Lani Hartikainen
@lanihart.bsky.social
PoliSci doctoral researcher @ University of Helsinki. Memory, populism, tribalism, conspiracy theories, social media, Czech Republic, Slovakia.
I wish I could bring my corgi everywhere 🦊
I wish I could bring my corgi everywhere 🦊
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So honored that our blog post with @lanihart.bsky.social made the longlist! 🎉 Really exciting that our piece translating the academic work on tribalism resonated
read the blog post below and the our academic article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
read the blog post below and the our academic article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
🎉 Congratulations to @lanihart.bsky.social and @zeaszebeni.bsky.social who made the Loop Best Blog 2024 longlist for their article 'Populism research demands more nuance: enter tribalism', from our 🔮 #FutureOfPopulism series.
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🔮 Populism research demands more nuance: enter tribalism
Tribalism has emerged as a key term in political discussions — often used, but not clearly defined. Ilana Hartikainen and Zea Szebeni propose reconceptualising ‘tribalism’ to differentiate forms of po...
ow.ly
June 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
So honored that our blog post with @lanihart.bsky.social made the longlist! 🎉 Really exciting that our piece translating the academic work on tribalism resonated
read the blog post below and the our academic article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
read the blog post below and the our academic article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Lani Hartikainen
🎉 Congratulations to @lanihart.bsky.social and @zeaszebeni.bsky.social who made the Loop Best Blog 2024 longlist for their article 'Populism research demands more nuance: enter tribalism', from our 🔮 #FutureOfPopulism series.
➡️ ow.ly/VlNO50W3moN
➡️ ow.ly/VlNO50W3moN
🔮 Populism research demands more nuance: enter tribalism
Tribalism has emerged as a key term in political discussions — often used, but not clearly defined. Ilana Hartikainen and Zea Szebeni propose reconceptualising ‘tribalism’ to differentiate forms of po...
ow.ly
June 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
🎉 Congratulations to @lanihart.bsky.social and @zeaszebeni.bsky.social who made the Loop Best Blog 2024 longlist for their article 'Populism research demands more nuance: enter tribalism', from our 🔮 #FutureOfPopulism series.
➡️ ow.ly/VlNO50W3moN
➡️ ow.ly/VlNO50W3moN
It was a lovely surprise to hear that @zeaszebeni.bsky.social's and my blog post on differentiating tribalism from populism was longlisted for the best Loop blog piece of 2024. Now we're psyched to enter this year's competition! Give our almost prize-winning post a read below:
June 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
It was a lovely surprise to hear that @zeaszebeni.bsky.social's and my blog post on differentiating tribalism from populism was longlisted for the best Loop blog piece of 2024. Now we're psyched to enter this year's competition! Give our almost prize-winning post a read below:
It’s official - I am #PhDone!!!
I defended my thesis on populism, democracy, and collective memory through CZ & SK case studies on Friday 🎉 Huge thanks to my wonderful opponent Kevin Deegan-Krause, my custos & supervisor @emiliapalonen.bsky.social, & everyone who showed up to support me!
I defended my thesis on populism, democracy, and collective memory through CZ & SK case studies on Friday 🎉 Huge thanks to my wonderful opponent Kevin Deegan-Krause, my custos & supervisor @emiliapalonen.bsky.social, & everyone who showed up to support me!
June 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It’s official - I am #PhDone!!!
I defended my thesis on populism, democracy, and collective memory through CZ & SK case studies on Friday 🎉 Huge thanks to my wonderful opponent Kevin Deegan-Krause, my custos & supervisor @emiliapalonen.bsky.social, & everyone who showed up to support me!
I defended my thesis on populism, democracy, and collective memory through CZ & SK case studies on Friday 🎉 Huge thanks to my wonderful opponent Kevin Deegan-Krause, my custos & supervisor @emiliapalonen.bsky.social, & everyone who showed up to support me!
New Peripheral Politics newsletter post from @zeaszebeni.bsky.social, in which she explains why she just can't stop thinking about those inane AI action figure images that took over everyone's feeds a little while ago
Just another doll in the feed
I can't stop thinking about those AI action figure starter packs
peripheralpolitics.substack.com
June 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
New Peripheral Politics newsletter post from @zeaszebeni.bsky.social, in which she explains why she just can't stop thinking about those inane AI action figure images that took over everyone's feeds a little while ago
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🐀 Just launched Peripheral Politics with @lanihart.bsky.social Our new Substack explores the political stories that don't make headlines - from semi-peripheral countries to the absurd moments that reveal deeper truths. Subscribe!
peripheralpolitics.substack.com
peripheralpolitics.substack.com
Peripheral Politics | Substack
Two researchers at the University of Helsinki, social psychology and political science, making their way through a world getting increasingly more insane. Click to read Peripheral Politics, a Substack...
peripheralpolitics.substack.com
May 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
🐀 Just launched Peripheral Politics with @lanihart.bsky.social Our new Substack explores the political stories that don't make headlines - from semi-peripheral countries to the absurd moments that reveal deeper truths. Subscribe!
peripheralpolitics.substack.com
peripheralpolitics.substack.com
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How do you sum up an entire political movement on a baseball cap? Trump figured it out with #MAGA. #Democrats... haven't. @lanihart.bsky.social uses political theory to explain why this matters way more than you'd think
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Also, subscribe!
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Searching for the Democratic hat
How do you sum up the movement, but on a hat?
peripheralpolitics.substack.com
June 9, 2025 at 11:15 AM
How do you sum up an entire political movement on a baseball cap? Trump figured it out with #MAGA. #Democrats... haven't. @lanihart.bsky.social uses political theory to explain why this matters way more than you'd think
peripheralpolitics.substack.com/p/searching-...
Also, subscribe!
peripheralpolitics.substack.com/p/searching-...
Also, subscribe!
But her emails
Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online
Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike. Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including ...
www.spiegel.de
March 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
But her emails
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Our paper on "Populist Truth-Making" is out! This has been 4 years in the making and reflects our project's ongoing discussions about the concept.
#openaccess (thanks HU!) here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#openaccess (thanks HU!) here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
January 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Our paper on "Populist Truth-Making" is out! This has been 4 years in the making and reflects our project's ongoing discussions about the concept.
#openaccess (thanks HU!) here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#openaccess (thanks HU!) here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Lani Hartikainen
An exciting hybrid event co-organized by our project on March 5 at The Institute of Ethnology in Prague with @jleser.bsky.social www.eu.avcr.cz/en/news/The-...
The Figure of the Wolf in German Far-Right Politics: Deliberations on Nature and Nationalism - The Institute of Ethnology CAS
www.eu.avcr.cz
February 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
An exciting hybrid event co-organized by our project on March 5 at The Institute of Ethnology in Prague with @jleser.bsky.social www.eu.avcr.cz/en/news/The-...
Not that I can read this, but maybe you can! It’s building on our article about pseudohistory in nation building, looking at Slovak narratives of the medieval king Svätopluk. Will also be posting the English version soon!
Új cikkünk @lanihart.bsky.social kollégámmal: hogyan építik a nemzetek identitásukat áltörténelmi hősökre? A szlovák Szvatopluk-szobor története azt mutatja: az érzelmi kötődés gyakran fontosabb a történelmi hitelességnél.
tenyleg.com/2025/02/18/a...
tenyleg.com/2025/02/18/a...
A múlt királyai, a jelen hősei: Hogyan formálja az áltörténelem a modern nemzeteket
tenyleg.com
February 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Not that I can read this, but maybe you can! It’s building on our article about pseudohistory in nation building, looking at Slovak narratives of the medieval king Svätopluk. Will also be posting the English version soon!
Brawls with the bishops, very Henry VIII energy here, I like it
February 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Brawls with the bishops, very Henry VIII energy here, I like it
I submitted my thesis for pre-examination in November, but I honestly think I'm prouder of getting #BananaPopulism published. @zeaszebeni.bsky.social, @soschma.bsky.social, Mike Cole, and I had this idea for a funny blog about populist weirdness way back in 2019, and now it's real populism theory!
Thrilled to share our new article "Banana Populism" published in Social Meedia + Society with @lanihart.bsky.social, @soschma.bsky.social and Mike Cole! We explore how populist leaders use mundane objects & whimsical imagery in political communication (1/7)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
February 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I submitted my thesis for pre-examination in November, but I honestly think I'm prouder of getting #BananaPopulism published. @zeaszebeni.bsky.social, @soschma.bsky.social, Mike Cole, and I had this idea for a funny blog about populist weirdness way back in 2019, and now it's real populism theory!
A very happy #feastoftheass to those who celebrate! Thanks to @dansavage.bsky.social for putting this very important celebration back on our collective calendar 🙏 This red currant and lemon Bundt with lemon glaze is my contribution to the festivities 🫏
January 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
A very happy #feastoftheass to those who celebrate! Thanks to @dansavage.bsky.social for putting this very important celebration back on our collective calendar 🙏 This red currant and lemon Bundt with lemon glaze is my contribution to the festivities 🫏
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Check out our newest article with @lanihart.bsky.social and Jonáš Syrovátka below. Pseudohistory, slow joy and a medieval king.. need I say more?!
🚨New publication alert!🚨
TL;DR: national identity, pseudohistory, slow memory, discourse analysis, Slovakia, medievalism
Here’s the link, but read on below if you’d like a little run-down!
TL;DR: national identity, pseudohistory, slow memory, discourse analysis, Slovakia, medievalism
Here’s the link, but read on below if you’d like a little run-down!
SAV - Časopisy
Slovenská akadémia vied vykonáva špičkový základný výskum, dlhodobý strategický a aplikovaný výskum a vývoj a poskytuje prístup k vedeckej infraštruktúre.
www.sav.sk
January 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Check out our newest article with @lanihart.bsky.social and Jonáš Syrovátka below. Pseudohistory, slow joy and a medieval king.. need I say more?!
🚨New publication alert!🚨
TL;DR: national identity, pseudohistory, slow memory, discourse analysis, Slovakia, medievalism
Here’s the link, but read on below if you’d like a little run-down!
TL;DR: national identity, pseudohistory, slow memory, discourse analysis, Slovakia, medievalism
Here’s the link, but read on below if you’d like a little run-down!
SAV - Časopisy
Slovenská akadémia vied vykonáva špičkový základný výskum, dlhodobý strategický a aplikovaný výskum a vývoj a poskytuje prístup k vedeckej infraštruktúre.
www.sav.sk
January 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🚨New publication alert!🚨
TL;DR: national identity, pseudohistory, slow memory, discourse analysis, Slovakia, medievalism
Here’s the link, but read on below if you’d like a little run-down!
TL;DR: national identity, pseudohistory, slow memory, discourse analysis, Slovakia, medievalism
Here’s the link, but read on below if you’d like a little run-down!
🚨New publication alert!🚨
TL;DR: national identity, pseudohistory, slow memory, discourse analysis, Slovakia, medievalism
Here’s the link, but read on below if you’d like a little run-down!
TL;DR: national identity, pseudohistory, slow memory, discourse analysis, Slovakia, medievalism
Here’s the link, but read on below if you’d like a little run-down!
SAV - Časopisy
Slovenská akadémia vied vykonáva špičkový základný výskum, dlhodobý strategický a aplikovaný výskum a vývoj a poskytuje prístup k vedeckej infraštruktúre.
www.sav.sk
January 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🚨New publication alert!🚨
TL;DR: national identity, pseudohistory, slow memory, discourse analysis, Slovakia, medievalism
Here’s the link, but read on below if you’d like a little run-down!
TL;DR: national identity, pseudohistory, slow memory, discourse analysis, Slovakia, medievalism
Here’s the link, but read on below if you’d like a little run-down!
Reposted by Lani Hartikainen
Friss publikációnk a Qubiten! A modern törzsiségről írunk w/@lanihart.bsky.social: hogyan formálódnak értékek mentén olyan csoportok, amelyek átlépik a nemzeti határokat? Elemezzük többek között Trump MAGA és Orbán MEGA mozgalmát is: qubit.hu/2024/12/25/a...
A törzsiség új kora: amikor az értékek felülírják a határokat
A demokrácia lényege, hogy képesek legyünk kompromisszumot kötni egymással még akkor is, ha alapvető kérdésekben nem értünk egyet. A politikai életre egyre inkább jellemző törzsi gondolkodás viszont m...
qubit.hu
January 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Friss publikációnk a Qubiten! A modern törzsiségről írunk w/@lanihart.bsky.social: hogyan formálódnak értékek mentén olyan csoportok, amelyek átlépik a nemzeti határokat? Elemezzük többek között Trump MAGA és Orbán MEGA mozgalmát is: qubit.hu/2024/12/25/a...
TL;DR - Populism is old, tribalism is bold (a thread)
Or, @zeaszebeni.bsky.social and I wrote an article!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
(go on, you can click, it's #openaccess)
Or, @zeaszebeni.bsky.social and I wrote an article!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
(go on, you can click, it's #openaccess)
November 28, 2023 at 4:25 PM
TL;DR - Populism is old, tribalism is bold (a thread)
Or, @zeaszebeni.bsky.social and I wrote an article!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
(go on, you can click, it's #openaccess)
Or, @zeaszebeni.bsky.social and I wrote an article!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
(go on, you can click, it's #openaccess)