Hey,
welcome to this blog where:
populism becomes a fantastically simple concept to define
democracies hardly die but get constantly transformed
political leadership is of paramount importance
contemporary party politics is made sense of in novel ways
clear concepts, causality, and historical facts play big roles
I am a trained political scientist with a PhD from Yale University and leading world expert on populism, democracy, and political leadership. A former professor of comparative politics in Greece until my family decided in 2010 to move to Strasbourg, France. I have since taught as visiting professor at the universities of Strasbourg, Oslo, Freiburg, Luxembourg, Helsinki, and CEU in Budapest. Currently, I am a docent and associate researcher at the University of Helsinki, Finland, working within the EU funded Horizon 2020 project “Populism and Civic Engagement” (PACE).
I have authored five books, the last of which is Populism and Liberal Democracy (Oxford University Press 2019), and coedited two. I am a frequent keynote speaker at academic and non-academic events, and a regular op-ed contributor in Kathimerini, Greece’s major newspaper.
My next book, currently in the works, will be on the development of nativism in modern and contemporary Europe. I have given it the tentative title “Nativiæ” (indicating the European countries with strong nativist parties) but I am happily open to other suggestions from you.
In this blog, I think, write, and discuss about, well, populism, democracy and some more. I also use it as a platform for floating—and testing—original ideas and, occasionally, early drafts of my ongoing and forthcoming work. You will also find here videos, infographics, slides, and other handicrafts of mine. Unless otherwise mentioned, everything in this blog is original and relates to, or comes directly from, my ongoing research and general work.
Once again, welcome to this place, and I hope you enjoy it!
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