Emilia Palonen
@emiliapalonen.bsky.social
Works as Research Programme Director in Datafication, Helsinki Hub on Emotions Populism and Polarisation (helsinki.fi/HEPP) Senior University Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Helsinki. IPSA Executive Committee member, TSV.fi vice-chair.
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Join Emilia Palonen’s hybrid #booklaunch to explore her new #openaccess book 'The Birth and Death of Liberal Democracy in Hungary' (2025)!
📅 8 December, 14:00–16:00 (GMT+02:00)
📍 Online & University of Helsinki
🔗 Teams: bit.ly/4pkalX7
@emiliapalonen.bsky.social #politicalscience #culturalstudies
📅 8 December, 14:00–16:00 (GMT+02:00)
📍 Online & University of Helsinki
🔗 Teams: bit.ly/4pkalX7
@emiliapalonen.bsky.social #politicalscience #culturalstudies
December 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Join Emilia Palonen’s hybrid #booklaunch to explore her new #openaccess book 'The Birth and Death of Liberal Democracy in Hungary' (2025)!
📅 8 December, 14:00–16:00 (GMT+02:00)
📍 Online & University of Helsinki
🔗 Teams: bit.ly/4pkalX7
@emiliapalonen.bsky.social #politicalscience #culturalstudies
📅 8 December, 14:00–16:00 (GMT+02:00)
📍 Online & University of Helsinki
🔗 Teams: bit.ly/4pkalX7
@emiliapalonen.bsky.social #politicalscience #culturalstudies
Check out this one!
The year 2024 confirmed a global environment defined by:
↔️ pronounced political fragmentation
🗳️ heightened electoral activity
📈 + a deepening wave of autocratisation that continued a 25-year trajectory.
⬇️ Read the 2025 yearbook now!
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↔️ pronounced political fragmentation
🗳️ heightened electoral activity
📈 + a deepening wave of autocratisation that continued a 25-year trajectory.
⬇️ Read the 2025 yearbook now!
buff.ly/lSheCuB
December 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Check out this one!
📢 My book on Hungarian politics and populist polarisation is out. The online (hybrid) launch is on Monday 8 December at noon GMT, 2-4pm EST in Helsinki. The whole monograph is available open access online from @helsinkiupress.bsky.social - and in paper copies, if anyone is interested 🎉
December 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
📢 My book on Hungarian politics and populist polarisation is out. The online (hybrid) launch is on Monday 8 December at noon GMT, 2-4pm EST in Helsinki. The whole monograph is available open access online from @helsinkiupress.bsky.social - and in paper copies, if anyone is interested 🎉
Finland's Iron Man president, EP2024 elections and government-opposition dynamic explained. Open access to this article summarising 2024 in Finnish politics.
🆕 #Finland 2024 #PoliticalData
🗳️ #AlexanderStubb won the presidential election in a year of tense government-opposition clashes, welfare + immigration reforms and an austerity backlash, reports @emiliapalonen.bsky.social. 🔓 #OA
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🗳️ #AlexanderStubb won the presidential election in a year of tense government-opposition clashes, welfare + immigration reforms and an austerity backlash, reports @emiliapalonen.bsky.social. 🔓 #OA
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October 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Finland's Iron Man president, EP2024 elections and government-opposition dynamic explained. Open access to this article summarising 2024 in Finnish politics.
Reposted by Emilia Palonen
Huomenna (to 2.10.) meetup aiheesta eettinen ennakkoarviointi, tervetuloa linjoille klo 12–14! Etenkin someaineistojen kanssa viihtyvät tutkijat kohtaavat monenlaisia aikaa vieviä ja mutkikkaita kysymyksiä. Aiheen saloihin vihkivät @jannema.bsky.social, @emiliapalonen.bsky.social ja Vuokko Härmä.
October 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Huomenna (to 2.10.) meetup aiheesta eettinen ennakkoarviointi, tervetuloa linjoille klo 12–14! Etenkin someaineistojen kanssa viihtyvät tutkijat kohtaavat monenlaisia aikaa vieviä ja mutkikkaita kysymyksiä. Aiheen saloihin vihkivät @jannema.bsky.social, @emiliapalonen.bsky.social ja Vuokko Härmä.
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A shot from the book panel, written by Emilia Palonen, “the birth and death of liberal democracy in Hungary”. The panel is organized through IPSA roundtable: resisting autocratization in polarized societies” at @ecpr.bsky.social
@emiliapalonen.bsky.social @sabinedvolk.bsky.social
@emiliapalonen.bsky.social @sabinedvolk.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 8:12 AM
A shot from the book panel, written by Emilia Palonen, “the birth and death of liberal democracy in Hungary”. The panel is organized through IPSA roundtable: resisting autocratization in polarized societies” at @ecpr.bsky.social
@emiliapalonen.bsky.social @sabinedvolk.bsky.social
@emiliapalonen.bsky.social @sabinedvolk.bsky.social
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New post for POP 📢
𝗣𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺: 𝗔𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 is a great resource for teaching and learning 🔥
It was a pleasure to publish this article written by the editors of this amazing project @robert-a-huber.bsky.social & @cerpintaxt.bsky.social
us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/po...
𝗣𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺: 𝗔𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 is a great resource for teaching and learning 🔥
It was a pleasure to publish this article written by the editors of this amazing project @robert-a-huber.bsky.social & @cerpintaxt.bsky.social
us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/po...
Populism
An Introduction
us.sagepub.com
September 10, 2025 at 10:14 AM
New post for POP 📢
𝗣𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺: 𝗔𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 is a great resource for teaching and learning 🔥
It was a pleasure to publish this article written by the editors of this amazing project @robert-a-huber.bsky.social & @cerpintaxt.bsky.social
us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/po...
𝗣𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺: 𝗔𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 is a great resource for teaching and learning 🔥
It was a pleasure to publish this article written by the editors of this amazing project @robert-a-huber.bsky.social & @cerpintaxt.bsky.social
us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/po...
Suomalaiset toimittajat edelleen tekevät uutisia, joissa viittaillaan sanomisiin uutispalvelu X:ssä... 🤦♀️
February 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Suomalaiset toimittajat edelleen tekevät uutisia, joissa viittaillaan sanomisiin uutispalvelu X:ssä... 🤦♀️
Visiting Professor in Finnish Studies at Minnesota. Always wanted to apply, but never could, so here is for those interested! TSV.fi coordinates the call to reach widest possible academic cohort in Finland.
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Government of Finland/David and Nancy Speer Visiting Professorship
GOF/DANS Professorship
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February 7, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Visiting Professor in Finnish Studies at Minnesota. Always wanted to apply, but never could, so here is for those interested! TSV.fi coordinates the call to reach widest possible academic cohort in Finland.
cla.umn.edu/research-cre...
cla.umn.edu/research-cre...
Drill baby drill - the Finnish way? Samaan aikaan kun hakkuiden ilmastovaikutuksista varotellaan:
Verotus | Hallitus antamassa metsänomistajille suuren lahjan
www.hs.fi/talous/art-2...
Verotus | Hallitus antamassa metsänomistajille suuren lahjan
www.hs.fi/talous/art-2...
Verotus | Hallitus antamassa metsänomistajille suuren lahjan
Metsänomistajat voivat vähentää 60 prosenttia metsän ostohinnasta seuraavien vuosien metsätuloistaan. Maa- ja metsätalousministeri Sari Essayah kertoi hallituksen aikovan korottaa vähennyksen 75 prose...
www.hs.fi
January 30, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Drill baby drill - the Finnish way? Samaan aikaan kun hakkuiden ilmastovaikutuksista varotellaan:
Verotus | Hallitus antamassa metsänomistajille suuren lahjan
www.hs.fi/talous/art-2...
Verotus | Hallitus antamassa metsänomistajille suuren lahjan
www.hs.fi/talous/art-2...
Holokaustin muistopäivänä suosittelen juuri suomennettua kirjaa, jossa József Debreczeni kertoo kohtalostaan läpi työ- ja kuolemanleirien systeemin. Hän tarinoi leirien uhrien muistoja eloon ja avaa Neuvostoliiton "vapauttaman" alueen kulttuurihistoriaa. Kirjoitin jälkisanat.
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like.fi/kirjat/ausch...
Kylmä krematorio - Like Kustannus
Keskitysleireiltä selviytyneen lehtimiehen silminnäkijäkuvaus ”Auschwitzin valtakunnan” kauheuksista. Unkarinjuutalainen József Debreczeni kertoo journalistin kylmäpäisellä tarkkuudella koettelemuksis...
like.fi
January 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Holokaustin muistopäivänä suosittelen juuri suomennettua kirjaa, jossa József Debreczeni kertoo kohtalostaan läpi työ- ja kuolemanleirien systeemin. Hän tarinoi leirien uhrien muistoja eloon ja avaa Neuvostoliiton "vapauttaman" alueen kulttuurihistoriaa. Kirjoitin jälkisanat.
like.fi/kirjat/ausch...
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I am immensely happy to see this book finally out. 📢
Together with @emiliapalonen.bsky.social, we wrote an extraordinary chapter on qualitative approaches to populism.
We specifically overview two very different discursive approaches to populism - Ruth Wodak's and Ernesto Laclau's.
Together with @emiliapalonen.bsky.social, we wrote an extraordinary chapter on qualitative approaches to populism.
We specifically overview two very different discursive approaches to populism - Ruth Wodak's and Ernesto Laclau's.
We (that is @cerpintaxt.bsky.social and me) are happy to share that our co-edited book “Populism: An Introduction” is now out from SAGE. With Trump’s inauguration today, it’s the perfect moment for a clear, accessible overview of populism. Our 15 chapters are written by top experts worldwide.
January 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I am immensely happy to see this book finally out. 📢
Together with @emiliapalonen.bsky.social, we wrote an extraordinary chapter on qualitative approaches to populism.
We specifically overview two very different discursive approaches to populism - Ruth Wodak's and Ernesto Laclau's.
Together with @emiliapalonen.bsky.social, we wrote an extraordinary chapter on qualitative approaches to populism.
We specifically overview two very different discursive approaches to populism - Ruth Wodak's and Ernesto Laclau's.
Olen sanonut tätä jo vuosia. Arvohömppä ja "identiteetit" romukoppaan. Intressien sijaan itse haluaisin puhua vaatimuksista, ongelmista ja ratkaisuista. yle.fi/a/74-2013766...
Johanna Vuorelman kolumni: Tee happotesti arvoillesi – kysy, kenen etua ne ajavat
Kaikki puhuvat arvoista, mutta niistä ei saa mitään selvää. Arvopuhe on epämääräistä, tyhjää ja epärehellistä, Vuorelma jyrähtää.
yle.fi
January 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Olen sanonut tätä jo vuosia. Arvohömppä ja "identiteetit" romukoppaan. Intressien sijaan itse haluaisin puhua vaatimuksista, ongelmista ja ratkaisuista. yle.fi/a/74-2013766...
Finishing my book on the birth and death of liberal democracy in Hungary. Twenty years in the making but this time it seems to be really coming together.
January 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Finishing my book on the birth and death of liberal democracy in Hungary. Twenty years in the making but this time it seems to be really coming together.
Went to a local high school talk about Europe, "populist right" or illiberalism, neo-New Right... AfD, Trump, Milei, Putin. There is no "European Populism". Everyone had seen clips from Trump's inauguration and it starts to sound like more of the same transnational hegemony. Sotungin lukio.
January 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Went to a local high school talk about Europe, "populist right" or illiberalism, neo-New Right... AfD, Trump, Milei, Putin. There is no "European Populism". Everyone had seen clips from Trump's inauguration and it starts to sound like more of the same transnational hegemony. Sotungin lukio.
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Good guide for watching and analysing the inauguration address today! 🧑🔬
Even for a quantitative scholar like me, such a nice introduction to this way of studying populism.
Even for a quantitative scholar like me, such a nice introduction to this way of studying populism.
It is out❣️ Populism and qualitative methods. We took up two different discourse methods and analysed Trump's inaugural speech. Goes directly to our teaching hopefully elsewhere too. Guess what we take up as our example this week?
Trump's inaugural address of course. 🙏🏻 @robert-a-huber.bsky.social
Trump's inaugural address of course. 🙏🏻 @robert-a-huber.bsky.social
Chapter 6 by Alexander Alekseev and @emiliapalonen.bsky.social presents qualitative approaches, especially discourse-oriented methods. Focusing on Wodakian and Laclaudian approaches, they provide hands-on insights into these methods.
January 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Good guide for watching and analysing the inauguration address today! 🧑🔬
Even for a quantitative scholar like me, such a nice introduction to this way of studying populism.
Even for a quantitative scholar like me, such a nice introduction to this way of studying populism.
It is out❣️ Populism and qualitative methods. We took up two different discourse methods and analysed Trump's inaugural speech. Goes directly to our teaching hopefully elsewhere too. Guess what we take up as our example this week?
Trump's inaugural address of course. 🙏🏻 @robert-a-huber.bsky.social
Trump's inaugural address of course. 🙏🏻 @robert-a-huber.bsky.social
Chapter 6 by Alexander Alekseev and @emiliapalonen.bsky.social presents qualitative approaches, especially discourse-oriented methods. Focusing on Wodakian and Laclaudian approaches, they provide hands-on insights into these methods.
January 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It is out❣️ Populism and qualitative methods. We took up two different discourse methods and analysed Trump's inaugural speech. Goes directly to our teaching hopefully elsewhere too. Guess what we take up as our example this week?
Trump's inaugural address of course. 🙏🏻 @robert-a-huber.bsky.social
Trump's inaugural address of course. 🙏🏻 @robert-a-huber.bsky.social
Just a word from me on the neo-New Right agenda moving in from the right of the EPP - particularly in coalition collaboration such as in Finland. Some in the EPP may dream about it, but will the center right parties survive this hegemonic battle? www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
Are centre-right parties in Europe opening the door to far-right populists?
In Austria, Sweden and Finland, conservative parties are making Faustian pacts with their more extreme opponents
www.irishtimes.com
January 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Just a word from me on the neo-New Right agenda moving in from the right of the EPP - particularly in coalition collaboration such as in Finland. Some in the EPP may dream about it, but will the center right parties survive this hegemonic battle? www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
Läpi tuiskun puhumaan siitä, kuinka kuvittelin, että ihmiset tuijottivat mun rintoja mutta oikeasti katsoivat pidänkö rintamerkkiä Unkarissa vaalikeväänä 2002. Palasin Essexin yliopistoon keskustelemaan siitä miksi poliittinen kahtiajakoa ei ole demokratialle hyvä.
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tieteenpaivat.fi/fi/ohjelma-2...
Oivallus, joka muutti kaiken
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January 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Läpi tuiskun puhumaan siitä, kuinka kuvittelin, että ihmiset tuijottivat mun rintoja mutta oikeasti katsoivat pidänkö rintamerkkiä Unkarissa vaalikeväänä 2002. Palasin Essexin yliopistoon keskustelemaan siitä miksi poliittinen kahtiajakoa ei ole demokratialle hyvä.
tieteenpaivat.fi/fi/ohjelma-2...
tieteenpaivat.fi/fi/ohjelma-2...
Started training Korean on Duolingo to get ready for IPSA in South Korea in July 2025! 🇰🇷❣️
January 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Started training Korean on Duolingo to get ready for IPSA in South Korea in July 2025! 🇰🇷❣️
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January 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Spread the word: Apply for our International Master's Programmes! I will be teaching at least in Global Politics and Communication 2025-27. We have had trainees and students from several programmes. The students are great and insightful. No fees for EU/EEA students.
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Happy new year! 🎉 Today I started as Associate Professor (four years to full prof) in Political Science at the University of Helsinki. The first year I continue as Research Programme Director in Datafication at the HSSH. ✨️
January 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Happy new year! 🎉 Today I started as Associate Professor (four years to full prof) in Political Science at the University of Helsinki. The first year I continue as Research Programme Director in Datafication at the HSSH. ✨️
We are celebrating. Days are getting longer. Happy holidays! Hyvää joulua!
December 24, 2024 at 3:37 PM
We are celebrating. Days are getting longer. Happy holidays! Hyvää joulua!
Kansalainen kaipaili kommentoimaan Riikka Purran demonisointia. Mainitsin tästä jo Ylellä, jos kuuntelitte. Samoin edelleen oli päähänpiston taustalla mitä oli, on väärin lyödä ihmisiä naamaan. Tutkijana mun pääasialliset hommat on johtaa tutkimusryhmää, ei notkua mediassa. Kiitos ja hyvää joulua! 🎄
December 23, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Kansalainen kaipaili kommentoimaan Riikka Purran demonisointia. Mainitsin tästä jo Ylellä, jos kuuntelitte. Samoin edelleen oli päähänpiston taustalla mitä oli, on väärin lyödä ihmisiä naamaan. Tutkijana mun pääasialliset hommat on johtaa tutkimusryhmää, ei notkua mediassa. Kiitos ja hyvää joulua! 🎄
Continuous construction of the social contract, CO3 project in Paris, AUP. Been presenting papers on Polarisation, even toxic polarisation - and hegemony - with #HEPPsters Alex and Szilvia, and Bilgi colleagues Pınar Ulyan and Emre Erdoğan aka @urbanhobbit.bsky.social
December 18, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Continuous construction of the social contract, CO3 project in Paris, AUP. Been presenting papers on Polarisation, even toxic polarisation - and hegemony - with #HEPPsters Alex and Szilvia, and Bilgi colleagues Pınar Ulyan and Emre Erdoğan aka @urbanhobbit.bsky.social