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Pretty excited to share this. We worked on a monster for the past year, getting LLMs (AI, those ChatGPT kinds of things) to qualitatively code the levels of populism in political speeches with holistic grading. Enjoy. populism.byu.edu/large-langua...
Large Language Model Prompt
<b>Citation Requirement Statement</b><br/> <br/>This code and accompanying prompt design were developed by Eduardo Ryô Tamaki and Yujin J. Jung, with additional contributions from the broader project ...
populism.byu.edu
November 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Pretty excited to share this. We worked on a monster for the past year, getting LLMs (AI, those ChatGPT kinds of things) to qualitatively code the levels of populism in political speeches with holistic grading. Enjoy. populism.byu.edu/large-langua...
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🌍 AUTHLIB Special Issue Highlight
In AUTHLIB's special issue, Melek Aylin Özoflu (Özyeğin University) & Giray Gerim (Istanbul University) examine how AKP uses civilizational identity to justify its illiberal turn in Türkiye.
Read open access ⤵️
In AUTHLIB's special issue, Melek Aylin Özoflu (Özyeğin University) & Giray Gerim (Istanbul University) examine how AKP uses civilizational identity to justify its illiberal turn in Türkiye.
Read open access ⤵️
Legitimizing Illiberalism: The Construction of Civilizational Identity by the Justice and Development Party in Türkiye | Article | Politics and Governance
Melek Aylin Özoflu, Giray Gerim
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November 24, 2025 at 8:50 AM
🌍 AUTHLIB Special Issue Highlight
In AUTHLIB's special issue, Melek Aylin Özoflu (Özyeğin University) & Giray Gerim (Istanbul University) examine how AKP uses civilizational identity to justify its illiberal turn in Türkiye.
Read open access ⤵️
In AUTHLIB's special issue, Melek Aylin Özoflu (Özyeğin University) & Giray Gerim (Istanbul University) examine how AKP uses civilizational identity to justify its illiberal turn in Türkiye.
Read open access ⤵️
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Reflexiones sobre la erosión democrática en EEUU y su impacto en América Latina
November 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Reflexiones sobre la erosión democrática en EEUU y su impacto en América Latina
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🎙️ In our new podcast, @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social examines the progress of undoing the consequences of eight years of illiberal rule in Poland, and the challenges that lie ahead. 🇵🇱🇵🇱🧑⚖️
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/2ywn387b
🎧 Listen to it now:
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November 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
🎙️ In our new podcast, @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social examines the progress of undoing the consequences of eight years of illiberal rule in Poland, and the challenges that lie ahead. 🇵🇱🇵🇱🧑⚖️
🎧 Listen to it now:
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🔖AUTHLIB Publication
📊 Using #ESS data, Radosław Markowski @uniwersytetswps.bsky.social & Michał Kotnarowski examine how illiberal & authoritarian attitudes shape legitimacy in Central & Eastern Europe.
👓 Read open access in our special issue: www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
📊 Using #ESS data, Radosław Markowski @uniwersytetswps.bsky.social & Michał Kotnarowski examine how illiberal & authoritarian attitudes shape legitimacy in Central & Eastern Europe.
👓 Read open access in our special issue: www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
Alternatives to Liberal Democracies and Their Consolidation in Central and Eastern Europe | Article | Politics and Governance
Radoslaw Markowski, Michał Kotnarowski
www.cogitatiopress.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🔖AUTHLIB Publication
📊 Using #ESS data, Radosław Markowski @uniwersytetswps.bsky.social & Michał Kotnarowski examine how illiberal & authoritarian attitudes shape legitimacy in Central & Eastern Europe.
👓 Read open access in our special issue: www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
📊 Using #ESS data, Radosław Markowski @uniwersytetswps.bsky.social & Michał Kotnarowski examine how illiberal & authoritarian attitudes shape legitimacy in Central & Eastern Europe.
👓 Read open access in our special issue: www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
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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
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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
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👉 tinyurl.com/y6tm5b4a
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✍️ Peru’s democracy is eroding not through aspiring autocrats but through exhaustion. Entrenched informality hollows out authority and turns governance into a marketplace of deals rather than a system of rules, @eljorobado.bsky.social argues in his op-ed. 🇵🇪🇵🇪
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/3hdcnjjb
🧑💻 Read it now:
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November 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
✍️ Peru’s democracy is eroding not through aspiring autocrats but through exhaustion. Entrenched informality hollows out authority and turns governance into a marketplace of deals rather than a system of rules, @eljorobado.bsky.social argues in his op-ed. 🇵🇪🇵🇪
🧑💻 Read it now:
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IN NEW ISSUE: Authoritarian, But Not Nativist - @aborges75.bsky.social & @lisazanottiphd.bsky.social examine how far-right parties in Latin America compare to their Western European counterpart: buff.ly/4fK7Fwk (OPEN ACCESS)
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
IN NEW ISSUE: Authoritarian, But Not Nativist - @aborges75.bsky.social & @lisazanottiphd.bsky.social examine how far-right parties in Latin America compare to their Western European counterpart: buff.ly/4fK7Fwk (OPEN ACCESS)
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com
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How do illiberal politics shape Europe?
Our Politics & Governance special issue, edited by
@zsolt.bsky.social @petraguasti.bsky.social @schaferd.bsky.social & Bálint Mikola, explores illiberalism's impact across Europe.
Read open access⤵️
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
Our Politics & Governance special issue, edited by
@zsolt.bsky.social @petraguasti.bsky.social @schaferd.bsky.social & Bálint Mikola, explores illiberalism's impact across Europe.
Read open access⤵️
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
Illiberal Politics in Europe
Thematic Issue, Vol 13 (2025)
www.cogitatiopress.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
How do illiberal politics shape Europe?
Our Politics & Governance special issue, edited by
@zsolt.bsky.social @petraguasti.bsky.social @schaferd.bsky.social & Bálint Mikola, explores illiberalism's impact across Europe.
Read open access⤵️
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
Our Politics & Governance special issue, edited by
@zsolt.bsky.social @petraguasti.bsky.social @schaferd.bsky.social & Bálint Mikola, explores illiberalism's impact across Europe.
Read open access⤵️
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
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Tomorrow in Salamanca!
November 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Tomorrow in Salamanca!
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🎙️ In our new podcast, @fholt.bsky.social discusses the evolution of the Democratic Socialists of America and to what extent it is bound to large cities or can address a broader electorate.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/3tsk94hn
🎧 Listen to it now:
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November 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
🎙️ In our new podcast, @fholt.bsky.social discusses the evolution of the Democratic Socialists of America and to what extent it is bound to large cities or can address a broader electorate.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/3tsk94hn
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/3tsk94hn
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Sobre la ultraderecha y la elección de la próxima semana en #Chile www.ciperchile.cl/2025/11/10/e...
El auge de la ultraderecha y la encrucijada de la derecha convencional en Chile ad portas de las elecciones de 2025 - CIPER Chile
Medio de investigación periodística independiente en Chile, enfocado en reportajes de actualidad y brindar información de calidad a la ciudadanía.
www.ciperchile.cl
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Sobre la ultraderecha y la elección de la próxima semana en #Chile www.ciperchile.cl/2025/11/10/e...
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People think the closest example to what is happening in the US is Hungary. I think is Guatemala (2017-2023) where the Corrupt Pact co-opted state institutions and undermined state capacity to enhance impunity and corruption
Went back to the history of the Sicilian Mafia to illustrate something obvious but worth stating explicitly: The Trump administration behaves like an organized crime syndicate running a protection racket, not a representative government www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
People think the closest example to what is happening in the US is Hungary. I think is Guatemala (2017-2023) where the Corrupt Pact co-opted state institutions and undermined state capacity to enhance impunity and corruption
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Why is it so hard to build a movement to defend democracy?
In a new talk for @scholars.org, @jennifermccoy.bsky.social suggests some comparative answers. She then identifies problems specific to the U.S., and suggests some solutions. Watch here🔽
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKZw...
In a new talk for @scholars.org, @jennifermccoy.bsky.social suggests some comparative answers. She then identifies problems specific to the U.S., and suggests some solutions. Watch here🔽
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKZw...
Why is it So Hard to Build a Movement to Defend Democracy?
YouTube video by Scholars Strategy Network
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November 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Why is it so hard to build a movement to defend democracy?
In a new talk for @scholars.org, @jennifermccoy.bsky.social suggests some comparative answers. She then identifies problems specific to the U.S., and suggests some solutions. Watch here🔽
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKZw...
In a new talk for @scholars.org, @jennifermccoy.bsky.social suggests some comparative answers. She then identifies problems specific to the U.S., and suggests some solutions. Watch here🔽
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKZw...
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✍️ Southeast Asia shows how democracy’s openness can be weaponized. Flexible illiberalism, the art of using democratic institutions to pursue illiberal ends, reveals how democracy endures not by collapsing, but by changing hands, Aqida Salma argues in her op-ed.
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4xv4vyte
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4xv4vyte
November 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
✍️ Southeast Asia shows how democracy’s openness can be weaponized. Flexible illiberalism, the art of using democratic institutions to pursue illiberal ends, reveals how democracy endures not by collapsing, but by changing hands, Aqida Salma argues in her op-ed.
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4xv4vyte
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4xv4vyte
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With @marianotorcal.bsky.social and Carolina Segovia on polarization, democracy and the far right in Latin America. Here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCZl...
Polarización, Populismo y Partidos de Extrema Derecha en América Latina - Webinar WAPOR LATAM
YouTube video by Wapor Latinoamérica
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November 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
With @marianotorcal.bsky.social and Carolina Segovia on polarization, democracy and the far right in Latin America. Here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCZl...
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New blog post on whether you need a #ChatGPT or other #AI or #LLM paid subscription, and if you do, how to get it on the #cheap. levente.littvay.hu/ai-on-the-ch...
AI on the Cheap
Repeatedly, I get asked whether ChatGPT is worth paying for, what other products I would recommend, and, if not ChatGPT, which product one should subscribe to. Here’s the answer. Yes.
levente.littvay.hu
November 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
New blog post on whether you need a #ChatGPT or other #AI or #LLM paid subscription, and if you do, how to get it on the #cheap. levente.littvay.hu/ai-on-the-ch...
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New interview! Didi Kuo discusses the functions of political parties, party-building, revitalizing local politics, Trumpism, and illiberalism. Check it out! www.illiberalism.org/didi-kuo-on-...
@didikuo1.bsky.social @fsi.stanford.edu
@didikuo1.bsky.social @fsi.stanford.edu
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
New interview! Didi Kuo discusses the functions of political parties, party-building, revitalizing local politics, Trumpism, and illiberalism. Check it out! www.illiberalism.org/didi-kuo-on-...
@didikuo1.bsky.social @fsi.stanford.edu
@didikuo1.bsky.social @fsi.stanford.edu
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Check out the prog of this amazing annual conference of Eurozine to be held in Nova Gorica www.eurozine.com/translating-...
Translating cultures – Cultures of translation
The 33rd European Meeting of Cultural Journals will take place from 7–9 November 2025 in the Slovenian–Italian cities of Nova Gorica/Gorizia, a ‘borderless’ European Capital of Culture in 2025. The co...
www.eurozine.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Check out the prog of this amazing annual conference of Eurozine to be held in Nova Gorica www.eurozine.com/translating-...
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Mark your calendar for this lecture and discussion!
🗣️ Artūrs Kučs, Judge, @echr.coe.int
🗣️ @grabowskamoroz.bsky.social
🗣️ Paolo Pinto de Albuquerque
🗣️ András Sajó
🗣️ Renáta Uitz
🗓️ Nov 7, 1pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15
Details:
👉 cutt.ly/nr3eUK84
Registration:
👉 cutt.ly/hr3eIyW0
🗣️ Artūrs Kučs, Judge, @echr.coe.int
🗣️ @grabowskamoroz.bsky.social
🗣️ Paolo Pinto de Albuquerque
🗣️ András Sajó
🗣️ Renáta Uitz
🗓️ Nov 7, 1pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15
Details:
👉 cutt.ly/nr3eUK84
Registration:
👉 cutt.ly/hr3eIyW0
October 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Mark your calendar for this lecture and discussion!
🗣️ Artūrs Kučs, Judge, @echr.coe.int
🗣️ @grabowskamoroz.bsky.social
🗣️ Paolo Pinto de Albuquerque
🗣️ András Sajó
🗣️ Renáta Uitz
🗓️ Nov 7, 1pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15
Details:
👉 cutt.ly/nr3eUK84
Registration:
👉 cutt.ly/hr3eIyW0
🗣️ Artūrs Kučs, Judge, @echr.coe.int
🗣️ @grabowskamoroz.bsky.social
🗣️ Paolo Pinto de Albuquerque
🗣️ András Sajó
🗣️ Renáta Uitz
🗓️ Nov 7, 1pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15
Details:
👉 cutt.ly/nr3eUK84
Registration:
👉 cutt.ly/hr3eIyW0
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Join us for this film screening, followed by a discussion! 📽️👥
🗣️ Adrian Favell
🗣️ Pavel Bandakov
🗣️ @sarahganty.bsky.social
🗣️ @cobrien.bsky.social
🗓️ Nov 7, 4:30pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15
Details:
👉 cutt.ly/6r3eHsOx
Registration:
👉 cutt.ly/hr3eIyW0
🗣️ Adrian Favell
🗣️ Pavel Bandakov
🗣️ @sarahganty.bsky.social
🗣️ @cobrien.bsky.social
🗓️ Nov 7, 4:30pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15
Details:
👉 cutt.ly/6r3eHsOx
Registration:
👉 cutt.ly/hr3eIyW0
October 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Join us for this film screening, followed by a discussion! 📽️👥
🗣️ Adrian Favell
🗣️ Pavel Bandakov
🗣️ @sarahganty.bsky.social
🗣️ @cobrien.bsky.social
🗓️ Nov 7, 4:30pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15
Details:
👉 cutt.ly/6r3eHsOx
Registration:
👉 cutt.ly/hr3eIyW0
🗣️ Adrian Favell
🗣️ Pavel Bandakov
🗣️ @sarahganty.bsky.social
🗣️ @cobrien.bsky.social
🗓️ Nov 7, 4:30pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15
Details:
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Registration:
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Online discussion | Democracy Under Pressure: How Illiberal Politics Reshape Europe
🗓️ Oct 31 | 🕒 15:00 CET
Illiberal politics transform European democracies. But how deeply?
🗣️ Petra Guasti, Marlene Laruelle, Bálint Mikola, Zsuzsanna Végh
Register: www.authlib.eu/democracy-un...
🗓️ Oct 31 | 🕒 15:00 CET
Illiberal politics transform European democracies. But how deeply?
🗣️ Petra Guasti, Marlene Laruelle, Bálint Mikola, Zsuzsanna Végh
Register: www.authlib.eu/democracy-un...
Democracy Under Pressure: How Illiberal Politics Reshape Europe - Authlib
Where is Czechia headed after the 2025 parliamentary election? Join our discussion on October 6 (Monday) at 3:00 p.m. CET.
www.authlib.eu
October 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Online discussion | Democracy Under Pressure: How Illiberal Politics Reshape Europe
🗓️ Oct 31 | 🕒 15:00 CET
Illiberal politics transform European democracies. But how deeply?
🗣️ Petra Guasti, Marlene Laruelle, Bálint Mikola, Zsuzsanna Végh
Register: www.authlib.eu/democracy-un...
🗓️ Oct 31 | 🕒 15:00 CET
Illiberal politics transform European democracies. But how deeply?
🗣️ Petra Guasti, Marlene Laruelle, Bálint Mikola, Zsuzsanna Végh
Register: www.authlib.eu/democracy-un...
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I look forward to discussing how to correctly diagnose the success of fa-right parties during this @etui.bsky.social lunchtime session on November 14th. Join us in Brussels (registration and info below)
At a time of rising support for the #FarRight, it is crucial to correctly diagnose what leads to the success of these parties 🔍
🔗 etui.org/ZV9
Experts @dafnoukos.bsky.social (University of York) and Tim Vlandas (University of Oxford) will be joining us for this lunchtime discussion to explain 🧵👇
🔗 etui.org/ZV9
Experts @dafnoukos.bsky.social (University of York) and Tim Vlandas (University of Oxford) will be joining us for this lunchtime discussion to explain 🧵👇
October 30, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I look forward to discussing how to correctly diagnose the success of fa-right parties during this @etui.bsky.social lunchtime session on November 14th. Join us in Brussels (registration and info below)
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Can moral emotions help address polarization, or do they make it worse? 🤔
🎙️ In our latest podcast, Zsolt Boda discusses @mores-project.bsky.social exploring moralized political identities and democratic trust.
🎧 Listen to it here:
👉 tinyurl.com/2tteujsv
#MORESresearch
🎙️ In our latest podcast, Zsolt Boda discusses @mores-project.bsky.social exploring moralized political identities and democratic trust.
🎧 Listen to it here:
👉 tinyurl.com/2tteujsv
#MORESresearch
October 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Can moral emotions help address polarization, or do they make it worse? 🤔
🎙️ In our latest podcast, Zsolt Boda discusses @mores-project.bsky.social exploring moralized political identities and democratic trust.
🎧 Listen to it here:
👉 tinyurl.com/2tteujsv
#MORESresearch
🎙️ In our latest podcast, Zsolt Boda discusses @mores-project.bsky.social exploring moralized political identities and democratic trust.
🎧 Listen to it here:
👉 tinyurl.com/2tteujsv
#MORESresearch
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My interview with @umich.edu professor Dan Slater on the current landscape of democracy and authoritarianism in the US & abroad. "Short-term extremely pessimistic and long-term at least somewhat optimistic"; watch out for weak authoritarians; fire up the non-cooperation & more
@dnsltr.bsky.social
@dnsltr.bsky.social
Amid a Global Democratic Recession, There Are Reasons for Hope
My interview with University of Michigan Professor Dan Slater on the current landscape of democracy and authoritarianism
michaelalbertus.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
My interview with @umich.edu professor Dan Slater on the current landscape of democracy and authoritarianism in the US & abroad. "Short-term extremely pessimistic and long-term at least somewhat optimistic"; watch out for weak authoritarians; fire up the non-cooperation & more
@dnsltr.bsky.social
@dnsltr.bsky.social