Articles by Lauri Rapeli

November 30, 2023

🔮 Populist voters are unhappy – and this has consequences for populism research

Lauri Rapeli

Do people support populism and nativism because they are simply unhappy with their lives? Annika Lindholm and Lauri Rapeli call for more overarching psychological approaches to understanding the appeal of right-wing populism. They suggest bringing subjective well-being into populism research

Lauri Rapeli

Research Director, Social Science Research Institute, Åbo Akademi University

Lauri is one of the principal investigators of the Finnish National Election Study and a board member of the Finnish Infrastructure for Public Opinion Research (FIRIPO).

His interests include voting behaviour, political attitudes and democratic governance.

Lauri’s most recent work has appeared in journals such as Governance, European Political Science Review, Political Studies and the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties.

He tweets @Samforsk_Abo

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