Endre Borbáth

Platformed Mainstreaming: How and for What Does the Online Far Right Use Hyperlinks? In this chapter, we explore how the German far right strategically uses hyperlinks on Facebook and what functions they serve. For this purpose, after gathering a sample of public Facebook pages of far...

📖 Amazing to see Radicalising the Mainstream in Western Europe is finally out open access: tinyurl.com/2s37s6y2

In our chapter with Liriam Sponholz ✨, we discuss how #far-right actors engage in platformed #mainstreaming, through hyperlink #network analysis based on +120,000 #Facebook page posts. 📊

EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026.

😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA.

👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things.

A short 🧵

Feels like a good time to share this call for papers. Can't wait for EPSS 2026!

I learned so much from @rdassonneville.bsky.social's Voters Under Pressure, Tillman's Authoritarianism and the Evolution and Bartels's Democracy Erodes from the Top. In @comppol.bsky.social, I review each book on its own terms and draw out implications for the view that elections confer mandates. 🧵

Proper thread after the summer break– but if you were looking for a beach read about political reasoning in today's working class, look no further: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Reading about the US these days often feels like reading the Hungarian press circa 2011-2012, only in English.

My department at Leuphana University offers 6 fully funded PhD scholarships (incl. research funding) for three years.

If you are interested in studying democratic resilience (particularly party competition and elections 🤓) and you have a strong methodolgical background: Apply!

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Our article on environmental protests in Europe now also has page numbers. Take a look at it, in case you missed it:

BJPolS abstract discussing the role of symbolic right-wing politics in cultural consumption, specifically referencing wine and classical music in pubs, based on a survey from Switzerland with 1,550 respondents.

"We argue that symbolic class signalling has gained in importance due to the political realignment along the cultural dimension, and we expect radical right parties to benefit most from it" - @dweisstanner.bsky.social & @saengler.bsky.social

Read #OpenAccess - cup.org/3GSCIKV

🔔 New paper out!

We trace how the 2022 protest wave 📣 helped pave the way for Germany's left-nationalist BSW 🇩🇪.

What looked like a momentary crisis turned out to reshape the political landscape.

Another reminder: protests can spark political realignment 🔥📊

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Join our CSES Team @gesis.org Cologne as a Senior Researcher. If you’re into comparative electoral research and love diving into data, this is your moment.
Come shape global democracy with us! 🌍📊
www.gesis.org/en/institute...

You’ve Got the Ideas. What If It’s Your Voice That’s Not Landing? The Hidden Curriculum of Academic Writing

Voice is one of the most talked-about, and least explained, aspects of academic writing.

We’re told to “find it,” but rarely taught how to build it.

I wrote up some reflections here:

👉 open.substack.com/pub/catherin...

A 🧵 about why so much academic writing feels voiceless & what to do about it.

Mobilizing individuals in crisis: The role of civil society organizations in volunteer engagement during COVID-19 The Covid-19 pandemic created a dual crisis for civil society organizations (CSOs): heightened demand for social support alongside restrictions that limited their capacity to mobilize people. This ...

CSOs remain crucial mediators of engagement, but they need tools to reach beyond their base.

Crises demand inclusive outreach strategies that tap into untapped potential.

We show the promise and the limits of organized civil society in moments of disruption

🔐 Full article: doi.org/10.1080/1744...

Who gets asked? Mostly the “usual suspects”: men, highly educated, better-off.

Even during a crisis, CSO outreach often reinforced inequalities rather than reducing them. Spontaneous, informal help grew, but formal volunteering stayed tied to social advantage.

Our findings: Outreach by CSOs matters a lot.

People who were contacted were far more likely to volunteer, both formally and informally. But only ~1/3 of the population was ever asked, highlighting missed opportunities to engage willing citizens.

To tackle this, we combine three original studies:

1️⃣ A CSO survey (Germany)

2️⃣ Population surveys (Germany, Italy, Poland)

3️⃣ A survey experiment (same countries)

This multi-study design bridges organizational and individual perspectives on civic engagement. 🧩

🚨 New article out in Journal of Civil Society with Swen Hutter!

We explore how civil society organizations (CSOs) mobilized volunteers during the COVID-19 pandemic, a moment of both rising need and shrinking organizational capacity.

📖 Open access link: doi.org/10.1080/1744...

HUMBOLDT-GOV.LAB | aktuelle Spitzenforschung Das Humboldt Governance Lab (Humboldt GovLab) ist ein Forschungslabor an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

🚀 Launching the Humboldt Governance Lab @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social!

We deliver evidence-based insights and policy advice on today’s key challenges to democracy.

🌐 hu-govlab.de
Follow us for research, updates & collaborations.

#GovLab #Democracy #PolicyResearch

Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban

Budapest Pride thread, from the ground

Off to Madrid for #EPSA2025

Assuming I survive the heat, I'll be presenting two papers and joining a roundtable on protests and social movements in Central and Eastern Europe.

Looking forward to catching up with many of you there!

Nothing is more bonding than when someone says "oh that [dataset/theory/model]" in a tone that betrays they too have suffered

Congratulations, super interesting work! 🥳

Our book is out and available to read open access online: academic.oup.com/book/60532. It is dedicated to Niko.

Screenshot of the abstract of the article.

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION! Who belongs to “the people” – and who does not?

What a great way to start the week. I’m really happy that my article on populist in- and outgroup references is now out in @polstudies.bsky.social #openaccess 🔓

doi.org/10.1177/0032...

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Full Conference Overview_EPSA.2025.xlsx

🚨 Attention EPSA goers, please check if you are a chair or discussant. Many are finding out late! You won't see it by using the "Search" button in the #EPSA2025 program (only Browse), and there was no email to inform you. Check it in your profile coms.app/epsa2025/wel... or the spreadsheet below:

We are happy to present our book: "Populist Radical Right Parties in Action: The Survival of the Mass Party" on 13. June 2025 at @rug.nl. For more information and registration please see the poster and the link below. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Super happy to have @dnwildi.bsky.social join the project and to start the research group 🐣😊 Stay tuned! 🌱

I've been running online surveys in #Romania about the presidential elections. Lots of crazy stuff but the graph below took me by surprise (and I'm someone who studies communist legacies). This is the share of the second-round vote for Simion as a function of what respondents think of Ceaușescu.

3 more days to apply for 2 postdoc positions in Frankfurt - let me know if you have any questions!