Dr Taru Haapala
@haapalataru.bsky.social
Tomás y Valiente research fellow, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid / Madrid Institute for Advanced Study, Editor-in-Chief of the OA series Pro et Contra (Helsinki University Press)
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Happy national day to all Finns!
🇫🇮 & 🇪🇺: The city of Oulu is the European Capital of Culture for 2026. Its culture programme will revolve around the theme of cultural climate change.
For info about the Council in Finnish → link.europa.eu/jdQWYB
🇫🇮 & 🇪🇺: The city of Oulu is the European Capital of Culture for 2026. Its culture programme will revolve around the theme of cultural climate change.
For info about the Council in Finnish → link.europa.eu/jdQWYB
December 6, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Happy national day to all Finns!
🇫🇮 & 🇪🇺: The city of Oulu is the European Capital of Culture for 2026. Its culture programme will revolve around the theme of cultural climate change.
For info about the Council in Finnish → link.europa.eu/jdQWYB
🇫🇮 & 🇪🇺: The city of Oulu is the European Capital of Culture for 2026. Its culture programme will revolve around the theme of cultural climate change.
For info about the Council in Finnish → link.europa.eu/jdQWYB
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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
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'Reconfiguring EU Peripheries: Political Elites, Contestation, and Geopolitical Shifts' (2024) presents empirically rich case studies that explore #EU integration processes.
The volume, edited by Butnaru Troncotă, Özçelik & Cucută, is available in #openaccess at: doi.org/10.33134/pro...
The volume, edited by Butnaru Troncotă, Özçelik & Cucută, is available in #openaccess at: doi.org/10.33134/pro...
December 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
'Reconfiguring EU Peripheries: Political Elites, Contestation, and Geopolitical Shifts' (2024) presents empirically rich case studies that explore #EU integration processes.
The volume, edited by Butnaru Troncotă, Özçelik & Cucută, is available in #openaccess at: doi.org/10.33134/pro...
The volume, edited by Butnaru Troncotă, Özçelik & Cucută, is available in #openaccess at: doi.org/10.33134/pro...
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In 'The Birth and Death of Liberal Democracy in Hungary', Emilia Palonen explores the transformation of Hungary’s #political landscape in the post-communist era.
Find the #openaccess book at: doi.org/10.33134/pro...
#populism #polarisation #illiberalism #politicalscience #culturalstudies #Hungary
Find the #openaccess book at: doi.org/10.33134/pro...
#populism #polarisation #illiberalism #politicalscience #culturalstudies #Hungary
November 4, 2025 at 10:08 AM
In 'The Birth and Death of Liberal Democracy in Hungary', Emilia Palonen explores the transformation of Hungary’s #political landscape in the post-communist era.
Find the #openaccess book at: doi.org/10.33134/pro...
#populism #polarisation #illiberalism #politicalscience #culturalstudies #Hungary
Find the #openaccess book at: doi.org/10.33134/pro...
#populism #polarisation #illiberalism #politicalscience #culturalstudies #Hungary
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RECLAIM is over, but we'll keep podcasting on the politics of post-truth. Join us for the last conversation on the project and stay tuned!
We conclude with the last episode of the podcast "Post-truth be told" 🎤 Hosts @luisbouzagarcia.bsky.social & @alvarooleart.bsky.social explore the role of citizenship education with @alessiachiriatti.bsky.social & Federico Castiglioni (@iaionline.bsky.social)
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/760Q...
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/760Q...
September 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
RECLAIM is over, but we'll keep podcasting on the politics of post-truth. Join us for the last conversation on the project and stay tuned!
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'The Birth and Death of Liberal Democracy in Hungary' by Emilia Palonen demonstrates how political #populism and #polarisation became mainstream in the country. The book is freely available in #openaccess at: doi.org/10.33134/pro...
#PoliticalScience #DiscourseAnalysis #CulturalStudies #Democracy
#PoliticalScience #DiscourseAnalysis #CulturalStudies #Democracy
August 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
'The Birth and Death of Liberal Democracy in Hungary' by Emilia Palonen demonstrates how political #populism and #polarisation became mainstream in the country. The book is freely available in #openaccess at: doi.org/10.33134/pro...
#PoliticalScience #DiscourseAnalysis #CulturalStudies #Democracy
#PoliticalScience #DiscourseAnalysis #CulturalStudies #Democracy
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Starting SOON | The #RECLAIM Final Conference "Frontiers of truth: Reclaiming Liberal Democracy in a post-factual world" will begin at 11‼️
Follow us here for key quotes and join our livestream on our YouTube channel 🔗 youtube.com/live/voB0950...
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Follow us here for key quotes and join our livestream on our YouTube channel 🔗 youtube.com/live/voB0950...
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LIVE | "Frontiers of truth: Reclaiming liberal democracy in a post-factual world"
YouTube video by Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA)
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June 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Starting SOON | The #RECLAIM Final Conference "Frontiers of truth: Reclaiming Liberal Democracy in a post-factual world" will begin at 11‼️
Follow us here for key quotes and join our livestream on our YouTube channel 🔗 youtube.com/live/voB0950...
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Follow us here for key quotes and join our livestream on our YouTube channel 🔗 youtube.com/live/voB0950...
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Coming up!
‘The Birth and Death of Liberal Democracy in Hungary’ by Emilia Palonen explores how political #populism and #polarisation became mainstream in #Hungary. The book is the fourth publication in the Pro et Contra series and will be freely available in #openaccess.
Stay tuned!
‘The Birth and Death of Liberal Democracy in Hungary’ by Emilia Palonen explores how political #populism and #polarisation became mainstream in #Hungary. The book is the fourth publication in the Pro et Contra series and will be freely available in #openaccess.
Stay tuned!
June 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Coming up!
‘The Birth and Death of Liberal Democracy in Hungary’ by Emilia Palonen explores how political #populism and #polarisation became mainstream in #Hungary. The book is the fourth publication in the Pro et Contra series and will be freely available in #openaccess.
Stay tuned!
‘The Birth and Death of Liberal Democracy in Hungary’ by Emilia Palonen explores how political #populism and #polarisation became mainstream in #Hungary. The book is the fourth publication in the Pro et Contra series and will be freely available in #openaccess.
Stay tuned!
Our article was just published! 🥳 You can read it free open access: Undermining Liberal Democracy? Cross‐Level Opposition in Madrid Regional President's Speeches During the Pandemic Crisis | Article | Politics and Governance www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
Undermining Liberal Democracy? Cross‐Level Opposition in Madrid Regional President's Speeches During the Pandemic Crisis | Article | Politics and Governance
Taru Haapala, Andreu Teruel
www.cogitatiopress.com
June 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Our article was just published! 🥳 You can read it free open access: Undermining Liberal Democracy? Cross‐Level Opposition in Madrid Regional President's Speeches During the Pandemic Crisis | Article | Politics and Governance www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
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Check out Miruna Butnaru-Troncotă's timely article on The Loop blog 👇
Butnaru-Troncotă is one of the editors of 'Reconfiguring EU Peripheries: Political Elites, Contestation, and Geopolitical Shifts' (2024). The book is freely available at: doi.org/10.33134/pro...
@ecprtheloop.bsky.social #EU
Butnaru-Troncotă is one of the editors of 'Reconfiguring EU Peripheries: Political Elites, Contestation, and Geopolitical Shifts' (2024). The book is freely available at: doi.org/10.33134/pro...
@ecprtheloop.bsky.social #EU
🧭 #EUEnlargementDilemmas No.16
↔️ The growing politicisation of EU enlargement risks sidelining the Western Balkans again. Miruna Butnaru-Troncotă argues that the EU's future credibility and cohesion hinge on treating Western Balkan integration as urgently as Eastern enlargement.
👉 bit.ly/4mwd2E6
↔️ The growing politicisation of EU enlargement risks sidelining the Western Balkans again. Miruna Butnaru-Troncotă argues that the EU's future credibility and cohesion hinge on treating Western Balkan integration as urgently as Eastern enlargement.
👉 bit.ly/4mwd2E6
🧭 The risks of wartime politicisation of enlargement
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine forced the EU to revive its enlargement agenda, but growing politicisation risks sidelining the Western Balkans yet again. Miruna Butnaru Troncotă argues that t...
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May 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Check out Miruna Butnaru-Troncotă's timely article on The Loop blog 👇
Butnaru-Troncotă is one of the editors of 'Reconfiguring EU Peripheries: Political Elites, Contestation, and Geopolitical Shifts' (2024). The book is freely available at: doi.org/10.33134/pro...
@ecprtheloop.bsky.social #EU
Butnaru-Troncotă is one of the editors of 'Reconfiguring EU Peripheries: Political Elites, Contestation, and Geopolitical Shifts' (2024). The book is freely available at: doi.org/10.33134/pro...
@ecprtheloop.bsky.social #EU
Excited to organise this hybrid seminar on politics and evidence in times of crisis! Guest speaker is Dr. Emilia Aiello who talks to us about citizen initiative behind "Science in Parliament". Join us @uam.es or online. More details:
www.madrid-ias.eu/news/seminar...
www.madrid-ias.eu/news/seminar...
Politics meets evidence: Exploring the role of citizen initiative in institutionalising science advice in times of crisis - | Madrid Institute for Advanced Study
www.madrid-ias.eu
May 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Excited to organise this hybrid seminar on politics and evidence in times of crisis! Guest speaker is Dr. Emilia Aiello who talks to us about citizen initiative behind "Science in Parliament". Join us @uam.es or online. More details:
www.madrid-ias.eu/news/seminar...
www.madrid-ias.eu/news/seminar...
New article on populist discourse in EU post-truth context! This research was done by myself and @juanroch.bsky.social within the WP7 with @luisbouzagarcia.bsky.social of the Horizon Europe RECLAIM project.
📢📢Happy to see the article "Post-Truth Politics in Action? Representation of the Media in Spanish Radical Parties’ Electoral Campaigns" coauthored with my friend @haapalataru.bsky.social in the journal @cogitatiomac.bsky.social . Open access. www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
Post-Truth Politics in Action? Representation of the Media in Spanish Radical Parties’ Electoral Campaigns | Article | Media and Communication
Taru Haapala, Juan Roch
www.cogitatiopress.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
New article on populist discourse in EU post-truth context! This research was done by myself and @juanroch.bsky.social within the WP7 with @luisbouzagarcia.bsky.social of the Horizon Europe RECLAIM project.
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The 5th episode of RECLAIM's project podcast is out. @lucasproto.bsky.social discusses the latest crisis of journalism with academics and journalists. The key issue as I see it is which kind of mediations with truth can journalism (re-)establish. open.spotify.com/episode/2avG...
Breaking News: Journalism is in Crisis (Again)
Post Truth be told · Episode
open.spotify.com
March 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The 5th episode of RECLAIM's project podcast is out. @lucasproto.bsky.social discusses the latest crisis of journalism with academics and journalists. The key issue as I see it is which kind of mediations with truth can journalism (re-)establish. open.spotify.com/episode/2avG...
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Are you a US scientist thinking of quitting the States for Europe? Would you be willing to talk about it — anonymity is possible? Send me a DM.
(Please reskeet if you have US contacts!)
(Please reskeet if you have US contacts!)
March 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Are you a US scientist thinking of quitting the States for Europe? Would you be willing to talk about it — anonymity is possible? Send me a DM.
(Please reskeet if you have US contacts!)
(Please reskeet if you have US contacts!)
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Our Annual Report for 2024 is out!
We're happy to see that HUP's books' reach keeps growing. If you'd like to learn more about our year, check out the Report at: hdl.handle.net/10138/594089
Image: Map of regions where HUP's books have been downloaded in 2020-2024
#scholarlypublishing #openaccess
We're happy to see that HUP's books' reach keeps growing. If you'd like to learn more about our year, check out the Report at: hdl.handle.net/10138/594089
Image: Map of regions where HUP's books have been downloaded in 2020-2024
#scholarlypublishing #openaccess
March 19, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Our Annual Report for 2024 is out!
We're happy to see that HUP's books' reach keeps growing. If you'd like to learn more about our year, check out the Report at: hdl.handle.net/10138/594089
Image: Map of regions where HUP's books have been downloaded in 2020-2024
#scholarlypublishing #openaccess
We're happy to see that HUP's books' reach keeps growing. If you'd like to learn more about our year, check out the Report at: hdl.handle.net/10138/594089
Image: Map of regions where HUP's books have been downloaded in 2020-2024
#scholarlypublishing #openaccess
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The most striking result from yesterday’s German election #btw2025 🇩🇪:
🔹 35 years after reunification: The GDR is redrawn on this map.
🔹 The AfD won 45 out of 48 electoral districts in the East.
🔹 In some parts of Saxony, they came close to 50%!
Why is this happening? Here’s my take 👇
🔹 35 years after reunification: The GDR is redrawn on this map.
🔹 The AfD won 45 out of 48 electoral districts in the East.
🔹 In some parts of Saxony, they came close to 50%!
Why is this happening? Here’s my take 👇
February 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The most striking result from yesterday’s German election #btw2025 🇩🇪:
🔹 35 years after reunification: The GDR is redrawn on this map.
🔹 The AfD won 45 out of 48 electoral districts in the East.
🔹 In some parts of Saxony, they came close to 50%!
Why is this happening? Here’s my take 👇
🔹 35 years after reunification: The GDR is redrawn on this map.
🔹 The AfD won 45 out of 48 electoral districts in the East.
🔹 In some parts of Saxony, they came close to 50%!
Why is this happening? Here’s my take 👇
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Paras reagoida varhain ja yhdessä -- käykää allekirjoittamassa vetoomus yliopistoille ja korkeakouluille.
Päivän demokratiateko.
openpetition.eu/!tqcpn
Päivän demokratiateko.
openpetition.eu/!tqcpn
Avoin vetoomus tieteen vapauden puolesta - Online vetoomus
Hyvät yliopistojen ja ammattikorkeakoulujen rehtorit, Olemme tiedeyhteisön jäseninä seuranneet huolestuneina tieteen vapauden ja sananvapauden tilan kapeutumista Yhdysvalloissa. Osana presidentti Trum...
openpetition.eu
February 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Paras reagoida varhain ja yhdessä -- käykää allekirjoittamassa vetoomus yliopistoille ja korkeakouluille.
Päivän demokratiateko.
openpetition.eu/!tqcpn
Päivän demokratiateko.
openpetition.eu/!tqcpn
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This 👇🏽
"Writing about women in history is about expanding the evidence base. It’s about broadening the story we tell of ourselves. So it is awful to watch a purge of women from a national history in real time."
carvehername.org.uk/...
2/3
carvehername.org.uk/...
2/3
The fragility of history - Carve Her Name
Writing history, writing women in history, is about broadening the story we tell. So it is awful to watch a real-time purge of women from a national history.
carvehername.org.uk
February 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This 👇🏽
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Vetoomus tieteen vapauden puolesta yliopistojen ja ammattikorkeakoulujen rehtoreille
www.openpetition.eu/fi/petition/...
www.openpetition.eu/fi/petition/...
Avoin vetoomus tieteen vapauden puolesta - Online vetoomus
Hyvät yliopistojen ja ammattikorkeakoulujen rehtorit, Olemme tiedeyhteisön jäseninä seuranneet huolestuneina tieteen vapauden ja sananvapauden tilan kapeutumista Yhdysvalloissa. Osana presidentti Trum...
www.openpetition.eu
February 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Vetoomus tieteen vapauden puolesta yliopistojen ja ammattikorkeakoulujen rehtoreille
www.openpetition.eu/fi/petition/...
www.openpetition.eu/fi/petition/...
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Trump's language police (unsuccessfully) requested changes to the wording of @helsinki.fi press releases related to NSF-Research Council of Finland collaborative research (in Finnish)
Yliopistot | HBL: Trumpin kielipoliisien painostus ulottuu Helsingin yliopistoon asti
www.hs.fi/helsinki/art...
Yliopistot | HBL: Trumpin kielipoliisien painostus ulottuu Helsingin yliopistoon asti
www.hs.fi/helsinki/art...
Yliopistot | HBL: Trumpin kielipoliisien painostus ulottuu Helsingin yliopistoon asti
Trumpin määräysten vuoksi tutkimuspapereista syynätään nyt mustalta listalta löytyviä sanoja, kuten ”antirasismi”, ”naispuolinen”, ”etnisyys” ja ”vihapuhe”. Kielivalvonta ulottuu myös Suomeen, kertoo ...
www.hs.fi
February 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Trump's language police (unsuccessfully) requested changes to the wording of @helsinki.fi press releases related to NSF-Research Council of Finland collaborative research (in Finnish)
Yliopistot | HBL: Trumpin kielipoliisien painostus ulottuu Helsingin yliopistoon asti
www.hs.fi/helsinki/art...
Yliopistot | HBL: Trumpin kielipoliisien painostus ulottuu Helsingin yliopistoon asti
www.hs.fi/helsinki/art...
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We are very pleased with Professor Simon Usherwood's endorsement of 'Reconfiguring EU Peripheries', edited by Butnaru Troncotă, Özçelik & Cucută. The book is freely available in #openaccess at: doi.org/10.33134/pro...
@simonusherwood.bsky.social #EU #geopolitics #politicalscience #OAbooks
@simonusherwood.bsky.social #EU #geopolitics #politicalscience #OAbooks
November 13, 2024 at 10:29 AM
We are very pleased with Professor Simon Usherwood's endorsement of 'Reconfiguring EU Peripheries', edited by Butnaru Troncotă, Özçelik & Cucută. The book is freely available in #openaccess at: doi.org/10.33134/pro...
@simonusherwood.bsky.social #EU #geopolitics #politicalscience #OAbooks
@simonusherwood.bsky.social #EU #geopolitics #politicalscience #OAbooks
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Check out our latest release! 'Reconfiguring EU Peripheries' is a great read for anyone interested in #EUstudies, international relations, or #politics. The volume is edited by Butnaru Troncotă, Özçelik, and Cucută.
Read the #openaccess book at: doi.org/10.33134/pro...
Read the #openaccess book at: doi.org/10.33134/pro...
June 24, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Check out our latest release! 'Reconfiguring EU Peripheries' is a great read for anyone interested in #EUstudies, international relations, or #politics. The volume is edited by Butnaru Troncotă, Özçelik, and Cucută.
Read the #openaccess book at: doi.org/10.33134/pro...
Read the #openaccess book at: doi.org/10.33134/pro...
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Great news! 'Reconfiguring EU Peripheries', edited by Butnaru Troncotă, Özçelik & Cucută, comes out next week. The book will be freely available in #openaccess. Find more information here: hup.fi/site/catalog...
#EU #EUstudies #politics #scholarlypublishing #peerreview
#EU #EUstudies #politics #scholarlypublishing #peerreview
June 11, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Great news! 'Reconfiguring EU Peripheries', edited by Butnaru Troncotă, Özçelik & Cucută, comes out next week. The book will be freely available in #openaccess. Find more information here: hup.fi/site/catalog...
#EU #EUstudies #politics #scholarlypublishing #peerreview
#EU #EUstudies #politics #scholarlypublishing #peerreview
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Coming in June!
'Reconfiguring EU Peripheries', edited by Butnaru Troncotă, Özçelik & Cucută, sheds light on the various motivations behind #political elites' attitudes towards the #EU in countries such as Moldova, Hungary and Ukraine.
#openaccess 🌐 #EUstudies
'Reconfiguring EU Peripheries', edited by Butnaru Troncotă, Özçelik & Cucută, sheds light on the various motivations behind #political elites' attitudes towards the #EU in countries such as Moldova, Hungary and Ukraine.
#openaccess 🌐 #EUstudies
June 3, 2024 at 9:24 AM
Coming in June!
'Reconfiguring EU Peripheries', edited by Butnaru Troncotă, Özçelik & Cucută, sheds light on the various motivations behind #political elites' attitudes towards the #EU in countries such as Moldova, Hungary and Ukraine.
#openaccess 🌐 #EUstudies
'Reconfiguring EU Peripheries', edited by Butnaru Troncotă, Özçelik & Cucută, sheds light on the various motivations behind #political elites' attitudes towards the #EU in countries such as Moldova, Hungary and Ukraine.
#openaccess 🌐 #EUstudies