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ECPR SG Extremism & Democracy
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The official @ECPR.bsky.social Standing Group on Extremism & Democracy. We also publish the e-Extreme newsletter.

Steering Comm: @leoniedejonge.bsky.social, @profannikawerner.bsky.social, and @dafnoukos.bsky.social
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📣 Our latest e-Extreme Newsletter is out! Find it here: ecpr.eu/news/news/de... (Current Issue)
✋ Kindly brought to you by @audreygagnon.bsky.social, @lazaroskaravasilis.bsky.social and @sabinedvolk.bsky.social!
🍿 Read on for expert interviews (on elections in 🇵🇹 & 🇷🇴), book reviews and more!
📣 International Workshop organized by Politics (the journal)
🎯 Polarization in Contemporary Politics: Developments, Causes, and Consequences
📅 9-10 December 2025, Lisbon

Deadline approaching! (25 October)

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October 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM
📣 Check out this fantastic Call for Papers for a Colloquium on "Far Right, Gender and Femonationalism" at the University of Lausanne in March 2026!
October 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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The most recent e-Extreme Newsletter is now available thanks to the excellent work of @audreygagnon.bsky.social , @lazaroskaravasilis.bsky.social & @sabinedvolk.bsky.social
📣 Our latest e-Extreme Newsletter is out! Find it here: ecpr.eu/news/news/de... (Current Issue)
✋ Kindly brought to you by @audreygagnon.bsky.social, @lazaroskaravasilis.bsky.social and @sabinedvolk.bsky.social!
🍿 Read on for expert interviews (on elections in 🇵🇹 & 🇷🇴), book reviews and more!
September 4, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Our latest issue is out! Check out the expert interviews we have on the elections in Portugal and Romania, CfPs, book reviews, and many more!
📣 Our latest e-Extreme Newsletter is out! Find it here: ecpr.eu/news/news/de... (Current Issue)
✋ Kindly brought to you by @audreygagnon.bsky.social, @lazaroskaravasilis.bsky.social and @sabinedvolk.bsky.social!
🍿 Read on for expert interviews (on elections in 🇵🇹 & 🇷🇴), book reviews and more!
September 4, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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📣 Our latest e-Extreme Newsletter is out! This issue includes two book reviews: @ghibordieri.bsky.social discusses Out of Hiding by @kathyblee.bsky.social, Futrell & Simi, while @luca-carbone.bsky.social reviews Popular Music and the Rise of Populism in Europe, ed by Dunkel & Schiller
📣 Our latest e-Extreme Newsletter is out! Find it here: ecpr.eu/news/news/de... (Current Issue)
✋ Kindly brought to you by @audreygagnon.bsky.social, @lazaroskaravasilis.bsky.social and @sabinedvolk.bsky.social!
🍿 Read on for expert interviews (on elections in 🇵🇹 & 🇷🇴), book reviews and more!
September 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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My book review 📚 of Dunkel & Schiller *Popular Music and the Rise of Populism in Europe* is out on @ecpr-ead.bsky.social e-Extreme! This is a rich and engaging book, OA here: doi.org/10.4324/9781...

Thanks @ghibordieri.bsky.social for the invite!

👉 Read my review here: ecpr.eu/Filestore/Cu...
September 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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The latest issue of eExtreme is out, and it features my review of the book Out of Hiding by Blee, Futrell and Simi!

Read it here⤵️
📣 Our latest e-Extreme Newsletter is out! Find it here: ecpr.eu/news/news/de... (Current Issue)
✋ Kindly brought to you by @audreygagnon.bsky.social, @lazaroskaravasilis.bsky.social and @sabinedvolk.bsky.social!
🍿 Read on for expert interviews (on elections in 🇵🇹 & 🇷🇴), book reviews and more!
September 5, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Join our team: We're recruiting 2 x 3-year post doc researchers for the Rural-Spatial-Justice project at Aberystwyth, to undertake fieldwork on rural discontent & support for disruptive politics in the UK, Europe & USA. Closing date: 19 Oct. Details: jobs.aber.ac.uk/en/vacancy/p...
Aberystwyth University - : Post-Doctoral Research Associate (Rural-Spatial-Justice) (5874)
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September 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
📣 Our latest e-Extreme Newsletter is out! Find it here: ecpr.eu/news/news/de... (Current Issue)
✋ Kindly brought to you by @audreygagnon.bsky.social, @lazaroskaravasilis.bsky.social and @sabinedvolk.bsky.social!
🍿 Read on for expert interviews (on elections in 🇵🇹 & 🇷🇴), book reviews and more!
September 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
📣 Are you an early career researcher? Did you present a paper at #ECPRgc25 in Thessaloniki as part of our Extremism & Democracy endorsed section? Then why not nominate yourself for the 2025 E&D Best Paper Prize? Just send us your paper via email by 5 Sept. 📧 ecprextremismanddemocracy@gmail.com 🏆
September 3, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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#ecprgc25 is over. Thank you Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and all the supporting staff for hosting us, and for organising a great conference.
August 30, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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🗣️ Feeling inspired by the Academic Freedom Under Pressure roundtable earlier at #ecprgc25?
👀 Check out The Loop blog pieces from speakers @sldelange.bsky.social and Iris B. Segers:
✍️ bit.ly/45wLUNi
✍️ bit.ly/3Jf8HFU
Great roundtable on a critical issue: threats to academic freedom and scholars
Moderated by @sldelange.bsky.social
#ecpr2025 #ecprgc25
August 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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A lot of new and interesting political science research is presented at #ecprgc25 in (very warm) Thessaloniki
August 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Do not miss our Business Meeting. Don't think about it as business, but more as reconnecting with your scholarly community 🤗
August 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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✨ Great start to #ECPRGC25!

Presented an early draft in a panel endorsed by @ecpr-ead.bsky.social, together with @larboe.bsky.social, @piotrmarczynski.bsky.social and @tevoelker.bsky.social, followed by excellent discussion and feedback from @sldelange.bsky.social.

🙌 More exciting days ahead! ✨
August 27, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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On Wednesday (at the crack of dawn), we continue with a book panel, celebrating two OUP publications by Paris Aslanidis and @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & @andreapirro.it, co-hosted with the great @sldelange.bsky.social. bsky.app/profile/ecpr...
🍿Do not miss our book panel at @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference celebrating these two important OUP publications by Paris Aslanidis and the dreamteam duo @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & @andreapirro.it.
🍰 Featuring commentary by @sldelange.bsky.social & @leoniedejonge.bsky.social.
August 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Yay! Who else is coming to #ECPRgc25? 🌞 🏖️
August 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🍿Do not miss our book panel at @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference celebrating these two important OUP publications by Paris Aslanidis and the dreamteam duo @pietrocastellig.bsky.social & @andreapirro.it.
🍰 Featuring commentary by @sldelange.bsky.social & @leoniedejonge.bsky.social.
August 22, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Thrilled to receive the 2024 Best Paper Prize ✨! Sad I can’t attend the celebration in person, but thankful for the recognition and this community.
🗓️ Business Meeting @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference
Join us on Wed, 27 Aug, 17:45–18:45 (local time) in the Law Building, 3rd Floor, Room 6.
We’ll discuss ongoing projects, future plans, and celebrate our 2024 Best Paper Prize winner: @dom-of-tronina.bsky.social! 🎉 Everyone’s welcome!
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August 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
🎉 Congrats to @dom-of-tronina.bsky.social, winner of the 2024 Best Paper Prize! Her paper shows how anti-gender movements build transnational ties on Twitter/X via shared hashtags👏
🪷 Big thanks to our esteemed jury members: @kai-arzheimer.com @caterinafr.bsky.social @ammassarisofia.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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🙌 Our Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy is at #ecprgc25! Don’t miss their Business Meetings and Panels during the conference

🏆 Plus, explore their prizes, events, and other opportunities in the thread below 👇
📢 Hello E&D Colleagues! We’ve got several updates from the @ecpr.bsky.social Extremism & Democracy Standing Group (@ecpr-ead.bsky.social). Whether you’re joining us in Thessaloniki or following from afar, here’s what’s coming up. 🧵👇
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August 20, 2025 at 10:04 AM
📢 Hello E&D Colleagues! We’ve got several updates from the @ecpr.bsky.social Extremism & Democracy Standing Group (@ecpr-ead.bsky.social). Whether you’re joining us in Thessaloniki or following from afar, here’s what’s coming up. 🧵👇
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August 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM
📣 Our colleagues from the WZB Berlin Social Science Center are looking to establish a new research department and to fill the full-time position of Director for the study of democracy at the earliest possible date. Here you find the job opening on the website of the WZB:
www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/dire...
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July 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
💡 Our colleagues over in Italy are organising a Summer School on Democratic Backsliding & Political Conflict from 27-30 September 2025. There are scholarships available from Widening countries. Application details can be found at: www.eui.eu/apply?id=sum...
Summer School on ‘Democratic backsliding and political conflict
This Summer School is organised by the European Governance and Politics Programme EGPP of the European University Institute at the Robert Schuman Centre for A
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July 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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📢 Call for Reviewers!

We seek reviewers for the Dec 2025 and Apr 2026 editions of eExtreme, the ECPR Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy newsletter. We are looking for reviews of recent books on the far right, extremism, populism, or terrorism.

Please contact me or
@ecpr-ead.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM