Lucienne Engelhardt

Far‐Right Illiberalism in the European Parliament | Article | Politics and Governance Larissa Böckmann, Sarah L. de Lange, Nathalie Brack, Matthijs Rooduijn

Very excited to share this publication in Politics & Governance together with @sldelange.bsky.social @nathaliebrack.bsky.social @mrooduijn.bsky.social
We study the embrace of illiberalism in far-right discourse in the European Parliament between 1999 and 2019
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Dankeschön, Jessica!!

Lieben Dank dir, Johanna!

Thank you so much, Marvin!

Thank you, Robert!

Findings suggest: Religiosity among Christians, especially beliefs, positively correlates with nativism. However, I find no evidence that PRR parties in power amplify this relationship.

It's open access, so you can give it a read here: doi.org/10.1017/S1755048325000045

Prior research finds mixed results on the link between individual religiosity and outgroup hostility. My study adds a contextual factor: the presence of PRR parties in government. Drawing on EVS/WVS data (2017-22), I test this interaction across 37 European and Latin American countries.

🚨 Excited to share that my first dissertation paper got published in Politics and Religion this week!

I examine: Is Christian religiosity linked to nativist attitudes?
And does this relationship strengthen when PRR parties are in power?

🚨 “We just need to recognize that we’re all citizens of this country.” –– Politicians + citizens often stress a shared national identity when trying to bridge racial, partisan, or other group divides.

@stysyropoulos.bsky.social & I show why such “shared” identities are doomed to fail.

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‘Vicious cycle’: how far-right parties across Europe are cannibalising the centre right Hardline agendas, especially on immigration, are copied by mainstream conservatives in vain effort to win back votes - but it’s not working

Great piece by @jonhenley.bsky.social. I get to outline the vicious cycle of far right support. As mainstream parties move right on immigration, voters adjust their positions to the right, far-right support increases, mainstream parties move more to the right...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

On this note, here is a thread with recent research on what normalization is and how it happens.

It includes links to references, from my work and that of others.

I tried to tag the authors whenever they are on here, in case you are interested in following their work.

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Hallo Bluesky!

Das Institut für Politikwissenschaft @uni-muenster.de wird ab heute (nur) über diesen Kanal aktuelle News zu Studium, Lehre und Forschung posten. Weitere und detaillierte Informationen über unser Institut finden sich auch immer hier: www.uni-muenster.de/IfPol/

7th Annual COMPTEXT Conference 2025 – The Comptext Project While these round tables will focus on specific themes, paper, panel, and data presentation submissions can, but are not required to, adhere to these topics.

⏳ Last day to submit your abstract for #COMPTEXT2025!
Deadline: January 15, 2025, 11:59:59pm CET 🚀
Details: shorturl.at/AmocX

Today, @luceng.bsky.social presented her work-in-progress on automated classification of in- and out-group appeals in the context of religion and identity in PRR party communication. Super interesting! #CSS