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Our final day of debating excellent papers on warning signs and false alarms of democratic backsliding European Consortium for Political Research Joep van Lit Enrique Hernández theresa gessler (inactive) @gessler.bsky.social Svend-Erik Skaaning Suthan Krishnarajan ecpr.eu/Events/Event/W…

And that’s a wrap of the workshop organized by CEDAR! A unique opportunity to present our work (doi.org/10.1080/135103…) on democratic resilience, not just with academics but with practitioners and policymakers! Thanks for organizing Nic Cheeseman and Manoel Gehrke!

Democracies face rising autocratic threats. The framework by Joep van Lit Carolien van Ham Maurits Meijers and case studies of Senegal 🇸🇳 and Poland 🇵🇱 highlight how institutional elites and citizens defend against these trends. #Democracy #Autocratization doi.org/10.1080/135103…

Today is day 2 of the great workshop organized by Léonie de Jonge / @leoniedejonge.bsky.social and Matthias Dilling, asking how we can respond to voters’ grievances! I present a paper with Tsveta Petrova and Natasha Wunsch, asking which types of voters are most likely to accept democratic transgressions.

Happy to announce that I have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant for my project titled "Deception in Democracy: Political Lying Accusations and Their Effects on Democratic Citizenship" A huge thank you to everyone who has helped making this happen!

❓ How do dissatisfied citizens experience a participatory process❓ In this article in Political Studies based on 35 interviews, I find that highly populist citizens pay special attention to whether authorities take citizens and their decisions seriously. 1/4🧵journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

❗️Short notice❗️ This Friday, Joep van Lit Joep van Lit (Radboud University) will present key insights on democratic decay and the difficulties of democratic defence in our times. Everyone's welcome - no registration required! ➡️John Vincke room, T1 (Ghent) 🕒 11:00 - 12:00