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Daniel Balinhas

@daniel-balinhas.bsky.social
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PhD in Political Psychology at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Inter-group Processes, Political Polarization, Social Identity. Now Postdoc at Limerick University.

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 25/09/2026
Manuscript submitted! Provisional title: No present or future: liberalism, reactionary politics and the return of fascism Thanks to all of you who have helped with this in a million different ways.
Table of contents:
Chapter 1 – ‘There is no present or future, only the past’
Chapter 2 – Reactionary politics, the elite, the people and the f word
Chapter 3 – The myth of the bulwark, or really existing liberalism’s ugly truth
Chapter 4 – The mainstreaming spiral towards fascism
Chapter 5 – The construction of the reactionary people (w. Alex Yates)
Chapter 6 – Illiberal liberalism, identity politics and moral panics (w. Emily Kendrick)
Chapter 7 – Beyond reacting to reaction: towards democracy and emancipatory futures
Epilogue
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Juan Roch @juanroch.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
📢Happy to see our article “Far-righting the mainstream: endogenous drivers of reactionary shifts in western party politics” with @alvarooleart.bsky.social published in Compartive European Politics A short thread 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Far-righting the mainstream: endogenous drivers of reactionary shifts in western party politics - Comparative European Politics
Research on the relationship between the far right and the mainstream has predominantly focused on how far-right electoral success exerts external pressure on mainstream parties, leading them to accom...
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Carol Galais @galais.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
📢 New publication! What drives ordinary citizens to police the behaviour of others during a crisis? This article explores how values, emotions, and perceived costs shaped informal social sanctions and the rise of the so-called “balcony police”. revintsociologia.revistas.csic.es/index.php/re...
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Vista de Sanciones sociales durante el confinamiento por COVID-19 en España: costos, valores y emociones | Revista Internacional de Sociología
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Lupicinio Iñiguez-Rueda @lupicinio.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
ENTRE EL DOGMA I EL MIRATGE. Replicabilitat en les ciències socials Eduard Aibar (UOC) Miquel Domènech (UAB) 29/4/2026, 16h-18h Sala d’Actes de la Facultat de Filosofia i Lletres Inscripcións: forms.gle/HnYJMRpw8yHb...
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 13/03/2026
I look grumpy but it was such a pleasure chatting to @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social and @trentrichardnelson.bsky.social about polarisation hype In particular, we took our cue from the paper @juanroch.bsky.social @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social and I co-authored link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 27/02/2026
This is something @juanroch.bsky.social, @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social and I discuss at length in this article As fascism resurges, what we need is more polarisation, as anything less is complicity link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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A critique of the polarisation narrative: expanding the limits of democracy, parties and political participation - Contemporary Political Theory
Contemporary Political Theory - Public discourse about polarisation has become one of the latest hypes in politics, whether it is in the political sphere proper, the media, or academia. Much like...
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 27/02/2026
This is why polarisation is such an unhelpful term as it encourages this kind of horseshoe theorising Starmer's vision may sound grownup but it's one where politics should be in between democracy and authoritarianism, racism and anti-racism, transphobia and trans rights and fascism and anti-fascism
I will also fight against the extremes in politics on the right and the left, parties who want to tear our country apart.
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 23/02/2026
'No, we don't have to hand it to the far right. No, we don't have to take their grievances as legitimate. No, we don't have to debate them. There can be no compromising in the fight against the far right, reaction or fascism' Some thoughts on @reacpolrn.bsky.social reacpol.net/why-red-lines/
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Red Lines: Why we need Red Lines (Aurelien Mondon) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This article by Aurelien Mondon discusses the need for red lines in the struggle against reactionary politics.
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Emmy Eklundh @emmyeklundh.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Please submit your work to our working paper series!
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Communication and Social Sciences @comsocsci.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
On @bsky.app for academia: The post I made about the magnificent article by @juanroch.bsky.social @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social @aurelmondon.bsky.social has been cited, according to @altmetric.com, by 3 users with 20,362 followers. On Bluesky it has been cited by 136 users with 913,869 followers
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Communication and Social Sciences @comsocsci.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
A critique of the polarisation narrative: expanding the limits of democracy, parties and political participation doi.org/10.1057/s412... Polarization Narrative, Political parties, Public sphere, Democratic expansion @juanroch.bsky.social @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social @aurelmondon.bsky.social
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A critique of the polarisation narrative: expanding the limits of democracy, parties and political participation - Contemporary Political Theory
Contemporary Political Theory - Public discourse about polarisation has become one of the latest hypes in politics, whether it is in the political sphere proper, the media, or academia. Much like...
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 15/01/2026
"Liberal elites often mobilise this ahistorical polarisation narrative because it downplays their involvement in processes of democratic erosion" @juanroch.bsky.social & @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social discuss our article on polarisation hype on @reacpolrn.bsky.social 1/ reacpol.net/polarisation...
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Interview: On polarisation hype (Juan Roch and Daniel Balinhas) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This interview is based on Juan Roch and Daniel Balinhas’s article, “A critique of the polarisation narrative: expanding the limits of democracy, parties and political participation.” (2025)
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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
📣New interview📣 'Processes of democratic erosion started decades ago under neoliberalism, well before the current widespread concerns about polarisation.' @juanroch.bsky.social and @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social critique the polarisation hype. reacpol.net/polarisation...
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Interview: On polarisation hype (Juan Roch and Daniel Balinhas) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This interview is based on Juan Roch and Daniel Balinhas’s article, “A critique of the polarisation narrative: expanding the limits of democracy, parties and political participation.” (2025)
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Philippa Carr @philippacarr.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Our* special issue on economic inequality is available in Qualitative Research in Psychology! Thank you to our contributors www.tandfonline.com/toc/uqrp20/2... * @drsimongoodman.bsky.social @dradamjowett.bsky.social Jackie Abell and Mirko Demasi @ree-uwe.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
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Pedro Manuel Bellón @pedromaaa.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Y aquí por @elpais.com 📰 bsky.app/profile/dec-...
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Emmy Eklundh @emmyeklundh.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
My new book is out now! Read for an alternative view on populism in Europe, influenced by decolonial theory, feminism and psychoanalysis. I'm available to do book talks in 2026! @populismpsa.bsky.social @brisunipress.bsky.social @reacpolrn.bsky.social bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/europes-popu...
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Europe’s Populist Condition
Europe’s Populist Condition; Challenging the notion that populism is an anomaly in European politics, this book argues that the main threat to democracy is the exclusionary nature of European democrat...
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Xosé Castro 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @xosecastro.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
ESTO ES IMPORTANTE Si alguien modifica una foto tuya (Photoshop, IA…) para desnudarte o denigrarte: 1. Ve a la web de la ONG stopncii.org 2. Sube la foto original y la modificada. Borrarán la modificada de todas partes en internet. Debes ser mayor de edad y ser foto de ti, no de otros.
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Social Psychology ASA Section @asasocpsych.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Categories in Social Interaction by Kevin Whitehead, Elizabeth Stokoe, and Geoffrey Raymond investigates the situated (re)production of categories, from the most mundane and unremarkable to those most strongly associated with power and privilege. Read more here: www.routledge.com/Categories-i...
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Categories in Social Interaction
This book investigates the situated (re)production of categories, from the most mundane and unremarkable to those most strongly associated with power and privilege. By examining the reciprocal relatio...
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 29/12/2025
Could this have anything to do with the two major parties and all the media hyping far-right narratives and "dining across the divide" increasingly unashamedly in the past couple of years? No, it must be those grassroots "legitimate grievances" I keep hearing about...
About one-third of people (36%) thought a person must be born in Britain to be truly British, up from one in five (19%) in 2023, a YouGov poll carried out this month for the thinktank found.
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Marta Vallvé @martavallve.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
New publication! I wrote a conceptual paper reflecting on how to study the material roots of socio-ecological conflicts using a metabolic rift approach. This is the story of how this paper came to be 🧵 doi.org/10.1177/0486...
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The Materiality of Socio-Ecological Conflicts: A Revised Interpretation of Marx’s Theory of Metabolic Rift - Marta Vallvé, 2025
In the context of ecological crisis and ecological transitions, socio-ecological conflicts are increasing. While their material causes are often attributed to s...
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anajovancevic.bsky.social @anajovancevic.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
I am very happy to be a part for MSCA-Rosetta project! rosetta.lero.ie/dr-ana-jovan... Stay tuned for our results! :)
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Marta Vallvé @martavallve.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Why do rural dwellers show lower support for green policies? Is it because they prioritise the environment less over material goals, or because they perceive higher costs of green policies? Check out our new article! @environmentalpol.bsky.social @evaanduiza.bsky.social tuit.cat/OP6Ph
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The losers of ecological transitions: rural and urban support for green policies in Spain
Green policies can be contentious, with opposition often highlighting rural-urban divides. In this article we measure and analyse the perceptions of harm associated with several green policies (ren...
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Radical right parties in Europe have not moderated. Their positions and rhetoric have entered the mainstream. They have become normalized and legitimized. Unless we understand this, we have little chance of countering their success.
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International Journal of Social Psychology @ijsocialpsychology.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Hello to the BlueSky community! ☀️We are @ijsocialpsychology.bsky.social, a bilingual (Spanish–English) journal that publishes empirical research across all areas of #socialpsychology. Read this thread to learn more about us 🔽
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CTXT.es @ctxt.es · 12/12/2025
¿Estamos "polarizados" tal y como dice el anuncio de una famosa marca de embutidos? 🤔 "Es la polarización del padrón, unos agreden e outros non", opina @dennyhorror.bsky.social ctxt.es/es/20251201/...
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Campofrío y la polarización
Cuando hay nazis, polarizarse es bueno
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Juan Roch @juanroch.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Great to see this out! check the thread and the open access article below
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 02/12/2025
🚨new article🚨 "Polarisation" has become one of those terms commonly used to discuss the dire state of politics and democracy today Here @juanroch.bsky.social, @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social and I argue that this simplistic framing is counterproductive 🧵Thread🧵 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Abstract for the article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41296-025-00779-4
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Pedro Manuel Bellón @pedromaaa.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
🆕📢 New publication alert! Our article is now out in Social Policy & Administration. W/Dani M. Marinova 🌐Paternity leave, motherhood penalty and Spanish reform onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Paternity Leave and the Motherhood Penalty: How Within‐Couple Inequality–Conditions Policy Impact
Motherhood-related labour market penalties remain a major driver of the gender employment gap. Father-specific paternity leave is often promoted as a policy tool to support maternal employment, yet e...
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 23/11/2025
Populist hype and horseshoe theory are always used by anti-populists to create an illusion that the far right they enabled to justify the status quo as the lesser of two evils and any real alternative to it (and the status quo) are the same threat More here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Daniel Balinhas @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Our pre-print forthcoming in Contemporary Political Theory by @juanroch.bsky.social, @aurelmondon.bsky.social, and me is now available. Building on interdisciplinary insights, we systematize a critical approach to political polarization. Check @aurelmondon.bsky.social's thread for more info.
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 17/11/2025
The ‘polarisation narrative’ simplifies complex issues by constructing a spectrum where good should be found in the middle of diametrically opposed political positions New preprint article by @juanroch.bsky.social, @daniel-balinhas.bsky.social and I 1/ www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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(PDF) A critique of the polarisation narrative: Expanding the limits of democracy, parties and political participation
PDF | To cite: Roch J, Balinhas, D and Mondon A (2025) 'A critique of the polarisation narrative: Expanding the limits of democracy, parties and... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on R...
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Toni Rodon @tonirodon.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
📢 This is tomorrow! The 8th Conference on Behaviour and Public Opinion in Catalonia will take place at @ibei.org & @politiquesupf.bsky.social Looking forward to a great day of discussions on great papers. See you there! 👥 @bcnpolisci.bsky.social sites.google.com/view/jcpop
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Barcelona Network of Political Science (BANPS) @bcnpolisci.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
👋Welcome to the Barcelona Network of Political Science. ▶️We are here to promote research, strengthen ties between institutions, and support young researchers and students in developing their research careers.
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Barcelona Network of Political Science (BANPS) @bcnpolisci.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
👋Benvinguts/des al Barcelona Network of Political Science. ▶️Som aquí amb objectiu fomentar la recerca, enfortir els vincles entre institucions i donar suport als investigadors joves i als estudiants en el desenvolupament de les seves carreres de recerca.
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Eva Anduiza @evaanduiza.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
The official call is now out! seleccio.uab.cat/seleccio/con...
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CAS - Central Authentication Service
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Paul Maher @paulmaher.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
🚨2 ERC-funded Postdocs🚨 IDENTITY ERROR combines computational & experimental approaches to model epistemic vulnerability. 2 posts are available in our supportive & interdisciplinary team. Further details: Computational: my.corehr.com/pls/esbsheul... Social Psych: my.corehr.com/pls/esbsheul...
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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
ICYMI, check out @georgenewth.bsky.social's blog on the limits of Keir Starmer's 'patriotic' discourse and his ongoing enabling of the far right. reacpol.net/starmer-farr...
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Article: Starmer has enabled the far right (George Newth) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This article by George Newth explore recent development in British politics.
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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Just one week to go before the submission deadline for the @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social annual conference. You can submit your paper to the Reactionary Politics Specialist Group stream below! www.psa.ac.uk/events/psa-a...
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PSA Annual Conference | The Political Studies Association (PSA)
Political Studies Association 76th Annual International ConferencePSA26: Political Studies Futures30 March – 1 April 2026, Oxford Join us in Oxford for PSA26 to discuss 'Political Studies Futures'Our ...
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Resistance Psychology Network @psychresist.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
The 3rd year of the Psychology of Resistance (in violent, repressive contexts) Virtual Meeting Series is starting this month - here is the schedule for the academic year 2025/26. More information, recordings, and form for mailing list to receive registration links here: resistancepsych.blogspot.com
The image contains the schedule of the planned events for the Psychology of Resistance Network. The schedule can be found online: https://resistancepsych.blogspot.com/p/schedule.html
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Johanna Ray Vollhardt @jrvollhardt.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
The Psychology of Resistance (in violent, repressive contexts) Virtual Meeting Series and network is now here on Blue Sky, please follow for our updates on upcoming talks, recordings from sessions, papers from our presenters, etc.! bsky.app/profile/psyc...
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 04/10/2025
This short piece co-authored with Alex Yates shows why the misuse of populism plays right in the hands of the far right (Annoyingly, the app is not allowing me to tag colleagues, but follow them!) theconversation.com/the-word-pop...
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The word ‘populism’ is a gift to the far right – four reasons why we should stop using it
Extremists benefit when we use euphemisms that confer on them an air of legitimacy.
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Carol Galais @galais.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
📢 Call open! We are hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher for the EU-funded project TaCT-FoRSED, which studies how conspiracy theories affect democratic attitudes. ℹ️ Info: tauler.seu-e.cat/detall?idEns... 🔗 Application: seleccio.uab.cat/seleccio/log...
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e-TAULER - Consorci Administració Oberta de Catalunya
e-TAULER - Consorci Administració Oberta de Catalunya
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Eva Anduiza @evaanduiza.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
We have a new paper out with @gricoc.bsky.social in @jwpp.bsky.social (this time I swear I am going to post the right link): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Sexism and the Gender Gap in Support for the Radical Right
Using survey data from Spain we show that the gender gap in the probability of voting for the radical-right party Vox is mainly due to men having higher levels of modern sexism than women. We find ...
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scienceartnews.bsky.social @scienceartnews.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
A belated 'repost' @galais.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ijpor/articl...
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Affective Polarization in the Face of Crisis: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and De-Escalation Policies in Spain
Abstract. Prior research on affective polarization (AP) has often overlooked short-term variations due to external shocks and crises, which have significan
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Eva Anduiza @evaanduiza.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
🧲 We are hiring! ✨ PhD position to join @dec-gr.bsky.social 🏁 4-year FPI contract 🎓 Pol Sci / Social Sci background + Master’s + English 📧 Send expression of interest with CV and motivation letter to gr.dec@uab.cat 🔗 tinyurl.com/yc3epmv2
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Call for expressions of interest for a PhD scholarship within the project GPOL – Democracy, Elections and Citizenship
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 13/09/2025
One of the reasons why people often prefer debating ("dining across the divide") with the far right than the left is that the former makes them feel good about themselves by comparison Debates with/amongst the left bring up uncomfortable reflections about our participation in systems of oppression
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Mete Sefa Uysal @metesefauysal.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
We cannot allow this to stand anymore! We have prepared a petition calling for a boycott of the next ISPP 2026 conference in Newcastle, UK, unless the Executive Committee resigns or responds to our concerns. Please read and sign the petition here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Petition: Demanding recognition of the genocide and ending scholasticide and complicity in Palestine
Esteemed colleagues, We, the undersigned academics and scholars — including current and former members of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) as well as colleagues working in poli...
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 30/08/2025
While there can be no complacency in countering fascists on the streets, concerns about the far right must also be concerns about the role of mainstream politicians and media in shaping the reactionary agenda aurelmondon.medium.com/the-people-l...
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‘The people’, ‘legitimate concerns’ and the far-right ‘protests’
Our understanding of the world, beyond the most direct elements in our personal life, is always mediated. In today’s information landscape…
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