How conspiracy theories entered the mainstream in Spain ✍ @josejavierolivas.bsky.social @maikherold.bsky.social & Felix Hormig @forum-midem.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

How conspiracy theories entered the mainstream in Spain

Conspiracy theories have become mainstream in Spain, with actors on both left and right adopting conspiracy narratives for short-term political advantage.

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🚨 Very happy to see this article on the 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗦𝗪 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 published in German Politics (with @cyrillotteni.bsky.social). 👇

Cyrill Otteni @cyrillotteni.bsky.social · last yr.

📢𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Excited to share our new article (with maikherold.bsky.social‬) in German Politics: "𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 ‘𝐁ü𝐧𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐡𝐫𝐚 𝐖𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐭’ (𝐁𝐒𝐖) 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲" https://shorturl.at/WV2pM

🚨Who believes in the “Great Replacement”? In my latest article in 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘘𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺, I show that those who subscribe to this conspiracy theory are much more politically diverse than commonly assumed, and that their endorsement cannot always be explained by extreme political ideologies. 👇

Who Believes in the “Great Replacement”? Political Attitudes and Democratic Alienation Among Supporters of Immigration‐Related Conspiracy Theories in Europe

Objective This paper investigates how belief in the Great Replacement myth (GRM) is associated with individual political attitudes, ideological positions, and indicators of political alienation. M...

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🚨New preprint online! We looked at the AfD and BSW in Thuringia during the 2024 state elections. Big question: could BSW actually pull voters away from the AfD? osf.io/preprints/os... 🗳️ 1/3

Excited to co-organize this workshop in my old home, Florence! Together with a.o. @lenkadrazanova.bsky.social @maikherold.bsky.social @yuliala.bsky.social, we’ll address key migration questions: policy shifts, polarization, and the situation of Ukrainian refugees Join us on-site or tune in online!

Migration Policy Centre@mpc-eui.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 How do migration attitudes & policies evolve? What’s driving polarisation? How is Europe responding to Ukrainian refugees? Join us at this collaborative workshop w. MIDEM for a deep dive into these pressing migration questions. 📅 Friday 14 March 10:00-18:00 🔗 Register loom.ly/AOR5-gs

📊 Neue Studie Wo die AfD stark ist, sind Abwertungen und Spaltungen innerhalb der Gesellschaft ausgeprägt - und zwar in der gesamten Bevölkerung, nicht nur bei AfD-Wähler:innen. Basis: Repräsentative Befragung von 15.000 Menschen. Mehr im Datenmonitor ⬇️ fgzrisc.hypotheses.org/5568 #Gesellschaft

FGZ Datenmonitor 2025#1: Spaltet die AfD die Gesellschaft? Eine Regionalanalyse gruppenbezogener Sympathien auf Basis des German Social Cohesion Panel (SCP)

Eine aktuelle Analyse des German Social Cohesion Panel (SCP) untersucht den Zusammenhang zwischen regionalen Erfolgen der AfD und Sympathien gegenüber gesellschaftlichen Gruppen. Dabei zeigt sich deut...

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🥁 New publication - Forum article on practices of (de)legitimation in world politics in International Studies Review @isanet.bsky.social Might be interesting for IR scholars interested in the practice turn, visuality, the body, emotions & new forms of communication! academic.oup.com/isr/article-...

Practices of (De)Legitimation in World Politics

Abstract. This forum proposes a practice-oriented approach to (de)legitimation processes in world politics. Drawing on international practice theory and vi

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📢I'm happy to share my 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 "The impact of conspiracy belief on democratic culture", which examines how belief in conspiracies is related to democratic attitudes and preferred forms of political participation published in @misinforeview.bsky.social.

HKS Misinformation Review@misinforeview.bsky.social · 2y ago

Now live: “The impact of conspiracy belief on democratic culture: Evidence from Europe” by Maik Herold misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/the-...

Today is the last day of the @dvpw 2024 and finally it's “Affective Polarization Day!” In two panels we will have great papers presented by Mahmoud Farag, @AnnaKurella, @HartlandAlex, @ortutt, @StefanChristoph, @verbalyte, @M_Filsinger and Felix Jäger #dvpw2024 @ECPR_AffPol

The elections in Saxony and Thuringia have shifted Germany's political landscape further to the right. In our recent study, we used structural data at the municipal level to test the influence of various socio-demographic and socio-economic factors on the election outcome. (1/3)

Vor den #ltw2024 in #Sachsen lohnt sich ein Blick auf die Eigenheiten der sächs. polit. Kultur: Etwa, dass Politik- und Demokratieverdruss weniger in ländl. Regionen, sondern v.a. in den 'Mittelzentren' stark ist. Vgl. unseren Beitrag in @ZPol_journal:...

I had a chance to talk to @braneck about Germany's new @Buendnis_SahraW (BSW) party and its recent success in the European elections. His insightful report for @CourthouseNews can be found here....

📢*New Preprint* with @CyrillOtteni: Who supports Bündnis Sahra #Wagenknecht? Our research on #BSW and its impact on the political landscape in #Germany is now available at: https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/7agyu In a nutshell, here are some of our results: 👇(1/5🧵)

Today is the third day of our workshop on #hate, its foundations, contexts, and variants - like #extremism and #antisemitism, by @tudresden_de @GSW_TUDresden @ForumMIDEM @TelAvivUni & @GifResearch. Looking forward to a continuation of the last days' great presentations & debates!

What is the relation btw. democratic backsliding and the popularity of conspiracy theories? How does polarization impact this relation? Find some answers at #CESConf in #Reykjavík today where I present a paper about #conspiracy belief in EU. @CES_Europe @ForumMIDEM @tudresden_de

Delighted that my new book has arrived: "The Good Economic Citizen" examines the premodern relation of civic and economic thought unveiling economic ideas of classical republicanism/roots of a republican tradition in economics. @Campusverlag @tudresden_de...

Happy to be in the beautiful city of Prague today where I teach about "Populism, Polarization and Political Alienation in Germany" this semester at one of the oldest universities in the world @CharlesUniPRG, supporting the wonderful team at @imsfsvuk @FSV_UK as a guest lecturer.

Interested in the effects and politics of emigration in Europe? Join our panel at #CESConf in #Lisbon with J. Rone, C. Bruzelius, @anna_kyriazi et al. where I present a paper by @CyrillOtteni and me on the impact of #emigration on #RadicalRight vote in GER @CES_Europe @ForumMIDEM

Coronabezogenes Verschwörungsdenken wird durch populistische Einstellungen und Benachteiligungsgefühle befördert. Das zeigen @CyrillOtteni und ich in der heute erschienenen Jahresstudie2021 @ForumMidem mit Umfragedaten aus #Sachsen #CoronaSN. Das Wichtigste dazu in Kürze: 👇(1/5)

Warum ist die Impfbereitschaft in Sachsen so gering? In welchen politisch-kulturellen Milieus ist die Skepsis besonders groß? Wie ließe sich die Impfquote dennoch steigern? Darüber habe ich mit @KraskeM von http://mediendienst-ost.de gesprochen:...

Für #Ostdeutschland gilt: Wo seit 1990 viele Menschen abgewandert sind, ist heute die #AfD stark. Dass dabei weniger die 1990er Jahre, sondern vor allem die Wegzüge nach der Jahrtausendwende entscheidend waren, zeige ich mit @CyrillOtteni im neuen @ForumMIDEM Jahresbericht 2020.

Der Ausgang der Stichwahl könnte am kommenden Sonntag in #Polen zu einer Verschiebung der politischen Kräfteverhältnisse führen. Wie #Corona die Stimmung im Land verändert hat, habe ich mit @KozlMarta in der Sächsische Zeitung beschrieben (@saechsischeDE): https://bit.ly/3e1pKWM