Pasko Kisić-Merino
@paskokisic.bsky.social
PhD in Political Science | far-right normalisation | Lacanian psychoanalysis | social media politics | popular culture | international relations | ontological security | cat enthusiast
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- Myriad tractors 🚜 running on burning emotion, not fuel 🔥.
This isn’t just about agriculture or policy tweaks. It’s a masterclass in how grievance, identity, and storytelling turn protest into political pressure.
This isn’t just about agriculture or policy tweaks. It’s a masterclass in how grievance, identity, and storytelling turn protest into political pressure.
When emotions frame the story, evidence struggles to compete.
Hungary’s official narrative against the EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy reveals how moral emotions can overturn even the most technical strategies, MORES researchers Jonathan Kamkhaji and Claudio Radaelli write: bit.ly/4pqtEho
#Research🧪
Hungary’s official narrative against the EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy reveals how moral emotions can overturn even the most technical strategies, MORES researchers Jonathan Kamkhaji and Claudio Radaelli write: bit.ly/4pqtEho
#Research🧪
January 16, 2026 at 12:37 PM
- Myriad tractors 🚜 running on burning emotion, not fuel 🔥.
This isn’t just about agriculture or policy tweaks. It’s a masterclass in how grievance, identity, and storytelling turn protest into political pressure.
This isn’t just about agriculture or policy tweaks. It’s a masterclass in how grievance, identity, and storytelling turn protest into political pressure.
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🔍In this expert interview, Professor Tereza Capelos unpacks how grievance functions as an emotional anchor shaping political behaviour.
▶️ Watch the full interview on our YouTube channel or via the link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO5p...
#GrievancePolitics #Populism #Democracy #PoliticalPsychology
▶️ Watch the full interview on our YouTube channel or via the link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO5p...
#GrievancePolitics #Populism #Democracy #PoliticalPsychology
January 14, 2026 at 2:33 PM
🔍In this expert interview, Professor Tereza Capelos unpacks how grievance functions as an emotional anchor shaping political behaviour.
▶️ Watch the full interview on our YouTube channel or via the link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO5p...
#GrievancePolitics #Populism #Democracy #PoliticalPsychology
▶️ Watch the full interview on our YouTube channel or via the link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO5p...
#GrievancePolitics #Populism #Democracy #PoliticalPsychology
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Politics stops solving problems. Then it starts blaming people.
In our new clip, Dr. Gabriella Szabo unpacks how blame and emotional manipulation fuel grievance politics and polarisation.
👉 Watch and reflect: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOOK...
In our new clip, Dr. Gabriella Szabo unpacks how blame and emotional manipulation fuel grievance politics and polarisation.
👉 Watch and reflect: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOOK...
January 9, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Politics stops solving problems. Then it starts blaming people.
In our new clip, Dr. Gabriella Szabo unpacks how blame and emotional manipulation fuel grievance politics and polarisation.
👉 Watch and reflect: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOOK...
In our new clip, Dr. Gabriella Szabo unpacks how blame and emotional manipulation fuel grievance politics and polarisation.
👉 Watch and reflect: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOOK...
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Come work with us!
New PhD / Postdoc positions here at the Digital Democracy Centre! 👇
New PhD / Postdoc positions here at the Digital Democracy Centre! 👇
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📣 Multi-position (PhD and postdoc) call for an interdisciplinary project on "AI in the News Ecosystem: Navigating Trust and Authenticity”
Project @ddc-sdu.bsky.social (Digital Democracy Centre (SDU)).
Multiple positions with different backgrounds and profiles.
Links in🧵
#commsky
📣 Multi-position (PhD and postdoc) call for an interdisciplinary project on "AI in the News Ecosystem: Navigating Trust and Authenticity”
Project @ddc-sdu.bsky.social (Digital Democracy Centre (SDU)).
Multiple positions with different backgrounds and profiles.
Links in🧵
#commsky
January 8, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Come work with us!
New PhD / Postdoc positions here at the Digital Democracy Centre! 👇
New PhD / Postdoc positions here at the Digital Democracy Centre! 👇
Hello again, algorithm. Just published in JDSR: My new article explores how social media shape far-right and liberal fantasies of security, belonging, and “love” through affect and algorithmic power. Thanks to WASP-HS & @pledge-project.bsky.social for their support.
publicera.kb.se/jdsr/article...
publicera.kb.se/jdsr/article...
January 5, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Hello again, algorithm. Just published in JDSR: My new article explores how social media shape far-right and liberal fantasies of security, belonging, and “love” through affect and algorithmic power. Thanks to WASP-HS & @pledge-project.bsky.social for their support.
publicera.kb.se/jdsr/article...
publicera.kb.se/jdsr/article...
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In Part II 🔥 of PLEDGE's Blog Post: Youth Radicalism in Europe, Ayhan Kaya unpacks how nativist and Muslim-origin youth are co-radicalised by shared experiences of precarity, marginalisation, and political neglect.
Read more: www.pledgeproject.eu/pledge-blog-...
#Democracy #grievances #extremism
Read more: www.pledgeproject.eu/pledge-blog-...
#Democracy #grievances #extremism
December 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
In Part II 🔥 of PLEDGE's Blog Post: Youth Radicalism in Europe, Ayhan Kaya unpacks how nativist and Muslim-origin youth are co-radicalised by shared experiences of precarity, marginalisation, and political neglect.
Read more: www.pledgeproject.eu/pledge-blog-...
#Democracy #grievances #extremism
Read more: www.pledgeproject.eu/pledge-blog-...
#Democracy #grievances #extremism
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📣New interview📣
'Terms like “detransitioner,” like “transitioner,” reduce people to the act of transitioning and frame transitioning as an extremist act or impulsive decision'
@katfuller.bsky.social discusses transphobic moral panics on the far right.
reacpol.net/moral-panic-...
'Terms like “detransitioner,” like “transitioner,” reduce people to the act of transitioning and frame transitioning as an extremist act or impulsive decision'
@katfuller.bsky.social discusses transphobic moral panics on the far right.
reacpol.net/moral-panic-...
Interview: Moral panic: Transphobia, gender ideology and far-right conspiracy (Kat Fuller) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This interview is based on Kat Fuller's chapter 'Moral panic: Transphobia, gender ideology and far-right conspiracy' (2025, w. Q. McLamore)
reacpol.net
December 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
📣New interview📣
'Terms like “detransitioner,” like “transitioner,” reduce people to the act of transitioning and frame transitioning as an extremist act or impulsive decision'
@katfuller.bsky.social discusses transphobic moral panics on the far right.
reacpol.net/moral-panic-...
'Terms like “detransitioner,” like “transitioner,” reduce people to the act of transitioning and frame transitioning as an extremist act or impulsive decision'
@katfuller.bsky.social discusses transphobic moral panics on the far right.
reacpol.net/moral-panic-...
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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. 📚✨
Participation is available online. 📚✨
December 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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. 📚✨
Participation is available online. 📚✨
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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
🙌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
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
🙌A big thank you to all civil society practitioners, partners and contributors who shared their insights and experiences.
#PLEDGE #GrievancePolitics #Innovation
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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
Secure your position by registering, via www.pledgeproject.eu/pledge-invit...
#PLEDGEproject #Workshop #Democracy #EU
November 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
📢 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
Secure your position by registering, via www.pledgeproject.eu/pledge-invit...
#PLEDGEproject #Workshop #Democracy #EU
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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
Read PLEDGE Blog post #9
👉 www.pledgeproject.eu/pledge-blog-...
#PLEDGE #democracy #radicalisation
November 13, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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
Read PLEDGE Blog post #9
👉 www.pledgeproject.eu/pledge-blog-...
#PLEDGE #democracy #radicalisation
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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
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
🌀 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
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
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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
“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
📣 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
“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
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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
👉 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
🌍 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
👉 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
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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
💥🇭🇺 Listen here 👉https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS2xr9mxD0s
#PLEDGEProject #GrievancePolitics #YouthVoices #CulturalResistance
October 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🎧 “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
💥🇭🇺 Listen here 👉https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS2xr9mxD0s
#PLEDGEProject #GrievancePolitics #YouthVoices #CulturalResistance
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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
🔗 Read more: www.pledgeproject.eu/pledge-blog-...
#democracy #EU #grievance #Politics
October 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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
🔗 Read more: www.pledgeproject.eu/pledge-blog-...
#democracy #EU #grievance #Politics
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🌍 Join us for a series of breakfast meetings this Fall on rising extremism and pressuring democracies! 📍25 Aug: PM Jonas Gahr Støre on what Norway can do📍 24 Sep: Normalization of the Extreme 📍 23 Oct: Democracy's Resilience 📍 19 Nov: Academia Under Attack. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/aktuel...
Ekstremisme på fremmarsj og demokratier under press
- C-REX – Senter for ekstremismeforskning
Ekstremisme er på fremmarsj, og demokratiene står under press. Akademia blir angrepet. Hvordan skal vi forstå denne utviklingen? Hva kan gjøres for å beskytte demokratiene og bevare akademias autonomi...
www.sv.uio.no
August 18, 2025 at 7:28 AM
🌍 Join us for a series of breakfast meetings this Fall on rising extremism and pressuring democracies! 📍25 Aug: PM Jonas Gahr Støre on what Norway can do📍 24 Sep: Normalization of the Extreme 📍 23 Oct: Democracy's Resilience 📍 19 Nov: Academia Under Attack. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/aktuel...
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is this the last time I promote my most recent video, on Kierkegaard's The Present Age and why nothing ever happens?
maybe? probably? hopefully?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Mu...
maybe? probably? hopefully?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Mu...
this is why nothing ever happens
YouTube video by Michael Burns
www.youtube.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
is this the last time I promote my most recent video, on Kierkegaard's The Present Age and why nothing ever happens?
maybe? probably? hopefully?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Mu...
maybe? probably? hopefully?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Mu...
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📣New interview📣
''Polarisation’ is used not only by those concerned with democratic erosion, but also by those seeking to protect ‘really existing (neo)liberalism’ from democratic critique'
@daniel-balinhas.bsky.social discusses his critical approach to 'polarisation'
reacpol.net/critical-pol...
''Polarisation’ is used not only by those concerned with democratic erosion, but also by those seeking to protect ‘really existing (neo)liberalism’ from democratic critique'
@daniel-balinhas.bsky.social discusses his critical approach to 'polarisation'
reacpol.net/critical-pol...
Interview: Bringing critical social psychology to the study of political polarization (Daniel Balinhas) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This interview is based on Daniel Balinhas's article 'Bringing critical social psychology to the study of political polarization' (2025)
reacpol.net
August 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
📣New interview📣
''Polarisation’ is used not only by those concerned with democratic erosion, but also by those seeking to protect ‘really existing (neo)liberalism’ from democratic critique'
@daniel-balinhas.bsky.social discusses his critical approach to 'polarisation'
reacpol.net/critical-pol...
''Polarisation’ is used not only by those concerned with democratic erosion, but also by those seeking to protect ‘really existing (neo)liberalism’ from democratic critique'
@daniel-balinhas.bsky.social discusses his critical approach to 'polarisation'
reacpol.net/critical-pol...
I got interviewed about my PhD thesis on the relationship between neoliberal social media and the normalisation of far-right fantasies by @reacpolrn.bsky.social the Reactionary Politics Research Network. Many thanks to @aurelmondon.bsky.social for conducting the interview!
📣New interview📣
@paskokisic.bsky.social discusses how psychoanalytic theory can help us understand the contemporary far right and its normalisation. Check it out below!
reacpol.net/psychoanalyt...
@paskokisic.bsky.social discusses how psychoanalytic theory can help us understand the contemporary far right and its normalisation. Check it out below!
reacpol.net/psychoanalyt...
Interview: Psychoanalytic theory, critical fantasy studies and the normalisation of the far right (Pasko Kisić-Merino) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This interview is based on Pasko Kisić-Merino's thesis 'Enjoying the Fall: The Normalisation of the Far-Right as an Algorithmically-Mediated Fantasy of Ontological (In)Security' (2025)
reacpol.net
August 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I got interviewed about my PhD thesis on the relationship between neoliberal social media and the normalisation of far-right fantasies by @reacpolrn.bsky.social the Reactionary Politics Research Network. Many thanks to @aurelmondon.bsky.social for conducting the interview!
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🎉 Vol 51(3) is out!🎉
This issue includes TEN research articles on topics like emotions, right-wing enjoyment, and mediation in international friendship. The articles are all free to read this month, so be sure to take a look and enjoy 👇
📚Read Here ➡️ buff.ly/OSuztti
This issue includes TEN research articles on topics like emotions, right-wing enjoyment, and mediation in international friendship. The articles are all free to read this month, so be sure to take a look and enjoy 👇
📚Read Here ➡️ buff.ly/OSuztti
July 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
🎉 Vol 51(3) is out!🎉
This issue includes TEN research articles on topics like emotions, right-wing enjoyment, and mediation in international friendship. The articles are all free to read this month, so be sure to take a look and enjoy 👇
📚Read Here ➡️ buff.ly/OSuztti
This issue includes TEN research articles on topics like emotions, right-wing enjoyment, and mediation in international friendship. The articles are all free to read this month, so be sure to take a look and enjoy 👇
📚Read Here ➡️ buff.ly/OSuztti
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Neo-Nazi “Active Clubs,” have expanded into Finland, blending MMA with white supremacist ideology to radicalize youth. GPAHE has tracked over 230 chapters worldwide—including new Finnish branches linked to banned and violent extremist networks.
Read more:
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Neo‑Nazi fight clubs take root in Finland amid global spread
Neo‑Nazi “Active Clubs”—US‑born far‑right fight groups—have spread to Finland, forming chapters in Helsinki, Oulu, Tampere and beyond. Experts warn martial‑arts training and youth recruitment pose a r...
www.helsinkitimes.fi
July 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Neo-Nazi “Active Clubs,” have expanded into Finland, blending MMA with white supremacist ideology to radicalize youth. GPAHE has tracked over 230 chapters worldwide—including new Finnish branches linked to banned and violent extremist networks.
Read more:
Read more:
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Find someone who loves you as much as the mainstream media loves hyping the far right
May 30, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Find someone who loves you as much as the mainstream media loves hyping the far right
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Our member @k8ebrown.bsky.social reflects on Keir Starmer's embrace of far-right rhetoric on migration in @theconversation.com.
Some thoughts on Starmer's speech and Labour's normalisation of far-right politics in @theconversation.com
theconversation.com/keir-starmer...
theconversation.com/keir-starmer...
Keir Starmer’s immigration plans: research shows you don’t beat the far right by becoming them
In a speech to launch his tough new immigration plans, the prime minister parroted the right’s rhetoric.
theconversation.com
May 13, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Our member @k8ebrown.bsky.social reflects on Keir Starmer's embrace of far-right rhetoric on migration in @theconversation.com.