ECRN Members

Dr João Ferreira Dias holds a PhD in African Studies from ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon (2016) and a master's degree in History and Culture of Religions from the Faculty of Letters of the University of...

Gozde Nur Donat is a former political journalist deeply passionate about intercultural communication and with a scholarly focus deeply rooted in Ottoman history, nationalism, and socialism. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in History and Civilizations at...

Alonso Escamilla is Manager of European Projects and Research at the Catholic University of Ávila (Spain). For this same institution, he is a PhD Student on Cultural Heritage and Digitalisation and a Member of the Research...

Andrei Gheorghe is a PhD student pursuing a joint doctorate with the University of Bucharest and l’École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales Paris. His main research interests concern the study of populism, illiberalism and...

Elise Grunwald is a PhD candidate and lecturer in Educational Psychology at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany. Her research focuses on the development of populist attitudes during adolescence and the impact of school on political socialization. She...

Waseem Ahmad Hajam is a first year PhD student in Political Science at Texas Tech University, Lubbock USA, with Comparative Politics and International Relations being his two majors.  His research interests include the relationship between the...

Emilio Hernández is an Ecuadorian lawyer and PhD candidate in Criminology at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona). His research focuses on punitive populism, criminal policy, and the relationship between security crises, political narratives, and justice systems....

Shyam Kumar is a dedicated and passionate Ph.D. student and Junior Research Fellow (UGC) at Jamia Millia Islamia University, specializing in the fields of caste and politics, state politics, electoral politics, and social justice. With...

Jiun-Chi Lin received his doctoral double-degree diplomas at the National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU, Taiwan) and the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven) in 2022. His research mainly touches upon political communication, internet politics, populism, comparative politics, European...