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Caterina Froio

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Vincent Tiberj @vtiberj.bsky.social · 3d ago

Parce qu’ils sont déjà des citoyens et n’attendent pas les adultes pour s’informer, avoir des opinions et les exprimer, il faut repenser fondamentalement la manière dont la citoyenneté lycéenne peut s’exercer. J'ai fini en faire une tribune à @liberation.fr www.liberation.fr/idees-et-deb...

Les lycéen·ne·s sont des citoyen·nes comme les autres, par Vincent Tiberj

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 4d ago

E aí, beleza? I made some graphs using data from yesterday's election in Brazil: here the vote share of Bolsonaro junior plotted by %white, %evangelical, and income. Units are 5000+ municipalities. More here: alexandreafonso.substack.com/p/who-voted-...

Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social · 4d ago

What does far-right protest do to democracy? Join us online October 8, 12:15–13:15 CET as I present ongoing research with @xromerovidal.bsky.social, @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & A. Klassens. Thanks to @anketresch.bsky.social, GRIEC & Uni Lausanne. Info & registration 👇 www.unil.ch/events/fr/17...

Contesting Democracy: Far-Right Protest and Public Satisfaction with Democratic Institutions

Caterina Froio de Sciences Po Paris présentera ses récentes recherches.

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Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social · last wk.

Thanks #AriadneNetwork for the invite. Join for the webinar : Responding to authoritarian populism and the mainstreaming of anti-rights ideas, what philantropy needs to know. 13 October, 3-4pm CET. Info and registration below: tinyurl.com/2kt2pwp3

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Responding to authoritarian populism and the mainstreaming of anti-rights ideas: What philanthropy needs to know . After registering, you will receive a… | ...

Do join us on 13th October for this timely conversation!

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Leonhard Schmidt @leonhardschmidt.bsky.social · 4w ago

Absolutely stoked to have received the Best Paper Prize 2025 from @ecpr-ead.bsky.social at #ecprgc26 🥳 You can read the published paper, co-authored with @bcastanho.bsky.social, in the EJPR: doi.org/10.1017/S147... The pun in the title had to go, unfortunately...

Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social · 2w ago

Join us virtually today at 15.00 (CET) to discuss about the far right and democratic erosion. Thanks @democratieouverte.bsky.social for the invite. Info and registration: lnkd.in/p/eKaxijhS

European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 2w ago

What is changing? Our new #Reproducibility policy outlines the changes we are making across EJPR to strength #ResearchIntegrity within our community, including stronger data availability and code sharing Read our news story here: buff.ly/rKpyo7y

Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social · 2w ago

Thanks to @democratieouverte.bsky.social for the invitation! Next Monday at 3pm CET, I’ll be giving a keynote for NGOs, activists and practitioners on: “Words and Power: The Mechanisms of Far-Right Democratic Erosion”. Info and registration: lnkd.in/p/eKaxijhS

📣 The Hedgehog Initiative - Online Conference with Caterina Froio How do far-right movements gain ground in Europe and what can we do to strengthen democratic resistance? Join us on Monday, 28… ...

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Nicolas Hervieu @nicolas.eurosky.social · 3w ago

Université & IA : En référé, la sanction d'exclusion d'une étudiante (pour 2 semaines) est suspendue. Elle était soupçonnée d’avoir utilisé l’IA lors de son partiel de mathématique. Mais aucune preuve matérielle ne l’établit (la suspicion résultant du seul contenu de sa copie). => bit.ly/4xvHrGy

7. Il résulte de l'instruction qu'aucun incident n'a été relevé dans les procès-verbaux établis lors des quatre épreuves litigieuses, qui se sont déroulées en présentiel sous la surveillance de deux enseignants. Aucun appareil électronique n'a été découvert ou saisi sur Mme A... et aucune trace numérique permettant d'établir qu'elle aurait eu accès, pendant les épreuves, à un outil d'intelligence artificielle n'est produite. La commission de discipline a d'ailleurs relevé l'absence de preuve matérielle d'une telle utilisation. Pour retenir néanmoins une tentative de fraude, elle s'est fondée sur un faisceau d'indices tirés notamment du niveau particulièrement élevé de certaines réponses, de l'utilisation de notions qui n'avaient pas été abordées dans les enseignements dispensés, du caractère jugé atypique ou standardisé de certaines rédactions ainsi que de certaines erreurs ou omissions relevées dans les copies.

8. Toutefois, Mme A... produit notamment des éléments relatifs à ses résultats antérieurs en mathématiques, à des cours particuliers suivis en dehors de l'université ainsi qu'aux modalités de son travail personnel et de ses révisions, étant relevé qu'étant agoraphobe, elle travaille principalement à domicile souvent à l'aide de l'IA. Il ressort, en outre, des éléments soumis à la commission que certains des enseignants ayant analysé les copies ont eux-mêmes relevé que les caractéristiques constatées ne constituaient pas, prises isolément, le signe indubitable d'une fraude et pouvaient trouver leur origine dans un approfondissement personnel des enseignements. Dans ces circonstances, en l'état de l'instruction et eu égard notamment à l'absence de tout élément permettant d'identifier les modalités selon lesquelles Mme A... aurait matériellement eu recours à un dispositif d'IA pendant l'une des quatre épreuves surveillées, et à l'absence d'éléments permettant d'objectiver avec une forte probabilité le recours à une IA générative, le moyen tiré de ce que la ma…

David Monniaux @monniauxd.bsky.social · 3w ago

Toute ressemblance avec une université bien connue etc

Robert Boure@bob31.bsky.social · 3w ago

L'Entreprise prend enfin au sérieux le burn out des salariés (Deligne).

Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social · 4w ago

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

Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 4w ago

Yesterday morning, @ammassarisofia.bsky.social & I had a lot of fun presenting our new books at #ECPR26. Huge thanks to everyone who came, but especially to our discussants @caterinafr.bsky.social & @stijntvankessel.bsky.social, and our chair @leoniedejonge.bsky.social. You were great!

Hans Jonas Gunzelmann @hajogu.bsky.social · last mo.

On Thursday (11.15am), I'm presenting ongoing work with @daviderocchetti.bsky.social and @chjncke.bsky.social: "Studying far-right protests in an era of normalization" In the panel "Dynamics of Far-Right Contention: Organisation, Diffusion, and Opposition" organized by @caterinafr.bsky.social

Studying far-right protests in an era of normalization: Toward a
comprehensive approach integrating actors and ideas
Davide Rocchetti, Hans Jonas Gunzelmann, Christin Jänicke
University of Bologna
WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Freie Universität Berlin
***First draft – please don’t circulate without the authors’ permission***
Abstract
The study of far-right protests has predominantly focused on actors: who is organizing and who
is participating in contentious events. However, this actor-centered approach faces three
conceptual and methodological problems. First, recent research on the normalization and
mainstreaming of the far right stresses that nativist and authoritarian ideas, discourses, and
practices expand well beyond specific far-right actors. Second, far-right actors may deliberately
hide their presence in protest crowds. Third, description biases in media failing to identify farright actors as such present a serious source problem for researchers studying protests. This
research note argues that these problems demand an analytical shift: from an exclusively actorcentered framework toward a comprehensive approach that integrates both the organizational
and the ideational dimensions of contention. We propose that far-right protest should be
defined and operationalized not only by who is participating but by what is articulated - the
nativist and authoritarian claims, frames, and issues raised in protest events. We illustrate our
argument with empirical observations from cases of far-right contention in Germany and Italy.
We conclude by identifying avenues for future research on the normalization of the far right in
contentious politics.
Keywords: Contentious Politics; Far Right; Social Movements; Mainstreaming;
Methodology; Protest Event Analysis; Ideational

Julius Kölzer @juliusk.bsky.social · last mo.

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...

Teresa Völker @tevoelker.bsky.social · last mo.

Tomorrow at 14:00: I’ll present joint work with @caterinafr.bsky.social and Elena Cossu: “The Discursive Foundations of Democratic Erosion: How Far-Right Parties Redefine the Legitimacy of Liberal-Democratic Institutions.” ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

Eroding Checks and Balances: Far-Right Parties and the Challenge to Liberal Democracy

European Consortium for Political Research

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Anna-Sophie Heinze @asheinze.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🎂 So happy to learn that our article on young #AfD voters is now fully grown up, with proper volume/page numbers. 🙃 I'm even happier to see that it's the most-read article in #GermanPolitics. 🤩 Thank you all for your interest! 💘 doi.org/10.1080/0964... For our main findings, see the thread below. 👇

Growing Up Far Right? Youth Support for the AfD in Eastern Germany

The far right is gaining increasing traction among young voters – an age group that constitutes the future electorate. Yet, the underlying drivers of this trend remain insufficiently explored. This...

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · last mo.

Yes, it's only a regional election in a small federal state, BUT that's 44 per cent of the vote going to one of the #AfD's most extreme chapters. Which, as a whole, is a party so extreme that it is beyond the pale even by Marine Le Pen's generous standards. In other news, I'm ordering a second round

A bar graph showing a projection of the regional election result In Saxony-Anhalt

Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · last mo.

I don’t know how much longer I can take these dramatic election results. Year in year out, across countries, for decades now, the same mistakes, the same passivity, the same frustrating debates.

Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · last mo.

IN NEW ISSUE: Can mainstreaming of the far right help normalise undemocratic practices? @mlorimer.bsky.social & Cavallaro explore the case of Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy, showing how the party still displays elements of continuity with its neofascist predecessor. OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/vzjuT1y

Abstract
The mainstreaming of the far right is a defining feature of European politics, raising concerns that incorporating far right parties into democratic politics could lead to the normalisation of undemocratic ideas. This paper explores this contention in the case of Brothers of Italy, a radical right party with extreme right roots. Conceptualising mainstreaming as the result of moderation or normalisation, it assesses whether Brothers of Italy can facilitate the normalisation of undemocratic ideas. The analysis evaluates ideological, organisational and symbolic continuity and change between Brothers of Italy and its predecessors: the extreme right Italian Social Movement and the conservative National Alliance. Drawing on the quantitative and qualitative analysis of party programmes, the study finds limited ideological continuity, suggesting restricted potential for normalising extremism. However, continuity in party personnel and narratives highlights ongoing organisational and symbolic links, indicating that Brothers of Italy may still indirectly contribute to the normalisation of extremism.

European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · last mo.

We can't wait to see you all at #ecprgc26! Come chat with @alessandronai.bsky.social, @caterinafr.bsky.social & @robert-a-huber.bsky.social about all things #ECRs! 👨‍🎓 buff.ly/7lzB8BY

EJPR presents: How to develop an open research agenda (while being mindful of the traps along the way)

European Consortium for Political Research

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · last mo.

At 9.00 next Tuesday at #ECPR2026, @ammassarisofia.bsky.social & I will talk about our new books - on grassroots women and on young people in the radical right. With @caterinafr.bsky.social & @stijntvankessel.bsky.social discussing, and @leoniedejonge.bsky.social chairing, it should be lively!

Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social · last mo.

Starting a career in academia? If you are joinining the #ecprgc26 @ecpr.bsky.social come and say hi. @alessandronai.bsky.social @robert-a-huber.bsky.social and I will be delighted to chat about the ups and downs of academic life! @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social

European Journal of Political Research@ejprjournal.bsky.social · last mo.

Are you coming to #ecprgc26? Come see @robert-a-huber.bsky.social, @caterinafr.bsky.social & @alessandronai.bsky.social as they jump into the unknowns of starting a career in academia! 👨‍🎓 buff.ly/7lzB8BY

Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#VendrediLecture📚 Studying 4 European populist radical right parties (🇧🇪 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇳🇱) over 5 decades, this article finds discursive coherence in their economic agendas: chauvinism, producerism and populism. co-authored by @caterinafr.bsky.social #OpenAcess in @spsr.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1111/spsr...

Original article - Swiss Political Science Review (SPSR)

A Joint Venture? The Ideological Foundations of the Populist Radical Right's Economic Agenda Beyond Welfare Policies
Emmanuel Dalle Mulle 1 | Koen Abts 2 | Caterina Froio 3 |
Stijn van Kessel 4

1 Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
2 Department of Sociology, ReSPOND, KU Leuven
3 Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics, Science Po Paris
4 Department of Sociology, Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London
Correspondence: Emmanuel Dalle Mulle, emmanuel.dallemulle@
graduateinstitute.ch

Abstract
Recently, the socio- economic agenda of populist radical right parties (PRRPs) has attracted growing scholarly interest, yet many studies focus specifically on positions on welfare policies. It is often argued that economic issues are of secondary importance to PRRPs, or that their
positions are deliberately blurred to maximize electoral appeal. This article qualifies these assumptions by showing that PRRPs' economic policies are underpinned by a more consistent ideological logic than is commonly acknowledged. Drawing on a longitudinal qualitative
analysis of four established PRRPs in Belgium, France, Italy and the Netherlands, we examine party positions across five economic policy domains. We find that PRRPs combine pro-market commitments with nationalist-protectionist elements. These issue positions are rendered
coherent through a recurring repertoire of interpretative
frames – economic chauvinism, populism and producerism – which operate as higher-level justificatory schemata. These frames provide an enduring discursive structure through which PRRPs reconcile flexibility in
policy content with ideological coherence.

Keywords
Chauvinism, Economic policy, Populism, Populist and Radical Right,
Producerism

Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

@stevenforti.bsky.social MicroMega ottima iniziativa. www.micromega.net/ordine-natur...

"Ordine naturale"

Il concetto permette di presentare strutture sociali storicamente costruite come necessarie, contribuendo alla depoliticizzazione dei rapporti di potere.

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Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

@sciencespo-cee.bsky.social Free-market or protectionist? Studying 4 European far-right parties over 5 decades, we find a consistent ideological logic: economic chauvinism, producerism and populism. @spsr.bsky.social @stijntvankessel.bsky.social E. Dalle Mulle, K. Abts. @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social

Stijn van Kessel@stijntvankessel.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Our article on the discursive coherence of populist radical right parties' economic agendas is out now with @spsr.bsky.social (with Emmanuel Dalle Mulle, Koen Abts, and @caterinafr.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1111/spsr...

Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

rdcu.be/fy9Rr AI-driven productivity gains enable more CO₂ emissions than they avoid in a global energy–economy model @nature.com

AI-driven productivity gains enable more CO₂ emissions than they avoid in a global energy–economy model

npj Climate Action - AI-driven productivity gains enable more CO₂ emissions than they avoid in a global energy–economy model

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Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · 2mo ago

The Trump admin admits it used keyword searches to identify research grants for termination. Instead of evaluating the scientific value of each project, grants were arbitrarily flagged because they contained words the admin didn’t like. 🧵 Article: zurl.co/vWcbo

Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The federal government isn’t America’s only authoritarian institution: Backlash at Yale to its negotiations with Trump shine a light on the danger of smaller authoritarian structures in civil society. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The federal government isn’t America’s only authoritarian institution | Jan-Werner Müller

Backlash at Yale to its negotiations with Trump shine a light on the danger of smaller authoritarian structures in civil society

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 4mo ago

📘 Youth Wings of the Populist Radical Right is out today online with Oxford University Press! A wee thread about our new-born book 🧵 academic.oup.com/book/62992

Youth Wings of the Populist Radical Right

Abstract. Many of today’s populist radical right (PRR) leaders in Europe came through their party’s youth wings. Yet, we know little about these organizati

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

It's summer in this part of the world, time for novels! I finally managed to read this book, suggested by too many friends and students to be avoided. I have very mixed feelings. My few cents.