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Gulf of America: rewriting the rules of public discourse

April 8, 2025

How internet speed shapes electoral preferences in Ukraine

February 25, 2025

How livestreaming helped save South Korean democracy

December 18, 2024

🔮 Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni: the power of populist exclusionary rhetoric 

September 3, 2024

Fresh evidence of how news media set the agenda on immigration

June 14, 2024
April 22, 2024

🔮 Exploring populist supporters’ complex relationship with journalism

Clara Juarez Miro Supporters of populist parties endorse rhetoric that antagonises the press, yet they are also avid consumers of news. Clara Juarez Miro explores populist supporters' paradoxical relationship with journalism. Her research shows how central are emotion and social identities to populist supporters’ worldviews – and this shapes their perspectives on journalism Read more
November 22, 2023

🎭 Selfie activism: from cruel categories to presentist identities

Taina Meriluoto To strive towards democratic transformations, we have much to learn from marginalised activists. They espouse ‘presentist identities’ to fight the dismissive categories through which other people see them. Presentist identities do not assume a past or a future. Instead, they make us simultaneously perceivable and free, writes Taina Meriluoto Read more
October 13, 2023

🔮 Populists and the press: a toxic relationship

Giulia Sbaraini Fontes Populists threaten press freedom and, frequently, democracy itself. Giulia Sbaraini Fontes suggests that while news outlets may have a toxic relationship with these politicians, they also harvest immediate commercial benefits themselves, and jeopardise journalism’s credibility and legitimacy Read more
July 20, 2023

🔮 Populist storytelling beyond the buzzword

Kostiantyn Yanchenko Narrative approaches are currently experiencing a golden age in many domains of political science. And yet, when it comes to populism studies, scholars are still rather reluctant to adopt a narrative perspective. Kostiantyn Yanchenko explains why studying populist storytelling can be beneficial for the discipline Read more
July 4, 2023

⛓️ Resolving the tension between academic freedom and EDI

Tariq Modood We must find a way to uphold academic freedom and freedom of expression while embracing equality, diversity, and inclusion, including multiculturalism. Tariq Modood proposes a framework for distinguishing between Islamophobia and reasonable criticism of Islam and Muslims. This can serve as a foundation for the desired equilibrium Read more

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