Sarah de Lange

@sldelange.bsky.social

Professor of Dutch Politics at Leiden University | Extremism, populism, radicalism scholar | Board member IISG Amsterdam and Wiardi Beckman Foundation | Allotmenteer | Zeeuws meisje |

We are hiring at LMU Munich: two PhD positions and one postdoc on democracy, political psychology and computational social science. Start: January 2027 or as soon as possible. We review applications on a rolling basis until October 20. Details below. Reposts very welcome! 1/7

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Remember Orbán's MCC and its Brussels outpost? Well, looks like the people at MCC Brussels simply started something new after MCC ceased operations due to a lack of funds, because the Magyar government stopped bankrolling it.

"Freedom & Sovereignty Initiative Europe" website
A Brussels team with a proven record of impact.
Launched by the team behind MCC Brussels — the people who exposed EU election interference, defended NatCon Brussels in court and uncovered the EU's NGO industrial complex.

“It is important that terms such as ‘remigration’ do not become normalized without people understanding what right-wing extremists mean by them.” “In this context, it refers to the forced removal of groups of people because extremists believe they do not belong here.” nltimes.nl/2026/09/22/d...

Dutch intelligence service warns far-right extremists are normalizing their ideas

Right-wing extremists are trying to make their ideas more acceptable to a wider audience by presenting a “softer version” of their views, according to warnings from the General Intelligence and Securi...

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Rechts-extremisten proberen hun denkbeelden acceptabel te maken voor een grotere groep mensen door een "zachtere versie" hiervan te presenteren. AIVD en NCTV waarschuwen dat een deel van de rechts-extremistische beweging doet aan "facadepolitiek". www.nu.nl/binnenland/6...

Rechts-extremisten proberen volgens AIVD en NCTV politiek te beïnvloeden

Rechts-extremisten proberen hun denkbeelden acceptabel te maken voor een grotere groep mensen door een "zachtere versie" hiervan te presenteren. Daarvoor waarschuwen de Algemene Inlichtingen- en Veili...

nu.nl

‼️ A new paper with Patrick Fournier and @zeynsom.bsky.social is now out in @wepsocial.bsky.social! We examine citizens’ perceptions of parties that combine left/progressive stances on some issues with right/conservative stances on other issues - which we refer to as ideological inconsistency. 🧵

Voters’ perceptions of ideologically inconsistent parties

There is a growing consensus in party politics that new fault lines are emerging, and scholars increasingly characterise competition as multidimensional. In a multidimensional space, parties can ad...

tandfonline.com

Heel vreemd: De integriteitscommissie van de TK wil geen uitspraak doen over de verwerpelijke AI-plaatjes van Boon, want wil zich niet baseren op nieuws 'van horen zeggen'. Nou, wij ook niet. Vandaar dat we maandenlang onderzoeksjournalistiek werk deden. En daar zat geen tip of gerucht tussen (1/3)

Coen van de Ven@coenvdven.bsky.social · 5d ago

Vorig jaar onthulden De Groene en de Volkskrant hoe PVV'er Maikel Boon met AI racisme, seksisme én nepbeelden van Frans Timmermans verspreidde. Er kwamen 16 meldingen binnen bij het integriteitscollege van de Tweede Kamer en dit is hun rapport: www.tweedekamer.nl/downloads/do...