Extreme right use of social media in elections campaigns: Countervailing strategies against mainstream political parties by Sara Pina This paper analyses the use of social media by extreme-right candidates during election campaigns. Because established traditional parties are more strongly rooted both socially and in the political system, something which makes them have wider access to […]
Book launch: Cambridge Elements on Gender and Politics by Lala Muradova and Alberto López Ortega This book argues that contemporary dating contributes to increasing gender-based political polarization in modern societies. As heterosexual men’s and women’s political beliefs diverge, especially around feminism and gender equality, romantic encounters become sites of tension and conflict. Men often encounter […]
Belgium: The State of the Federation Programme TBD soon. Opening ceremony 16:00–16:15 Welcome speeches, BrIAS directors and university authorities Prof. Em. Frank Deconinck, BrIAS co-director, VUB Prof. Serge Jaumain, BrIAS co-director, ULB 16:15–16:30 Welcome speeches, Vice-Rectors Prof. Marius Gilbert, Vice-Rector of research and valorisation, and vice-rector for culture and scientific mediation, ULB Prof. Pieter Ballon, […]
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Book launch: Direct Democracy Institutions in a Globalized World. The New Democratic Frontier by Raul Magni-Berton and Clara Egger This book titled Direct Democracy Institutions in a Globalized World. The New Democratic Frontier challenges the idea that representative democracy is the pinnacle of political development and redefines its conceptual boundaries. The authors argue that when citizens can directly initiate and veto constitutional […]
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Living in an unequal world: Consequences for societies’ social and political vitality by Jolanda Jetten Societal inequality has been found to have pernicious effects reducing mental and physical health and decreasing societal cohesion. However, this work lacks compelling, theory-driven explanations for why inequality has these effects and when and for whom these effects are likely to […]
Affective polarisation has received enormous scholarly attention in the last decade. First introduced by the seminal article by Iyengar and colleagues in 2012, the concept of affective polarisation captures the affective distance between political in- and out-groups. While originally applied to the context of the United States, it has long spread across the world, including […]
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Violent Political Conflict by Stathis Kalyvas We study and speak of different forms of political violence, from torture to ethnic conflict, from war to genocide, from crimes against humanity to terrorism, using a profusion of "natural categories” that have emerged organically, are politically charged, and ultimately impede our understanding of this deplorable yet universal form […]
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Do the People Consider Democracies as More Reliable International Allies? by Yasin Koç Bio Yasin Koc holds a PhD in social psychology from the University of Sussex and is Assistant Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Groningen. Recognised as a Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science, he has also held visiting […]