12 December 2021

Governing the Genome for a Brave New World?

By Guillaume Levrier, Centre for Political Science Lulu and Nana just turned three years old. The announcement of their birth during the second Human Genome […]
8 July 2021
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Measuring French Pessimism

The Latest Results of the Political Trust Barometer By Bruno Cautrès, Gilles Ivaldi, Luc Rouban, CEVIPOF The CEVIPOF ‘Political Trust Barometer’, first launched in 2009, […]
8 July 2021

Waiting for a Transnational EU Public Sphere

Candidates’ Transnational Linkages on Twitter During the 2019 European Parliament Elections By Caterina Froio, CEE As the European Union (EU) still has to prove its […]
17 May 2021

Boris Johnson: a passing populist buzz?

By Florence Faucher With his blond hair, rapid ascension through the ranks thanks to political polarisation, and a capacity to ignore cumbersome objective facts, Boris […]
17 May 2021

Populism in Turkey: Towards the Demise of Democracy?

By Élise Massicard In recent years, Turkish democracy appears to have experienced a step-by-step descent into hell, with a succession of events such as the […]
17 May 2021

Does Anger Play Into the Hands of Populism?

by Lou Safra Whether directed at elites or more broadly at the establishment, anger is a characteristic that many populist candidates and elected officials share. […]
17 May 2021

Politics of Ethnicity and Democratic Resilience

by Jan Rovny The democratisation of central and eastern Europe was initially celebrated as a historical success story. A European subcontinent moved from communist authoritarian […]
17 May 2021

Right-wing Populist Vote: Challenging Popular Assumptions

by Alexis Baudour The storming of the Capitol on 6 January 2021 by Donald Trump’s supporters provided surreal images to illustrate the ‘wave of populism’ […]
16 March 2021

The Right-Left Cleavage is Very Much Alive

Much has been said about the disappearance of the left-right political division since Emmanuel Macron won the presidential election in 2017.  This vision, according to […]