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📜 Using data from Germany, Michel Zeller of @ecpr-ead.bsky.social explains why governments ban only some of the organisations working to undermine constitutional democracy
#extremism
⤵️ bit.ly/3YuECH0
📜 Using data from Germany, Michel Zeller of @ecpr-ead.bsky.social explains why governments ban only some of the organisations working to undermine constitutional democracy
#extremism
⤵️ bit.ly/3YuECH0
🌎 @sunsibei.bsky.social considers what this means for future transatlantic relations.
#illiberalism #Eurasianism
⤵️ bit.ly/4b8eqtl
🌎 @sunsibei.bsky.social considers what this means for future transatlantic relations.
#illiberalism #Eurasianism
⤵️ bit.ly/4b8eqtl
🚌 @wedmonds98.bsky.social argues that prioritising #PublicTransport, and equalising accessibility, would break Britain's reliance on the car.
⤵️ bit.ly/49GkFDg
🚌 @wedmonds98.bsky.social argues that prioritising #PublicTransport, and equalising accessibility, would break Britain's reliance on the car.
⤵️ bit.ly/49GkFDg
💡 He finds that while politicians do have reasonable understanding of which issues matter, they often make mistakes that have consequences for representation
👇 bit.ly/3KZhugI
💡 He finds that while politicians do have reasonable understanding of which issues matter, they often make mistakes that have consequences for representation
👇 bit.ly/3KZhugI
🖥️ Media monitoring reveals how digital manipulation and foreign interference now shape public understanding of risk.
⌨️ Yuliia Turchenko weighs up the threat - and suggests how the UK should respond.
⤵️ bit.ly/4plPSjM
🖥️ Media monitoring reveals how digital manipulation and foreign interference now shape public understanding of risk.
⌨️ Yuliia Turchenko weighs up the threat - and suggests how the UK should respond.
⤵️ bit.ly/4plPSjM
@suleyaylaci.bsky.social, Edana Beauvais & Mark E. Warren show how #DemocraticInnovations help elites tackle inclusion gaps, agenda-setting dilemmas and decision-making deadlocks.
The authors also highlight the risks of co-optation & #DemocracyWashing
👇 bit.ly/4paqmOh
@suleyaylaci.bsky.social, Edana Beauvais & Mark E. Warren show how #DemocraticInnovations help elites tackle inclusion gaps, agenda-setting dilemmas and decision-making deadlocks.
The authors also highlight the risks of co-optation & #DemocracyWashing
👇 bit.ly/4paqmOh
It builds on research published here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
It builds on research published here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🌆 Cities like Istanbul keep democratic options alive even as national politics turns in a more authoritarian direction
👇 bit.ly/4aBnbMa
🌆 Cities like Istanbul keep democratic options alive even as national politics turns in a more authoritarian direction
👇 bit.ly/4aBnbMa
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Nearly 100 blogs have been published so far.
🔍 Any country, method, approach.
🎓 PhD students & ECRs especially encouraged.
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EU capacity building in #SahelNiger, says Elise Ketelaars, offers lessons for EU Common Security & Defence Policy design – and for crisis management & security sector reform efforts
bit.ly/3MJVy9Q
EU capacity building in #SahelNiger, says Elise Ketelaars, offers lessons for EU Common Security & Defence Policy design – and for crisis management & security sector reform efforts
bit.ly/3MJVy9Q
💱Yet, in their piece based on @iojournal.bsky.social research,
@andduer.bsky.social & @ainvernizzi.bsky.social argue the international trading system is likely to weather the storm.
#TrumpTariffs
⤵️ bit.ly/4pPsGeG
💱Yet, in their piece based on @iojournal.bsky.social research,
@andduer.bsky.social & @ainvernizzi.bsky.social argue the international trading system is likely to weather the storm.
#TrumpTariffs
⤵️ bit.ly/4pPsGeG
♀️♂️ Selina Mabrouki of @ecprgender.bsky.social shows how #populist leaders exploit gendered role models as tools of emotional persuasion.
👉 bit.ly/44HLcNH
♀️♂️ Selina Mabrouki of @ecprgender.bsky.social shows how #populist leaders exploit gendered role models as tools of emotional persuasion.
👉 bit.ly/44HLcNH
🔗 Can we re-establish the connection between political institutions + citizens?
🔃 Dario Castiglione says we must first rethink democratic representation as a process of mutual engagement; then re-imagine its political practices + institutions.
👉 bit.ly/4pXC3ta
🔗 Can we re-establish the connection between political institutions + citizens?
🔃 Dario Castiglione says we must first rethink democratic representation as a process of mutual engagement; then re-imagine its political practices + institutions.
👉 bit.ly/4pXC3ta
🗣️ Portia Roelofs argues that this is a standard part of Nigerian political practice + offers the potential for a new kind of accountability.
👉 bit.ly/48MiPQV
🗣️ Portia Roelofs argues that this is a standard part of Nigerian political practice + offers the potential for a new kind of accountability.
👉 bit.ly/48MiPQV
📆 6–10 Jul 2026, University of Bologna @unibo.it
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📆 6–10 Jul 2026, University of Bologna @unibo.it
✅ 5 teaching days
✅ 2 keynote speeches
✅ Networking opportunities + more!
⌛ Find out more and apply by 25 Feb ecpr.eu/Events/353
💭 #DigitalViolence research must account for its metapolitical dimension.
🗣️ @ilheenk.bsky.social of @ecprgender.bsky.social reveals how proponents of the far-right metapolitical project are shaping public discourse to fit their anti-democratic interests. 👉 bit.ly/4j3e4pL
💭 #DigitalViolence research must account for its metapolitical dimension.
🗣️ @ilheenk.bsky.social of @ecprgender.bsky.social reveals how proponents of the far-right metapolitical project are shaping public discourse to fit their anti-democratic interests. 👉 bit.ly/4j3e4pL
Birzeit University in the #WestBank recently halted teaching to mourn one of its students, killed by Israeli gunfire nearby. The case, says Serena Fraiese, reveals how freedom crumbles in the world outside academe before it even reaches campus.
👉 bit.ly/4rUIj66
Birzeit University in the #WestBank recently halted teaching to mourn one of its students, killed by Israeli gunfire nearby. The case, says Serena Fraiese, reveals how freedom crumbles in the world outside academe before it even reaches campus.
👉 bit.ly/4rUIj66
🌍 The global nuclear order is more crowded than ever, with new actors + rules constantly emerging.
🔄 @carmenwunderlich.bsky.social & @msenn.bsky.social argue, however, that this is less chaos than a continuous process of ordering + disordering.
👉 bit.ly/49aHG0O
Laura, @pcaravantes.bsky.social and I are happy to receive submissions! Do you want to contribute to #GenderingDemocracy 🌈and have idea, data, opinion you want to share? Write to us!
Self-promotion 👍🏽, especially from early career scholars 🔝
bit.ly/4pwm452
Laura, @pcaravantes.bsky.social and I are happy to receive submissions! Do you want to contribute to #GenderingDemocracy 🌈and have idea, data, opinion you want to share? Write to us!
Self-promotion 👍🏽, especially from early career scholars 🔝
➡️ bit.ly/49gampe
➡️ bit.ly/49gampe
😷 Zsófia Papp & Godfred Bonnah Nkansah show that during #C19, Hungarians judged the quality of democracy more by government performance. Their findings reveal when citizens in backsliding regimes accept violations of democratic standards.
👉 bit.ly/3N2Fkse
😷 Zsófia Papp & Godfred Bonnah Nkansah show that during #C19, Hungarians judged the quality of democracy more by government performance. Their findings reveal when citizens in backsliding regimes accept violations of democratic standards.
👉 bit.ly/3N2Fkse