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Annika Werner

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Professor of Politics University of Southampton @sotonpolitics.bsky.social Research: Democracy, populism, attitudes and values. Creating new spaces @ecpr-ead.bsky.social Private: Beaches, boxing and cats.

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Nathalie Brack @nathaliebrack.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
New paper, out today in @commssustain.nature.com : politicians are far more polarized on climate change than the citizens they represent. Study in 8 countries, with 714 politicians and 18,281 citizens in open access: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Politics at Southampton @sotonpolitics.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
One week until @epssnet.bsky.social #epss2026! We have 12 colleagues attending and sharing new work in areas including democratic innovations, class, urban/rural divides, gender, political behaviour, redistribution and spending, and more. We're also a friendly and social bunch, so come and say hi!
A flier listing the presentation titles, times, and locations for colleagues of the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Southampton, UK, at the EPSS 2026 conference.

Thursday 18 June

09:00-10:40, Lagan A (Hilton)
Paul Kindermann (presenting): Politicising Democratic Innovations? Evidence on the Divided Public Resonance of Minipublics

13:30-15:10, Titanic (ICC)
Katy Tabero (presenting): The Influence of Identity and Group Composition on Willingness to Deliberate (with Zohreh Khoban and Matt Ryan)

15:20-17:00, Lisburn (Hilton)
Daniel Devine (presenting): Symbolic Representation of the Working Class (with Stuart J. Turnbull-Dugarte)

15:20-17:00, Brookfield (Hilton)
Annika Werner (non-attending co-author): Not All Speech That Wanders Is Lost: Competence Signaling and Obfuscation in Party Policy Appeals
A flier listing the presentation titles, times, and locations for colleagues of the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Southampton, UK, at the EPSS 2026 conference.

Friday 19 June

09:00-10:40, Lagan B (Hilton)
Will Jennings (attending co-author): Explaining Urban-Rural Divides in Diffuse Political Support in Europe, 1973-2024 (with Viktor Valgarðsson)

10:50-12:30, Broadway (Hilton)
William Allen (presenting): Immigrant Occupational Essentialness and Preferences for Welfare Redistribution

10:50-12:30, Boardroom (Hilton)
Stuart J. Turnbull-Dugarte (attending co-author): The Electoral Costs of Transphobia: Evidence from Britain

15:20-17:00, Titanic (ICC)
Vanessa Cheng-Matsuno (presenting): Government, Interrupted: Local Politicians' Spending in Times of Political Crisis

17:10-18:50, Boardroom (Hilton)
Rob Johns (attending co-author): How Abuse of Female Politicians Shapes Public Attitudes toward the Regulation of Social Media Space
A flier listing the presentation titles, times, and locations for colleagues of the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Southampton, UK, at the EPSS 2026 conference.

Saturday 20 June

09:00-10:40, Hall 1A (ICC)
Stuart J. Turnbull-Dugarte (presenting): Do Women Make the Far-Right More Acceptable (and Therefore Electable)?

09:00-10:40, Hall 2B (ICC)
Stuart J. Turnbull-Dugarte (attending co-author): Who Wins When the Centre-Right Refuses the Far-Right? Evidence from Coalition Negotiation Rupture

10:50-12:30, Lagan A (Hilton)
Jessica Smith (presenting): Who Answers, Who’s Left Out? Understanding Gendered Nonresponse in Surveys

15:20-17:00, Hall 2A (ICC)
Rob Johns (presenting): What If You Take People Down the Slippery Slope? A Video Experimental Test of Reactions to Human Rights Arguments
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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Do youth wings produce the party members parties want? Niklas Bolin et al examine 5,000+ members, showing active participation matters more than time served. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/Mphqpok @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social #polsky #polsci #PoliticalParties
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Political parties expect youth wings to recruit and socialize young people into the norms and values of the party, nurturing aligned future grassroots members, officials, and candidates. However, embeddedness in youth wings – understood in terms of membership length and activity levels – may not necessarily deliver this. In our study, we examine whether youth wings nurture the members parties want using YOUMEM survey data from over 5000 members of 12 youth wings in six countries. Specifically, we assess whether embeddedness is associated with greater ideological alignment and desire for long-term party engagement. We find that active members are more ideologically aligned and inclined to remain in the party, while passive members display the opposite trend. However, length of membership is associated with reduced aspirations among all for intra-party and public office. Our findings suggest that the added value of youth wings as future-oriented socialization vehicles for parties is less than generally assumed.
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Niklas Bolin @niklasbolin.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
🚨New article out 🚨 In @polstudies.bsky.social, we explore whether youth wings nurture the members parties want, using data from 5,000+ youth wing members in six European countries. Youth wings appear to shape members, but not always in the ways parties might expect.
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Sofia Ammassari @ammassarisofia.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Our new article on gender differences in why young people join political parties is now out, open access, in @ejprjournal.bsky.social ✨ www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @duncanmcdonnell.com @profannikawerner.bsky.social @rheinisch.bsky.social Marco Valbruzzi @cwegscheider.bsky.social
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More social, less material, more influenced by family ties: Why young women join political parties | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
More social, less material, more influenced by family ties: Why young women join political parties
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Annika Werner @profannikawerner.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
💥 And since 2026 also wants to start with some great news, ✨ the 𝕐𝕆𝕌𝕄𝔼𝕄 team just received this acceptance from the 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡. We are super proud of this work on the gender dimension in party youth wings. 📣 Stay tuned for more details soon.
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Annika Werner @profannikawerner.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
💥 Last year ended with super exciting news 💥 “𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴’ 𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴: 𝘌𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘴” with the amazing @fabianhabersack.bsky.social was published in 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 📚✨ (1/4) ➡️ shorturl.at/kVBSq
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Parties’ Ideological Cores and Peripheries: Examining How Parties Balance Adaptation and Continuity in Their Manifestos | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Parties’ Ideological Cores and Peripheries: Examining How Parties Balance Adaptation and Continuity in Their Manifestos - Volume 55
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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
📣 Apply now for the 5th edition of the Summer School of our SG on Extremism & Democracy @ecpr-ead.bsky.social 📆 6–10 Jul 2026, University of Bologna ✅ 5 teaching days ✅ 2 keynote speeches ✅ Networking opportunities + more! ⌛ Deadline: 25 Feb
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Summer School of the Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy, University of Bologna, 6 – 10 July 2026
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Sciencepo ULB @sciencepoulb.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
[Info] 5th @ecpr.bsky.social Summer School on ‘Concepts and Methods for Research on Far-Right Politics’, co-directed by @pietrocastellig.bsky.social, professor at SciencePo ULB (Cevipol) The event will be held at the University of Bologna from 6 to 10 July 2026. Information: 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
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ECPR SG Extremism & Democracy @ecpr-ead.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
📣 We are delighted to present the latest edition of our e-Extreme Newsletter, courtesy of our wonderful editorial team: @audreygagnon.bsky.social, @lazaroskaravasilis.bsky.social & @sabinedvolk.bsky.social. You can download it via our website (see “Current Issue”): ecpr.eu/news/news/de... 📖
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Annika Werner @profannikawerner.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
🔥 You can still apply to the @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions 2026 in Innsbruck. A super interesting sessions is this one on 📚 Ambiguous Party Positions ecpr.eu/Events/Event... run by the wonderful @fabianhabersack.bsky.social. Get your abstract in, only one day to go ⏰
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Blurring or Accident? Voluntary and Involuntary Sources of Ambiguous Party Positions and Their Consequences for Democracy
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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 29/11/2025
Some researchers, like myself, care about knowledge production and finding the "right" answer. Others care more about getting a publication based on saying that others are wrong rather than engaging in a discussion about what the current state of knowledge is and whether it needs to be corrected.
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Nathalie Brack @nathaliebrack.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
The call for papers/panels for the @ecprsgeu.bsky.social conference is open. Have a look at section 3 on populism, radical politics and the EU that I'll chair together with @sldelange.bsky.social Deadline: December 10 ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
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Populism, Radical Politics and the EU
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ECPR SG Extremism & Democracy @ecpr-ead.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
📣 Are you an early career researcher? Did you present a paper at #ECPRgc25 in Thessaloniki as part of our Extremism & Democracy endorsed section? Then why not nominate yourself for the 2025 E&D Best Paper Prize? Just send us your paper via email by 5 Sept. 📧 ecprextremismanddemocracy@gmail.com 🏆
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ECPR SG Extremism & Democracy @ecpr-ead.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
📢 Hello E&D Colleagues! We’ve got several updates from the @ecpr.bsky.social Extremism & Democracy Standing Group (@ecpr-ead.bsky.social). Whether you’re joining us in Thessaloniki or following from afar, here’s what’s coming up. 🧵👇
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a sign that says coming soon is lit up with lights .
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Christopher Wratil 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine @chriswratil.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
You have the choice next year between the for-profit and the not-for-profit model of a European political science conference👇. I don’t think there needs to be said anything more on this. Looking forward to seeing many at @epssnet.bsky.social
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Fabian Guy Neuner @fabianneuner.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Really important PSA: it currently looks like there may be both an EPSS and an EPSA conference next summer. Please make sure people in your networks understand this distinction (see thread below).
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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026. 😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA. 👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things. A short 🧵
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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference! 📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
 🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
 📍 ICC Belfast
 📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025 🧵
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Jochen Müller @jocmuel.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
📣 Postdoc (75 %, 3 yrs) at @unigreifswald.bsky.social — start autumn 2025 on perhaps Germany’s most beautiful campus. Know someone with a PhD (or nearly done) in Political Science? ⬇️ #PolSci #Postdoc
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Annika Werner @profannikawerner.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Very excited to discuss party pledges, whether parties keep their promises and what citizens think about it with this fantastic lineup of scholars. Thanks to @theresmatthiess.bsky.social for bringing us together!
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Annika Werner @profannikawerner.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
I am very happy to have signed up with a Lifetime Membership to the new @epssnet.bsky.social If you are in a position to do so, please consider doing the same to give our new community-based EPSS a boost. We’re in this together!
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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
1.3K followers & counting. Thank you all for your incredible support! The EPSS journey is just getting started & we couldn’t do it without you. Thank you for so many of you who already joined EPSS! If you haven't already, please join: epssnet.org/sign-up/#join Let’s do this together.
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Annika Werner @profannikawerner.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
I am very happy to have signed up with a Lifetime Membership to the new @epssnet.bsky.social If you are in a position to do so, please consider doing the same to give our new community-based EPSS a boost. We’re in this together!
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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Yesterday EPSS was founded, today we answer members’ questions. A 🧵 1. Who formed EPSS? EPSS was founded by a supermajority vote of the EPSA Council, made up of 3 EPSAL shareholders & 9 elected, appointed, or ex officio members. 1/
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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community. 🔗 epssnet.org Here’s a thread with everything you need to know. 🧵
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ECPR SG Extremism & Democracy @ecpr-ead.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
💐 We´re about to close the first standalone conference organised by the @ecpr.bsky.social SG E&D. THANK YOU from the organising team to everyone who made this event a success! 💐 @sajuria.com @stijntvankessel.bsky.social @profannikawerner.bsky.social @dafnoukos.bsky.social @leoniedejonge.bsky.social
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Annika Werner @profannikawerner.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Even back in the day @ecpr-ead.bsky.social discussed extremism’s effect on democracy. @kai-arzheimer.com builds the large historical bridges in his Keynote at our Standing Group Extremism & Democracy conference. @ecpr.bsky.social
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Annika Werner @profannikawerner.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
What a great Roundtable on the Challenges to Democracy at our @ecpr-ead.bsky.social conference at QMUL. Fantastic and varied insights by @terezacapelos.bsky.social @timbale.bsky.social Kathleen Blee and Andrej Zaslove. Special thanks to @sajuria.com for expert moderation.
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Daphne Halikiopoulou @dafnoukos.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Join us in London next week for our @ecpr-ead.bsky.social conference. Keynote by @kai-arzheimer.com, roundtable and panels on populism and radicalism. Observer only registration available- with @leoniedejonge.bsky.social @profannikawerner.bsky.social @stijntvankessel.bsky.social @sajuria.com
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Conference of the Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy, Queen Mary University of London, 9 – 10 June 2025
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Lawrence McKay @lawrencemckay.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Mega presence for @sotonpolitics.bsky.social at @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social! #PSA25 @dbonansinga.bsky.social and @profannikawerner.bsky.social on populism @rikkidean.bsky.social on democratic resilience @elizabethjevans.bsky.social on feminism Myself on urban-rural divides in trust (1/2)
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Annika Werner @profannikawerner.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Three days to go to apply for our very first Extremism and Democracy Standing Group conference. I am chairing a section on political actors, so send your papers on parties, social movements etc this way. Deadline: Monday, March 3.
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Feo Snagovsky @fsnagovsky.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
As authoritarianism is on the rise, one way for liberal democracies to fight back is to show they can also deliver the goods. New research out this morning with @profannikawerner.bsky.social on how voters see the balance between democracy and policy outcomes. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Do voters support democracy at all costs? Input and output legitimacy in Australia and the United Kingdom
Are voters willing to sacrifice democracy if they get everything else they want from their political leaders? Recent trends towards illiberalism in established democracies have called into question...
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ECPR SG Extremism & Democracy @ecpr-ead.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
It's happening! 😍 Our first @ecpr.bsky.social standalone conference, from 9-10 June at @qmul.ac.uk! 👉 Registration for papers & panels is open! 🍿 👉 Kindly brought to you by @profannikawerner.bsky.social @dafnoukos.bsky.social @leoniedejonge.bsky.social @sajuria.com @stijntvankessel.bsky.social 🙌
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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
📯 Introducing a ✨ NEW conference ✨ for researchers specialising in extremism, democracy, and populism 🥇 Inaugural Conference of @ecpr-ead.bsky.social 🕰️ New and Old Challenges of #Populism and #Radicalism 💂‍♂️ Hosted by @qmul.ac.uk 📅 9–10 June 2025 ✍️ Submit your Panel or Paper by 3 March
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Inaugural Conference of the Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy, Queen Mary University of London, 9 – 10 June 2025
New and Old Challenges of Populism and Radicalism
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Annika Werner @profannikawerner.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
What a way to end 2024. Another output from the YOUMEM project, with fab collaborators @duncanmcdonnell.bsky.social @ammassarisofia.bsky.social @niklasbolin.bsky.social @rheinisch.bsky.social @cwegscheider.bsky.social and Marco Valbruzzi
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Annika Werner @profannikawerner.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
What a way to end 2024. Another output from the YOUMEM project, with fab collaborators @duncanmcdonnell.bsky.social @ammassarisofia.bsky.social @niklasbolin.bsky.social @rheinisch.bsky.social @cwegscheider.bsky.social and Marco Valbruzzi
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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 31/12/2024
A very welcome arrival just before midnight on New Year's Eve... Another youth wings article on the way!
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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 23/12/2024
Our article "Inside Party Youth Wings: The YOUMEM Project" is online today & open access in Party Politics: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... [A wee thread 🧵]
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Niklas Bolin @niklasbolin.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Happy to be a part of the YOUMEM Project with stars like @duncanmcdonnell.bsky.social @ammassarisofia.bsky.social @profannikawerner.bsky.social @rheinisch.bsky.social @cwegscheider.bsky.social, Valbruzzi and Jungar. Here is a pre-print of our first output. More to come! osf.io/preprints/os...
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Léonie de Jonge @leoniedejonge.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
📣We are hiring!🔥I'm looking for a PhD & Postdoc. 🔍Research focus on far-right parties, movements & ideologies in int'l perspective, with emphasis on the ways in which the far right is embedded in everyday culture. (2 further positions available, please share!) uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...
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Populism and Political Parties Expert Survey (POPPA) @poppa-data.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
We are super pleased to announce the new 2023 wave of the Populism and Political Parties Expert Survey! The data offers info on party characteristics for 312 parties in 31 🇪🇺 countries, based on 324 expert judgments The data is available on HarvardDataverse. A quick 🧵: doi.org/10.7910/DVN/... 1/
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Populism and Political Parties Expert Survey 2023 (POPPA)
In 2018, the first wave of the Populism and Political Parties Expert Survey (POPPA) introduced a new approach for measuring populism among politica...
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Benjamin Moffitt @benmoffitt.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Not only that, @profannikawerner.bsky.social & I have studied the prevalence of populist attitudes here in Australia, and they're pretty common. So yeah, populism works in Australia journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Populist Attitudes: Bringing Together Ideational and Communicative Approaches - Glenn Kefford, Benjamin Moffitt, Annika Werner, 2022
The study of populist attitudes has thus far drawn heavily on ideational definitions of populism, focussing almost exclusively on attitudes related to dimension...
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Annika Werner @profannikawerner.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Apparently I picked a day to move here that many others also chose. Total coincidence, I promise.
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