Daphne Halikiopoulou

@dafnoukos.bsky.social

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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

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 1d

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · Nov 9

"The most common response among men aged 18-25, as with their female peers, is to state that they would never consider voting for Reform."

Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte & Emilia Belknap argue that most British young men reject the right

https://ukandeu.ac.uk/most-british-young-men-reject-the-far-right/

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 to turn to the party, the evidence does not support this.

ukandeu.ac.uk

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 3d

This is how you lead from the left

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...

Opinion | I’m the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants.

www.nytimes.com

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

📅 The schedule of the 5th @ecpr-ead.bsky.social Summer School on Concepts & Methods for Research on Far-Right Politics now online!

tinyurl.com/f73yym3b
⏳ One month left to apply

@casmudde.bsky.social
@leoniedejonge.bsky.social
@dafnoukos.bsky.social
@andreapirro.it
@albertostefanelli.bsky.social

SGED26 - Schedule at a Glance

European Consortium for Political Research

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 17d

💯 Loads of excellent advice in this post #AcademicWriting #AcademicChatter

How To Review Efficiently and Fairly

Instead of Dry January, I’m going review free for January after having nearly 80 review requests last year. My New Year’s resolution was to have a healthier relationships with reviewing…

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Annika Werner @profannikawerner.bsky.social · Jan 9

💥 Last year ended with super exciting news 💥 “𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴’ 𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴: 𝘌𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘴” with the amazing @fabianhabersack.bsky.social was published in 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 📚✨ (1/4)

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Parties’ Ideological Cores and Peripheries: Examining How Parties Balance Adaptation and Continuity in Their Manifestos | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core

Parties’ Ideological Cores and Peripheries: Examining How Parties Balance Adaptation and Continuity in Their Manifestos - Volume 55

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RRResRobot @rrresrobot.bsky.social · Jan 5

the economy and the #RadicalRight D. Halikiopoulou and S. Vasilopoulou. “Breaching the Social Contract: Crises of Democratic Representation and Patterns of Extreme Right Party Support”. In: Government and Opposition 53.1 (2018), pp. 26-50. dx.doi.org/10.1017/gov.2015.43.

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · Dec 30

why have mainstream parties struggled to respond to the far-right narrative on immigration?

new episode with @podmalm.bsky.social

www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/global-immig...

The Global Immigration Debate with Pontus Odmalm

Across the world mainline political parties have faced a challenge from the far-right. Across the world, they've struggled to offer a counter narrative on immigration. Why?

www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com

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Toni Rodon @tonirodon.bsky.social · Dec 30

🚨New article🥳

➡️ The Limits of Alarm: How Climate Scenarios Fail to Increase Willingness to Act and Pay for Climate Change Policies, published at @psrjournal.bsky.social co-authored with @mguinjoan.bsky.social & @celiaestruch.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... (1/n)

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · Dec 30

"More than a third (37%) of Reform UK voters said they would be prouder of Britain if there were fewer people from minority ethnic backgrounds in a decade’s time, and 10% [compared to 3% overall] said it was important to have white skin to be a good British citizen."

Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows

Exclusive: Research finds ‘worrying’ surge in support for hard-right narratives on national identity

www.theguardian.com

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Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social · Dec 20

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...

www.lemonde.fr

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Sciencepo ULB @sciencepoulb.bsky.social · Dec 18

[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

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Andrea Pirro @andreapirro.it · Dec 17

📣 @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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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · Nov 18

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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · Nov 3

🔍 ...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

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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · Nov 3

🗣️ 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...

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European Political Science Review @epsrjournal.bsky.social · Oct 31

🆕 🌍 #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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Sarah de Lange @sldelange.bsky.social · Oct 31

My take on the election outcome for PRX The World theworld.org/segments/202...

Far-right vote splinters in the Netherlands - The World from PRX

Exit polls show a center-left party gaining ground in the Netherlands’ national elections. That’s a setback for the far-right party of Geert Wilders, who expected a decisive win. But Sarah de Lange, a...

theworld.org

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · Oct 30

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.

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · Oct 30

#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

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · Oct 30

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.

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · Oct 30

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

ukandeu.ac.uk

Daphne Halikiopoulou @dafnoukos.bsky.social · Oct 30

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)

ETUI @etui.bsky.social · Oct 30

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 🧵👇

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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · Oct 30

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · Oct 23

❇️ 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...

British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · Oct 23

NEW -

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

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

#OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract discussing the influence of international climate concerns on public sentiments and policy in regions with costly adjustments, highlighting the need for regional cooperation and sympathetic reactions based on geographical contexts.

Sara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · Oct 22

🚨 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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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · Oct 18

“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

www.theguardian.com

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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · Oct 18

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

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · Oct 13

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

Daphne Halikiopoulou @dafnoukos.bsky.social · Oct 10

Congratulations! Great paper, great journal!

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Maximilian Filsinger @mfilsinger.bsky.social · Oct 9

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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