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PLEDGE focuses on the emotional dynamics of political grievances and their implications for democratic politics.
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PLEDGE invites everyone to the book launch of "The Birth and Death of Liberal Democracy in Hungary" on 8 December 2025. The event will explore how polarisation has reshaped democratic life, with insights from Emilia Palonen and international experts.
Participation is available online. 📚✨
December 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Our workshop “From Understanding to Action: Co-Creating Democratic Innovation with CSOs” was a great success!!! 🎉

🙌A big thank you to all civil society practitioners, partners and contributors who shared their insights and experiences.

#PLEDGE #GrievancePolitics #Innovation
December 1, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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🎥 New PLEDGE fieldwork insight

🧠Pasko’s video shows how small cracks in daily life turn into polarization, distrust and emotional pressure points. PLEDGE works to decode these mechanisms and turn them into tools for smarter, emotionally aware democratic governance.

#PLEDGE #Grievances #democracy
November 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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📢 Are you a CSO or NGO representative interested in strengthening democratic innovation?

Secure your position by registering, via www.pledgeproject.eu/pledge-invit...

#PLEDGEproject #Workshop #Democracy #EU
November 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Across Europe, young people are searching for belonging in divided societies. Some turn to nationalism, others to religion — but both paths reveal a deeper crisis of meaning and connection.
Read PLEDGE Blog post #9
👉 www.pledgeproject.eu/pledge-blog-...

#PLEDGE #democracy #radicalisation
November 13, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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🌀 PLEDGE Blog #8
When crisis hits, emotions become the jet fuel of our information ecosystem.
📖 Read more: www.pledgeproject.eu/fear-anger-a...

#PLEDGE #Disinformation #ClimateCrisis #MediaLiteracy #EmotionsInPolitics
November 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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📣 Join us for two keynote lectures as part of the symposium
“Historicizing Populism: From the Classics to the Contemporary”,
hosted by the University of Helsinki within the PLEDGE Project.

💻 Watch live: video.helsinki.fi/unitube/live...

#PLEDGE #Populism #Democracy #PoliticalScience #PublicTalks
October 31, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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🌍 When was the last time you were trained by three top-notch EU projects simultaneously?

👉 Learn more: www.pledgeproject.eu/joint-worksh...
🎟 Register now via the link or QR code and be part of this collaborative discussion!

#PolicyMaking #ResearchToPolicy #PLEDGE #PolicyInnovation
October 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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🎧 “Life is Crap” — Hungary’s viral anthem — turns youth frustration into protest. When music meets grievance politics, pain becomes power and despair becomes solidarity.
💥🇭🇺 Listen here 👉https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS2xr9mxD0s

#PLEDGEProject #GrievancePolitics #YouthVoices #CulturalResistance
October 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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In the latest PLEDGE blog from the UNIWARSAW team, we explore how debates around gender justice often devolve into zero-sum battles over who has more suffering — fueling resentment and polarization.

🔗 Read more: www.pledgeproject.eu/pledge-blog-...

#democracy #EU #grievance #Politics
October 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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🌍PLEDGE’s work is more relevant than ever, as Starmer condemns Farage’s “politics of grievance”.

➡️Read the full article and see the relevant video here: www.bbc.com/news/article...

#PLEDGE #Democracy
October 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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In today’s hyper-competitive world, people dismiss what they couldn’t achieve as “undesirable” while recasting themselves as righteous victims.

👉 Discover more here: www.pledgeproject.eu/the-sour-gra...

#GrievancePolitics #SourGrapesEffect #Democracy #EU
October 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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📢 Call for Papers is now open!

📝 Submit your paper or panel proposal by 31 October 2025!

👉 Visit our website for more information: www.pledgeproject.eu/call-for-pap...

#democracy #EU #PLEDGE #grievances #politics #governance #CallForPapers
September 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Joy is short-lived—but it forms lasting memories and can be deeply social.

We explore how joy strengthens group identity and brings people together in moments of political meaning. 🧪

Learn why joy matters for democracy: mores-horizon.eu/glossary/joy

#MORESresearch #Emotions #Society #HorizonEU
Smiling young woman with curly hair and eyes closed, radiating joy while raising her hand, overlaid with bold text that reads: “Joy. Pleasant, Powerful, and Political.” Credit: MORES project.
August 28, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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How can collective emotions -and cardboard- fuel democracy under the strain of war?

👉 Read the full blogpost here: www.pledgeproject.eu/pledge-blog-...

#Ukraine #CardboardRevolution #Democracy #PoliticalEmotions #CivicEngagement #PLEDGE #EU
September 3, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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🌍🤝 PLEDGE consortium members were present at the #ECPR conference in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 (26 – 29 August 2025), engaging in key debates on democracy, governance & grievance politics.
💬✨ Stay tuned — more posts & insights coming soon!!!

#democracy #EU
August 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Georgia, on the Eastern flank of Europe, shows how deeply grievance politics can shift a nation’s trajectory.
🔗 This New York Times article takes an in-depth & personal look at this dramatic transformation: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/m...

#Democracy #EU #Autocracy #Europe #grievance
August 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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🔎 How is resentment marketed in today’s political landscape—and what does it mean for democracy?

Our -own- Steering Committee Chair, Mikko Salmela, joins the discussion alongside other experts.

📖 Read the Eurozine article and watch the attached video: www.eurozine.com/marketing-re...
August 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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🌍 Emotions drive action—but not always equally.
💡 PLEDGE shows: shared feelings fuel 🌱 climate protests, but not 🛂 immigration ones.
✨ Context matters for civic engagement!
👉 Read more: www.pledgeproject.eu/pledge-blog-...

#Democracy #CivicEngagement #EU
August 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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😤Is this what democracy should feel like?
💔Is our modern Idemocracy shaped more by emotions than by ideals.

🔗Find out more by following the link: www.pledgeproject.eu/an-overview-...

#democracyincrisis #affectivepolitics #PLEDGEproject #populism #polarization #democracy
August 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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📢 New Blog Alert!
How is the far-right thriving in today’s social media age?
📝 Read PLEDGE Blog Post #4
🔗https://www.pledgeproject.eu/pledge-blog-post-4-by-ulund-team-far-right-politics-in-the-age-of-social-media-where-grievance-meets-entertainment/
#PLEDGEproject #FarRight #SocialMediaPolitics
July 30, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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🧠How can we design democratic processes that truly feel public?

📘 Read the full report here:
🔗https://www.pledgeproject.eu/report-on-design-principles-for-emotion-sensitive-policy-making-wp6-pledge-project-on-zenodo/

#PLEDGEproject #PolicyDesign #democracy
July 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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🗣️On Ressentiment, Victimhood, and Revanchism
How is populism in Turkey shaped?
(📌This endeavor, delivered by Ayhan Kaya, Senior Researcher from the Istanbul Bilgi University and member of our Steering Committee, is available only in Turkish.)
👉Read more: www.yeniarayis.com/yazi/ressent...
July 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Our sister project is running an impactful EU-wide survey, “Emotions in Politics,” examining how emotions shape public opinion on critical EU topics.
🔗 Take the survey now and contribute your perspective:
👉 crowdsourcing.ecas.org/en/Mores
July 21, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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🔍 The PLEDGE Codebook v.1 unpacks the emotional logic behind protests, polarization, and civic engagement—with real-world examples, emotional mechanisms, and research-ready tools.

📥 Interested in exploring more?
Download the full document here: www.pledgeproject.eu/research-rep...
July 18, 2025 at 8:46 AM