Representing voters is a tricky task for politicians. Voters do not all share the same preferences.
How Information Warfare Is Transforming the UK’s Security Landscape
Traditional espionage and terrorism still matter, but information warfare now sits at the heart of national security.
Traditional espionage and terrorism still matter, but information warfare now sits at the heart of national security.
🎈 Why Elected Elites Might Reach for Democratic Innovations
Electoral democracy is under strain. Elections and traditional representative channels are no longer sufficient to sustain legitimacy in many established democracies.
Electoral democracy is under strain. Elections and traditional representative channels are no longer sufficient to sustain legitimacy in many established democracies.
🌈 Metapolitical Digital Wars on Gender, Race, and Queer Life
Metapolitics is key to understanding how today’s far right seeks to transform society.
Metapolitics is key to understanding how today’s far right seeks to transform society.
🦋 Reimagining Democratic Theory
This new phase in Jean-Paul Gagnon's 🦋 Science of Democracy series is a bold and imaginative contribution to contemporary democratic theory.
This new phase in Jean-Paul Gagnon’s 🦋 Science of Democracy series is a bold and imaginative contribution to contemporary democratic theory.
☢️ the Many Moving Pieces of Nuclear Order
The fear of nuclear catastrophe has never fully disappeared — but it has recently come roaring back.
The fear of nuclear catastrophe has never fully disappeared — but it has recently come roaring back.
🌈 Online Toxicity and Political Equality
This complexity matters for understanding whether digital spaces threaten or enhance political equality.
This complexity matters for understanding whether digital spaces threaten or enhance political equality.
🎈 Youth and the New Gender Divide
Across Europe, the political values of young people are diverging along gender lines.
Across Europe, the political values of young people are diverging along gender lines.
The Algorithmic Ballot: How Digital Platforms Shaped Romania’s Vote
Romania's recent elections remain at the centre of larger debates about electoral integrity across Europe.
Romania’s recent elections remain at the centre of larger debates about electoral integrity across Europe.
The New Middle East: Geoeconomics Driving Power and Partnerships
Perhaps the most important feature of current changes in the Middle East is the growing significance of geoeconomics.
Perhaps the most important feature of current changes in the Middle East is the growing significance of geoeconomics.
🌈 Why Gendering Democracy Matters Now, More Than Ever
Back in 2023, Andrea Krizsán and Conny Roggeband launched this 🌈 series to foster a conversation about how it is essential to view democracy through a gendered lens to understand contemporary processes of democratic erosion.
Back in 2023, Andrea Krizsán and Conny Roggeband launched this 🌈 series to foster a conversation about how it is essential to view democracy through a gendered lens to understand contemporary processes of democratic erosion.
The Failure of Social Housing in the UK and the Abandonment of the the Poor
Will Edmonds argues that the UK’s means-tested approach to social housing is permitted by a culture that criminalises poverty.
Will Edmonds argues that the UK’s means-tested approach to social housing is permitted by a culture that criminalises poverty.
🌊 the Nature of Fascism and Why It Differs From Populism
Subsuming populism within fascism obscures the differences between these types of politics, but where does populism end and fascism begin?
Subsuming populism within fascism obscures the differences between these types of politics, but where does populism end and fascism begin?
Why Rare Earths Are Central to US-China Relations
Following the famous statement made by China’s former leader Deng Xiaoping, China quickly realised the geopolitical value of its rare earth elements (REEs).
Following the famous statement made by China’s former leader Deng Xiaoping, China quickly realised the geopolitical value of its rare earth elements (REEs).
🔮 Banana Populism: When Politics Gets Absurd (And Why It Works)
Our new research in Social Media + Society reveals how important seemingly silly moments are in drawing antagonistic frontiers.
Our new research in Social Media + Society reveals how important seemingly silly moments are in drawing antagonistic frontiers.
The ‘Dead Internet Theory’ and the Rise of Synthetic Politics
From AI-generated political memes to algorithmic news feed manipulation, infrastructures have evolved from platforms of participation into instruments of persuasion.
From AI-generated political memes to algorithmic news feed manipulation, infrastructures have evolved from platforms of participation into instruments of persuasion.