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Leonhard Schmidt @leonhardschmidt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Absolutely stoked to have received the Best Paper Prize 2025 from @ecpr-ead.bsky.social at #ecprgc26 🥳 You can read the published paper, co-authored with @bcastanho.bsky.social, in the EJPR: doi.org/10.1017/S147... The pun in the title had to go, unfortunately...

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Leonhard Schmidt @leonhardschmidt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

We find that radicalism emerges as a much more consistent predictor of protest mobilization than populism, with radicalism increasing mobilization. Populism partially amplifies this pattern, but only on the radical left do we find significant differences between populist and non-populist parties.

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Leonhard Schmidt @leonhardschmidt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Using a comprehensive dataset of Facebook posts by national MPs across Europe between 2018 and 2021, we extract references to protest and calls for protest mobilization. The importance that parties afford to protest politics differs vastly.

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Leonhard Schmidt @leonhardschmidt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

New article with @bcastanho.bsky.social out now in @ejprjournal.bsky.social ! ✨ We map protest mobilization calls by MPs across Europe to disentangle the role of radicalism and populism in explaining party involvement in protest politics. 🪧 doi.org/10.1017/S147...

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Leonhard Schmidt @leonhardschmidt.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

We find an overall „professionalization“ of protest during campaigns. Parties and civil society orgs mobilize more and partially crowd out less institutionalized organizers

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Leonhard Schmidt @leonhardschmidt.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

My first publication is out in @wepsocial.bsky.social , with @lennartschuermann.bsky.social ✨ We analyze how protest increases before different types of elections. We show crucial differences in how civil society and parties prioritize elections in a multilevel system. doi.org/10.1080/0140...

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Leonhard Schmidt @leonhardschmidt.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Why are parties like AfD, Movimento 5 Stelle, or La France Insoumise so involved in street protests? Is it because of populism or their (radical) host ideology? Come and find out at #EPSA2025 on Friday at 15:00 (0A.05) where I will present joint work with @bcastanho.bsky.social!

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