Daphne Halikiopoulou
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Daphne Halikiopoulou
@dafnoukos.bsky.social

Chair in Comparative Politics, University of York
Research on far right, populism, nationalism and European Politics
Joint Editor-In-Chief of Nations and Nationalism, Political Studies
Steering Committee ECPR Extremism&Democracy
LSE PhD .. more

Political science 76%
Sociology 17%
Échange avec @lemonde.fr (merci!) sur l’extrême droite et l’érosion de la démocratie en #Italie. Non, cela n’arrive pas qu’en Europe de l’Est et aux US. @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social @scpo-research.bsky.social www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
Giorgia Meloni a-t-elle changé ? La question qui divise les politistes italiens
Au pouvoir depuis trois ans, la présidente du conseil italien suscite le débat chez les chercheurs en sciences politiques. La normalisation de cette dirigeante issue de la matrice néofasciste s’accomp...
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[Info] 5th @ecpr.bsky.social Summer School on ‘Concepts and Methods for Research on Far-Right Politics’, co-directed by @pietrocastellig.bsky.social, professor at SciencePo ULB (Cevipol)

The event will be held at the University of Bologna from 6 to 10 July 2026.

Information: ecpr.eu/Events/353
Summer School of the Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy, University of Bologna, 6 – 10 July 2026
European Consortium for Political Research
ecpr.eu
📣 @pietrocastellig.bsky.social and I are absolutely thrilled to announce that the call for the 5th @ecpr.bsky.social Summer School on ‘Concepts and Methods for Research on Far-Right Politics’ is now open!

🇮🇹 The event will be hosted by @unibo.it, from 6 to 10 July 2026.

🔗 ecpr.eu/Events/353
Summer School of the Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy, University of Bologna, 6 – 10 July 2026
European Consortium for Political Research
ecpr.eu
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🔍 ...a new analysis by @dafnoukos.bsky.social, @a-gugushvili.bsky.social and Tim Vlandas shows that the experience of class decline is a more powerful predictor among a key segment of far-right voters
🗣️ While much of the public debate and even scholarship tends to emphasise the importance of #IdentityPolitics or hostility to #immigration as drivers of far-right support...
🆕 🌍 #Climate backlash at the ballot box? 🗳️
A new study by @dafnoukos.bsky.social @chvrakopoulos.bsky.social & C.Arndt finds that resistance to #EnvironmentalProtection is fueling a divide between urban greens and rural #FarRight voters across #WesternEurope
Far-right against green: the re-emergence of geographically defined voting patterns and the new environment cleavage in Western Europe | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Far-right against green: the re-emergence of geographically defined voting patterns and the new environment cleavage in Western Europe
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On the “defeat” of the far right in the Netherlands 🇳🇱

The total number of far-right seats in the Tweede Kamer:

2021: 28
2023: 41
2025: 42 👈

And I don’t even count BBB here, which has radicalized significantly in the last year.
#OpenAccess from @epsrjournal.bsky.social -

Far-right against green: the re-emergence of geographically defined voting patterns and the new environment cleavage in Western Europe - https://cup.org/3LB7xpl

- @dafnoukos.bsky.social, @chvrakopoulos.bsky.social & Christoph Arndt

#FirstView
A post inspired, in part, by conversations among peers in our dept. as well as great work from folks like @gefjonoff.bsky.social @indubioproreto.bsky.social on the gender-youth gap and ideas from Tim Vlandas & @dafnoukos.bsky.social on atomistic fallacy in PolSci.
Happy, alongside @emiliabelknap.bsky.social, to make my debut contribution with the fantastic folks at @ukandeu.bsky.social

Emilia & I use data from @britishelectionstudy.com to correct the atomistic fallacy in people's understanding the Reform UK gender gap

ukandeu.ac.uk/most-british...
Most British young men reject the far right - UK in a changing Europe
Emilia Belknap and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte explain their analysis on the demographics of Reform UK voters in the UK. They argue that while the dominant narrative is that young men are the most likely ...
ukandeu.ac.uk

I look forward to discussing how to correctly diagnose the success of fa-right parties during this @etui.bsky.social lunchtime session on November 14th. Join us in Brussels (registration and info below)
At a time of rising support for the #FarRight, it is crucial to correctly diagnose what leads to the success of these parties 🔍

🔗 etui.org/ZV9

Experts @dafnoukos.bsky.social (University of York) and Tim Vlandas (University of Oxford) will be joining us for this lunchtime discussion to explain 🧵👇
At a time of rising support for the #FarRight, it is crucial to correctly diagnose what leads to the success of these parties 🔍

🔗 etui.org/ZV9

Experts @dafnoukos.bsky.social (University of York) and Tim Vlandas (University of Oxford) will be joining us for this lunchtime discussion to explain 🧵👇
❇️ Check out our new OA article in the BJPS!

You'll find everything you love (hate?) like public perceptions of climate policy risk, IO backlash, devolution concerns, and trust politics in the UK.

Tldr: climate blacklash should be read through regional lenses.

Past thread: bsky.app/profile/fgen...
NEW -

Climate Policy Costs, Regional Politics, and Backlash against International Co-operation - https://cup.org/47BYSeS

- @patrickbayer.bsky.social & @fgenovese.bsky.social

#OpenAccess
🚨 New LSE job in political science 🚨

We're looking for a *Full or Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy* to join the LSE School of Public Policy

Please share!

jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Full or Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
Full or Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></...
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“Political communication by mainstream parties plays a central role in the electoral success of the far right”

How much more research do journalisten, politicians, pundits and strategists need before they finally change course?
German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers
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German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
The Spanish centre-right is taking a tumble and the far-right is on the rise.

I was lucky enough to present some new causal work on Friday at LSE showing that the PP does better when it signals distinctiveness from VOX.

~1.5K tests, same result. Rejecting far-right benefits centre-right

Congratulations! Great paper, great journal!
Steffen Wamsler and I have a new paper in @ejprjournal.bsky.social !

We show that citizens who perceive their in-group to be disadvantaged express lower support for democracy and higher openness towards authoritarian alternatives!

tinyurl.com/y78hj253 @espol-lab.bsky.social @lifbi.bsky.social
Democracy and disadvantage: How subjective group relative deprivation undermines democratic support | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Democracy and disadvantage: How subjective group relative deprivation undermines democratic support
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Are Christians in Western Europe more likely to be Islamophobic than other citizens?

New research finds no link between personal Christian beliefs and Islamophobia, but a close association with nativism/authoritarianism.

✍️ @kai-arzheimer.com @powimz.bsky.social

🔗 blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
Islamophobia in Western Europe is not driven by religiosity
Are Christians more likely to be Islamophobic than other citizens in Europe? New research finds European Islamophobia has no link to a person’s religiosity.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵

At a time of rising support for the far-right, are we getting our research right? In our new @etui.bsky.social technical brief, Tim Vlandas and I show how the 'atomistic fallacy' can lead to misinterpretations and flawed policy recommendations about far-right success: www.etui.org/publications...
At a time of rising support for the #FarRight, are we getting it right when it comes to understanding who votes for them and why?

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Excellent question. Unfortunately, the answers seems to be: yes
The #RadicalRight in the US: L. de Jonge, V. Georgiadou, D. Halikiopoulou, et al. “Is the Far Right a Global Phenomenon? Comparing Europe and Latin America: A Scholarly Exchange”. In: Nations and Nationalism 31.1 (2025), pp. 7-24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nana.13074.
A useful history of the modern #farright in Britain that you can read in 8 minutes or less👇
A contemporary history of Britain’s far right – and how it helps explain why so many people went to the Unite the Kingdom rally in London
The online radical right is turning a perennial problem into a moral panic.
theconversation.com
On the morning of Keir Starmer's conference speech here's a new post on an odd psychopathology in British politics - our main parties don't like the people who vote for them - the dreaded Professional Managerial Class. And so they are acting out like a divorced dad seeking cooler voters. 1/n
British Politics' Midlife Crisis
Why British Parties Can't Make Peace with Their Actual Voters
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“He prefers to be elected on our ideas, rather than fight for his own. In general, people prefer the original to the copy."*

*Jean-Marie Le Pen, 1990 re. former French president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing.
Our research makes it clear: by capitulating to the right, Labour is driving voters to Reform UK | Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte
Mimicking Farage on immigration is senseless. Labour voters feel betrayed; anti-immigration voters see through the ruse, say academics Tarik Abou-Chadi and Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte
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