Upcoming Events

Virtual Workshop Series — ‘We, the People’ and the Future of Democracy: Interdisciplinary Approaches

August 13, 2025
Populism & Politics (P&P)

Doing Populism with Words: A Philosophical-Linguistic Clarification of Empty Signifiers’ Role in the Post-Laclauian Approach

August 4, 2025
Interviews

Professor Wodak: Autocracy Has Become a Global Economic Corporation Backed by Oligarchs and Social Media Power

August 4, 2025
Interviews

Professor Bartov: Making Life Impossible in Gaza Is a Deliberate Strategy of Slow-Moving Genocide

August 7, 2025
Voice of Youth

The Psychological Toll of Graphic Content in the Israel-Palestine Conflict

July 29, 2025
Commentaries

Trump, Trade, and the Fracturing of ‘Western Civilization’

July 29, 2025
Commentaries

Does Representative Democracy Still Make Sense?

July 29, 2025
Profiles

Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy (FdI): Conservative, Populist, or Extreme Right? 

July 27, 2025

Interviews

Professor Ruth Wodak is Emerita Distinguished Professor of Discourse Studies at Lancaster University, affiliated with the University of Vienna, and a member of the ECPS Advisory Board.
Interviews

Professor Wodak: Autocracy Has Become a Global Economic Corporation Backed by Oligarchs and Social Media Power

August 4, 2025
Omer Bartov, Dean’s Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University-
Interviews

Professor Bartov: Making Life Impossible in Gaza Is a Deliberate Strategy of Slow-Moving Genocide

August 7, 2025
Professor Tariq Modood, the founding Director of the Bristol University Research Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship.
Interviews

Professor Modood: A ‘Multiculturalist International’ Needed to Counter ‘Far-Right International’

August 4, 2025
Chloé Ridel, Member of the European Parliament from the Socialist Group and Rapporteur for transnational repression, during her interview with ECPS’s Selcuk Gultasli. Photo: Umit Vurel.
Interviews

EP Rapporteur Ridel: EU Should Expand Sanctions Regime to Effectively Target Transnational Repression

July 18, 2025
Demonstrators at The People’s March, an evolution of the Women’s March, NYC, January 18, 2025. A protester holds a sign reading “Presidents Are Not Kings.” Photo: Erin Alexis Randolph.
Interviews

Professor Friedman: We Need to Recognize That the Older Democratic Model Is Being Rejected

July 17, 2025
Professor Dominika Kasprowicz, a leading scholar of political communication at the Faculty of Management and Social Communication, Jagiellonian University.
Interviews

Professor Kasprowicz: Despite Polarization and Populist Gains, Poland’s Democratic Potential Remains Intact

July 9, 2025
Professor Arend Lijphart, one of the most influential political scientists of the past and present century and Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego.
Interviews

Professor Arend Lijphart: Presidentialism Creates a Greater Risk of Democratic Collapse

July 8, 2025
Professor Baskın Oran, a veteran and venerated Turkish political scientist.
Interviews

Professor Oran on Turkey’s Erdogan Regime: “Let’s Just Call It a ‘Democratic Administration’—So That No Harm Comes to Anyone”

July 8, 2025
Dr. Richard Falk, Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law and Practice, Emeritus at Princeton University, and former UN Special Rapporteur on Palestinian human rights.
Interviews

Professor Richard Falk: The US Is Experiencing a ‘Weimar Moment’

June 30, 2025
Professor Larry Diamond, a renowned expert on democratic development and Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution and Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Interviews

Professor Diamond: Fascism Isn’t Back—But Its Features Are

June 27, 2025

Commentaries

US President Donald Trump delivers a speech to the people of Poland at Krasinski Square in Warsaw, July 6, 2017. Photo: Dreamstime.
Commentaries

Trump, Trade, and the Fracturing of ‘Western Civilization’

July 29, 2025
Voters wait in line at Mary Rose Cardenas Hall North on the University of Texas at Brownsville campus during the 2008 US presidential election on November 4, 2008. Photo: Dreamstime.
Commentaries

Does Representative Democracy Still Make Sense?

July 29, 2025
A distressed Black woman professional faces gender discrimination and workplace bullying, as male colleagues point fingers and place blame. The image highlights the emotional toll of inequality and harassment in professional environments. Photo: Dreamstime.
Commentaries

“No One Can Make You Feel Inferior Without Your Consent”: Is Eleanor Roosevelt Right?

June 18, 2025
Colorful election posters featuring presidential candidate Leni Robredo during the Philippine General Elections 2022, seen in Manila on April 16, 2022. Photo: Jim Kayalar.
Commentaries

The ‘Pink Movement,’ Youth Vote, and the Future of Philippine Politics

June 3, 2025
Marine Le Pen
Commentaries

From Fraud to Framing: Marine Le Pen’s Trial and ‘Alternative Truth’

May 8, 2025
Protests in Turkey.
Commentaries

The Erdogan Regime and Its Future Amid Mass Protests: Prospects for Change?

April 24, 2025
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Commentaries

The Future Course of German and Japanese Capitalism in a Multipolar World under Trump 2.0

March 21, 2025
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Commentaries

Trump and The New Capitalism: Old Wine in New Bottle

March 4, 2025
3D illustration: Lightspring.
Commentaries

The Economic Meaning and Consequences of Trump’s Trade Tariff Wars

March 4, 2025
Hundreds of migrants attempt to cross the US-Mexico border as the Texas National Guard works to prevent irregular crossings in Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico on March 21, 2024. Photo: David Peinado Romero.
Commentaries

The “Awkward Alliance” of the Left and the Right

March 4, 2025

Articles

Populism and political marketing: An illustration of how populist rhetoric is often employed as a strategic tool to swiftly gain voter support. Illustration: Jakub Jirsak.
Populism & Politics (P&P)

Doing Populism with Words: A Philosophical-Linguistic Clarification of Empty Signifiers’ Role in the Post-Laclauian Approach

August 4, 2025
Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Fratelli d’Italia party and candidate for prime minister, during an electoral rally in Turin, Italy, September 2022. Photo: Mike Dot.
Profiles

Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy (FdI): Conservative, Populist, or Extreme Right? 

July 27, 2025
SummerSchool
Reports

ECPS Academy Summer School 2025 — Populism and Climate Change: Understanding What Is at Stake and Crafting Policy Suggestions for Stakeholders

July 17, 2025
Participants of the ECPS Conference 2025 at St Cross College, University of Oxford, gather for a group photo on July 1, 2025.
Reports

‘We, the People’ and the Future of Democracy: Interdisciplinary Approaches

July 20, 2025
Robert Huber is Professor of Political Science Methods at the University of Salzburg.
Reports

ECPS Academy Summer School 2025 – Prof. Robert Huber: Populist Narratives on Sustainability, Energy Resources and Climate Change

July 16, 2025
Professor Stephan Lewandowsky, a globally renowned cognitive scientist and Professor of Psychology at the University of Bristol.
Reports

ECPS Academy Summer School 2025 – Prof. Stephan Lewandowsky: Climate Change, Populism, and Disinformation

July 17, 2025
Protest against the IMARC conference in Melbourne, Australia, October 28, 2019. Extinction Rebellion and other groups march in Southbank to oppose the mining and resource industry event. Photo: Adam Calaitzis.
Reports

ECPS Academy Summer School 2025 – Prof. Philippe Le Billon: Climate Change, Natural Resources and Conflicts

July 16, 2025
Professor Erik Swyngedouw, a globally respected scholar in the fields of political ecology and critical social theory. He is Professor of Geography at the University of Manchester and Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg’s Centre for Social Change.
Reports

ECPS Academy Summer School 2025 – Prof. Eric Swyngedouw: The Climate Deadlock and The Unbearable Lightness of Climate Populism

July 16, 2025
Carnival float showing Greta Thunberg holding the older generation by their ears, symbolizing "Fridays for Future" in Düsseldorf, Germany on March 3, 2019. Photo: Christian Drees.
Reports

ECPS Academy Summer School 2025 – Dr. Heidi Hart: Art Attacks – Museum Vandalism as a Populist Response to Climate Trauma?

July 15, 2025
Protesters demonstrate on Earth Day against President Trump’s environmental policies in Ventura, California, on April 29, 2017. Photo: Joe Sohm.
Reports

ECPS Academy Summer School 2025 –Prof. Daniel Fiorino: Ideology Meets Interest Group Politics – The Trump Administration and Climate Mitigation

July 15, 2025

Profiles

Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Fratelli d’Italia party and candidate for prime minister, during an electoral rally in Turin, Italy, September 2022. Photo: Mike Dot.
Profiles

Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy (FdI): Conservative, Populist, or Extreme Right? 

July 27, 2025
Prabowo Subianto sings during a grand campaign at GBK Stadium in Jakarta on March 23, 2014. After four attempts, Prabowo was finally elected President of Indonesia in 2024. Photo: MRNPic.
Leaders

From Political Pariah to President: Prabowo Subianto and the Perils of Populism in Indonesia

March 4, 2025
Richard Spencer, Nathan Damigo, Tim Gionet & entourage arrives during a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, VA that turned violent resulting in one death and multiple injuries on August 12, 2017. Photo: Kim Kelley-Wagner
Profiles

Richard B. Spencer: The founder of alt-right presents racism in a chic new outfit

March 16, 2025
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Profiles

CasaPound Italy: The Sui Generis Fascists of the New Millennium

March 16, 2025
Caricature of The Five Star Movement in carnival parade of floats and masks, made of paper-pulp in Viareggio, Tuscany, Italy in January 2018.
Profiles

Institutionalized Populism: The “Strange Case” of the Italian Five Star Movement

March 16, 2025
Parade Tauhid or Parade of Tawheed, muslim marched from central stadium to the central city of Jakarta and back. Muhammad Riziq Shihab was giving oration in Jakarta, Indonesia on August 17 2015. Photo: Riana Ambarsari
Profiles

Populism, Violence, and Vigilantism in Indonesia: Rizieq Shihab and His Far-Right Islamist Populism

March 16, 2025
NMR6
Profiles

NMR: A Nordic neo-Nazi organization with aims of establishing totalitarian rule across Scandinavia

March 16, 2025
QAnon Shaman, Jake Angeli is seen as roaming near the US Capitol during the January 6, 2021 insurrection which was initiated by Former US President Donald Trump in Washington D.C.. Photo: Johnny Silvercloud
Profiles

QAnon: A Conspiracy Cult or Quasi-Religion of Modern Times?

March 16, 2025
Armed protesters, including Boogaloo Boys, on the lawn of the Michigan capitol, denying the results of the recent election before the inauguration of Joe Biden in Lansing, Michigan, US on January 17, 2021. Photo: Lester Graham
Profiles

Boogaloo Bois: Violent Anti-Establishment Extremists in Festive Hawaiian Shirts

March 16, 2025
Jair Bolsonaro during participation in the Unica Forum 2018 in Sao Paulo, Brazil in June 18, 2018. Photo: Marcelo Chello
Leaders

Jair Bolsonaro: Far-Right Firebrand and Cheerleader for Dictatorship

March 16, 2025

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Virtual Workshop Series — ‘We, the People’ and the Future of Democracy: Interdisciplinary Approaches

August 13, 2025
Populism and political marketing: An illustration of how populist rhetoric is often employed as a strategic tool to swiftly gain voter support. Illustration: Jakub Jirsak.
Populism & Politics (P&P)

Doing Populism with Words: A Philosophical-Linguistic Clarification of Empty Signifiers’ Role in the Post-Laclauian Approach

August 4, 2025
Professor Ruth Wodak is Emerita Distinguished Professor of Discourse Studies at Lancaster University, affiliated with the University of Vienna, and a member of the ECPS Advisory Board.
Interviews

Professor Wodak: Autocracy Has Become a Global Economic Corporation Backed by Oligarchs and Social Media Power

August 4, 2025
Omer Bartov, Dean’s Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University-
Interviews

Professor Bartov: Making Life Impossible in Gaza Is a Deliberate Strategy of Slow-Moving Genocide

August 7, 2025
The controversial Israeli separation wall dividing Israel from the West Bank, often referred to as the segregation wall in Palestine. Photo: Giovanni De Caro.
Voice of Youth

The Psychological Toll of Graphic Content in the Israel-Palestine Conflict

July 29, 2025
US President Donald Trump delivers a speech to the people of Poland at Krasinski Square in Warsaw, July 6, 2017. Photo: Dreamstime.
Commentaries

Trump, Trade, and the Fracturing of ‘Western Civilization’

July 29, 2025
Voters wait in line at Mary Rose Cardenas Hall North on the University of Texas at Brownsville campus during the 2008 US presidential election on November 4, 2008. Photo: Dreamstime.
Commentaries

Does Representative Democracy Still Make Sense?

July 29, 2025
Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Fratelli d’Italia party and candidate for prime minister, during an electoral rally in Turin, Italy, September 2022. Photo: Mike Dot.
Profiles

Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy (FdI): Conservative, Populist, or Extreme Right? 

July 27, 2025
Professor Tariq Modood, the founding Director of the Bristol University Research Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship.
Interviews

Professor Modood: A ‘Multiculturalist International’ Needed to Counter ‘Far-Right International’

August 4, 2025
Chloé Ridel, Member of the European Parliament from the Socialist Group and Rapporteur for transnational repression, during her interview with ECPS’s Selcuk Gultasli. Photo: Umit Vurel.
Interviews

EP Rapporteur Ridel: EU Should Expand Sanctions Regime to Effectively Target Transnational Repression

July 18, 2025

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