So proud of @danielbarnett7.bsky.social who had his viva today. Congrats Dr Barnett! Many thanks to the examiners Dr Sandra Obradovic and @thia-sagh.bsky.social, and the panel chair @chrisbenwell.bsky.social who made the whole experience so positive! 🎉👏

New paper out in BJSPl! We examine how pro-Russian supporters in Romania & Moldova use identity-driven narratives to justify the war in Ukraine via moral disengagement & social creativity.
Read here: doi.org/10.1111/bjso...

#UkraineWar #CollectiveIdentity #MoralDisengagement #Polarisation

Brilliant talk by @danielbarnett7.bsky.social at the #Contemporary Histories of Populist Success in Central and Eastern Europe -- A Collaborative Seminar between the University of St. Andrews and Charles University. Now taking questions from the audience! 👏

Celebrating Matt Belanger passing his PhD viva with flying colours! Congratulations Matt! You made your supervisors extremely proud! Many thanks to the amazing panel: Dr Andrea Mohan, (Dundee), Dr Jason Colditz (Pittsburgh), and Prof Nick Hopkins (Dundee). 🎉👏

It was wonderful having you here and your talk was brilliant! I hope you’ll visit again soon!