Caterina Froio

"Mainstream parties are increasingly allowing the far right to set the agenda" - for the @theguardian.com, @ashifakassam.bsky.social summed up our study.

@tevoelker.bsky.social and I answered some questions to put our results into context. Give it a read!

Study: bit.ly/4hhRFUN

Many thanks to @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social, Brendan Flynn & @psaireland.bsky.social for the kind invitation. It was an honor and a weighty responsibility! Wonderful to reconnect with old colleagues, meet new ones, and spend time exploring beautiful Galway.

Thanks David, can't wait.

Getting there...

Europe : les droites extrêmes en ordre de bataille ? - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE Connaissez-vous les CPAC? Ces conventions destinées aux partis très conservateurs fleurissent partout dans le monde, y compris en Europe où elle se tiennent depuis 2022 dans la Hongrie de Viktor Orban...

📺 #Danslesmédias

La mue des droites extrêmes en Europe

Ambiguïté et opportunisme vis-à-vis de l'UE, mouvements sociaux réactionnaires et influence sur le débat public...

@caterinafr.bsky.social, Associate Professor au CEE, interviewée dans ce reportage d'@artefr.bsky.social ⤵️

Etched in Marble: Cas Mudde on The Power of Voice, Structure and the Politics of Writing Writers on the Forces That Shape Us and the Writing That Endures

“His voice is both sharp and accessible, a rare combination in the academy.”

What a nice compliment by @catherinedevries.bsky.social 🙏

She interviewed me about how and why I write? Things I hadn’t thought so much about before this interview. Read the whole series!

Massive congrats Theresa, Hamburg is very lucky to have you!!!!

Abstract

New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵

Honored to deliver the 2025 Peter Mair Lecture at the Irish PSA @uniofgalway.bsky.social. I’ll reflect on why political science struggles with the far right today, and where we go from here. Peter, who began supervising my PhD in 2010, passed the next year, but his ideas remain a compass.

I’m glad that the 2nd #REXKLIMA workshop in Dresden brought together so many insightful presentations and lively discussions - with a great mix of quantitative and qualitative manuscripts. Looking forward to seeing these papers published! 💫📑

hait.tu-dresden.de/ext/veransta... @rexklima.bsky.social

Why AI needs social science | British Politics and Policy at LSE AI is about humans, that's why it needs to be shaped not just by computer science, but by social science.

💡New! Why AI needs social science, by @helenmargetts.bsky.social and Cosmina Dorobantu of @lsedatascience.bsky.social.

"If people are central to AI, the social sciences must play a key role in AI advancement."

blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

📣 Together with Iris Beau Segers, I wrote about the recent far-right violence at an anti-immigration demo in The Hague in the Netherlands. If you are curious about what is happening in the run-up to the elections, this blog is for you 👇🇳🇱

Great people, great workshop. Thanks again!

YouTube video by BENDER NEDERLANDERS KLAAR MET AZC’S: DEN HAAG IN BRAND

Quite surreal report of this weekend’s far-right protest in The Hague 🇳🇱 by teen reporter “Bender” 😳

Some quick thoughts 🧵

Super, thanks!!!

What is the liberalizing potential of higher education? In this @bjsociology.bsky.social research, we show substantial variation in the association between field of study and anti-immigrant sentiment — a pattern most pronounced among those with tertiary degrees doi.org/10.1111/1468...

Again congrats @sldelange.bsky.social, Leiden University is very very lucky to have you!

Thanks @sophiahunger.bsky.social and @swenhutter.bsky.social for such a timely contribution. Happy to see work wt @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & @andreapirro.it in this stellar line up of contributors!

Doctoral Researcher (100%) in Political Science 4 years Focus: Public opinion, Political Conflict, and the Far Right The Department of Political Science at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) is hiring a doctoral researcher with a specialization in quantitative research (survey and experiments) for the project “...

📢 Call for applications!

I’m looking for a 4-year PhD researcher (100%) in Political Science: focus on public opinion & the far right

You’ll be part of the POLHYBRID project @sciencepoulb.bsky.social, working with me & @caterinafr.bsky.social
Deadline: 9 11 2025

👉 Info & apply: shorturl.at/El2mW

So sorry to miss this year #ecprgc25 and many inspiring discussions! See you all next year!

Congratulations Dominika!

🎉 Congrats to @dom-of-tronina.bsky.social, winner of the 2024 Best Paper Prize! Her paper shows how anti-gender movements build transnational ties on Twitter/X via shared hashtags👏
🪷 Big thanks to our esteemed jury members: @kai-arzheimer.com @caterinafr.bsky.social @ammassarisofia.bsky.social

YouTube video by Karl-Renner-Institut Cas Mudde: The Far Right in the Trump Era

I gave a lecture on “The Far Right in the Trump Era” at @renner-institut.at in Vienna this Summer. You can watch it here. 👇

e-Extreme Archive European Consortium for Political Research

We are delighted to present the latest edition of our @ecpr-ead.bsky.social e-Extreme Newsletter, courtesy of our wonderful editorial team: @audreygagnon.bsky.social, @lazaroskaravasilis.bsky.social and @sabinedvolk.bsky.social. You can download it via our website: ecpr.eu/news/news/de...

The Hungarian government 🇭🇺 further cracks down on its civil sector. The bill proposes forcing those leading civil orgs to disclose their private assets and defunding orgs that 'harm sovereignty' e.g. by criticizing the gov as undemocratic or advocating LGBTQ rights

summary: telex.hu/english/2025...

Far-right contentious politics in times of crisis: between adaptation and transformation The far right is often seen to thrive in times of crisis. The unfolding of the Great Recession, the migration crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic provide an unprecedented opportunity to delve into fa...

📖 Our @jeppjournal.bsky.social article now has a volume & issue number! In our work, @pietrocastellig.bsky.social, @caterinafr.bsky.social & I overview far-right contentious politics in Europe and argue for a ‘normalisation of protest’.

🔗 50 free copies available at this link: shorturl.at/iiDrt

Dans cette tribune pour @lemonde.fr, @pietrocastellig.bsky.social et moi discutons pourquoi #TorrePacheco n’est pas un cas isolé et comment l’extrême droite transforme des faits divers en paniques morales à travers des stratégies médiatiques rodées. www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

Timely keynote by Donatella della Porta @ipsa.org : moral panic as a mechanism of repression of academic freedom.