Dr. Blombäck: The Debate Over Sweden’s Newest Citizens Has Become Quite Ugly
In this ECPS interview, Assistant Professor Sofie Blombäck examines the Sweden Democrats’ electoral setback alongside the continuing normalization of ideas long associated...
ECPS Panel on Demographic Populism: Demography as a Political Battleground: Migration, Family, Race, Religion, and Radical-Right Populism
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 30, 2026 – 16:15-18:30 (CET) Click here to register! Moderator Klaudia Koxha (Postdoctoral Fellow at the University...
Assoc. Prof. Loxbo: Sweden Has Become an Extreme Case of Radical-Right Mainstreaming
In this ECPS interview, Associate Professor Karl Loxbo of Stockholm University examines Sweden as an increasingly striking case of radical-right mainstreaming. He...
Assoc. Prof. Norocel: Swedish Mainstream Parties Have Radicalized Rather Than SD Moderating on Immigration
In this ECPS interview, Associate Professor Ov Cristian Norocel of Lund University examines how the Sweden Democrats’ electoral decline can coexist...
Dr. Gefjon Off: The Sweden Democrats Lost Votes, but Its Influence Remains Clear
In this ECPS interview, Dr. Gefjon Off examines the Sweden Democrats’ 2026 electoral setback against the backdrop of their continuing...
Assoc. Prof. Hellström: Many Swedes Feel That Rejudification Has Gone Too Far
Ahead of Sweden’s September 13, 2026 election, Associate Professor Anders Hellström argues that the Sweden Democrats’ influence can no longer...
How to Explain the AfD’s Victory in Eastern Germany
Dr. João Ferreira Dias argues that the AfD’s strength in Eastern Germany cannot be explained by poverty alone. Instead, its...
Ceuta Could Be the Last Frontier of the Liberal-Multicultural Age
In this commentary, Dr. João Ferreira Dias examines the migration crisis in Ceuta as a “total crisis” encompassing humanitarian obligations,...
“Making Sweden Sweden Again”—or Undoing the Sweden You Know?
In this commentary, Dr. Bulent Kenes examines the political transformation of Sweden through the rise of the Sweden Democrats (SD)...
Prof. Mazzoleni & Dr. Koxha: Demographic Populism Links Cultural Survival to Biological Reproduction
In this interview, Professor Oscar Mazzoleni and Dr. Klaudia Koxha, editors of the recently published volume ‘The Radical Right and Demographic Populism,’...
August 25: From Remembrance to Responsibility for the Rohingya
In this reflective Voice of Youth commentary marking Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day on August 25, PS Ayaas, a young Rohingya...
Prof. Gest: The Way Countries Treat Their Most Vulnerable Is Indicative of the State of Their Democracy
Professor Justin Gest argues that democratic resilience depends not only on institutions but also on the citizens who remain to...