance @JDVance X.com Today we remember the millions of lives lost during the Holocaust, the millions of stories of individual bravery and heroism, and one of the enduring lessons of one of the darkest chapters in human history: that while humans create beautiful things and are full of compassion, we're also capable of unspeakable brutality. And we promise never again to go down the darkest path.
Legitimately a feat of carefully calculated writing to issue a Holocaust Remembrance Day statement of this length without mentioning either (1) the people who perpetrated the Holocaust or (2) the people against whom they perpetrated it
The defection of Suella Braverman, who was sacked twice from Government in disgrace, spent £700m of taxpayers' money to send four volunteers to Rwanda on a deportation scheme that was then scrapped and has a public approval rating of minus 32 is currently being described as a "major coup" for Reform
Ein Post auf X von Martin Sellner, der ihn im Thüringer Landtag zusammen mit AfD-Abgeordneten zeigt. Dazu der Text: "Thanks to @DanielHaseloff from the AfD for inviting me to the state parliament in Erfurt. The party holds 32.8% there and has a strong remigration policy. We had a very fruitful exchange. Remigration is inevitable."
Wenn der Faschismus wiederkehrt, spaziert er entspannt und ohne Probleme in den Thüringer Landtag.
Our first joint article with the PhD researchers of my research group @rexklima.bsky.social has just been published! 🎉
"Explaining Attitudes Towards #Climate #Action in Germany: AfD vs. the Greens, the East vs. the West, Wind vs. Solar Energy" is now out.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... (1/4)
Much of what we know of Irredentism is based on it in practice. Much also assumes a logical consistency.
Yet how do we explain the use of Irredentism in discourse but not practice, and with inconsistent application?
In my first paper, I attempt to tackle this:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🎉 NEW PUBLICATION🎉
Our paper on "the effect of symbolic policies on climate policy support" has just been published in the APSR ! @apsrjournal.bsky.social (open access)
The end of a long and rewarding journey with the best co-authors @malojan.bsky.social @luissattelmayer.bsky.social
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Jenrick didn't need to join Reform to mainstream reactionary politics, just like Badenoch and Starmer haven't needed to either
We can't keep exceptionalising the far right and instead make accountable all of those who mainstream its politics, regardless of their affiliation in politics or the media
Can the impact of economic crises on political trust be mitigated? @charlotteboucher.fr studies the effect of different measures of social support on trust during the #COVID19 pandemic in Europe. More: buff.ly/htbkwaP
@sciencespo-cee.bsky.social @eurofound.europa.eu @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
Back to work and thinking ahead to future conferences?
This week is the last chance to apply to our (+ @joncollins.bsky.social ) section at ECPRGC in Krakow!
Deadline: 9 January
As always, feel free to reach out with any comments/questions. :)
More details here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
It's out!🍾
I am delighted to announce the publication of our "Germany's History Wars. Contesting Memory and Identity Today"
It is Open Access!
👇 You can download it here for free.
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
📣 Call for #ecprgc26 Panels & Papers
🛡️ CEE Extremism and Resilience
🪑 @cburchett.bsky.social & @joncollins.bsky.social
⌛ Deadline: 5 Jan buff.ly/Qji5iTa
#PoliSky #CallforPapers #ComparativePolitics #Europe
Are you working on extremism (defined broadly) and/or democratic resilience in CEE?
If so, @joncollins.bsky.social and I are organising a section at ECPR's General Conference in Krakow and we'd love to receive your submission. Deadline is 5 January 📝
Don't hesitate to contact us w any questions!
Pre-empting @epssnet.bsky.social #epss2026 notifications that are scheduled to go out later this week, thought I'd bump a few things about conferences and acceptances/rejections to put them into perspective (mainly as reminders to myself, but might benefit other early-career folks):
Highly recommend the below article by Omran Shroufi on the key narratives behind Geert Wilders' pro-Israelism.
It was a pleasure to interview Omran for the @reacpolrn.bsky.social blog, if you'd like a quicker read: reacpol.net/wilders-proi...
Focusing on extreme events such as the reports of Farage’s teenage past can exceptionalise the nature of far-right politics and make it harder to call out
Some thoughts @theconversation.com on the mainstreaming of far-right politics
theconversation.com/nigel-farage...
Are you working on extremism (defined broadly) and/or democratic resilience in CEE?
If so, @joncollins.bsky.social and I are organising a section at ECPR's General Conference in Krakow and we'd love to receive your submission. Deadline is 5 January 📝
Don't hesitate to contact us w any questions!
