Greta Jasser
@gretajasser.bsky.social
Researcher | Political Science | Researching the far-right and misogyny online | Co-founder of @theIRMS
Über ein ähnliches Phänomen habe ich 2021 als Co-Autor der brillanten @gretajasser.bsky.social einen Text mitverfasst: rantt.com/how-authorit...
How Authoritarians Erode Democracy Under The Guise Of Defending It - Rantt Media
From the fascists of the early 20th Century to the modern Republican Party, those who seek to undermine democracy usually do so in the name of democracy.
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We are organising an international conference on 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗮𝗿 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 @unituebingen.bsky.social that will take place from 29-31 July. Please find the programme, conference flyer and registration link: bit.ly/religion_glo... We will have great panels with distinguished scholars 👇
Unser Buch "Postpandemischer Populismus" ist seit wenigen Tagen als Taschenbuch oder OA verfügbar. ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
Institut für Demokratieforschung Göttingen@ifdemgoettingen.bsky.social · 4mo agoNeue IfDem-Publikation: Die Pandemie ist vorbei, doch die Proteste setzen sich fort. Im Buch „postpandemischer Populismus“ (transcript) fragen @gretajasser.bsky.social , Alexander Hensel, und Leander Fricke nach dem Wie und dem Warum. Open Access🔓: www.transcript-publishing.com/978-3-8376-8...
Rechtsextreme Ideologie zwischen Hashtags und Lifestyle. ⏰ Reminder: Mittwoch sprechen wir im Theaterhaus Jena über die Online-Inszenierung der extremen Rechten. 19 Uhr Veranstaltungsbeginn, 18 Uhr Open Doors.
Institut für Demokratie und Zivilgesellschaft@idz-jena.bsky.social · 5mo agoRechtsextreme Ideologie kommt heute als „Tradwife“-Ästhetik, nachhaltiger Lifestyle oder ironisches Meme daher. Über diese kulturelle Tarnung, ihre Funktion & ihre Wirkung spricht @maik.machine-vs-rage.net mit Elke Gaugele & @gretajasser.bsky.social. Infos: www.idz-jena.de/vadet/hip-co...
Rechtsextreme Ideologie kommt heute als „Tradwife“-Ästhetik, nachhaltiger Lifestyle oder ironisches Meme daher. Über diese kulturelle Tarnung, ihre Funktion & ihre Wirkung spricht @maik.machine-vs-rage.net mit Elke Gaugele & @gretajasser.bsky.social. Infos: www.idz-jena.de/vadet/hip-co...
For a reflection by @tamtagelashvili.bsky.social and me on how online harm to researchers can be prevented and mitigated, see this new chapter 👇
The rise of online harm | 16 | Individual, community, and institutiona
In an increasingly polarized and reactionary world, researchers are more and more likely to be the target of online harm. Faced with this reality and
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Danke an @simonhammann.bsky.social, der die Bluesky-Debatte mit seinem Post ausgelöst hat, sowie an @bpaassen.bsky.social & @benniangerer.bsky.social: Ihr kommt auch im Newsletter vor! Und @jmwiarda.bsky.social selbstverständlich ebenfalls, sein gestriger Beitrag zum Thema findet sich hier:
Jan-Martin Wiarda@jmwiarda.bsky.social · 8mo ago„#DefundDFG“? Die Empörung über die Entscheidung der DFG, KI in der Begutachtung zu erlauben, ist groß. Ich glaube aber: Die Debatte greift zu kurz. Und die Entscheidung der DFG nur folgerichtig. 👉 Der Kommentar im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2026/01...
“…far-right groups have seized on cultural production – from clothing brands to top 40 music – to normalise their ideas, in a process that researchers say has hit new heights in the age of social media” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
‘It’s frightening’: How far right is infiltrating everyday culture
Extremist messaging now woven into music and YouTube videos, with one expert saying: ‘You can be radicalised sitting on your couch’
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Check out this great article by @ashifakassam.bsky.social, featuring yours truly and the fab @gretajasser.bsky.social! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
‘It’s frightening’: How far right is infiltrating everyday culture
Extremist messaging now woven into music and YouTube videos, with one expert saying: ‘You can be radicalised sitting on your couch’
theguardian.com
Read about the "Radical Norm" project lead by @drkondor.bsky.social in this piece from The Guardian.
Katherine Kondor@drkondor.bsky.social · 8mo agoCheck out this great article by @ashifakassam.bsky.social, featuring yours truly and the fab @gretajasser.bsky.social! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
📣Call for panels & papers for the 2026 ECPR GC! Join the E&D‑endorsed section “Extremism in Extreme Times: Moving Beyond the Mainstream,” co‑chaired by C-REX scholar @drkondor.bsky.social and former C-REX guest researchers @gretajasser.bsky.social & Ryan Switzer. Submit now! ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
Extremism in Extreme Times: Moving Beyond the Mainstream
European Consortium for Political Research
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It’s here: the absolute coolest thing I have done all year, and that is saying something! “Man Up: Conversations on Gendered Hate in the Digital Age” is an original podcast produced by Long Story Short Media featuring leading extremism expert Cynthia 1/ linktr.ee/manuppodcast
Thanks to all contributors inc: @k8ebrown.bsky.social @aurelmondon.bsky.social Luca Manucci, João Bernardo Narciso @kurtsengul.bsky.social Jordan McSwiney, @amaramarasingam.bsky.social @aysed.bsky.social @philofwrite.bsky.social Chris Wilson, @jeffsparrow1.bsky.social & @gretajasser.bsky.social
Interested in the far right and the media? @imogenrichards.bsky.social edited a new book on it (with a chapter from yours, truly on the reporting on incels in the German media)
Imogen Richards@imogenrichards.bsky.social · 12mo agoExcited to share that a new book I was fortunate to edit is now online! 📚 shorturl.at/LaKw7 'The Far Right and the Media' examines cases of reporting on the FR across Spain, Portugal, the US, UK, Aotearoa NZ, Israel & Australia. A preprint of the introduction is available here: shorturl.at/Rui7S
Excited to share that a new book I was fortunate to edit is now online! 📚 shorturl.at/LaKw7 'The Far Right and the Media' examines cases of reporting on the FR across Spain, Portugal, the US, UK, Aotearoa NZ, Israel & Australia. A preprint of the introduction is available here: shorturl.at/Rui7S
(PDF) Introduction: Media, democracy, and the global rise of the far right
PDF | This introductory chapter establishes a theoretical and conceptual foundation for analysing far-right media representations across the... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Resea...
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Whether you work in journalism, civil society, or academia: If you have a project pitch that touches on how digitalization is transforming society and want to come work with us for a bit, consider applying to this highly flexible fellowship. Lmk if you have any Qs.
Digital Democracy Centre@ddc-sdu.bsky.social · last yr.⏳Sept. 15 deadline for our DDC TrygFonden Fellowships is coming up! 👀🗓️ Get your proposals ready and come join us in Odense! www.sdu.dk/en/forskning...
Vortragstipp "Feindbild Forschung"📅: Am 15.07. spricht @gretajasser.bsky.social (IfDem, FoDEx FB Rechtsradikalismus) über die Beforschung rechter und misogyner Akteure & über Einschüchterungen v. Wissenschaftler:innen. Organisiert v. Fachschaft Sowi & der Geschlechterforschung der @uni-goettingen.de
We did it! Just submitted the manuscript for the edited volume 'Trans Panic, Anti-Gender Mobilisations, and the Far Right', forthcoming with Routledge, ETA 2026. Edited by Iris B. Segers, @audreygagnon.bsky.social @drkondor.bsky.social @gretajasser.bsky.social and myself.
Join us for the ECPR Extremism & Democracy conference where I’ll be discussant for the brilliant panel on food and the far right 🥛🥩🥚 with @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social @leoniedejonge.bsky.social @drkondor.bsky.social @manesweisskircher.bsky.social @gretajasser.bsky.social @celestinekunkeler.bsky.social
Daphne Halikiopoulou@dafnoukos.bsky.social · last yr.Join us in London next week for our @ecpr-ead.bsky.social conference. Keynote by @kai-arzheimer.com, roundtable and panels on populism and radicalism. Observer only registration available- with @leoniedejonge.bsky.social @profannikawerner.bsky.social @stijntvankessel.bsky.social @sajuria.com
Much as the court warns against reading this as a victory of one group over another, that is exactly what will happen now, as a victory of the 'gender-critical' movement over trans women. Regardless of the potentially complex legal ramifications, this narrative will embolden anti-trans mobilisation.
'By rooting misogyny in women’s "shared biology", rather than our shared oppression under patriarchy, the Supreme Court relies on incredibly conservative ideas about gender as a naturalised phenomenon.' Indeed an incredible case of the naturalisation of cisness and the sex/gender order.
Jess O'Thomson@jessothomson.co.uk · last yr.My analysis of today's UK Supreme Court judgment. The UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren't Women Under the Equality Act 2010 www.wearequeeraf.com/uk-supreme-c...
‼️If you haven't seen the call already, this is your reminder‼️ 3-year postdoc in computational social science at Aarhus University to study societal norms about political power 🫅 I'll be @comptext.bsky.social in Vienna (April 24-26) if you want to meet up and hear more about the position ☕🗣️
Kristina Bakkær Simonsen@kristinabsimonsen.bsky.social · last yr.💥Postdoc call 💥 Join my @erc.europa.eu project #YOPOW at Aarhus University 🎇 3-y position (possibility of 1-y extension) ❓How societal norms give rise to biased beliefs about political power in youth 🤖 Computational social science (large-scale text & image data) Deadline May 15: bit.ly/4hIpSeD
Wenn die Anträge der CDU/CSU morgen angenommen werden, wird sich mein Rechtsstatus und der vieler Menschen in diesem Land ändern. Meine deutsche Staatszugehörigkeit wird dann effektiv weniger wert sein, weil ich nicht ethnisch deutsch bin. Ich bin dann rechtlich nicht mehr gleichgestellt. WTF.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE 🎉 ✨️ 🎉🎊 My Book Is Officially Out 🥂😍💃💃AND The Best Part Is It's #OpenAccess Can't Believe I am Starting 2025 as a Published Author 🤓🤓 6 Years of Hard Work has Officially Paid Off 🍾🍾🍾
We're counting down to the end of 2024 by highlighting key C-REX events from throughout the year. No. 11: @celestinekunkeler.bsky.social and Iris B. Segers organized a workshop on a forthcoming edited volume, ‘Trans panic and anti-gender mobilisation on the far right’ www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
Trans Panic and Anti-Gender Mobilisations on the Far Right - C-REX - Center for Research on Extremism
Read this story on the University of Oslo's website.
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I wrote for @us.theconversation.com about how I see Bluesky's recent growth in the context of research on social media migration! I don't think folks here necessarily WANT a "new Twitter," but that Bluesky has the potential to recapture some of what people liked. theconversation.com/bluesky-isnt...
Bluesky isn’t the ‘new Twitter,’ but its resemblance to the old one is drawing millions of new users
Bluesky, the microblogging alternative to X, is having a moment. A social media researcher explains why people are flocking to it – and why it isn’t likely to recapture the early days of Twitter.
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5. Simply said, most popular “solutions” to the far right either underestimate the far right (by externalizing it from the “mainstream”) or are logically at odds with the analysis of the strength of the far right (eg asking the far right controlled state to oppose the far right).
Have I just created a Starter Pack? Yes I have. I am sure I am missing LOTS of people. Please lmk if you’d want me to add you! go.bsky.app/DWpfaZX