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Nathalie Brack
@nathaliebrack.bsky.social
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Professor in political science (Cevipol, Université libre de Bruxelles and College of Europe) / euroscepticism / radical right / conspiracy theories/ post-truth / European Parliament

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Nathalie Brack @nathaliebrack.bsky.social · 21h
Join us on January 19th at 16h (CET) for the 1st @ecprsgeu.bsky.social online seminar of 2026
Topic: Negotiating in times of polycrisis. Evidence from the EU
Presenter: Selma Bendjaballah (Sciences Po Paris)
Discussant: Valentin Kreilinger (SIEPS)
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Negotiating in times of polycrisis. Evidence from the EU
European Consortium for Political Research
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Piotr Marczyński @piotrmarczynski.bsky.social · 3d
Next Tuesday (13.01) at 12-13 (CET), I will present the paper on how political elites spread conspiratorial discourse across X and Facebook for the ECR online series of @ecpr-polcom.bsky.social. Link below for anyone interested! Event is free of charge, but one needs to register
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AUTHLIB @authlibeu.bsky.social · 21d
🏛️ AUTHLIB Special Issue Highlight

@larboe.bsky.social @sldelange.bsky.social @nathaliebrack.bsky.social & @mrooduijn.bsky.social @ulbruxelles.bsky.social / UniAmsterdam show how populism, nativism & authoritarianism merge into an illiberal agenda in the European Parliament
📖Open access: t.ly/ByvOy
Far‐Right Illiberalism in the European Parliament | Article | Politics and Governance
Larissa Böckmann, Sarah L. de Lange, Nathalie Brack, Matthijs Rooduijn
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Nathalie Brack @nathaliebrack.bsky.social · Dec 3
Last week to apply for the @ecprsgeu.bsky.social conference
Consider our section on populism and radical politics 😉

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Nathalie Brack @nathaliebrack.bsky.social · Dec 3
Still time to apply!

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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · Dec 3
📣 Call for #ecprgc26 Panels and Papers
🌍 The European Union in a Changing World
🪑 Adam Holesch & @nathaliebrack.bsky.social
✅ @ecprsgeu.bsky.social endorsed
⌛ Deadline: 5 Jan buff.ly/1roHDst

#Polisky #EuropeanUnion #EU #Migration #USA #ClimateChange
The European Union in a Changing World
General Conference 2026, 8 – 11 September, Jagiellonian University
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Sciencepo ULB @sciencepoulb.bsky.social · Dec 1
[Media] 'Au Parlement européen, le «cordon sanitaire» censé isoler l’extrême droite s’effiloche sérieusement', une interview de @nathaliebrack.bsky.social, professeure à SciencePo ULB (Cevipol) pour Le Temps
www.letemps.ch/monde/au-par...
Au Parlement européen, le «cordon sanitaire» censé isoler l’extrême droite s’effiloche sérieusement - Le Temps
Le PPE, parti de droite majoritaire dans l’hémicycle, s’est allié à l’extrême droite de l’échiquier politique pour modifier des obligations imposées aux entreprises. Une première au niveau législatif
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Nathalie Brack @nathaliebrack.bsky.social · Nov 17
Thanks to D. Stockemer, S. Sawyer and @audreygagnon.bsky.social for inviting me to participate in the online companion.

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Nathalie Brack @nathaliebrack.bsky.social · Nov 17
OUT my paper on Euroskepticism in the IPSA Companion to Political Science.
I explore it as a complex concept, used both as a dependent and independent variable in the literature.
The handbook is a great teaching resource with ultra-short syntheses of key concepts.
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Euroskepticism
doi.org

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European Consortium for Political Research @ecpr.bsky.social · Nov 7
🌍 #SGEU26 @ecprsgeu.bsky.social Section seeking Panels & Papers
⚡ Populism, Radical Politics and the EU
🪑 @nathaliebrack.bsky.social & @sldelange.bsky.social
⌛⬇️ Deadline: 10 Dec buff.ly/o2UHyIA

#Populist #ExtremistPolitics #FarRight #Polisky #EuropeanParliament #EU
Populism, Radical Politics and the EU
13th Biennial Conference of the Standing Group on the European Union | 1 – 3 July 2026, Università di Catania
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Nathalie Brack @nathaliebrack.bsky.social · Nov 6
The first article of a brilliant researcher has been published and I can't help feeling very proud of my PhD student. BRAVO @piotrmarczynski.bsky.social !
@ulbrecherche.bsky.social @sciencepoulb.bsky.social
👇
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/YVHBN...

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ECPR Standing Group on the European Union 🇪🇺 @ecprsgeu.bsky.social · Nov 3
Planning a panel related to the EU 🇪🇺 or European integration for the next @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference (8-11 September 2026 in Krakow 🇵🇱)?
The section proposal on the EU is prepared by Adam Holesch (IBEI) and @nathaliebrack.bsky.social. Get in touch with them before 7 November to co-ordinate!

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Nathalie Brack @nathaliebrack.bsky.social · Oct 30
The last one 😱

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Alvaro Oleart @alvarooleart.bsky.social · Oct 7
The article is part of a forthcoming Special Issue in Comparative EU Politics on "Political parties as actors of dissensus: insights from the EP" edited by Ramona Coman, @nathaliebrack.bsky.social & @miscoiu.bsky.social. We thank them, @buzogany.bsky.social and the many activists we interviewed!

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Nathalie Brack @nathaliebrack.bsky.social · Oct 5
The call for papers/panels for the @ecprsgeu.bsky.social conference is open.
Have a look at section 3 on populism, radical politics and the EU that I'll chair together with @sldelange.bsky.social
Deadline: December 10

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Populism, Radical Politics and the EU
European Consortium for Political Research
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Nathalie Brack @nathaliebrack.bsky.social · Oct 3
Join us for the 1st online seminar of the @SGEU of this academic year
Monday 6/10 : 16:00 – 17:30 CET
Understanding the Logic of EU Capacity Building
Speakers: Philipp Genschel & Markus Jachtenfuchs
Discussant: Kathleen R. McNamara, Georgetown University
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Standing Group on European Union (SGEU) Seminar Series
European Consortium for Political Research
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Nathalie Brack @nathaliebrack.bsky.social · Sep 26
Glad to have you here!

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Nathalie Brack @nathaliebrack.bsky.social · Sep 22
New publication format of our paper on coalition formation in the European Parliament in the 9th term.
sciencepoulb.bsky.social Sciencepo ULB @sciencepoulb.bsky.social · Sep 20
[OUT] 'Unity in adversity: Has the grand coalition survived fragmentation and COVID-19 in the 9th European Parliament?', new chapter by @nathaliebrack.bsky.social & @awenig.bsky.social, researchers at SciencePo ULB (#Cevipol)
www.routledge.com/The-European...

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Nathalie Brack @nathaliebrack.bsky.social · Sep 22
Call for Proposals for Special Issues of the Journal of European Integration to be published in 2027
Deadline for Submissions: 31/10/25
www.tandfonline.com/journals/geu...

Feel free to contact us at jei@luiss.it with any questions about the procedure or informal enquiries you may have.

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Sciencepo ULB @sciencepoulb.bsky.social · Sep 20
[OUT] 'Unity in adversity: Has the grand coalition survived fragmentation and COVID-19 in the 9th European Parliament?', new chapter by @nathaliebrack.bsky.social & @awenig.bsky.social, researchers at SciencePo ULB (#Cevipol)
www.routledge.com/The-European...

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Nathalie Brack @nathaliebrack.bsky.social · Sep 15
You have a great idea for a special issue in EU studies?
Check out our call 👇
jei-publication.bsky.social Journal of European Integration @jei-publication.bsky.social · Sep 15
𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕
𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒: 31 Oct. 25

The JEI invites proposals for SIs to be published in 2027. Proposals on any topic within the scope of the journal are welcome and need to be received by the editorial office (jei@luiss.it) by the deadline.

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Journal of European Integration @jei-publication.bsky.social · Sep 15
𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕
𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒: 31 Oct. 25

The JEI invites proposals for SIs to be published in 2027. Proposals on any topic within the scope of the journal are welcome and need to be received by the editorial office (jei@luiss.it) by the deadline.

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Nathalie Brack @nathaliebrack.bsky.social · Sep 3
Today's motivation

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Nathalie Brack @nathaliebrack.bsky.social · Aug 28
And Édouard Hargrove analyzed the media framing of the recent surveillance scandals www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Abusive or authoritarian? The elite media’s inconsistent framing of surveillance scandals
This article explores the framing practices of four elite media organisations around three recent surveillance scandals in Greece, Poland, and Spain. All three scandals revolved around the pervasiv...
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Nathalie Brack @nathaliebrack.bsky.social · Aug 28
@vladmarginas.bsky.social article focuses on the role of religious actors in Romania and Greece www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Faithful resistance: religious actors and the articulation of dissensus in Romania and Greece
Dissensus has become increasingly significant in contemporary Europe, revealing fractures within liberal democratic norms. This article explicitly investigates how religious actors in Romania and G...
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Nathalie Brack @nathaliebrack.bsky.social · Aug 28
@adalgisamartinelli.bsky.social addresses the topical issue of gastronationalism and the role of civil society in dissensus : www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Dissensus on the plate: a gastronationalist narrative of ‘food sovereignty’
This article contends that civil society organizations (CSOs) can function as channels of dissensus in composite polities such as the European Union (EU). Drawing on Coman and Brack’s [2025, Dissen...
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Nathalie Brack @nathaliebrack.bsky.social · Aug 28
In the SI @asezech.bsky.social focuses on the ECB and the issue of expert dissensus:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23745118.2025.2546796

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Nathalie Brack @nathaliebrack.bsky.social · Aug 28
The special issue I coordinated together with Ramona Coman and Sergiu Miscoiu on the actors of dissensus is out! It is part of the @gemdiamondphd.bsky.social GEM diamond Doctoral network and the SI contains brilliant articles by the PhD students of the network. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Varieties of dissensus over liberal democracy in the EU. National and transnational actors
This article introduces the special issue on the actors of dissensus over liberal democracy in the European Union. While scholarly attention has primarily focused on radical right parties, institut...
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Nathalie Brack @nathaliebrack.bsky.social · Aug 27
@ecprsgeu.bsky.social businessman meeting
Do follow the account of the Standing group and renew your membership.
The call for papers for our conference in Catania in July 26 will be out soon
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