Twee redenen waarom het vertrouwen in de politiek al jarenlang laag is:
(1) Het lukt de nationale politiek al jarenlang niet om grote problemen aan te pakken waar burgers zich zorgen om maken (als wonen, stikstof, migratie).
(2) Haagse politici zijn te veel bezig met onderlinge ruzies en spelletjes.

Net de fotos gekregen van de organisatie, dus hier het zeeuwse schort in haar natuurlijke habitat, het stadhuis van Middelburg (met dank aanVleeshal/ZB, fotocredits Anda van Riet)

Masculinity, masculinist politics, and political extremism Published in Journal of Gender Studies (Ahead of Print, 2026)

New Special Issue on "Masculinity, masculinist politics, and political extremism" in Journal of Gender Studies, edited by C-REX theme leader @katrif.bsky.social and colleagues. Check it out! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Verzamelen is een groot woord, ik probeer het te integreren in mijn garderobe. Heb vrijdag een lezing gegeven tijdens de Nacht voor de Filosofie in Middelburg in schort 😊

Comparative Political Studies - Volume 59, Number 6 Table of contents for Comparative Political Studies, 59, 6

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
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Tips over andere stukken Walcherse dracht zijn ook welkom!

Waar vind je dit soort stukken? Ik heb drie zeeuwe schorten in bont, maar zou zo graag mijn collectie uibreiden

A new paper questions the quality of many authoritarianism scales (eg RWA) as they are confounded with cultural.

"Political Intolerance" is the best measure of authoritarianism, suggesting that the disapproval of belief diversity might be a core aspect of authoritarianism.
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The violence of online conspiracy theories - Line Nybro Petersen, Mikkel Bækby Johansen, 2026 This article investigates the relationship between online conspiracy theory communities and platformed violence through a case study of a conspiratorial harassm...

New publication in New Media and Society co-authored with Mikkel Bækby Johansen on the Violence of Online Conspiracies
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What a ‘super’ El Niño means for the planet Early forecasts suggest this year may see the strongest El Niño in a decade—bringing with it more extreme weather.

What a ‘super’ El Niño means for the planet

Geweldig dat je deze moeite doet!

Dat zou geweldig zijn!

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Weet jij of @pietlekkerkerk.bsky.social of er een soort plattegrond bestaat van hoe alle stichtingen van FvD aan elkaar verbonden zijn?

Orbán is weg, Trump is impopulair – maar radicaal-rechts voelt zich niet verslagen Europa: Viktor Orbán heeft de Hongaarse verkiezingen verloren. Het Witte Huis is geen aantrekkelijke bondgenoot meer. Zo raakt radicaal-rechts in Europa in korte tijd twee wegbereiders en boegbeelden ...

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Pauline Hanson’s One Nation banks millions in public funding. Where does all the money go? Exclusive: Former candidates accuse party of enriching itself at their expense, while insiders lift veil on chaos in Brisbane HQ – and staffers’ contempt for rank-and-file members

Fraud is certainly not unique to far-right parties, but far-right parties do seem to be uniquely fraudulent.

Great @australia.theguardian.com investigation of One Nation and Pauline Hanson, who has been around for decades.

What Orbán's defeat in Hungary signals for Europe's far-right - The World from PRX Europe’s far-right movement has lost one of its most important figures with the defeat of Viktor Orbán in Hungary’s elections this week. Orbán has been a transnational symbol for the populist right. D...

In great company here with @stijntvankessel.bsky.social on The World programme 📻 theworld.org/segments/202...

Banal Fascism Online: Weaponizing the “Everyday” for Extreme Ends Banal Fascism Online: Weaponizing the “Everyday” for Extreme Ends offers a novel lens through which to research, conceptualize, and understand fascism and its place in today’s political culture. It al...

‘Banal Fascism Online: Weaponizing the “Everyday” for Extreme Ends’ offers a novel lens through which to research, conceptualize, and understand fascism. It allows space for its authors to explore fascism as it exists in the digital world.

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Atlantic current likely to collapse with catastrophic consequences, scientists warn The collapse would have catastrophic consequences, plunging Europe into extreme winters and summer droughts

Als je het nog wat directer wilt:

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

Dit is zó erg, zo allesbepalend voor onze toekomst. En geen haan die er naar kraait.

Als je sluitend bewijs zoekt voor de collectieve ontkenning dan is dit het wel. Politiek en media houden vast aan een wereld die niet meer bestaat, uit angst voor de realiteit.

Between 2015 and 2025, academic freedom declined in 50 countries, whereas only 9 countries experienced improvements.

In the period 2015–2025, several countries have experienced substantial and significant declines in all dimensions of academic freedom.

We’re hiring! 3 TT positions

Two Assistant Professors in Political Science (Dutch required, deadline 17 May)

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One Assistant Professor of Political Theory (Dutch not required, d/l June 1)

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De politiek is achter het stuur in slaap gevallen

Rewriting political memory in Chile Chile has elected extreme-right candidate José Antonio Kast as its new president. His victory, argues Anitta Kynsilehto, may reflect a broader process of rewriting political memory in the post-dictato...

🗳️ Extreme-right candidate José Antonio #Kast is #Chile's new president.
💭 His victory, argues Anitta Kynsilehto, may reflect a broader process of rewriting political memory in the post-dictatorship era, suggesting that Chileans' memories of 'never again' moments are fading.
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Dat is de standaardinschaling op alle universiteiten

🚨 VACATURE Het Instituut Politieke Wetenschap van Uni Leiden is op zoek naar twee UD2s met expertise in één of meer van de volgende gebieden: de Europese Unie-politiek, politieke economie, milieupolitiek, beleid en/of de Nederlandse politiek.

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🚨 I have an article out at APR titled “Educational Polarization in American Politics: More than Just a Diploma Divide” in which i look at how educational attainment shapes public opinion and political behavior across the entire education spectrum, not just the across the degree/no degree binary 1/x

Sharing our meta-analysis on predictors of immigration attitudes — now the most cited article in JEMS. We synthesised 1,185 estimates from 110 studies across 5 disciplines.
Open access 👉 Which individual-level factors explain public attitudes toward immigration? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🧵

🔮 Explaining Tisza’s Hungarian breakthrough Endre Borbáth argues that Tisza’s breakthrough in Hungary was not simply the product of anti-incumbent anger or Péter Magyar’s personal appeal. It rested on a combination of cross-cutting grievances, ...

🔮 #FutureOfPopulism No.106
🗳️ @eborbath.bsky.social argues that #Tisza’s breakthrough in #Hungary wasn't just about anti-incumbent anger or Péter #Magyar’s personal appeal. It rested on a combination of cross-cutting grievances, participatory organisation + intensive campaigning.
👉️ bit.ly/3QeKq6v

Van kandidaten wordt verwacht dat zij een hart voor onderwijs hebben en een onderzoeksagenda die aansluit bij het onderzoeksprofiel van het Instituut. Als voorzitter van BAC ben ik uiteraard beschikbaar om vragen over de vacature en de werkomgeving te beantwoorden