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Group Identity Politics and the End of Liberal Consensus (GROUPID)
The project
The GROUPID project examines the influence of economic and social changes on the resurgence of group identities, reshaping politics in contemporary European democracies.
The project is funded by CIVICA – the European University of Social Sciences, as part of the CIVICA Research Hubs, for a period of 18 months (January 2026-June 2027).
Project Objectives
What combination of factors leads to the emergence of nativist ethnic identity? Why does long-run material and status decline most often translate to support for far-right rather than far-left parties? Does decline in economic and social status of individuals and groups contribute more to ethno-nationalist or anti-system attitudes? Those are some of the questions this project seeks to address.
The project proposes a pilot study involving a large-scale survey and embedded experiment in France and Germany to examine the rising salience of racial, ethnic, and religious identities, their economic and status drivers, and their political consequences.
Within the project, Jan Rovny is responsible for measuring group identities.
Principal Investigators
- Mark Kayser, Professor, Hertie School
- Zsolt Enyedi, Professor, CEU
- Sara Hobolt, Professor, LSE
- Irene Menendez, Assistant Professor, IE University
- Jan Rovny, Professor, Sciences Po, CEE