Sarah de Lange
@sldelange.bsky.social
Professor of Dutch Politics at Leiden University | Extremism, populism, radicalism scholar | Board member IISG Amsterdam and Wiardi Beckman Foundation | Allotmenteer | Zeeuws meisje |
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Sarah de Lange
@sldelange.bsky.social
· Mar 14
Gezien de hardnekkigheid van deze mythe maar even mijn nieuwe artikel in de herhaling wbs.nl/publicaties/...
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een reactie van mij op het @nrc.nl opiniestuk over de linkse universiteit. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
Opinie | Dat de universiteit te links is, klopt niet
Lezersbrieven: De wetenschappelijke vrijheid bewaken is belangrijker dan je druk maken om de politieke oriëntatie van wetenschappers, vond u. En: de Van Berkel-kwestie was de uitgelezen kans om een st...
www.nrc.nl
February 18, 2026 at 2:47 PM
een reactie van mij op het @nrc.nl opiniestuk over de linkse universiteit. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
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Do negative encounters with immigrants activate personality effects in PRR support? @cvalebeek.bsky.social, Daniel Komáromy, @delaneypeterson.bsky.social & @mrooduijn.bsky.social find it's not generally the case but initial exposure & out-group framing may matter: buff.ly/D5C50zO (OPEN ACCESS)
Stable Personalities, Shifting Loyalties: The Activating Role of Cultural Threats in Populist Radical Right Support - Carmen van Alebeek, Daniel Komáromy, Delaney Peterson, Matthijs Rooduijn, 2026
Who supports populist radical right parties? And under what circumstances? A longstanding argument in political psychology suggests that populist radical right ...
buff.ly
February 18, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Do negative encounters with immigrants activate personality effects in PRR support? @cvalebeek.bsky.social, Daniel Komáromy, @delaneypeterson.bsky.social & @mrooduijn.bsky.social find it's not generally the case but initial exposure & out-group framing may matter: buff.ly/D5C50zO (OPEN ACCESS)
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In our new paper in G&O, we show that US legislators have more people-centred process preferences, while German legislators are more balanced between people-centred and elite-centred preferences overall - but party affiliation matters.
Link to the paper:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Link to the paper:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
February 18, 2026 at 1:36 PM
In our new paper in G&O, we show that US legislators have more people-centred process preferences, while German legislators are more balanced between people-centred and elite-centred preferences overall - but party affiliation matters.
Link to the paper:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Link to the paper:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The argument that you have to get into (civil) dialogue with the far right is factually and morally wrong. Most are bad-faith actors. And even those that are not are rarely actually “confronted” with their “controversial” ideas and assumptions — which you can read in their publications anyway.
February 17, 2026 at 11:54 PM
The argument that you have to get into (civil) dialogue with the far right is factually and morally wrong. Most are bad-faith actors. And even those that are not are rarely actually “confronted” with their “controversial” ideas and assumptions — which you can read in their publications anyway.
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New paper this week by V-Dem's director, @silindberg.bsky.social, on the the current wave of autocratization: www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Including this important statement: "...it is by my own analysis no question that the USA no longer qualifies as a democracy."
Including this important statement: "...it is by my own analysis no question that the USA no longer qualifies as a democracy."
www.tandfonline.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:42 AM
New paper this week by V-Dem's director, @silindberg.bsky.social, on the the current wave of autocratization: www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Including this important statement: "...it is by my own analysis no question that the USA no longer qualifies as a democracy."
Including this important statement: "...it is by my own analysis no question that the USA no longer qualifies as a democracy."
Om deze reden is het urgent dat de Wet Politieke Partijen wordt ingevoerd en er een onafhankelijke Autoriteit Politieke Partijen komt met onderzoeksbevoegdheid
Commissie wil onderzoek betalingen BBB, BBB-minister vindt dat niet nodig
nos.nl/artikel/2602...
nos.nl/artikel/2602...
Commissie wil onderzoek betalingen BBB, BBB-minister vindt dat niet nodig
Het gaat om transacties tussen de BBB en communicatiebureau ReMarkAble, van medeoprichter van de partij Wim Groot Koerkamp.
nos.nl
February 17, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Om deze reden is het urgent dat de Wet Politieke Partijen wordt ingevoerd en er een onafhankelijke Autoriteit Politieke Partijen komt met onderzoeksbevoegdheid
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New (open-access) publication! Where I account for how the Trump campaign (helped by Musk, Ramaswamy, et al.) used so-called "replacement" fantasies to hijack democratic values and push a politics of racial panic over national identity.
Now on FirstView ft. @feolski.bsky.social!
This article explores how the 2024 Trump campaign routinely employed core tropes of the so-called "great replacement" narrative. In doing so, the article assesses the civic dangers of this strategy.
Check it out: shorturl.at/lQgHA
#polisky
This article explores how the 2024 Trump campaign routinely employed core tropes of the so-called "great replacement" narrative. In doing so, the article assesses the civic dangers of this strategy.
Check it out: shorturl.at/lQgHA
#polisky
February 17, 2026 at 4:15 PM
New (open-access) publication! Where I account for how the Trump campaign (helped by Musk, Ramaswamy, et al.) used so-called "replacement" fantasies to hijack democratic values and push a politics of racial panic over national identity.
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Publication alert: New Article out in European Politics and Society on the European Project of the Far-Right:
doi.org/10.1080/2374...
doi.org/10.1080/2374...
Europeanisation of the populist far-right – the political crisis of the EU and the emergence of a populist far-right European project
This article traces contradictory developments in the Europeanisation of the populist far right. Based on state and hegemony theory, it analyses the development of a European far-right project betw...
doi.org
February 17, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Publication alert: New Article out in European Politics and Society on the European Project of the Far-Right:
doi.org/10.1080/2374...
doi.org/10.1080/2374...
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www.groene.nl/artikel/extr... Groene Amsterdammer
De transnationale arena vervult binnen het extreem-rechtse ecosysteem meerdere functies
Lange tijd schuwden uiterst rechtse politici openlijke associatie met buitenlandse geestverwanten. Die tijd is voorbij.
www.groene.nl
February 17, 2026 at 7:45 AM
www.groene.nl/artikel/extr... Groene Amsterdammer
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Academic freedom is under pressure.
The Verfassungsbook "Mapping Article 13" puts academic freedom under the EU Charter in the spotlight and reflects its potential in light of past and present threats to academic freedom.
📖 verfassungsblog.de/book/mapping...
BRUNO DE WITTE gave it a read! 👇
The Verfassungsbook "Mapping Article 13" puts academic freedom under the EU Charter in the spotlight and reflects its potential in light of past and present threats to academic freedom.
📖 verfassungsblog.de/book/mapping...
BRUNO DE WITTE gave it a read! 👇
February 17, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Academic freedom is under pressure.
The Verfassungsbook "Mapping Article 13" puts academic freedom under the EU Charter in the spotlight and reflects its potential in light of past and present threats to academic freedom.
📖 verfassungsblog.de/book/mapping...
BRUNO DE WITTE gave it a read! 👇
The Verfassungsbook "Mapping Article 13" puts academic freedom under the EU Charter in the spotlight and reflects its potential in light of past and present threats to academic freedom.
📖 verfassungsblog.de/book/mapping...
BRUNO DE WITTE gave it a read! 👇
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De gemeenteraadsverkiezingen komen er aan. Eén van de thema's die bij de uitslag onvermijdelijk op de agenda komt, is de versplintering van gemeenteraden. Samen met Henk van der Kolk, dook ik in de historische patronen en de verschillen tussen gemeenten. stukroodvlees.nl/de-versnippe...
De versnippering van gemeenteraden van 1946 tot nu in maar vier grafieken - StukRoodVlees
Als de voortekenen ons niet bedriegen, gaat het na de raadsverkiezingen van maart onder meer over de weer verder toegenomen versnippering van de gemeenteraad: meer fracties die allemaal hun zegje will...
stukroodvlees.nl
February 17, 2026 at 8:18 AM
De gemeenteraadsverkiezingen komen er aan. Eén van de thema's die bij de uitslag onvermijdelijk op de agenda komt, is de versplintering van gemeenteraden. Samen met Henk van der Kolk, dook ik in de historische patronen en de verschillen tussen gemeenten. stukroodvlees.nl/de-versnippe...
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It has been great to navigate this paper with amazing @gefjonoff.bsky.social . Started expecting angry right-wing men to feel threatened by feminism and found out more than one surprise 👇
New publication in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social!
Who perceives feminism as a threat, and why do a lot of women perceive feminism as threatening?
With @evaanduiza.bsky.social, we explore these questions in the context of Spain.
We find: ⬇️
doi.org/10.1017/S174...
Who perceives feminism as a threat, and why do a lot of women perceive feminism as threatening?
With @evaanduiza.bsky.social, we explore these questions in the context of Spain.
We find: ⬇️
doi.org/10.1017/S174...
Perceptions of Feminism as a Threat | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core
Perceptions of Feminism as a Threat
doi.org
February 16, 2026 at 7:07 PM
It has been great to navigate this paper with amazing @gefjonoff.bsky.social . Started expecting angry right-wing men to feel threatened by feminism and found out more than one surprise 👇
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Super timely and important paper on how the media cordon sanitaire crumbles in Germany 🔎
NEW PUBLICATION
“How the Media Cordon Sanitaire Crumbles: Lessons from Germany” now out in @prxjournal.bsky.social
🔓 doi.org/10.1080/2474736X.2026.2621808
I’m very happy that this paper is out – this project is particularly important to me.
“How the Media Cordon Sanitaire Crumbles: Lessons from Germany” now out in @prxjournal.bsky.social
🔓 doi.org/10.1080/2474736X.2026.2621808
I’m very happy that this paper is out – this project is particularly important to me.
February 16, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Super timely and important paper on how the media cordon sanitaire crumbles in Germany 🔎
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Now posted ahead of print:
"Conceptualizing Academic Freedom," forthcoming, Annual Review of Political Science.
(Uncorrected proofs, so a few minor edits different from the version that will be published in June.)
doi.org/10.1146/annu...
"Conceptualizing Academic Freedom," forthcoming, Annual Review of Political Science.
(Uncorrected proofs, so a few minor edits different from the version that will be published in June.)
doi.org/10.1146/annu...
February 16, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Now posted ahead of print:
"Conceptualizing Academic Freedom," forthcoming, Annual Review of Political Science.
(Uncorrected proofs, so a few minor edits different from the version that will be published in June.)
doi.org/10.1146/annu...
"Conceptualizing Academic Freedom," forthcoming, Annual Review of Political Science.
(Uncorrected proofs, so a few minor edits different from the version that will be published in June.)
doi.org/10.1146/annu...
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This is a unique opportunity for junior scholars of extremism and democracy. You do NOT want to miss it. Apply!
📣 @ecpr-ead.bsky.social invites applications for it's Summer School on Extremism and Democracy!
🗓️ 6 – 10 July, University of Bologna
🎓️ Present your research and receive feedback from leading scholars in the field
✅️ Open to all students enrolled in a PhD programme
⌛ Deadline: 25 February
🗓️ 6 – 10 July, University of Bologna
🎓️ Present your research and receive feedback from leading scholars in the field
✅️ Open to all students enrolled in a PhD programme
⌛ Deadline: 25 February
Find out more and apply
Summer School of the Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy, University of Bologna, 6 – 10 July 2026
ecpr.eu
February 13, 2026 at 4:31 PM
This is a unique opportunity for junior scholars of extremism and democracy. You do NOT want to miss it. Apply!
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Our article with @honoratam.bsky.social on ✨motivated causal judgements✨ is out in @polpsyispp.bsky.social!
When something bad happens, whose actions produced the outcome and who bears responsibility? It depends much more on the identity of the actors than on the details of the situation.
When something bad happens, whose actions produced the outcome and who bears responsibility? It depends much more on the identity of the actors than on the details of the situation.
February 16, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Our article with @honoratam.bsky.social on ✨motivated causal judgements✨ is out in @polpsyispp.bsky.social!
When something bad happens, whose actions produced the outcome and who bears responsibility? It depends much more on the identity of the actors than on the details of the situation.
When something bad happens, whose actions produced the outcome and who bears responsibility? It depends much more on the identity of the actors than on the details of the situation.
Het is zo belangrijk dat normen hersteld en gehandhaafd worden. Ze zijn onder andere de mechanismen die democratische erosie moeten voorkomen
Fundamentele vraag: keren oude normen terug in de politiek na twee jaar politieke normeloosheid onder Schoof of zijn we in een periode van politieke impunity terechtgekomen?
In 1982 (Charles Schwietert) en 2002 (Philomena Bijlhout) betekenden dergelijke c.v.-incidenten direct het einde van het staatssecretariaat. Volkskrant: beoogd D66-staatssecretaris stelt cv bij na vragen nos.nl/liveblog/260... via @NOS
February 16, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Het is zo belangrijk dat normen hersteld en gehandhaafd worden. Ze zijn onder andere de mechanismen die democratische erosie moeten voorkomen
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Check out the latest episode of the @identitiesjournal.bsky.social podcast: Researching Extremism and Risky Material
Great to chat with Shereen Fernandez & @rizwaansabir.bsky.social about the challenges of researching racism, counterextremism & counterterrorism.
open.spotify.com/episode/3Bpn...
Great to chat with Shereen Fernandez & @rizwaansabir.bsky.social about the challenges of researching racism, counterextremism & counterterrorism.
open.spotify.com/episode/3Bpn...
Episode 9: Researching Extremism and Risky Material
open.spotify.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Check out the latest episode of the @identitiesjournal.bsky.social podcast: Researching Extremism and Risky Material
Great to chat with Shereen Fernandez & @rizwaansabir.bsky.social about the challenges of researching racism, counterextremism & counterterrorism.
open.spotify.com/episode/3Bpn...
Great to chat with Shereen Fernandez & @rizwaansabir.bsky.social about the challenges of researching racism, counterextremism & counterterrorism.
open.spotify.com/episode/3Bpn...
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6 years ago, we first noticed sudden upticks in German fringe far right networks, using terms like "climate cult" to disparage climate activists and green policy initiatives.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Countering the “Climate Cult” – Framing Cascades in Far-Right Digital Networks
In many contemporary democracies, digital networks on the far-right have established themselves as “alternatives” to liberal institutions. Within this nexus of parties, hyper-partisan news, and soc...
www.tandfonline.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:33 AM
6 years ago, we first noticed sudden upticks in German fringe far right networks, using terms like "climate cult" to disparage climate activists and green policy initiatives.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Excellent analysis of the upcoming Hungarian elections by @bironagyandras.bsky.social 🚨
Hungarians have had enough of Viktor Orbán. But Trump’s tailwind could save his skin
Opposition challenger Péter Magyar is ahead on a promise of hope. Orbán is betting on fear of war to stay in power, says writer András Bíró-Nagy
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Excellent analysis of the upcoming Hungarian elections by @bironagyandras.bsky.social 🚨
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Do voters vote strategically to prevent the AfD from winning a direct mandate?
Short answer: yes. Long answer: read now in a new open access paper by Sven Hillen and @jessicakuhlm.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Short answer: yes. Long answer: read now in a new open access paper by Sven Hillen and @jessicakuhlm.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Blocking the Radical Right: Evidence from Strategic Candidate Voting Against the AfD in Germany’s 2025 Federal Election - Politische Vierteljahresschrift
This paper examines strategic candidate voting against radical-right parties, focusing on the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Germany’s 2025 federal election. Germany has long been considered “hard g...
link.springer.com
February 15, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Do voters vote strategically to prevent the AfD from winning a direct mandate?
Short answer: yes. Long answer: read now in a new open access paper by Sven Hillen and @jessicakuhlm.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Short answer: yes. Long answer: read now in a new open access paper by Sven Hillen and @jessicakuhlm.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Very excited to see this out at @bjpols.bsky.social! In this article, I show that contemporary political news coverage makes it challenging for readers to learn information that is helpful for democratic accountability, even for very politically engaged audiences.
A brief summary:
A brief summary:
NEW -
The Unequal Challenge of Learning from Under-Informative News - https://cup.org/461vHAT
- @atrexler.com
#OpenAccess
The Unequal Challenge of Learning from Under-Informative News - https://cup.org/461vHAT
- @atrexler.com
#OpenAccess
February 12, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Very excited to see this out at @bjpols.bsky.social! In this article, I show that contemporary political news coverage makes it challenging for readers to learn information that is helpful for democratic accountability, even for very politically engaged audiences.
A brief summary:
A brief summary:
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20 year @eui-eu.bsky.social versary with the amazing @adler-nissen.bsky.social
February 15, 2026 at 2:29 PM
20 year @eui-eu.bsky.social versary with the amazing @adler-nissen.bsky.social
20 year @eui-eu.bsky.social versary with the amazing @adler-nissen.bsky.social
February 15, 2026 at 2:29 PM
20 year @eui-eu.bsky.social versary with the amazing @adler-nissen.bsky.social
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Now in print (and open access):
What happens when voters learn their party disagrees with them?
I ran a pre-registered experiment with a representative sample of ~3,000 German voters to find out.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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What happens when voters learn their party disagrees with them?
I ran a pre-registered experiment with a representative sample of ~3,000 German voters to find out.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Attitude Manipulation and Voting Intentions - Political Behavior
A large body of research documents the substantial effects of persuasive communication on political attitudes. However, opinion manipulation often represents merely an intermediate goal in a greater e...
link.springer.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Now in print (and open access):
What happens when voters learn their party disagrees with them?
I ran a pre-registered experiment with a representative sample of ~3,000 German voters to find out.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🧵
What happens when voters learn their party disagrees with them?
I ran a pre-registered experiment with a representative sample of ~3,000 German voters to find out.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🧵