OppAttune Project
@oppattune.bsky.social
A @HorizonEU funded project researching the rise of oppositional extreme political narratives, attuning & limiting their spread.
Posts by Alex Pekalski & Kesi Mahendran @openuniversity
#oppattune #everydayextremism
Posts by Alex Pekalski & Kesi Mahendran @openuniversity
#oppattune #everydayextremism
🎉The #OppAttune Winter Academy begins this week!
A space for researchers, practitioners and community partners to explore how everyday conversations shape democratic life and how political #attunement and #everydayextremism tools can strengthen dialogue across Europe.
A space for researchers, practitioners and community partners to explore how everyday conversations shape democratic life and how political #attunement and #everydayextremism tools can strengthen dialogue across Europe.
November 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
🎉The #OppAttune Winter Academy begins this week!
A space for researchers, practitioners and community partners to explore how everyday conversations shape democratic life and how political #attunement and #everydayextremism tools can strengthen dialogue across Europe.
A space for researchers, practitioners and community partners to explore how everyday conversations shape democratic life and how political #attunement and #everydayextremism tools can strengthen dialogue across Europe.
Great to see a successful soft launch of i-Attune - now comes the UK!
🧠 A free 20-min tool to explore your political stance & improve democratic debate.
🔗 Try it: open.edu/openlearn/what-kind-democrat-are-you
#iAttune #Democracy #EverydayExtremism #PoliticalLiteracy
🧠 A free 20-min tool to explore your political stance & improve democratic debate.
🔗 Try it: open.edu/openlearn/what-kind-democrat-are-you
#iAttune #Democracy #EverydayExtremism #PoliticalLiteracy
September 30, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Great to see a successful soft launch of i-Attune - now comes the UK!
🧠 A free 20-min tool to explore your political stance & improve democratic debate.
🔗 Try it: open.edu/openlearn/what-kind-democrat-are-you
#iAttune #Democracy #EverydayExtremism #PoliticalLiteracy
🧠 A free 20-min tool to explore your political stance & improve democratic debate.
🔗 Try it: open.edu/openlearn/what-kind-democrat-are-you
#iAttune #Democracy #EverydayExtremism #PoliticalLiteracy
🎧 Looking for something thoughtful to listen to while you work?
Dr Anthony English from #OppAttune joined the Mentally Sound podcast to talk about political extremism & mental wellbeing. His segment starts at 35:35 well worth a listen!
🔗https://shorturl.at/yYTmO
Dr Anthony English from #OppAttune joined the Mentally Sound podcast to talk about political extremism & mental wellbeing. His segment starts at 35:35 well worth a listen!
🔗https://shorturl.at/yYTmO
August 11, 2025 at 7:27 AM
🎧 Looking for something thoughtful to listen to while you work?
Dr Anthony English from #OppAttune joined the Mentally Sound podcast to talk about political extremism & mental wellbeing. His segment starts at 35:35 well worth a listen!
🔗https://shorturl.at/yYTmO
Dr Anthony English from #OppAttune joined the Mentally Sound podcast to talk about political extremism & mental wellbeing. His segment starts at 35:35 well worth a listen!
🔗https://shorturl.at/yYTmO
🎥 Filming with @kesimahendranprof.bsky.social & Dr Anthony English for BBC Morning Live alongside documentary filmmaker Zara McDermott.
🔸 Big thanks for the powerful investigative journalism
🔸 Get engaged with the conversation
🔸 Follow the #OppAttune community!
#EverydayExtremism
🔸 Big thanks for the powerful investigative journalism
🔸 Get engaged with the conversation
🔸 Follow the #OppAttune community!
#EverydayExtremism
July 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🎥 Filming with @kesimahendranprof.bsky.social & Dr Anthony English for BBC Morning Live alongside documentary filmmaker Zara McDermott.
🔸 Big thanks for the powerful investigative journalism
🔸 Get engaged with the conversation
🔸 Follow the #OppAttune community!
#EverydayExtremism
🔸 Big thanks for the powerful investigative journalism
🔸 Get engaged with the conversation
🔸 Follow the #OppAttune community!
#EverydayExtremism
🧠 At #ISPP2025, the OU #OppAttune team
@kesimahendranprof.bsky.social , Tetiana Shyriaieva, Evangelia Vergouli, Dr Sandra Obradovic & Tema Maphosa shared a key insight:
➡️ Partisan identities are essential for democratic capacity. But we must separate partisanship from extreme action.
@kesimahendranprof.bsky.social , Tetiana Shyriaieva, Evangelia Vergouli, Dr Sandra Obradovic & Tema Maphosa shared a key insight:
➡️ Partisan identities are essential for democratic capacity. But we must separate partisanship from extreme action.
July 8, 2025 at 9:50 AM
🧠 At #ISPP2025, the OU #OppAttune team
@kesimahendranprof.bsky.social , Tetiana Shyriaieva, Evangelia Vergouli, Dr Sandra Obradovic & Tema Maphosa shared a key insight:
➡️ Partisan identities are essential for democratic capacity. But we must separate partisanship from extreme action.
@kesimahendranprof.bsky.social , Tetiana Shyriaieva, Evangelia Vergouli, Dr Sandra Obradovic & Tema Maphosa shared a key insight:
➡️ Partisan identities are essential for democratic capacity. But we must separate partisanship from extreme action.
🔥 Do Your Relationships Need an #EverydayExtremism Check? 🔥
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Join the OU #OppAttune team to explore everyday extremism. Learn to handle disagreements and strengthen relationships this summer. Check out our interactive tool👇
connect.open.ac.uk/society-psyc...
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Join the OU #OppAttune team to explore everyday extremism. Learn to handle disagreements and strengthen relationships this summer. Check out our interactive tool👇
connect.open.ac.uk/society-psyc...
July 7, 2025 at 8:21 AM
🔥 Do Your Relationships Need an #EverydayExtremism Check? 🔥
🔶
Join the OU #OppAttune team to explore everyday extremism. Learn to handle disagreements and strengthen relationships this summer. Check out our interactive tool👇
connect.open.ac.uk/society-psyc...
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Join the OU #OppAttune team to explore everyday extremism. Learn to handle disagreements and strengthen relationships this summer. Check out our interactive tool👇
connect.open.ac.uk/society-psyc...
What is the future for scientific studies on radicalisation & extremism?
Final line up of speakers announced.
All welcome.
There is still time to register
www.smidgeproject.eu
@inclusiveeurope.bsky.social
Final line up of speakers announced.
All welcome.
There is still time to register
www.smidgeproject.eu
@inclusiveeurope.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
What is the future for scientific studies on radicalisation & extremism?
Final line up of speakers announced.
All welcome.
There is still time to register
www.smidgeproject.eu
@inclusiveeurope.bsky.social
Final line up of speakers announced.
All welcome.
There is still time to register
www.smidgeproject.eu
@inclusiveeurope.bsky.social
New from WP4 of #OppAttune:
Tina Askanius shares fieldwork reflections from Malmö, where sticker-covered streets tell a story of solidarity and resistance.
What do these political residues say about Sweden’s shifting public space?
📝 Read: rb.gy/0f1m5s
Tina Askanius shares fieldwork reflections from Malmö, where sticker-covered streets tell a story of solidarity and resistance.
What do these political residues say about Sweden’s shifting public space?
📝 Read: rb.gy/0f1m5s
June 9, 2025 at 7:15 AM
New from WP4 of #OppAttune:
Tina Askanius shares fieldwork reflections from Malmö, where sticker-covered streets tell a story of solidarity and resistance.
What do these political residues say about Sweden’s shifting public space?
📝 Read: rb.gy/0f1m5s
Tina Askanius shares fieldwork reflections from Malmö, where sticker-covered streets tell a story of solidarity and resistance.
What do these political residues say about Sweden’s shifting public space?
📝 Read: rb.gy/0f1m5s
The Psychology of Leadership and Followership: What Makes a Political Leader Influential?
Join #OppAttune PhD candidate Evangelia Vergouli, 1–2pm, for a talk on the psychology of leadership & followership, with real-world examples.
📅 Sign up: rb.gy/if9gei
#Democracy #EverydayExtremism
Join #OppAttune PhD candidate Evangelia Vergouli, 1–2pm, for a talk on the psychology of leadership & followership, with real-world examples.
📅 Sign up: rb.gy/if9gei
#Democracy #EverydayExtremism
May 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The Psychology of Leadership and Followership: What Makes a Political Leader Influential?
Join #OppAttune PhD candidate Evangelia Vergouli, 1–2pm, for a talk on the psychology of leadership & followership, with real-world examples.
📅 Sign up: rb.gy/if9gei
#Democracy #EverydayExtremism
Join #OppAttune PhD candidate Evangelia Vergouli, 1–2pm, for a talk on the psychology of leadership & followership, with real-world examples.
📅 Sign up: rb.gy/if9gei
#Democracy #EverydayExtremism
Needs some inspo to liberate your thinking on the relationship between democracy & everyday extremism?
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Check out the books & films OppAttune recommend 👇
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www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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@psychmag.bsky.social
#PoliticalAttunement
#EverydayExtremism
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Get engaged 🔸Join our community
#OppAttune
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Check out the books & films OppAttune recommend 👇
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www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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@psychmag.bsky.social
#PoliticalAttunement
#EverydayExtremism
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Get engaged 🔸Join our community
#OppAttune
April 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Needs some inspo to liberate your thinking on the relationship between democracy & everyday extremism?
🔸
Check out the books & films OppAttune recommend 👇
🔗
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
🔸
@psychmag.bsky.social
#PoliticalAttunement
#EverydayExtremism
🔸
Get engaged 🔸Join our community
#OppAttune
🔸
Check out the books & films OppAttune recommend 👇
🔗
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
🔸
@psychmag.bsky.social
#PoliticalAttunement
#EverydayExtremism
🔸
Get engaged 🔸Join our community
#OppAttune
🚨 New Blog Alert! 🚨
How do extreme narratives creep into everyday conversations? Prof. Kesi Mahendran & Dr. Anthony English explored #EverydayExtremism in their recent talk at Lancaster University.
👉Read more: oppattune.eu
🔸 Get engaged & join our community!
#OppAttune #PublicDialogue
How do extreme narratives creep into everyday conversations? Prof. Kesi Mahendran & Dr. Anthony English explored #EverydayExtremism in their recent talk at Lancaster University.
👉Read more: oppattune.eu
🔸 Get engaged & join our community!
#OppAttune #PublicDialogue
March 7, 2025 at 8:50 AM
🚨 New Blog Alert! 🚨
How do extreme narratives creep into everyday conversations? Prof. Kesi Mahendran & Dr. Anthony English explored #EverydayExtremism in their recent talk at Lancaster University.
👉Read more: oppattune.eu
🔸 Get engaged & join our community!
#OppAttune #PublicDialogue
How do extreme narratives creep into everyday conversations? Prof. Kesi Mahendran & Dr. Anthony English explored #EverydayExtremism in their recent talk at Lancaster University.
👉Read more: oppattune.eu
🔸 Get engaged & join our community!
#OppAttune #PublicDialogue
"Three years of resistance" 3 years since Russia invaded Ukraine.
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Within the OppAttune consortium we stand in solidarity with #Ukraine
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Our Ukraine Phd is examining the vexed role of speaking the Russian language & how citizens navigate other symbolic & real shared borders.
#EverydayExtremism
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Within the OppAttune consortium we stand in solidarity with #Ukraine
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Our Ukraine Phd is examining the vexed role of speaking the Russian language & how citizens navigate other symbolic & real shared borders.
#EverydayExtremism
February 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
"Three years of resistance" 3 years since Russia invaded Ukraine.
🔸
Within the OppAttune consortium we stand in solidarity with #Ukraine
🔸
Our Ukraine Phd is examining the vexed role of speaking the Russian language & how citizens navigate other symbolic & real shared borders.
#EverydayExtremism
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Within the OppAttune consortium we stand in solidarity with #Ukraine
🔸
Our Ukraine Phd is examining the vexed role of speaking the Russian language & how citizens navigate other symbolic & real shared borders.
#EverydayExtremism
We are the #OppAttune 17 partner consortium
Between 2023 - 2026 we are focused on tracking, attuning & limiting political extremism, particularly #everydayExtremism.
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Read our Berlin interim report to find out more 👇
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Two academies coming soon in 2025
oppattune.eu/six-months-a...
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Get engaged
Between 2023 - 2026 we are focused on tracking, attuning & limiting political extremism, particularly #everydayExtremism.
🔸
Read our Berlin interim report to find out more 👇
🔸
Two academies coming soon in 2025
oppattune.eu/six-months-a...
🔸
Get engaged
January 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
We are the #OppAttune 17 partner consortium
Between 2023 - 2026 we are focused on tracking, attuning & limiting political extremism, particularly #everydayExtremism.
🔸
Read our Berlin interim report to find out more 👇
🔸
Two academies coming soon in 2025
oppattune.eu/six-months-a...
🔸
Get engaged
Between 2023 - 2026 we are focused on tracking, attuning & limiting political extremism, particularly #everydayExtremism.
🔸
Read our Berlin interim report to find out more 👇
🔸
Two academies coming soon in 2025
oppattune.eu/six-months-a...
🔸
Get engaged
Is political mobilisation all about getting the new media oligarchy onside?
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Perhaps it's time for citizens to understand #everydayExtremism & hone those critical democratic skills.
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Explore our Media Mobilisation and Machines blog
Led by Tina Askanius & Ursula Reeger
oppattune.eu/media-machin...
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Perhaps it's time for citizens to understand #everydayExtremism & hone those critical democratic skills.
🔸
Explore our Media Mobilisation and Machines blog
Led by Tina Askanius & Ursula Reeger
oppattune.eu/media-machin...
January 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Is political mobilisation all about getting the new media oligarchy onside?
🔸
Perhaps it's time for citizens to understand #everydayExtremism & hone those critical democratic skills.
🔸
Explore our Media Mobilisation and Machines blog
Led by Tina Askanius & Ursula Reeger
oppattune.eu/media-machin...
🔸
Perhaps it's time for citizens to understand #everydayExtremism & hone those critical democratic skills.
🔸
Explore our Media Mobilisation and Machines blog
Led by Tina Askanius & Ursula Reeger
oppattune.eu/media-machin...
🚨 New #OppAttune Media, Machines & Mobilisation blog! 🚨
Dive into the anthropological drivers of authoritarianism, populism, and extremism.👇
Read More:🔗 bit.ly/4h60eAw
🔸 Get engaged
🔸 Join our community
#Democracy #EverydayExtremism
Dive into the anthropological drivers of authoritarianism, populism, and extremism.👇
Read More:🔗 bit.ly/4h60eAw
🔸 Get engaged
🔸 Join our community
#Democracy #EverydayExtremism
January 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
🚨 New #OppAttune Media, Machines & Mobilisation blog! 🚨
Dive into the anthropological drivers of authoritarianism, populism, and extremism.👇
Read More:🔗 bit.ly/4h60eAw
🔸 Get engaged
🔸 Join our community
#Democracy #EverydayExtremism
Dive into the anthropological drivers of authoritarianism, populism, and extremism.👇
Read More:🔗 bit.ly/4h60eAw
🔸 Get engaged
🔸 Join our community
#Democracy #EverydayExtremism
We are looking forward to sharing our Special Issue of
@psychmag.bsky.social. Partners from the #OppAttune consortium discuss #EverydayExtremism and how to develop political skills in these divisive times. #Narratives #MediaNarratives #EchoChamber #PoliticalPsychology
@kesimahendranprof.bsky.social
@psychmag.bsky.social. Partners from the #OppAttune consortium discuss #EverydayExtremism and how to develop political skills in these divisive times. #Narratives #MediaNarratives #EchoChamber #PoliticalPsychology
@kesimahendranprof.bsky.social
April 16, 2024 at 11:46 AM
We are looking forward to sharing our Special Issue of
@psychmag.bsky.social. Partners from the #OppAttune consortium discuss #EverydayExtremism and how to develop political skills in these divisive times. #Narratives #MediaNarratives #EchoChamber #PoliticalPsychology
@kesimahendranprof.bsky.social
@psychmag.bsky.social. Partners from the #OppAttune consortium discuss #EverydayExtremism and how to develop political skills in these divisive times. #Narratives #MediaNarratives #EchoChamber #PoliticalPsychology
@kesimahendranprof.bsky.social
Design Meeting developing the Interactive Rights-Regulations Toolkit!
Available later in 2024 supporting practitioners, policymakers & the public to forge Pathways within Democracy Led by AUP
@kesimahendranprof.bsky.social
Get engaged join our #OppAttune community!
Available later in 2024 supporting practitioners, policymakers & the public to forge Pathways within Democracy Led by AUP
@kesimahendranprof.bsky.social
Get engaged join our #OppAttune community!
March 21, 2024 at 10:53 AM
Design Meeting developing the Interactive Rights-Regulations Toolkit!
Available later in 2024 supporting practitioners, policymakers & the public to forge Pathways within Democracy Led by AUP
@kesimahendranprof.bsky.social
Get engaged join our #OppAttune community!
Available later in 2024 supporting practitioners, policymakers & the public to forge Pathways within Democracy Led by AUP
@kesimahendranprof.bsky.social
Get engaged join our #OppAttune community!
What are the psychological drivers of extremism? What would make you become politically extreme? Work Package 6 team of the #OppAttune project met at The OU to finalise the project’s new survey on the psychological drivers of #EverydayExtremism. Read more: 👉
oppattune.eu/the-relation...
oppattune.eu/the-relation...
March 5, 2024 at 11:10 AM
What are the psychological drivers of extremism? What would make you become politically extreme? Work Package 6 team of the #OppAttune project met at The OU to finalise the project’s new survey on the psychological drivers of #EverydayExtremism. Read more: 👉
oppattune.eu/the-relation...
oppattune.eu/the-relation...
How does #EverydayExtremism relate to Worldviews, Identification & Disaffection?
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4 partners from WP6 met at OpenUniversity
to debate & finalise the WiDE Angle Survey led by
Panteion
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It will run in 15 countries!
#OppAttuneYearOne
@oppattune.bsky.social
#Extremism
#OppAttune
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4 partners from WP6 met at OpenUniversity
to debate & finalise the WiDE Angle Survey led by
Panteion
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It will run in 15 countries!
#OppAttuneYearOne
@oppattune.bsky.social
#Extremism
#OppAttune
February 22, 2024 at 10:07 AM
How does #EverydayExtremism relate to Worldviews, Identification & Disaffection?
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4 partners from WP6 met at OpenUniversity
to debate & finalise the WiDE Angle Survey led by
Panteion
🔸
It will run in 15 countries!
#OppAttuneYearOne
@oppattune.bsky.social
#Extremism
#OppAttune
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4 partners from WP6 met at OpenUniversity
to debate & finalise the WiDE Angle Survey led by
Panteion
🔸
It will run in 15 countries!
#OppAttuneYearOne
@oppattune.bsky.social
#Extremism
#OppAttune
Antonis Dimakis presenting data on the multi-dimensional nature of conspiracy theories
#OppAttune
#EverydayExtremism
#ConspiracyTheories
#OppAttune
#EverydayExtremism
#ConspiracyTheories
February 14, 2024 at 8:27 AM
Antonis Dimakis presenting data on the multi-dimensional nature of conspiracy theories
#OppAttune
#EverydayExtremism
#ConspiracyTheories
#OppAttune
#EverydayExtremism
#ConspiracyTheories
The Relational Dynamics of #EverydayExtremism Seminar hosted by CUSP at The Open University begins with Prof. Eleni Andreouli from work package 5 articulating a framework for understanding oppositional drivers. @kesimahendranprof.bsky.social
#OppAttune
#OppAttune
February 13, 2024 at 2:39 PM
The Relational Dynamics of #EverydayExtremism Seminar hosted by CUSP at The Open University begins with Prof. Eleni Andreouli from work package 5 articulating a framework for understanding oppositional drivers. @kesimahendranprof.bsky.social
#OppAttune
#OppAttune