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Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social · Jul 22

Dans cette tribune pour @lemonde.fr, @pietrocastellig.bsky.social et moi discutons pourquoi #TorrePacheco n’est pas un cas isolé et comment l’extrême droite transforme des faits divers en paniques morales à travers des stratégies médiatiques rodées. www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social · 14h

Thanks David, can't wait.

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Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social · 16h

Getting there...

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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 1d

📺 #Danslesmédias

La mue des droites extrêmes en Europe

Ambiguïté et opportunisme vis-à-vis de l'UE, mouvements sociaux réactionnaires et influence sur le débat public...

@caterinafr.bsky.social, Associate Professor au CEE, interviewée dans ce reportage d'@artefr.bsky.social ⤵️

Europe : les droites extrêmes en ordre de bataille ? - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE

Connaissez-vous les CPAC? Ces conventions destinées aux partis très conservateurs fleurissent partout dans le monde, y compris en Europe où elle se tiennent depuis 2022 dans la Hongrie de Viktor Orban...

www.arte.tv

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Reposted by Dani Rodrik, Catherine E. De Vries, Caterina Froio

Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 3d

“His voice is both sharp and accessible, a rare combination in the academy.”

What a nice compliment by @catherinedevries.bsky.social 🙏

She interviewed me about how and why I write? Things I hadn’t thought so much about before this interview. Read the whole series!

Etched in Marble: Cas Mudde on The Power of Voice, Structure and the Politics of Writing

Writers on the Forces That Shape Us and the Writing That Endures

catherineeunicedevries.substack.com

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Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social · 4d

Massive congrats Theresa, Hamburg is very lucky to have you!!!!

Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social · 8d

Honored to deliver the 2025 Peter Mair Lecture at the Irish PSA @uniofgalway.bsky.social. I’ll reflect on why political science struggles with the far right today, and where we go from here. Peter, who began supervising my PhD in 2010, passed the next year, but his ideas remain a compass.

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Reposted by Will Jennings, Kai Arzheimer, Rebecca Sear , and 12 more Will Jennings, Kai Arzheimer, Rebecca Sear, Robert Huber, Alessandro Nai, Richard Hayton, Matthijs Rooduijn, Christian Rauh, Caterina Froio, Stuart J. Turnbull‐Dugarte, Daphne Halikiopoulou, M Josep, Bonnie N. Field, Tarik Abou‐Chadi, Roos Vonk

Teresa Völker @tevoelker.bsky.social · 8d

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🧵

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Manès Weisskircher @manesweisskircher.bsky.social · 13d

I’m glad that the 2nd #REXKLIMA workshop in Dresden brought together so many insightful presentations and lively discussions - with a great mix of quantitative and qualitative manuscripts. Looking forward to seeing these papers published! 💫📑

hait.tu-dresden.de/ext/veransta... @rexklima.bsky.social

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Reposted by Tim Bale, Robert Huber, Caterina Froio

C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · 15d

📢 New Blog Post! 🚨 Just a month before the Dutch elections, Iris Beau Segers and @leoniedejonge.bsky.social highlight the troubling normalization of far-right ideologies, the democratic erosion, and the recent violence at an anti-immigration demo in The Hague. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

Far-Right Normalization and Democratic Erosion: A Pre-Election Update from the Netherlands - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism

Just a month ahead of the Dutch elections, Léonie de Jonge and Iris B. Segers raise concerns about the growing normalization of extreme-right ideologies and actions, highlighted by the unprecedented v...

www.sv.uio.no

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Reposted by Brigitte Nerlich, Lilian Edwards, Caterina Froio , and 1 more Brigitte Nerlich, Lilian Edwards, Caterina Froio, Jack Stilgoe

LSE British Politics and Policy blog @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social · 16d

💡New! Why AI needs social science, by @helenmargetts.bsky.social and Cosmina Dorobantu of @lsedatascience.bsky.social.

"If people are central to AI, the social sciences must play a key role in AI advancement."

blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

Why AI needs social science | British Politics and Policy at LSE

AI is about humans, that's why it needs to be shaped not just by computer science, but by social science.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social · 18d

Great people, great workshop. Thanks again!

CERiM @umcerim.bsky.social · 18d

Great event co-hosted with BrIAS on Challenges to Democracy. Grateful to all panelists for their insights and to everyone who joined us for the lively and inspiring discussions! @dfuturevub.bsky.social @sciencepoulb.bsky.social

Reposted by Ruth Dassonneville, Giulia Sandri, Caterina Froio

CERiM @umcerim.bsky.social · 18d

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Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social · 22d

Super, thanks!!!

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Maureen Eger @maureeneger.bsky.social · 23d

What is the liberalizing potential of higher education? In this @bjsociology.bsky.social research, we show substantial variation in the association between field of study and anti-immigrant sentiment — a pattern most pronounced among those with tertiary degrees doi.org/10.1111/1468...

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 23d

Quite surreal report of this weekend’s far-right protest in The Hague 🇳🇱 by teen reporter “Bender” 😳

Some quick thoughts 🧵

NEDERLANDERS KLAAR MET AZC’S: DEN HAAG IN BRAND

YouTube video by BENDER

www.youtube.com

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Reposted by Peter Holmes, Laurent Pech, Caterina Froio , and 3 more Peter Holmes, Laurent Pech, Caterina Froio, Colm O’Cinneíde, Nicolai von Ondarza, Juliet Johnson

Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 27d

Viktor Orbán's propaganda machine released a pseudo-report dismissing all Jean Monnet professors as "propagandists."

1. We're funded to study EU integration, not promote it

2. Many Jean Monnet scholars are among the EU's sharpest critics - including myself

3. Funding goes to universities not us

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Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social · 28d

Again congrats @sldelange.bsky.social, Leiden University is very very lucky to have you!

Reposted by Swen Hutter, Pietro Castelli Gattinara

Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social · 28d

Thanks @sophiahunger.bsky.social and @swenhutter.bsky.social for such a timely contribution. Happy to see work wt @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & @andreapirro.it in this stellar line up of contributors!

Swen Hutter @swenhutter.bsky.social · 28d

As I am fairly new to Bluesky, this comes a bit late, but it is still worth checking out:

Our #oa introduction to the @jeppjournal.bsky.social special issue on "Europe’s Changing Protest Landscape"
with @sophiahunger.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjpp20/3...

Journal of European Public Policy

Special Issue: Europe's Changing Protest Landscape. Guest Editors: Sophia Hunger & Swen Hutter. Volume 32, Issue 8 of Journal of European Public Policy

www.tandfonline.com

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Swen Hutter @swenhutter.bsky.social · 28d

Journal of European Public Policy

Special Issue: Europe's Changing Protest Landscape. Guest Editors: Sophia Hunger & Swen Hutter. Volume 32, Issue 8 of Journal of European Public Policy

www.tandfonline.com

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Reposted by Emmanuelle Picard, Simon Otjes, Fabián Muniesa , and 3 more Emmanuelle Picard, Simon Otjes, Fabián Muniesa, Étienne Ollion, Matthijs Rooduijn, Caterina Froio

Pietro Castelli Gattinara @pietrocastellig.bsky.social · Sep 15

📢 Call for applications!

I’m looking for a 4-year PhD researcher (100%) in Political Science: focus on public opinion & the far right

You’ll be part of the POLHYBRID project @sciencepoulb.bsky.social, working with me & @caterinafr.bsky.social
Deadline: 9 11 2025

👉 Info & apply: shorturl.at/El2mW

Doctoral Researcher (100%) in Political Science 4 years Focus: Public opinion, Political Conflict, and the Far Right

The Department of Political Science at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) is hiring a doctoral researcher with a specialization in quantitative research (survey and experiments) for the project “...

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Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social · Aug 27

So sorry to miss this year #ecprgc25 and many inspiring discussions! See you all next year!

The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · Aug 27

🗣️ Feeling inspired by the Academic Freedom Under Pressure roundtable earlier at #ecprgc25?
👀 Check out The Loop blog pieces from speakers @sldelange.bsky.social and Iris B. Segers:
✍️ bit.ly/45wLUNi
✍️ bit.ly/3Jf8HFU

Nathalie Brack @nathaliebrack.bsky.social · Aug 27

Great roundtable on a critical issue: threats to academic freedom and scholars
Moderated by @sldelange.bsky.social
#ecpr2025 #ecprgc25

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The Loop @ecprtheloop.bsky.social · Aug 27

Nathalie Brack @nathaliebrack.bsky.social · Aug 27

Great roundtable on a critical issue: threats to academic freedom and scholars
Moderated by @sldelange.bsky.social
#ecpr2025 #ecprgc25

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Caterina Froio @caterinafr.bsky.social · Aug 22

Congratulations Dominika!

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ECPR SG Extremism & Democracy @ecpr-ead.bsky.social · Aug 21

🎉 Congrats to @dom-of-tronina.bsky.social, winner of the 2024 Best Paper Prize! Her paper shows how anti-gender movements build transnational ties on Twitter/X via shared hashtags👏
🪷 Big thanks to our esteemed jury members: @kai-arzheimer.com @caterinafr.bsky.social @ammassarisofia.bsky.social

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Reposted by Matthijs Rooduijn, Caterina Froio, Daphne Halikiopoulou , and 1 more Matthijs Rooduijn, Caterina Froio, Daphne Halikiopoulou, Pietro Castelli Gattinara

Andrea Pirro @andreapirro.it · Jul 22

📖 Our @jeppjournal.bsky.social article now has a volume & issue number! In our work, @pietrocastellig.bsky.social, @caterinafr.bsky.social & I overview far-right contentious politics in Europe and argue for a ‘normalisation of protest’.

🔗 50 free copies available at this link: shorturl.at/iiDrt