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SUMMARY:Thursday Seminars by Matthijs Rooduijn
DESCRIPTION:The Far-Right Success Story   \nAbstract\nAcross Europe and beyond\, far-right parties are gaining ground. They challenge the political establishment\, reshape public debate\, and appeal to voters from different social and economic backgrounds. What explains their success? Why do their messages resonate with so many people? And what does their rise mean for the future of liberal democracy? In this seminar we will unpack the dynamics behind the rise of the far right. Drawing on insights from research in this field\, we will explore the social and political conditions that fuel their appeal and the strategies far-right parties use to win over voters. One key conclusion is that far right parties have become skilful communicators of captivating narratives about the past and the future\, and about heroes and villains. The talk will also address how mainstream parties respond\, how shifting media landscapes shape this development\, and what this political transformation means for democratic systems.  \nBio\nMatthijs Rooduijn is Professor of Transdisciplinary Social Science at the University of Amsterdam. He studies the political ideas of parties and voters\, the forces that weaken and strengthen liberal democracy\, and the practice of European and Dutch politics. 
URL:https://brias.be/event/thursday-seminars-by-matthijs-rooduijn/
LOCATION:BrIAS\, Boulevard Général Jacques 210\, Ixelles\, Brussels\, 1050\, Belgium
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260609T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260609T180000
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SUMMARY:Public Lecture – Big Ideas for Democracy: Sergiu Ghergina
DESCRIPTION:Democratic Innovations Beyond Established Democracies: Challenges and Developments in Europe\nDemocratic innovations\, especially the direct and deliberative practices\, gained momentum around the world in the last three decades. They slowly moved from experiments or isolated instances to routine tools in national and subnational governance. Their causes\, functioning and consequences have received extensive attention in established democracies. However\, it is less known what happens in other political settings where representative democracy has been recently consolidated\, democratic backsliding is visible or communities still struggle to follow and implement the democratic principles. This presentation provides an overview of the challenges and recent developments of democratic innovations in Central and Eastern Europe\, an area which brings together three types of countries: new democracies\, transition countries and growingly illiberal regimes that were once democracies. The presentation will focus on institutional practices and people’s attitudes towards democratic innovations\, covering thus both the supply and demand side. \nBio\nSergiu Gherghina is a Professor of Comparative Politics at the Department of Politics and International Studies\, University of Glasgow. His research focuses on party politics\, political participation\, legislative behavior\, and democratic innovations.
URL:https://brias.be/event/public-lecture-big-ideas-for-democracy-sergiu-ghergina/
LOCATION:BrIAS\, Boulevard Général Jacques 210\, Ixelles\, Brussels\, 1050\, Belgium
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260610T114500
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SUMMARY:Lunchtime Seminars by Maurits Meijers and Emmy Eklundh
DESCRIPTION:Lies\, Damned Lies\, and Politics: How Citizens Make Sense of Political Deception and What it Means for Democracy \nAbstract \nPoliticians across the world are routinely accused of lying. But what do citizens actually understand by political lying\, and does it matter for how they feel about democracy? This lecture presents findings from the DEMO-LIES project on the citizen side of political deception. Drawing on conceptual work on the definition of political lying\, qualitative focus group evidence from Flanders\, and a nationally representative panel diary study conducted in the Netherlands\, I examine three questions. First\, what counts as political lying — and do citizens agree? Second\, how strongly do prior political attitudes shape perceptions of political deception? Third\, what are the downstream consequences of perceiving politicians as liars for citizens’ evaluations of politicians and parties\, their satisfaction with democracy\, and their support for liberal democracy? The findings suggest that perceptions of political lying are deeply partisan\, highly context-dependent\, and consequential: citizens who perceive political lying to be widespread show markedly lower democratic support. The lecture concludes by situating these findings within the broader challenge of political deception for representative democracy.  \nBio\nMaurits Meijers is Research Professor of Political Science at the University of Antwerp. His research examines how representative democracy comes under pressure from political lying\, populism\, and party behaviour\, and how citizens and elites respond. He is Principal Investigator of DEMO-LIES\, an ERC-funded project studying political lying accusations\, how citizens perceive them\, and what they mean for democratic citizenship across Western democracies. \nEurope’s Populist Condition \nIn this talk\, Dr Emmy Eklundh will present her latest book\, Europe’s Populist Condition. Challenging the notion that populism is an anomaly in European politics\, this book argues that the main threat to democracy is the exclusionary nature of European democratic traditions. Drawing on decolonial studies\, feminist theory\, psychoanalysis\, and democratic theory\, the book reveals how liberal democracy in Europe promotes a fantasy of equality while its politics enacts the exact opposite. By exposing these injustices\, the book makes a bold case: populism is not our main problem (or solution)\, but simply another facet of the ills of liberalism. The book is essential reading for understanding the future of democracy in Europe.  \nBio \nEmmy Eklundh is Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University. Her research is located in the interface between European Politics and political and social theory. Emmy uses radical democratic frameworks to further our understanding of democracy in Europe\, the challenges to our current liberal order\, but also the possibilities for democratic reform.  \n  \n 
URL:https://brias.be/event/thursday-seminars-by-maurits-meijers/
LOCATION:BrIAS\, Boulevard Général Jacques 210\, Ixelles\, Brussels\, 1050\, Belgium
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260618T120000
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SUMMARY:Book Talk “Under Authoritarian Eyes: Feminist Solidarity and Resistance in Russia and Serbia” 
DESCRIPTION:Book Talk “Under Authoritarian Eyes: Feminist Solidarity and Resistance in Russia and Serbia” \nAbstract\nLeandra will present and discuss her recent book “Under Authoritarian Eyes”. Theories of transnational feminism often frame feminist knowledge as a project of Western hegemony to move ideas unilaterally from the “emancipated” West to other parts of the world. How does this framework resonate with feminists in times of authoritarianism? \nIn Under Authoritarian Eyes\, Leandra revisits long-held assumptions of West-East power to understand how power relations influence feminists’ lived reality in authoritarian times. She argues that the focus on transnational power relations within critical feminist scholarship has overshadowed another emerging aspect of power: the rise of authoritarianism in post-communist Europe\, the gender backlash on which it thrives\, and\, consequently\, the risk of co-optability that accompanies it. With a focus on Russia and Serbia\, Leandra finds that in authoritarian contexts\, feminists often reject the view of transnational feminism as merely an extension of Western dominance. In fact\, they argue that this view mirrors the rhetoric of their regimes\, which claim feminism and “gender ideology” are Western strategies to destroy “traditional values” and undermine national sovereignty. In highlighting these dynamics\, Leandra centers domestic over transnational power dynamics to illustrate how arguments that were formulated with an emancipatory aim can contribute to the subjugation of feminists across different political contexts. \nDrawing on over seventy interviews with four generations of feminist activists and scholars in Russia and Serbia\, Leandra offers a nuanced perspective on feminist agency\, revealing how feminists innovate resistance and subversive approaches without reinforcing authoritarian narratives. By emphasizing the importance of solidarity\, shared experience\, and mutual support across borders and regimes\, Under Authoritarian Eyes fundamentally reshapes the discourse on transnational feminism with important implications for democracy and human rights more broadly.  \nBio\nLeandra Bias is a Swiss National Science Foundation Ambizione Fellow at the University of Fribourg. Her research studies how gender\, (de-)democratization\, and political violence interact with each other. Regionally\, Leandra specialises in former communist Europe. She is the recipient of the European Consortium for Political Research 2023 Joni Lovenduski PhD Prize\, and her active engagement in science communication was recognised with the 2022 Young Scholar Award by the Walter Benjamin Kolleg. 
URL:https://brias.be/event/research-seminar-with-leandra-bias/
LOCATION:BrIAS\, Boulevard Général Jacques 210\, Ixelles\, Brussels\, 1050\, Belgium
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260622T160000
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SUMMARY:BrIAS Seminars – Naomi Oreskes
DESCRIPTION:Register here\nOrganising resistance in Science or: how present politics work to prefigure the collapse of western civilization\nAbstract\nOreskes – historian of (climate and environmental) science – speculated in a 2014 essay (with Erik Conway) (“The collapse of western civilization. A view from Future” Columbia University Press) how scientists in the far future (in 2393) could look at our collective failure to act against climate and ecological crises\, and how our elites provoked the Great Collapse. During the seminar\, Oreskes will look at the current dynamics in the US around climate science\, helping us to gain insights how a science-based priority policy objective became a source of strong political interference\, how science funding and wording were deliberately collapsed\, how scientific missions\, data series and careers were interrupted. She will allow us to get a climpse at the way Science is resisting\, or preparing for the aftermaths. Her contribution is to be seen in line with the public lectures given the last 3 months at the ULB by Salomé Saqué (“Extrême-Droite\, écocide et résistances!”) and Prof. Mark Bray (“Fascism and Anti-fashism in Trump’s US”).\nBio\nHenry Charles Lea Professor of the History of Science\nAffiliated Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences\nHarvard University (https://histsci.fas.harvard.edu/people/naomi-oreskes)\nDoctor Honoris Causa ULB (2023) (https://sciences.ulb.be/portraits/scientific-woman-of-the-week-naomi-oreskes)\nVolvo Environment Prize (2025)
URL:https://brias.be/event/brias-seminars-naomi-oreskes/
LOCATION:BrIAS\, Boulevard Général Jacques 210\, Ixelles\, Brussels\, 1050\, Belgium
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