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Michaelangelo Anastasiou

@michaelangeloanast.bsky.social
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Political Sociologist @ Digital Transitions & Society, University of Nicosia www.unic.ac.cy/digits/

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Michaelangelo Anastasiou @michaelangeloanast.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
In this article, I tackle the question of -how- populism can become democratic. I prefigure the potential of constructing ‘a democratic chain of conflict’, as a necessary supplement to ‘democratic populism’, as articulated in post-Marxism.
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Michaelangelo Anastasiou @michaelangeloanast.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Open access article co-authored with @hadjioannou.bsky.social. Instead of asking whether social media reinforce or undermine democracy, we analyze what types of political practices they augment, deducing a democratic strategy in line with social media ecology. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Michaelangelo Anastasiou @michaelangeloanast.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Workshop 3: AI, Social Media and Ideology (Emerging Technologies in Conflict & Peace Workshop Series) Hosted by: Digital Transitions & Society (University of Nicosia) Format: Presentation followed by open discussion Date/time: March 18, 15:00 (Athens, GMT + 2) Event link and info in comments.
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Lazaros Karavasilis @lazaroskaravasilis.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Happy to announce that I, together with @michaelangeloanast.bsky.social and @GiorgosCharalambous, have been awarded the @gerda-henkel-stiftung.de Scholarship for the research project “Mainstreaming Far-Right Accelerationism: Discourse, Ideology and Techno-Futurism in a Comparative Perspective”!
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ECPR SG Extremism & Democracy @ecpr-ead.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
📣 Our colleagues from @ecpr.bsky.social Standing Group on the Critical Peace & Conflict asked us to share this Call for Papers for an upcoming conference on "Emerging Technologies in Conflict and Peace": www.unic.ac.cy/digits/inter...
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International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Conflict and Peace - University of Nicosia
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Michaelangelo Anastasiou @michaelangeloanast.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Two weeks left to submit an abstract for the upcoming Conference on Emerging Technologies in Conflict & Peace (keynote speaker: Benjamin Noys), to be held at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus, May 18-19. @camilavergara.bsky.social @nicostrim.bsky.social @hadjioannou.bsky.social
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Michaelangelo Anastasiou @michaelangeloanast.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Call for Papers: Conference on Emerging Technologies in Conflict & Peace (Keynote Speaker: Benjamin Noys) University of Nicosia, Cyprus (May 18 - 19) #socialsciences #sociologyoftechnology #digitalsociology #digitalpolitics #stsstudies #politicsoftechnology #conflictstudies #accelerationism
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Michaelangelo Anastasiou @michaelangeloanast.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
👉Call for Papers: Conference on Emerging Technologies in Conflict & Peace @ the University of Nicosia, Cyprus, May 18th - 19th. @nicostrim.bsky.social @hadjioannou.bsky.social
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Michaelangelo Anastasiou @michaelangeloanast.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
“A democratic offensive can only benefit by including in its arsenal as many tools as possible [...] This presupposes blurring the distinction between ‘expert’, ‘political’, and ‘poetic’ discourse, where the politician becomes the expert, the expert becomes the politician and both become poets”
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Michaelangelo Anastasiou @michaelangeloanast.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
New publication out co-authored with @nicostrim.bsky.social! "Surveillance, De-Democratization and the Digital States of Exception: Cyprus, a Small State Surveillance-Post"
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Populism Specialist Group @populismpsa.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
The second day of #PSA25 kicked off with another powerful panel on dislocation and its epistemics! Insightful exchanges with Olivier Ouzilou, @dbonansinga.bsky.social & @dralbertazziuk.bsky.social, @rokuppers.bsky.social, @michaelangeloanast.bsky.social and Andy Knott—deep theory, sharp debates!
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Michaelangelo Anastasiou @michaelangeloanast.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
For those that are interested. I will be presenting two papers @ the Political Studies Association 2025 Conference: "Populism and the Mirror of Technology" and "Surveillance, De-Democratization and the Digital States of Exception: Cyprus, a Small State Surveillance-Post"
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Michaelangelo Anastasiou @michaelangeloanast.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Has #China's open access #Deepseek turned the US AI world upside down? Curious to hear what everyone's thoughts on this are.
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Michaelangelo Anastasiou @michaelangeloanast.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
In its 1st blog entry, Digital Transitions & Society Research Group engages with the question of 'digital populism'. Link to full article ("Populism and the Mirror of Technology") in comments.
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Michaelangelo Anastasiou @michaelangeloanast.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Any well networked colleague willing to put together a nationalism studies starter pack? ☺️
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Michaelangelo Anastasiou @michaelangeloanast.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Ultimately, #technology was the #nation-state's condition of possibility. Its logic, mirroring that of #hegemony, provided the #social and #political basis for #nation construction projects. #nationalism #routledge #poststructuralism #semiotics #intertextuality #nation #monograph #Laclau #discourse
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Michaelangelo Anastasiou @michaelangeloanast.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Our research team (Digital Transitions & Society) presented today at the Politics of Technologies in the Digital Age Conference at the University of Ioannina. Our presentations zeroed in on the intersection of technology and populism, platformization and ontological security.
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Michaelangelo Anastasiou @michaelangeloanast.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
A new #Kant talk out by our colleague at Digital Transitions & Society
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Christos Hadjioannou @hadjioannou.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Is Lying on Dating Apps Wrong? New episode just out! #Philosophy #Kant #Goethe-Institut
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Michaelangelo Anastasiou @michaelangeloanast.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Getting some last minute help from Dall-E before my presentation 😂 #populism #technology #digitalities #politics #sociology #politicalsociology #populismstudies #nationalism
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nicostrim.bsky.social @nicostrim.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
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Fair Project - Access to rights
EU Charter of Fundamental Rights The project “EU Charter of Fundamental rights: Awareness raising and Instruments to promote a culture of Rights” (FAIR), is a direct response to the solicitations ensh...
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Michaelangelo Anastasiou @michaelangeloanast.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Hosted by our DIGITS colleague @hadjioannou.bsky.social
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Michaelangelo Anastasiou @michaelangeloanast.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Does the logic of populist politics mirror the ontological potentials of technology? Do contemporary politics mirror technology's ontic manifestation in modern times? These are the questions I will be answering in the upcoming Politics of Technologies in the Digital Age Conference in Ioannina
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Michaelangelo Anastasiou @michaelangeloanast.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Excited for "Politics of Technologies in the Digital Age" #Conference @ Ioannina. Our team at Digital Transitions & Society will present on #populism, #media platformization and #security, looking at the related ramifications in light of recent and anticipated developments in #AI.
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