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Manès Weisskircher @manesweisskircher.bsky.social · 7d

I’m glad that the 2nd #REXKLIMA workshop in Dresden brought together so many insightful presentations and lively discussions - with a great mix of quantitative and qualitative manuscripts. Looking forward to seeing these papers published! 💫📑

hait.tu-dresden.de/ext/veransta... @rexklima.bsky.social

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 17d

15. As colleagues like @caterinafr.bsky.social @pietrocastellig.bsky.social @andreapirro.it and others have argued for years, the far right has become a social movement with various more or less connected units (parties, influencers, hooligans, media) and should be analyzed as such.

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 17d

Quite surreal report of this weekend’s far-right protest in The Hague 🇳🇱 by teen reporter “Bender” 😳

Some quick thoughts 🧵

NEDERLANDERS KLAAR MET AZC’S: DEN HAAG IN BRAND

YouTube video by BENDER

www.youtube.com

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Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social · 22d

Thanks @sophiahunger.bsky.social and @swenhutter.bsky.social for such a timely contribution. Happy to see work wt @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & @andreapirro.it in this stellar line up of contributors!

Swen Hutter @swenhutter.bsky.social · 22d

As I am fairly new to Bluesky, this comes a bit late, but it is still worth checking out:

Our #oa introduction to the @jeppjournal.bsky.social special issue on "Europe’s Changing Protest Landscape"
with @sophiahunger.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjpp20/3...

Journal of European Public Policy

Special Issue: Europe's Changing Protest Landscape. Guest Editors: Sophia Hunger & Swen Hutter. Volume 32, Issue 8 of Journal of European Public Policy

www.tandfonline.com

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Pietro Castelli Gattinara @pietrocastellig.bsky.social · 25d

📢 Call for applications!

I’m looking for a 4-year PhD researcher (100%) in Political Science: focus on public opinion & the far right

You’ll be part of the POLHYBRID project @sciencepoulb.bsky.social, working with me & @caterinafr.bsky.social
Deadline: 9 11 2025

👉 Info & apply: shorturl.at/El2mW

Doctoral Researcher (100%) in Political Science 4 years Focus: Public opinion, Political Conflict, and the Far Right

The Department of Political Science at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) is hiring a doctoral researcher with a specialization in quantitative research (survey and experiments) for the project “...

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Pietro Castelli Gattinara @pietrocastellig.bsky.social · Aug 26

Movement Parties of the Far Right will soon be released as an audiobook (23.09.2025). @andreapirro.it @oxfordacademic.bsky.social

It will be available through major platforms including Audible, Apple, Spotify, Google Play, and others. Narration by Paul Woodson.

🔗 rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...

RBmedia | Movement Parties of the Far Right

Listen to the audiobook Movement Parties of the Far Right, written by Pietro Gattinara Castelli, narrated by Paul Woodson.

rbmediaglobal.com

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ECPR SG Extremism & Democracy @ecpr-ead.bsky.social · Aug 22

🍿Do not miss our book panel at @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference celebrating these two important OUP publications by Paris Aslanidis and the dreamteam duo @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & @andreapirro.it.
🍰 Featuring commentary by @sldelange.bsky.social & @leoniedejonge.bsky.social.

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Sarah de Lange @sldelange.bsky.social · Aug 22

On Wednesday, the day starts with a great book panel on mobalization approaches to the far right and populism, discussing the excellent mongraphs by @andreapirro.it and @pietrocastellig.bsky.social and by Paris Aslanidis. The awesome @leoniedejonge.bsky.social will join me as a discussant

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · Jul 23

Elite institutions are the first to fold.

But this is a particularly egregious case of cowardice and gaslighting. Incredible what Palestinian scholars and scholars of Palestine have to endure in this country.

Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication

As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom

www.theguardian.com

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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · Jul 22

#Danslesmédias - Tribune ✍️

Emeutes anti-migrants : à Torre-Pacheco comme ailleurs en Europe, des actions présentées comme locales et spontanées dissimulent une stratégie bien rodée de l'extrême droite, d'après @caterinafr.bsky.social, @pietrocastellig.bsky.social et les données du projet farpo.eu ⤵️

Emeutes racistes en Espagne : « Les actions présentées comme locales et spontanées sont fréquemment organisées par des groupes extérieurs »

TRIBUNE. Les chercheurs Pietro Castelli Gattinara et Caterina Froio rappellent, dans une tribune au « Monde », que les événements de Torre-Pacheco de la mi-juillet s’inscrivent dans une série d’épisod...

www.lemonde.fr

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JEPP Journal @jeppjournal.bsky.social · Jul 22

@andreapirro.it, @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & @caterinafr.bsky.social focus on far-right mobilisation

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

www.tandfonline.com

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Andrea Pirro @andreapirro.it · Jul 22

📖 Our @jeppjournal.bsky.social article now has a volume & issue number! In our work, @pietrocastellig.bsky.social, @caterinafr.bsky.social & I overview far-right contentious politics in Europe and argue for a ‘normalisation of protest’.

🔗 50 free copies available at this link: shorturl.at/iiDrt

Far-right contentious politics in times of crisis: between adaptation and transformation

The far right is often seen to thrive in times of crisis. The unfolding of the Great Recession, the migration crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic provide an unprecedented opportunity to delve into fa...

shorturl.at

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Pietro Castelli Gattinara @pietrocastellig.bsky.social · Jul 22

www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

Emeutes racistes en Espagne : « Les actions présentées comme locales et spontanées sont fréquemment organisées par des groupes extérieurs »

TRIBUNE. Les chercheurs Pietro Castelli Gattinara et Caterina Froio rappellent, dans une tribune au « Monde », que les événements de Torre-Pacheco de la mi-juillet s’inscrivent dans une série d’épisod...

www.lemonde.fr

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Pietro Castelli Gattinara @pietrocastellig.bsky.social · Jul 21

My op-ed in @lemonde.fr (with @caterinafr.bsky.social) on the #TorrePacheco riots: what looks like spontaneous local anger is nothing but the usual far-right mobilization.
👉 www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

Emeutes racistes en Espagne : « Les actions présentées comme locales et spontanées sont fréquemment organisées par des groupes extérieurs »

TRIBUNE. Les chercheurs Pietro Castelli Gattinara et Caterina Froio rappellent, dans une tribune au « Monde », que les événements de Torre-Pacheco de la mi-juillet s’inscrivent dans une série d’épisod...

www.lemonde.fr

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Pietro Castelli Gattinara @pietrocastellig.bsky.social · Jul 21

Ma tribune dans @lemonde.fr (avec @caterinafr.bsky.social) sur les violences de #TorrePacheco : derrière l’apparente spontanéité, une mobilisation de l’extrême droite.
👉 www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

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Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social · Jul 14

Timely keynote by Donatella della Porta @ipsa.org : moral panic as a mechanism of repression of academic freedom.

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Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social · Jul 13

Movement Parties of The Far Right travels to Seoul @pietrocastellig.bsky.social @andreapirro.it @oxfordacademic.bsky.social ,terrific discussion by the ones and only @dafnoukos.bsky.social & M. Minkenberg @ipsa.org

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Pietro Castelli Gattinara @pietrocastellig.bsky.social · Jul 12

@giulianoformisano.bsky.social @caterinafr.bsky.social ❤️

Political Science Research and Methods @psrm.bsky.social · Jul 2

🗣️Do you want to automate the classification of protest events and political event data?

➡️@sehaunss.bsky.social, P.Daphi, J.M.Dollbaum, L.Hristova, P.Susánszky & E.Steinhilper introduce PAPEA, a new pipeline that uses fine-tuned LLMs to analyze event data www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

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Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social · Jul 8

Interested in the political consequences of regressive social movements and attending @ipsa.org in Seoul? I will present new ongoing work wt @xromerovidal.bsky.social @pietrocastellig.bsky.social Andrew Klassen. Info www.ipsa.org/events/congr...

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Daphne Halikiopoulou @dafnoukos.bsky.social · Jul 7

I am really looking forward to discussing this fantastic book this coming Sunday, July 13th. Join us if you are attending @IPSA in Seoul!

Andrea Pirro @andreapirro.it · Jul 7

📙 For those attending the @ipsa.org World Congress in Seoul, @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & I are presenting our book, Movement Parties of the Far Right (@oxfordacademic.bsky.social), on 13 July. Discussion will feature @dafnoukos.bsky.social & Michael Minkenberg.

👉 wc2025.ipsa.org/wc/panel/aut...

Authors Meet Critics – Movement Parties of the Far Right: Understanding Nativist Mobilization

In an era of traditional political party decline, this book explores a new phase of nativist mobilization, in which street politics plays an increasingly important role. Pietro Castelli Gattinara and ...

wc2025.ipsa.org

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Andrea Pirro @andreapirro.it · Jul 7

📙 For those attending the @ipsa.org World Congress in Seoul, @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & I are presenting our book, Movement Parties of the Far Right (@oxfordacademic.bsky.social), on 13 July. Discussion will feature @dafnoukos.bsky.social & Michael Minkenberg.

👉 wc2025.ipsa.org/wc/panel/aut...

Authors Meet Critics – Movement Parties of the Far Right: Understanding Nativist Mobilization

In an era of traditional political party decline, this book explores a new phase of nativist mobilization, in which street politics plays an increasingly important role. Pietro Castelli Gattinara and ...

wc2025.ipsa.org

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Political Science Research and Methods @psrm.bsky.social · Jul 2

🗣️Do you want to automate the classification of protest events and political event data?

➡️@sehaunss.bsky.social, P.Daphi, J.M.Dollbaum, L.Hristova, P.Susánszky & E.Steinhilper introduce PAPEA, a new pipeline that uses fine-tuned LLMs to analyze event data www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

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Comparative Political Studies @cpsjournal.bsky.social · Jun 12

(2) "When the Far Right Makes the News: Protest Characteristics and Media Coverage of Far-Right Mobilization in Europe" by Pietro Castelli Gattinara @pietrocastellig.bsky.social and Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Pavlos Vasilopoulos @pavlosvas1.bsky.social · May 22

On the Supply of and Demand for Right-Wing Academics by @alexandreafonso.bsky.social

"Thinking about this as a market, left-wing academics compete in a saturated field. Right-wing academics occupy a niche. Their value is amplified by their scarcity"

alexandreafonso.substack.com/p/24-on-the-...

#24 On the Supply of and Demand for Right-Wing Academics

Is it rational to become a right-wing academic outcast?

alexandreafonso.substack.com

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Pietro Castelli Gattinara @pietrocastellig.bsky.social · May 5

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Pietro Castelli Gattinara @pietrocastellig.bsky.social · May 5

📣 Join us for the BrIAS/CEVIPOL seminar with Arun Chaudhary: "The Filibuster for Democracy"

🗓 Wednesday 7th of May 2025, 13:30 - 16:00
📍BrIAS: maps.app.goo.gl/umz65m1EkXhB...
⚠ Please register here: lnkd.in/eAyZ9jDW
🔗Full info: lnkd.in/eYPgT55H
📽️ Livestream: lnkd.in/dVVeJJ8D

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Raffaele Bazurli @raffaelebazurli.bsky.social · Apr 23

Our paper with @pietrocastellig.bsky.social is now out in the latest issue of @govandopp.bsky.social!

We interviewed 25 far-right activists in Italy during COVID-19 to explore how they reframed migration narratives while the issue faded from public attention.

doi.org/10.1017/gov....

Thread👇

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Emilie van Haute @emilievh.bsky.social · Apr 17

🚨 Call for Expressions of Interest – BrIAS x ULB Solidarity Fellowships 🚨

Are you a researcher at risk working on democratic governance?

The new BrIAS program invites expressions of interest from early-career researchers who wish to apply for a ULB postdoctoral Solidarity Fellowship.

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Pietro Castelli Gattinara @pietrocastellig.bsky.social · Apr 8

Shocker

www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

Il n’y a pas d’obsession pour le genre dans les sciences sociales en France : une vaste étude le démontre

Une équipe dirigée par le sociologue Etienne Ollion, professeur à Polytechnique, a mené une enquête approfondie sur la place tenue par la question du genre dans 120 publications scientifiques. Elle es...

www.lemonde.fr

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Pietro Castelli Gattinara @pietrocastellig.bsky.social · Mar 17

Italy (no surprise): ilmanifesto.it/il-20-marzo-...

But also in Belgium: the FWB government plans to cut the university budget by €6.5 million for 2025 +increase tuition fees for non-EU students
www.lalibre.be/belgique/ens...

www.brusselstimes.com/1439727/visa...

Il 20 marzo l’università si mobilita «per non soffrire di precarietà» | il manifesto

(Scuola) «La Crui da che parte sta?» hanno chiesto ieri i ricercatori precari delle università in un flash mob organizzato davanti all’entrata della Conferenza dei rettori in piazza Rondanini a Roma. ...

ilmanifesto.it

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