Balša Lubarda
@lubardab.bsky.social
MSCA postdoc @upf.edu. Formerly at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social & @weareceu.bsky.social. Odd bedfellows in politics, environment, everyday fascism. Author of Far-Right Ecologism.
Work: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ZQ2VTfIAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=
Work: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ZQ2VTfIAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=
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Balša Lubarda
@lubardab.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Since I will probably stick around here for some time: I am currently a MSCA postdoc at @upfbarcelona.bsky.social, where I research ideological contentions within environmental movements in The Balkans. Most of my previous work was on the far right & environment. A few research highlights below 👇🧵
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A gentle reminder that our 1st launch of Socioecological Transformations book is today, 20 Nov, 14:00–15:35 EET.
If you’re planning to join, please add it to your calendar, as there is no registration & so no automatic reminders.
🔗 Event link: justglobeproject.com/launching-th...
If you’re planning to join, please add it to your calendar, as there is no registration & so no automatic reminders.
🔗 Event link: justglobeproject.com/launching-th...
Launching the Routledge book – Just GLOBE Project
justglobeproject.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 AM
A gentle reminder that our 1st launch of Socioecological Transformations book is today, 20 Nov, 14:00–15:35 EET.
If you’re planning to join, please add it to your calendar, as there is no registration & so no automatic reminders.
🔗 Event link: justglobeproject.com/launching-th...
If you’re planning to join, please add it to your calendar, as there is no registration & so no automatic reminders.
🔗 Event link: justglobeproject.com/launching-th...
The recording of last Friday's panel on 'Far-right ecologies', organised by @futureearth.bsky.social is now out (see comment)!
I was happy to share the 'floor' with Viola Baldeschi, Noemi Gonda, Shehnoor Khurram and Bernhard Forchtner.
I was happy to share the 'floor' with Viola Baldeschi, Noemi Gonda, Shehnoor Khurram and Bernhard Forchtner.
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The recording of last Friday's panel on 'Far-right ecologies', organised by @futureearth.bsky.social is now out (see comment)!
I was happy to share the 'floor' with Viola Baldeschi, Noemi Gonda, Shehnoor Khurram and Bernhard Forchtner.
I was happy to share the 'floor' with Viola Baldeschi, Noemi Gonda, Shehnoor Khurram and Bernhard Forchtner.
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Check Out The Latest Podcast from @revdem2020.bsky.social Which Features Myself and the Wonderful @lubardab.bsky.social Talking About Our Work On When the Far Right and the Far Left Converge and When Environmentalism Becomes a Battleground of Competing Ideologies 👇👇
revdem.ceu.edu/2025/11/07/r...
revdem.ceu.edu/2025/11/07/r...
Radical Ecologies of the Right and Left: A Conversation with Ashton Kingdon and Balša Lubarda | Review of Democracy
In this new episode of the “When the Far Right and the Far Left Converge” series, which shares fresh research from a workshop organised by the CEU DI Democracy in History Work Group, we discuss with D...
revdem.ceu.edu
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Check Out The Latest Podcast from @revdem2020.bsky.social Which Features Myself and the Wonderful @lubardab.bsky.social Talking About Our Work On When the Far Right and the Far Left Converge and When Environmentalism Becomes a Battleground of Competing Ideologies 👇👇
revdem.ceu.edu/2025/11/07/r...
revdem.ceu.edu/2025/11/07/r...
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🎙️ In our new podcast, @ashkingdon.bsky.social and @lubardab.bsky.social discuss how both the far-right and the far-left mobilize ecological ideas, often drawing from the same language of resistance.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/y6tm5b4a
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/y6tm5b4a
November 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
🎙️ In our new podcast, @ashkingdon.bsky.social and @lubardab.bsky.social discuss how both the far-right and the far-left mobilize ecological ideas, often drawing from the same language of resistance.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/y6tm5b4a
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/y6tm5b4a
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I Have Always Admired @lubardab.bsky.social
and His Work So It Was Such a Pleasure and Joy To Work Him Him on This Project 😍😍Here We Are Talking About Our Upcoming Article Co-Optation Without Ownership: The Idea of Resistance in Multimodal Radical Right and Left Ecological Argumentation 👇👇
and His Work So It Was Such a Pleasure and Joy To Work Him Him on This Project 😍😍Here We Are Talking About Our Upcoming Article Co-Optation Without Ownership: The Idea of Resistance in Multimodal Radical Right and Left Ecological Argumentation 👇👇
🎙️ In our new podcast, @ashkingdon.bsky.social and @lubardab.bsky.social discuss how both the far-right and the far-left mobilize ecological ideas, often drawing from the same language of resistance.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/y6tm5b4a
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/y6tm5b4a
November 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I Have Always Admired @lubardab.bsky.social
and His Work So It Was Such a Pleasure and Joy To Work Him Him on This Project 😍😍Here We Are Talking About Our Upcoming Article Co-Optation Without Ownership: The Idea of Resistance in Multimodal Radical Right and Left Ecological Argumentation 👇👇
and His Work So It Was Such a Pleasure and Joy To Work Him Him on This Project 😍😍Here We Are Talking About Our Upcoming Article Co-Optation Without Ownership: The Idea of Resistance in Multimodal Radical Right and Left Ecological Argumentation 👇👇
One more 'reply all' email to circa 70 people thanking everyone for their contribution and I will intentionally forget my password.
October 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
One more 'reply all' email to circa 70 people thanking everyone for their contribution and I will intentionally forget my password.
I had no clue that working on a website can be so painful - so many details that my eye can simply not catch
October 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I had no clue that working on a website can be so painful - so many details that my eye can simply not catch
Not much to be added really ("UPF is with Palestine").
October 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Not much to be added really ("UPF is with Palestine").
Can't say I did not expect this from Cal or any other higher ed institution but these remidners of authoritarian, colonial (even genocidal) and extractive institutions do hurt.
No one is safe: Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Can't say I did not expect this from Cal or any other higher ed institution but these remidners of authoritarian, colonial (even genocidal) and extractive institutions do hurt.
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1.Ursula, you have ZERO credibility
2.This unanimity requirement institutionalises a grotesque "lowest common denominator logic" that transforms European foreign policy into a theater play while definitions are discussed to avoid the terms 'famine' and 'genocide'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
2.This unanimity requirement institutionalises a grotesque "lowest common denominator logic" that transforms European foreign policy into a theater play while definitions are discussed to avoid the terms 'famine' and 'genocide'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Ursula von der Leyen calls for suspension of EU trade with Israel
Commission president cites illegal West Bank settlement plans, Gaza and attempts to ‘undermine two-state solution’
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
1.Ursula, you have ZERO credibility
2.This unanimity requirement institutionalises a grotesque "lowest common denominator logic" that transforms European foreign policy into a theater play while definitions are discussed to avoid the terms 'famine' and 'genocide'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
2.This unanimity requirement institutionalises a grotesque "lowest common denominator logic" that transforms European foreign policy into a theater play while definitions are discussed to avoid the terms 'famine' and 'genocide'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
I was happy to meet Srđan Cvijić and disciss the prospects of radical and not-so-radical green politics in the Balkans. 👇🏻
Environmental issues aren’t just “green” – extremist groups use them too.
With sociologist @lubardab.bsky.social, we discussed eco-fascism, activism vs. extremism, and ecological struggles in Serbia and the region.
The latest episode of "Lighthouse" podcast 👇🏻
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SKA...
With sociologist @lubardab.bsky.social, we discussed eco-fascism, activism vs. extremism, and ecological struggles in Serbia and the region.
The latest episode of "Lighthouse" podcast 👇🏻
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SKA...
BCBP podkast Svetionik / BCSP podcast Lighthouse – Balša Lubarda
YouTube video by Beogradski centar za bezbednosnu politiku
www.youtube.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:56 AM
I was happy to meet Srđan Cvijić and disciss the prospects of radical and not-so-radical green politics in the Balkans. 👇🏻
Not the first and obviously not the last time @theguardian.com is allowing dictators in its 'marketplace of ideas'. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Serbia cannot accept violent street protests | Letter
Letter: Serbia’s deep engagement with Europe is hardly consistent with the idea of it as an ‘authoritarian’ and ‘malign’ outlier in the region, says the country’s president Aleksandar Vučić
www.theguardian.com
August 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Not the first and obviously not the last time @theguardian.com is allowing dictators in its 'marketplace of ideas'. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Not “Is this a good option - do we want a Trumpian immigration security state?” but “Would it work?”…
How would Reform UK’s ‘legal reset’ on migration work? on.ft.com/4pbMlpB
How would Reform UK’s ‘legal reset’ on migration work?
Rightwing populist party wants Britain to withdraw from international treaties and conventions to facilitate removals
on.ft.com
August 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Not “Is this a good option - do we want a Trumpian immigration security state?” but “Would it work?”…
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So happy to have a copy of my first book!
August 19, 2025 at 5:58 AM
So happy to have a copy of my first book!
Looking for suggestions for personal scholarly websites, simple, affordable (free is even better!) and without a steep learning curve.
No, I am not into excessive self-branding and flattering but I need to meet the project requirements.
No, I am not into excessive self-branding and flattering but I need to meet the project requirements.
August 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Looking for suggestions for personal scholarly websites, simple, affordable (free is even better!) and without a steep learning curve.
No, I am not into excessive self-branding and flattering but I need to meet the project requirements.
No, I am not into excessive self-branding and flattering but I need to meet the project requirements.
Very happy to see this one out, as a prelude to the special issue I am currently co-editing with Camil Ungureanu.
What is up with the center-right parties and the environment? Is there a prospect of a right-wing ecology that is not instrumental nor simply parroting the far-right ecologist points?
What is up with the center-right parties and the environment? Is there a prospect of a right-wing ecology that is not instrumental nor simply parroting the far-right ecologist points?
Then, read Balša Lubarda on the varieties of right-wing ecology and the challenges center-right parties face when forging a greener conservatism.
@lubardab.bsky.social
@lubardab.bsky.social
Right-wing Ecologies: Background Clatter or a Serious Force in Environmental Politics? illiberalism.org |
Balša Lubarda on the varieties of right-wing ecology and the challenges center-right parties face when forging a greener conservatism.
www.illiberalism.org
August 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Very happy to see this one out, as a prelude to the special issue I am currently co-editing with Camil Ungureanu.
What is up with the center-right parties and the environment? Is there a prospect of a right-wing ecology that is not instrumental nor simply parroting the far-right ecologist points?
What is up with the center-right parties and the environment? Is there a prospect of a right-wing ecology that is not instrumental nor simply parroting the far-right ecologist points?
Glory to all the book reviewers out there (especially those who were kind enough to review my book) but this is why I try to stay away from writing them myself.
From the book "Political Hypocrisy" by David Runciman.
From the book "Political Hypocrisy" by David Runciman.
August 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Glory to all the book reviewers out there (especially those who were kind enough to review my book) but this is why I try to stay away from writing them myself.
From the book "Political Hypocrisy" by David Runciman.
From the book "Political Hypocrisy" by David Runciman.
I know I didn't get the job but can I at least not perish?
August 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I know I didn't get the job but can I at least not perish?
Happy to be interviewed for this article exploring the trajectories of climate obstruction (and acceptance) by the far right in the European Parliament. I also shared some insights from my work in progress - stay tuned!
www.desmog.com/2025/07/30/d...
www.desmog.com/2025/07/30/d...
From Denial to Delay: How the Far-Right is Orchestrating a Climate Backlash in European Parliament
The far-right Patriots for Europe (PfE), currently the third-largest group in the European Parliament, achieved a major victory in July. The group will lead negotiations on the EU’s 2040 climate targe...
www.desmog.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Happy to be interviewed for this article exploring the trajectories of climate obstruction (and acceptance) by the far right in the European Parliament. I also shared some insights from my work in progress - stay tuned!
www.desmog.com/2025/07/30/d...
www.desmog.com/2025/07/30/d...
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7 years later and I still whisper, “We’re disabled, Daniel, not werewolves” to myself like a sacred mantra whenever I see a non-disabled person discover ableism like it’s the latest hipster indie band.
July 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
7 years later and I still whisper, “We’re disabled, Daniel, not werewolves” to myself like a sacred mantra whenever I see a non-disabled person discover ableism like it’s the latest hipster indie band.
"Disabled people have to prove our humanity on repeat, sharing ever more intimate details of our lives and bodies to prove ourselves worthy, not least of taxpayer money."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Disabled people want to live a full life. Instead, we’re forced to scrap over our right to food and a wash | Frances Ryan
Britain’s political and media class advocate policies that leave disabled people hungry and dirty. Why are we expected to settle for this, asks Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
"Disabled people have to prove our humanity on repeat, sharing ever more intimate details of our lives and bodies to prove ourselves worthy, not least of taxpayer money."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
🚨 BOOK REVIEW ALERT 🚨
Following John Hultgren in @environmentalpol.bsky.social A new review of 'Far-Right Ecologism' was published by Estelle Delaine in the Critique Internationale. The French speakers in my network, do have a look!
lnkd.in/dS2SPMgP
If you read or reviewed my book, let me know!
Following John Hultgren in @environmentalpol.bsky.social A new review of 'Far-Right Ecologism' was published by Estelle Delaine in the Critique Internationale. The French speakers in my network, do have a look!
lnkd.in/dS2SPMgP
If you read or reviewed my book, let me know!
July 8, 2025 at 8:27 AM
🚨 BOOK REVIEW ALERT 🚨
Following John Hultgren in @environmentalpol.bsky.social A new review of 'Far-Right Ecologism' was published by Estelle Delaine in the Critique Internationale. The French speakers in my network, do have a look!
lnkd.in/dS2SPMgP
If you read or reviewed my book, let me know!
Following John Hultgren in @environmentalpol.bsky.social A new review of 'Far-Right Ecologism' was published by Estelle Delaine in the Critique Internationale. The French speakers in my network, do have a look!
lnkd.in/dS2SPMgP
If you read or reviewed my book, let me know!
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🌍 Mañana, 2 de julio: Iª Jornada sobre Transición Verde y Post-crecimiento: Megaproyectos, Conflictos y Movilización Social en
@upf.edu
🤝Un espacio para conectar academia y activismo frente a la crisis eco-social
👉 bit.ly/4lysKNw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez2S...
@upf.edu
🤝Un espacio para conectar academia y activismo frente a la crisis eco-social
👉 bit.ly/4lysKNw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez2S...
🌍 Spatial implications of the green transition | Fiammetta Brandajs
YouTube video by JHU-UPF Public Policy Center
www.youtube.com
July 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
🌍 Mañana, 2 de julio: Iª Jornada sobre Transición Verde y Post-crecimiento: Megaproyectos, Conflictos y Movilización Social en
@upf.edu
🤝Un espacio para conectar academia y activismo frente a la crisis eco-social
👉 bit.ly/4lysKNw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez2S...
@upf.edu
🤝Un espacio para conectar academia y activismo frente a la crisis eco-social
👉 bit.ly/4lysKNw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez2S...
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Did CO₂ write this?
BP, Once a Hunter in the Oil Industry, Is Now Prey. What Went Wrong?
www.nytimes.com
July 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Did CO₂ write this?