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AUTHLIB - Neo-authoritarianisms in Europe and the Liberal Democratic Response.
Research project led by CEU Democracy Institute, co-funded by the European Union.
Web: https://www.authlib.eu/
#AuthlibEU
Research project led by CEU Democracy Institute, co-funded by the European Union.
Web: https://www.authlib.eu/
#AuthlibEU
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It was a great pleasure to speak at the “Mapping the Illiberal Challenge” closing conference of @authlibeu.bsky.social at the CEU.
Presenting the key arguments and recommendations of my upcoming policy paper, “How to Better Protect and Support Civil Society in the EU?”, I argued for:
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Presenting the key arguments and recommendations of my upcoming policy paper, “How to Better Protect and Support Civil Society in the EU?”, I argued for:
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January 12, 2026 at 1:50 PM
It was a great pleasure to speak at the “Mapping the Illiberal Challenge” closing conference of @authlibeu.bsky.social at the CEU.
Presenting the key arguments and recommendations of my upcoming policy paper, “How to Better Protect and Support Civil Society in the EU?”, I argued for:
THREAD 1/5
Presenting the key arguments and recommendations of my upcoming policy paper, “How to Better Protect and Support Civil Society in the EU?”, I argued for:
THREAD 1/5
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The final @authlibeu.bsky.social conference organized by amazing colleagues in Budapest. A project that meant a lot to me - it enabled me to study radical and extremist groups in CEE, while also further developing our team's research agenda on democratic innovations.
January 11, 2026 at 2:01 PM
The final @authlibeu.bsky.social conference organized by amazing colleagues in Budapest. A project that meant a lot to me - it enabled me to study radical and extremist groups in CEE, while also further developing our team's research agenda on democratic innovations.
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A great closing conference of the AUTHLIB @authlibeu.bsky.social at CEU in Budapest - thanks to all. The organizers and participants!
🗣️ AUTHLIB has explored the discourse of illiberal actors and the role of emotions in political communication.
📄 Carsten Q. Schneider @cqschneider.bsky.social @weareceu.bsky.social discussed if and how political leaders’ public speech can act as an early warning signal of democratic decline.
📄 Carsten Q. Schneider @cqschneider.bsky.social @weareceu.bsky.social discussed if and how political leaders’ public speech can act as an early warning signal of democratic decline.
January 9, 2026 at 5:23 PM
A great closing conference of the AUTHLIB @authlibeu.bsky.social at CEU in Budapest - thanks to all. The organizers and participants!
📣 As we conclude AUTHLIB in the coming weeks, stay with us for the roll-out of a set of exciting country and policy papers, showcasing the varieties of illiberal drivers and appeal across Europe, and our analysis and recommendations to address the illiberal challenge on the EU level.
January 9, 2026 at 5:37 PM
📣 As we conclude AUTHLIB in the coming weeks, stay with us for the roll-out of a set of exciting country and policy papers, showcasing the varieties of illiberal drivers and appeal across Europe, and our analysis and recommendations to address the illiberal challenge on the EU level.
🙏 And it's a wrap!
We have concluded our final academic conference with a keynote speech by Michael Ignatieff @weareceu.bsky.social
🔥 What's the role of liberalism in an illiberal age? Michael Ignatieff argued that democratic leadership & European unity serve as hope for the survival of democracy.
We have concluded our final academic conference with a keynote speech by Michael Ignatieff @weareceu.bsky.social
🔥 What's the role of liberalism in an illiberal age? Michael Ignatieff argued that democratic leadership & European unity serve as hope for the survival of democracy.
January 9, 2026 at 5:37 PM
🙏 And it's a wrap!
We have concluded our final academic conference with a keynote speech by Michael Ignatieff @weareceu.bsky.social
🔥 What's the role of liberalism in an illiberal age? Michael Ignatieff argued that democratic leadership & European unity serve as hope for the survival of democracy.
We have concluded our final academic conference with a keynote speech by Michael Ignatieff @weareceu.bsky.social
🔥 What's the role of liberalism in an illiberal age? Michael Ignatieff argued that democratic leadership & European unity serve as hope for the survival of democracy.
🤝 The MORES - Moral Emotions in Politics @mores-project.bsky.social is an innovative research project exploring the role of moral emotions, values, and identities in politics. In doing so, it builds on AUTHLIB's work.
👉 Learn more and follow its social media channels: mores-horizon.eu
👉 Learn more and follow its social media channels: mores-horizon.eu
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Explore MORES, a project studying how moral emotions in politics unite and divide society. See how research fosters dialogue and strengthens democracy.
mores-horizon.eu
January 9, 2026 at 3:18 PM
🤝 The MORES - Moral Emotions in Politics @mores-project.bsky.social is an innovative research project exploring the role of moral emotions, values, and identities in politics. In doing so, it builds on AUTHLIB's work.
👉 Learn more and follow its social media channels: mores-horizon.eu
👉 Learn more and follow its social media channels: mores-horizon.eu
Giving a glimps into @mores-project.bsky.social, @zsolt-boda.bsky.social (Eötvös Loránd University) also joined the conference and shared insights into their ongoing work on moral emotions and populist governance.
January 9, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Giving a glimps into @mores-project.bsky.social, @zsolt-boda.bsky.social (Eötvös Loránd University) also joined the conference and shared insights into their ongoing work on moral emotions and populist governance.
Peter Kreko (Eötvös Loránd University) and Gábor Orosz (Flinders University) discussed the initial findings of their democratic inoculation experiment that is bridging AUTHLIB and the recently launched @mores-project.bsky.social.
January 9, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Peter Kreko (Eötvös Loránd University) and Gábor Orosz (Flinders University) discussed the initial findings of their democratic inoculation experiment that is bridging AUTHLIB and the recently launched @mores-project.bsky.social.
😱 Emotions play a central role in political communication and are used by political actors to mobilize.
🧐 AUTHLIB's team at the Oxford Uni, led by Stephen Whitefield, who presented the results of the team's lab experiments, studied the effects of emotional appeal on illiberal beliefs and behavior.
🧐 AUTHLIB's team at the Oxford Uni, led by Stephen Whitefield, who presented the results of the team's lab experiments, studied the effects of emotional appeal on illiberal beliefs and behavior.
January 9, 2026 at 3:18 PM
😱 Emotions play a central role in political communication and are used by political actors to mobilize.
🧐 AUTHLIB's team at the Oxford Uni, led by Stephen Whitefield, who presented the results of the team's lab experiments, studied the effects of emotional appeal on illiberal beliefs and behavior.
🧐 AUTHLIB's team at the Oxford Uni, led by Stephen Whitefield, who presented the results of the team's lab experiments, studied the effects of emotional appeal on illiberal beliefs and behavior.
📖 Learn more about illiberal politics in Europe!
Check AUTHLIB's Politics and Governance special issue: www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
Check AUTHLIB's Politics and Governance special issue: www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
Illiberal Politics in Europe
Thematic Issue, Vol 13 (2025)
www.cogitatiopress.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:41 PM
📖 Learn more about illiberal politics in Europe!
Check AUTHLIB's Politics and Governance special issue: www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
Check AUTHLIB's Politics and Governance special issue: www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
The panel closed with the presentation of Bálint Mikola @weareceu.bsky.social of his joint work with Péter Radó (Eötvös Loránd University, CEU) that assessed how illiberalism transforms social and educational policies in Central Europe.
January 9, 2026 at 1:41 PM
The panel closed with the presentation of Bálint Mikola @weareceu.bsky.social of his joint work with Péter Radó (Eötvös Loránd University, CEU) that assessed how illiberalism transforms social and educational policies in Central Europe.
Following her intervention, Eva Fodor @weareceu.bsky.social explored the how gender issues are targeted and instrumentalized by illiberal forces.
January 9, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Following her intervention, Eva Fodor @weareceu.bsky.social explored the how gender issues are targeted and instrumentalized by illiberal forces.
❗ Illiberal forces impact policies and institutions. AUTHLIB studied their influence across various policy areas.
🔥 Mieke Verloo (Radboud University) analyzed how illiberals influence knowledge production and research in service of their authoritarian agenda creating a mutually reinforcing cycle.
🔥 Mieke Verloo (Radboud University) analyzed how illiberals influence knowledge production and research in service of their authoritarian agenda creating a mutually reinforcing cycle.
January 9, 2026 at 1:41 PM
❗ Illiberal forces impact policies and institutions. AUTHLIB studied their influence across various policy areas.
🔥 Mieke Verloo (Radboud University) analyzed how illiberals influence knowledge production and research in service of their authoritarian agenda creating a mutually reinforcing cycle.
🔥 Mieke Verloo (Radboud University) analyzed how illiberals influence knowledge production and research in service of their authoritarian agenda creating a mutually reinforcing cycle.
🗣️ Read more about one of AUTHLIB's deliberative fora, the Ideological Opponents' Forum here: www.authlib.eu/authlib-ideo...
AUTHLIB researchers from the Charles University organized the first forum of ideological opponents in Liberec
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January 9, 2026 at 12:23 PM
🗣️ Read more about one of AUTHLIB's deliberative fora, the Ideological Opponents' Forum here: www.authlib.eu/authlib-ideo...
@petraguasti.bsky.social @charlesuni.cuni.cz shared how various forms of deliberation tested in the framework of AUTHLIB impacts polarization and whether it has the potential to change people's views in ideologically charged as well as locally sensitive matters.
January 9, 2026 at 12:23 PM
@petraguasti.bsky.social @charlesuni.cuni.cz shared how various forms of deliberation tested in the framework of AUTHLIB impacts polarization and whether it has the potential to change people's views in ideologically charged as well as locally sensitive matters.
⚠️ @danielhegedus.bsky.social @gmfus.bsky.social discussed the illiberal challenge to democratic civil society in Europe and put forward elaborate EU-level recommendations to protect and strengthen the sector.
Stay tunedned for the paper!
Stay tunedned for the paper!
January 9, 2026 at 12:23 PM
⚠️ @danielhegedus.bsky.social @gmfus.bsky.social discussed the illiberal challenge to democratic civil society in Europe and put forward elaborate EU-level recommendations to protect and strengthen the sector.
Stay tunedned for the paper!
Stay tunedned for the paper!
💡 Moving from theory to practice, AUTHLIB put forward recommendations to counter illiberal chalenges to democracy and strengthen liberal democracy in Europe.
January 9, 2026 at 12:23 PM
💡 Moving from theory to practice, AUTHLIB put forward recommendations to counter illiberal chalenges to democracy and strengthen liberal democracy in Europe.
📽️ Interested in this issue?
Watch the discussion of the SNS team's early results here: youtu.be/iU-YwtHn05E?...
Watch the discussion of the SNS team's early results here: youtu.be/iU-YwtHn05E?...
The Transnationalization of the Illiberal Right
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January 9, 2026 at 11:52 AM
📽️ Interested in this issue?
Watch the discussion of the SNS team's early results here: youtu.be/iU-YwtHn05E?...
Watch the discussion of the SNS team's early results here: youtu.be/iU-YwtHn05E?...
Zsolt Enyedi @zsolt.bsky.social @weareceu.bsky.social talked about the "illiberal international" exploring the elite-level cooperation identifying key nods and mapping ideological differences among illiberal groups.
January 9, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Zsolt Enyedi @zsolt.bsky.social @weareceu.bsky.social talked about the "illiberal international" exploring the elite-level cooperation identifying key nods and mapping ideological differences among illiberal groups.
🔗 Batuhan Eren and Manuela Caiani @sns.it presented their main takeaways from their research on the growing connections among far right parties, movements, and civic actors across borders and the ongoing transnational learning among them.
January 9, 2026 at 11:52 AM
🔗 Batuhan Eren and Manuela Caiani @sns.it presented their main takeaways from their research on the growing connections among far right parties, movements, and civic actors across borders and the ongoing transnational learning among them.
💥The second day of our concluding conference started with a timely discussion on the transnationalization of the far right.
January 9, 2026 at 11:52 AM
💥The second day of our concluding conference started with a timely discussion on the transnationalization of the far right.
Elena Cossu @eui-eu.bsky.social shared her findings on the conceptualization and measurement of illiberal and far-right party communication using LLMs.
January 9, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Elena Cossu @eui-eu.bsky.social shared her findings on the conceptualization and measurement of illiberal and far-right party communication using LLMs.
Marvin Stecker @marvins.bsky.social (University of Vienna) spoke about the dynamics of demonisation of outgroups in the discourse of nationalistic political parties.
January 9, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Marvin Stecker @marvins.bsky.social (University of Vienna) spoke about the dynamics of demonisation of outgroups in the discourse of nationalistic political parties.
@giulianoformisano.bsky.social introduced his work with @spyroskosmidis.bsky.social and Stephen Whitefield at @ox.ac.uk studying the role of emotional rhetoric in party communication.
January 9, 2026 at 11:15 AM
@giulianoformisano.bsky.social introduced his work with @spyroskosmidis.bsky.social and Stephen Whitefield at @ox.ac.uk studying the role of emotional rhetoric in party communication.