New paper, out today in @commssustain.nature.com : politicians are far more polarized on climate change than the citizens they represent. Study in 8 countries, with 714 politicians and 18,281 citizens in open access: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Nathalie Brack
@nathaliebrack.bsky.social
Professor in political science (Cevipol, Université libre de Bruxelles and College of Europe) / euroscepticism / radical right / conspiracy theories/ post-truth / European Parliament
Three positions are opening on the ECPR SGEU Steering Committee as current mandates end this summer. Interested in helping shape the group's activities and future development? Submit a self-nomination (max. 350 words) by 23 July 2026 to standinggroups@ecpr.eu
Not a major discovery but still worth stressing: Compensation Challenges Strain Graduate and Postdoctoral Researchers A report from the US Government Accountability Office revealed that stark pay disparities influence young researchers’ decisions to start or stay in an academic program.
Compensation Challenges Strain Graduate and Postdoctoral Researchers | The Scientist
A report from the US Government Accountability Office revealed that stark pay disparities influence young researchers’ decisions to start or stay in an academic program.
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Une courte interview sur la venue de Jordan Bardella (Rassemblement national) au parlement flamand et les dynamiques de coopération transnationale de la droite radicale européenne
Take a look at Ramona Coman @nathaliebrack.bsky.social & @miscoiu.bsky.social special issue "Liberal Democracy under Debate: Dissensus and Competing Conceptions in the European Parliament" With @manesweisskircher.bsky.social @alvarooleart.bsky.social & more link.springer.com/collections/...
Liberal Democracy under Debate: Dissensus and Competing Conceptions in the European Parliament
This Special Issue examines how democracy is being redefined and contested across the European Union. Moving beyond narratives of democratic backsliding, it ...
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It was a pleasure to be external examiner in the jury today at the KULeuven. Unai Gomez Hernandez successfully defended his thesis entitled "Modelling the Influence of Radical Right-Populist Parties on the EU’s External Action: the Case of EU-China Relations at the European Parliament"
[Media] 'Pourquoi Bardella mise sur ses alliés flamands, à un an de la présidentielle française', une interview de @nathaliebrack.bsky.social, professeure à SciencePo ULB (Cevipol) pour L'Echo www.lecho.be/economie-pol...
Pourquoi Bardella mise sur ses alliés flamands, à un an de la présidentielle française
Le Parlement flamand accueillait ce jeudi le président du Rassemblement national, Jordan Bardella, en tournée européenne. À moins d'un an de la campagne présidentielle française, le parti se nourrit d...
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Let's see if I can explain politics (and my job) to my kids.
Reminder: today is the last @ecprsgeu.bsky.social online seminar of this academic year. Exceptionnally at 3 pm (CET). Join us : ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
Crises and post-neoliberal EU: How EU’s Transition Beyond the Market Fosters Complexity in Electricity and Digital Infrastructure Policies
European Consortium for Political Research
ecpr.eu
Join us on Monday 3 pm (CET) for the last @ecprsgeu.bsky.social online seminar of this academic year. @ecpr.bsky.social It will also be my last SGEU seminar as chair and convenor. all information and registration: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
Crises and post-neoliberal EU: How EU’s Transition Beyond the Market Fosters Complexity in Electricity and Digital Infrastructure Policies
European Consortium for Political Research
ecpr.eu
We already knew parenthood had a disproportionate effect on women's publications but apparently also on their whole career with a lot of female researchers quitting academia after becoming a mother.
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Call for #earlycareer researchers: are you working on the far-right in Europe? you still have two days to apply for the workshop taking place in the framework of the @ecprsgeu.bsky.social conference in Catania! Check the details 👇 @ecpr.bsky.social @ecpr-ead.bsky.social @sciencepoulb.bsky.social
LLarissa Böckmann@larboe.bsky.social · 4mo ago
📣Deadline extended! You have until Sunday (29.3) to apply. We are looking for Early Career Researchers engaging with far-right politics in Europe.
New article out with Ramona Coman & Sergiu Miscoiu! "Political Parties and Dissensus over Liberal Democracy in the European Parliament" — published in Comparative European Politics. 🔗//link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41295-026-00470-x
Political parties and dissensus over liberal democracy in the European Parliament - Comparative European Politics
Comparative European Politics - Liberal democracy in the European Union faces significant challenges as its core pillars are increasingly contested, eroded, or dismantled. Against this backdrop,...
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Kind reminder: join us today at 4 pm (CET) for the first online seminar of 2026
ECPR Standing Group on the European Union 🇪🇺@ecprsgeu.bsky.social · 7mo agoHappening today! There is still time to register.
Join us on January 19th at 16h (CET) for the 1st @ecprsgeu.bsky.social online seminar of 2026 Topic: Negotiating in times of polycrisis. Evidence from the EU Presenter: Selma Bendjaballah (Sciences Po Paris) Discussant: Valentin Kreilinger (SIEPS) ecpr.eu/Events/Event... @adamholesch.bsky.social
Negotiating in times of polycrisis. Evidence from the EU
European Consortium for Political Research
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Next Tuesday (13.01) at 12-13 (CET), I will present the paper on how political elites spread conspiratorial discourse across X and Facebook for the ECR online series of @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social. Link below for anyone interested! Event is free of charge, but one needs to register ecpr.eu/Events/332
🏛️ AUTHLIB Special Issue Highlight @larboe.bsky.social @sldelange.bsky.social @nathaliebrack.bsky.social & @mrooduijn.bsky.social @ulbruxelles.bsky.social / UniAmsterdam show how populism, nativism & authoritarianism merge into an illiberal agenda in the European Parliament 📖Open access: t.ly/ByvOy
Far‐Right Illiberalism in the European Parliament | Article | Politics and Governance
Larissa Böckmann, Sarah L. de Lange, Nathalie Brack, Matthijs Rooduijn
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Last week to apply for the @ecprsgeu.bsky.social conference Consider our section on populism and radical politics 😉
European Consortium for Political Research@ecpr.bsky.social · 9mo ago🌍 #SGEU26 @ecprsgeu.bsky.social Section seeking Panels & Papers ⚡ Populism, Radical Politics and the EU 🪑 @nathaliebrack.bsky.social & @sldelange.bsky.social ⌛⬇️ Deadline: 10 Dec buff.ly/o2UHyIA #Populist #ExtremistPolitics #FarRight #Polisky #EuropeanParliament #EU
[Media] 'Au Parlement européen, le «cordon sanitaire» censé isoler l’extrême droite s’effiloche sérieusement', une interview de @nathaliebrack.bsky.social, professeure à SciencePo ULB (Cevipol) pour Le Temps www.letemps.ch/monde/au-par...
Au Parlement européen, le «cordon sanitaire» censé isoler l’extrême droite s’effiloche sérieusement - Le Temps
Le PPE, parti de droite majoritaire dans l’hémicycle, s’est allié à l’extrême droite de l’échiquier politique pour modifier des obligations imposées aux entreprises. Une première au niveau législatif
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Still time to apply!
European Consortium for Political Research@ecpr.bsky.social · 8mo ago📣 Call for #ecprgc26 Panels and Papers 🌍 The European Union in a Changing World 🪑 Adam Holesch & @nathaliebrack.bsky.social ✅ @ecprsgeu.bsky.social endorsed ⌛ Deadline: 5 Jan buff.ly/1roHDst #Polisky #EuropeanUnion #EU #Migration #USA #ClimateChange
OUT my paper on Euroskepticism in the IPSA Companion to Political Science. I explore it as a complex concept, used both as a dependent and independent variable in the literature. The handbook is a great teaching resource with ultra-short syntheses of key concepts. 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Euroskepticism
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🌍 #SGEU26 @ecprsgeu.bsky.social Section seeking Panels & Papers ⚡ Populism, Radical Politics and the EU 🪑 @nathaliebrack.bsky.social & @sldelange.bsky.social ⌛⬇️ Deadline: 10 Dec buff.ly/o2UHyIA #Populist #ExtremistPolitics #FarRight #Polisky #EuropeanParliament #EU
Populism, Radical Politics and the EU
13th Biennial Conference of the Standing Group on the European Union | 1 – 3 July 2026, Università di Catania
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The first article of a brilliant researcher has been published and I can't help feeling very proud of my PhD student. BRAVO @piotrmarczynski.bsky.social ! @ulbrecherche.bsky.social @sciencepoulb.bsky.social 👇 journals.sagepub.com/eprint/YVHBN...
Planning a panel related to the EU 🇪🇺 or European integration for the next @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference (8-11 September 2026 in Krakow 🇵🇱)? The section proposal on the EU is prepared by Adam Holesch (IBEI) and @nathaliebrack.bsky.social. Get in touch with them before 7 November to co-ordinate!
The article is part of a forthcoming Special Issue in Comparative EU Politics on "Political parties as actors of dissensus: insights from the EP" edited by Ramona Coman, @nathaliebrack.bsky.social & @miscoiu.bsky.social. We thank them, @buzogany.bsky.social and the many activists we interviewed!
The call for papers/panels for the @ecprsgeu.bsky.social conference is open. Have a look at section 3 on populism, radical politics and the EU that I'll chair together with @sldelange.bsky.social Deadline: December 10 ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
Populism, Radical Politics and the EU
European Consortium for Political Research
ecpr.eu
Join us for the 1st online seminar of the @SGEU of this academic year Monday 6/10 : 16:00 – 17:30 CET Understanding the Logic of EU Capacity Building Speakers: Philipp Genschel & Markus Jachtenfuchs Discussant: Kathleen R. McNamara, Georgetown University ecpr.eu/Events/348?_...
Standing Group on European Union (SGEU) Seminar Series
European Consortium for Political Research
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