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🎉 New publication 😍 The 4th wave of the #farright is marked by #mainstreaming & #normalisation - but how can we distinguish between them? In our new article, @gefjonoff.bsky.social and I map the existing literature, introduce a conceptual framework & outline research avenues. doi.org/10.1017/S147...

Summer School of the Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy, University of Bologna, 6 – 10 July 2026 European Consortium for Political Research

⏳ Only TWO DAYS left to apply!

👩‍🏫 Join us next July in Bologna for the Summer School on ‘Concepts and Methods for Research on Far-Right Politics’—feat. keynotes by @casmudde.bsky.social and Kathleen Blee.

🔗 ecpr.eu/Events/353

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Summer School of the Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy, University of Bologna, 6 – 10 July 2026 European Consortium for Political Research

⏳ Only one week left to apply!
☠️Deadline: 25.02.2026

Join us at the 5th @ecpr.bsky.social @ecpr-ead.bsky.social Summer School on ‘Concepts & Methods for Research on Far-Right Politics’

📍 Hosted by @unibo.it
📅 6–10 July 2026

Apply here: ecpr.eu/Events/353
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Do not miss this!! 👇

SGED26 - Schedule at a Glance European Consortium for Political Research

📅 The schedule of the 5th @ecpr-ead.bsky.social Summer School on Concepts & Methods for Research on Far-Right Politics now online!

tinyurl.com/f73yym3b
⏳ One month left to apply

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🚀Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

Happy to announce the 5th @ecpr.bsky.social E&D Summer School on Concepts and Methods for Research on Far-Right Politics, co-organized with 💘 @andreapirro.it.

🍝 @unibo.it , 6–10 July 2026

🔗Application, info, instructors: ecpr.eu/Events/353

I’m thrilled to share that I’ve been awarded an @erc.europa.eu Consolidator Grant! I’m extremely grateful to my colleagues and collaborators for their support and help, and very excited to start this new adventure. Looking forward to all the collaborations ahead! #ERCCoG 1/2

BRAVO MATTHIJS
well deserved and well done!

🏆 Bravo à @caterinafr.bsky.social chercheuse au CEE et @pietrocastellig.bsky.social, chercheur au CEVIPOL et chercheur associé au CEE.

L'Université libre de Bruxelles leur décerne un prix de la diffusion scientifique pour The Far-Right Protest Observatory, farpo.eu ⤵️

cc @scpo-research.bsky.social

And big congratulations to the terrific team at @mosne.bsky.social who took care of the visual identity of www.farpo.eu!

Grazie 👾

Merci aux collègues de toutes disciplines @ulbruxelles.bsky.social pour l’appréciation portée à Farpo.eu et à l’agenda de recherche qui anime ce projet et son équipe. Ce prix pour la diffusion scientifique et votre soutien nous encouragent à aller encore plus loin. 🙏

🌍The latest cleavage: the universalist divide

@mrsteenbergen.bsky.social , @dpzollinger.bsky.social , @siljahausermann.bsky.social, @simonbornschier.bsky.social, and @lhaffert.bsky.social provide evidence from the 2024 European Election Study 👇

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Far-Right Protest Observatory www.farpo.eu has been awarded the 2026 ULB Prize for Diffusion of Science in Society (category Multimedia)!🔬

Kudos @andreapirro.it @caterinafr.bsky.social @arjupskas.bsky.social👏

Et merci @ulbruxelles.bsky.social ❤️

When and why protests reinforce institutional politics on the far right? "Protests of the Far Right" ed. with @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & @andreapirro.it is under contract @oxfordunipress.bsky.social with a terrific lineup of contributors who helped us covering & comparing 14 countries.

New troubling chapter in the French government’s attack on academic freedom: good that the academic community stands united against turning universities into sites of state surveillance

Spoiler alert! 👇

Academic service day ☕

For the latest issue of Confronti (🇮🇹), I was asked to explain the reasons behind the recent success of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in polls, its leaning towards Russia, and how conservatives are handling the issue.
Saluti a @caterinafr.bsky.social @pietrocastellig.bsky.social @andreapirro.it

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

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 🧵

15. As colleagues like @caterinafr.bsky.social @pietrocastellig.bsky.social @andreapirro.it and others have argued for years, the far right has become a social movement with various more or less connected units (parties, influencers, hooligans, media) and should be analyzed as such.

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

RBmedia | Movement Parties of the Far Right Listen to the audiobook Movement Parties of the Far Right, written by Pietro Gattinara Castelli, narrated by Paul Woodson.

Movement Parties of the Far Right will soon be released as an audiobook (23.09.2025). @andreapirro.it @oxfordacademic.bsky.social

It will be available through major platforms including Audible, Apple, Spotify, Google Play, and others. Narration by Paul Woodson.

🔗 rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...

🍿Do not miss our book panel at @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference celebrating these two important OUP publications by Paris Aslanidis and the dreamteam duo @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & @andreapirro.it.
🍰 Featuring commentary by @sldelange.bsky.social & @leoniedejonge.bsky.social.

On Wednesday, the day starts with a great book panel on mobalization approaches to the far right and populism, discussing the excellent mongraphs by @andreapirro.it and @pietrocastellig.bsky.social and by Paris Aslanidis. The awesome @leoniedejonge.bsky.social will join me as a discussant

On Wednesday (at the crack of dawn), we continue with a book panel, celebrating two OUP publications by Paris Aslanidis and @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & @andreapirro.it, co-hosted with the great @sldelange.bsky.social. bsky.app/profile/ecpr...

Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom

Elite institutions are the first to fold.

But this is a particularly egregious case of cowardice and gaslighting. Incredible what Palestinian scholars and scholars of Palestine have to endure in this country.

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

@andreapirro.it, @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & @caterinafr.bsky.social focus on far-right mobilisation

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....