In a world shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic, rising polarisation, and declining trust in democracy and science, how are people reengaging with politics? 🤔

INTERFACED dives deep into post-COVID political participation to understand the future of civic engagement.

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Our co-edited volume (with Claudius Wagemann, Toma Burean, @danmercea.bsky.social and Lorenzo Mosca) ‘Protest and Democracy: How Movement Parties, Social Movements and Active Citizens Are Reshaping Europe’ Routledge 2025 arrived in print doi.org/10.4324/9781... @feligsantos.bsky.social

📣 our new Horizon Europe project on political participation since the onset of Covid-19 is now live. PR at link 👇. Watch this space for updates. @feligsantos.bsky.social @nechri.bsky.social
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While the press has focused on the ending of Meta's fact-checking program, not enough has focused on the removal of restrictions on certain types of speech previously deemed harmful on FB & IG, incl. criticism of vulnerable groups—immigrants, women and LGBTQ+ people. about.fb.com/news/2025/01...

Far from "censorship", in their 2024 EU DSA Systemic Risk Assessment and Mitigation Report, Meta proudly trumpets their work with independent fact-checkers, writing it "forms the basis to prevent the spread of large scale misinformation and disinformation" transparency.meta.com/sr/dsa-sra_r...

📣 4 PhD scholarships at the Department of Communication, Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen - more info here:
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The defence will be take place at Roskilde University (Building 41, room 41.1-14) on 6 December from 13:00-16:00. It is open to the public and will also be live-streamed. @nechri.bsky.social @birkbak.bsky.social @anniewald.bsky.social constitutes the committee - thanks for great feedback so far!

📣 2-years postdoctoral position in the study of digital interfaces of mobilization and participation in the INTERFACED project at the Department of Communication - University of Copenhagen 👉🏽 employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...

'Images of protest in movement parties’ social media communication' – new ProDem project article with Matthias Hoffmann out in New Media & Society journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...