For my new research unit Politics of Democracy at the Berlin Social Science Center @wzb.bsky.social, we have 3 open research positions. 2 postdocs: 4 + 2 years (100%) 1 doc: 2 years (75%) Starting date: 1 March 2027 (negotiable) Application deadline: 1 November

🏆 Are you an early career researcher? 🎤 Did you present at the @ecpr.bsky.social general conference as part of the Extremism & Democracy section (@ecpr-ead.bsky.social)? 🥁 Then your paper qualifies for the 2026 E&D Best Paper Prize! 🖇️ Submit by 18 Sept. to ecprextremismanddemocracy@gmail.com

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Full house for the @ecpr-ead.bsky.social steering committee meeting at @ecpr.bsky.social!

Die AfD hat in Sachsen-Anhalt mit 39 von 83 Sitzen die absolute Mehrheit nur knapp verfehlt, ein vorläufiger Höhepunkt in der Normalisierung der extrem rechten Partei. Deshalb veröffentlichen wir diese Woche ein Special Issue, eine dazu passende Literatursammlung (alle Beiträge im Open Access).

🔊 Live from our Political Violence and Radicalisation panel at #ecprgc26. 🗣️ EJPR editor @markuswagner.bsky.social + panellists @tevoelker.bsky.social and @audreyvdleene.bsky.social discuss what political science has to say about the alleged rise in violence – and possible solutions to curb it.

Saxony-Anhalt went to the polls, with the AfD falling just short of a majority. Here are some takeaways based on the preliminary results across all 218 municipalities and local socioeconomic characteristics. A thread 🧵(1 /n) Full analysis + write-up: juliuskoelzer.de/saxony-anhal...

Off to the @ecpr.bsky.social Conference in Kraków to present and discuss research on the far right, political violence, and democratic resilience. These topics feel, unfortunately, all the more timely in light of yesterday’s election in Germany and broader developments across Europe.

The landslide victory for a far-right party marks a profound turning point. The traditional party system is no longer able to bind people to it or absorb the prevailing public mood. The AfD is winning support with ethnonationalist and chauvinistic positions that exclude large sections of society.

Steffen Mau@steffenmau.bsky.social · last mo.

Dark and bitter times for Saxony-Anhalt.

Walter Rosenthal warnt vor Folgen für die Wissenschaft, wenn die AfD in Sachsen-Anhalt ihr Wahlprogramm umsetzt. Ganz schützen könne sich die Wissenschaft davor nicht. Zum Interview 👇 www.wissenschaftskommunikation.de/leute-sagt-e... #Wisskomm #Scicomm @hrkaktuell.bsky.social

„Leute, sagt eure Meinung“

Wie lässt sich Wissenschaft gegen politische Einflussnahme absichern? Walter Rosenthal, Präsident der Hochschulrektorenkonferenz, beschäftigt diese Frage mit Blick auf die bevorstehenden Landtagswahle...

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Today we launch the new version of The PopuList! The PopuList provides an overview of far-left, far-right and populist parties in 31 European countries from 1989 until 1 May 2026. Explore the new website here: popu-list.org

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The PopuList Interactive Version 4.0 Static Version 4.0 CSV Version 4.0 What is the PopuList? The PopuList offers researchers, journalists, […]

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🗳️ How does far-right terrorism affect support for the far right? ➡️ Studying anti-Roma attacks in Hungary, Simonovits et al. find that Jobbik gained 11-14 percentage points more support in attacked villages, with effects persisting and spreading to nearby areas doi.org/10.1017/psrm...

How can political science study the far right now that far-right actors have become increasingly integrated into mainstream politics? Important new work by @caterinafr.bsky.social

Caterina Froio@caterinafr.bsky.social · 3mo ago

1/ I'm delighted to share my latest article: The mainstreaming of the far right and democratic erosion: Three analytical pathways, now published in Irish Political Studies www.flyn.to/LopOj99 @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social

In Episode 3 #KipppunktOst geht's um Medienwüsten #LSA #MV und Alternativen u.a. mit Redaktion Common Voices / Radio CORAX; @julikatz.bsky.social fragt @tevoelker.bsky.social: Welche Verantwortung haben Journalist:innen für #noAfD Wahlerfolge & @meisnerwerk.bsky.social seziert OAZ. kipppunktost.de

📑The new WZB Discussion Paper "Resisting the Far Right. A Systematic Analysis of Civil Society Strategies" by @chjncke.bsky.social, @hajogu.bsky.social, @tevoelker.bsky.social & @swenhutter.bsky.social is out! ➡️PDF for download: bibliothek.wzb.eu/pdf/2026/zz2...

🚀 New publication! Super happy that my study on local responses to the #FarRight is now out in @prxjournal.bsky.social! 😍 Focusing on mayors in Germany, I show why their role perceptions are crucial for maintaining the #Brandmauer (cordon sanitaire). 🔓 doi.org/10.1080/2474... #OpenAccess

Finally, we are very excited to announce our next E&D conference! SAVE THE DATE: May 20-21, 2027 in Rotterdam 💃

We are delighted to present the latest edition of the @ecpr-ead.bsky.social e-Extreme Newsletter, co-edited with @sabinedvolk.bsky.social and @lazaroskaravasilis.bsky.social, and with the work of our book review liaison @ghibordieri.bsky.social 🤩

e-Extreme Archive

European Consortium for Political Research

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🚨 What happens with voters when politicians use simpler language? New @thejop.bsky.social paper with @rsenninger.bsky.social: simple language changes not just what citizens understand, but who they think politicians are. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Can Simple Language Affect Voters’ Political Knowledge and Their Beliefs About Politicians? | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No 0

How does the level of sophistication in political messages affect citizens? While research has examined how politicians use this element to distinguish themselves, little is known about how it resonat...

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Hier könnt ihr einen Beitrag in den WZB-Mitteilungen zur Forschung von @tevoelker.bsky.social und MIka Bauer über die Medien und den Aufstieg der äußersten Rechten lesen.: bibliothek.wzb.eu/artikel/2025...

Kipppunkt Ost: Wie der Osten die Demokratie entscheidet@kipppunktost.bsky.social · 5mo ago

@julikatz.bsky.social fragt @tevoelker.bsky.social: Welche Verantwortung haben Journalist:innen für #noAfD Wahlerfolge und wie geht bessere Berichterstattung? @meisnerwerk.bsky.social analysiert mit @heikekleffner.bsky.social das OAZ-Geschäftsmodell. #KipppunktOst open.spotify.com/episode/0XPD...

Keine Lokalzeitung=Wahlerfolge für #noAfD?! Bei #KipppunktOst hört ihr Analysen und Journalist:innen aus Medienwüsten in #MV #LSA. Denn die Frage, wer berichtet wie über lokale Probleme und Initiativen und wie wird #noAfD eingeordnet, ist zentral für demokratische Mehrheiten. kipppunktost.de 1/2

How does a nation's past impact its present? My latest research (joint with Elias Dinas and Ethan vanderWilden) explores in-group perpetratorhood.

British Journal of Political Science@bjpols.bsky.social · 5mo ago

NEW - National Attachment, Past In-Group Perpetratorhood, and Out-Group Attitudes - https://cup.org/3Pe9gDf - @laiabalcells.bsky.social, @eliasdinas.bsky.social & Ethan vanderWilden #OpenAccess

Populist radical right parties (PRRPs) predominantly appeal to negative emotions, like fear and anger. But this is not the whole story. @prxjournal.bsky.social, I ask to what extent and why PRRPs add positive emotions to negative ones in their appeals to voters. 🍹🍸 🧵 doi.org/10.1080/2474...

A complex cocktail: reappraising the role of positive emotions in the appeal of populist radical right parties

Negative emotions are held to be at the very core of the emotional appeal of populist radical right parties (PRRP). Building on emerging studies that paint a more nuanced picture, I argue that appe...

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Very happy to share that I am going to be the new Director of the Democracy unit at the @wzb.bsky.social Berlin Social Science Center. I am excited to form a new research unit on democratic politics and to engage with people in Berlin and elsewhere to make liberal democracy more resilient.

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 journals.sagepub.com/toc/CPS/curr...

Comparative Political Studies - Volume 59, Number 6

Table of contents for Comparative Political Studies, 59, 6

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Tomorrow 8 April I will be speaking at @europeatharvard.bsky.social about my latest work on countering illiberalism in liberal democracies /1 ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2026/...

Countering Illiberalism in Liberal Democracies

Join us for discussion of Giovanni Capoccia's current project Back from the Brink: Countering Illiberalism in Liberal Democracies examining the conditions…

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Glad to see this out at @epsrjournal.bsky.social! Using ESS data, Raquel Rego and I find that an anti-immigration stance is the strongest predictor of far-right sympathies among police and military personnel—similar to the general population. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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📣 New publication with the great @matthiasdilling.bsky.social in @prxjournal.bsky.social on the rise (and fall) of the Dutch NSC. Slow science meets fast-moving politics: while writing this, the party had risen - and fallen. Yet: it offers lessons on countering the far right: doi.org/10.1080/2474...

Democratic dissatisfaction, the far right, and party brand activation – lessons from the breakthrough (and downfall) of the Dutch New Social Contract

Far-right parties have been on the rise in European democracies. Their calls for a fundamental reorganization of democracy along nativist and people-centric lines have resonated with a growing shar...

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@tevoelker.bsky.social analysiert anhand semistrukturierter Interviews mit Redakteur*innen und Journalist*innen den zwischen Brandmauer und Anpassung changierenden medialen Umgang mit der AfD und identifiziert Faktoren für deren effektive Normalisierung: doi.org/10.1080/2474...

🎉 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...