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jackddean.bsky.social
UCL SSEES PhD Candidate | Focus on CEE - Populism, Health, Extremes | Views are my own.
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New Cambridge Element 'Conspiracy Theories and their Believers: A Comparative Outlook' by Daniel Stockemer & @nickbordeleau.com is now free to read for 2 weeks - cup.org/4hSFMUy #cambridgeelements #politics

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

Much of the anglophone media has chosen to focus on the AfD, and the electoral performance of the far right. Whilst certainly important, I think this has led to many missing a story: the intertwined recovery of Die Linke and the BSW's narrow miss.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Initial thoughts, caveat: just from the exit polls: - If the CDU doesn't make it to 30% is going to be a disappointment, even despite the biggest party status. - The SPD's position is very poor with a result narrowly above the Greens. - The Green result is uninspiring, but fits their aims.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Some fantastic articles here to prepare you for the election this weekend.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Too far for Bardella, yet Simion and László continue to engage, the former even going so far as to write an open letter calling for help and appearances from Musk.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Even briefly scanning German-language tiktok, the amount of content promoting the AfD and Die Linke is incredibly noticeable very quickly.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Good discussion of CG and the various 'faces' that he shows to appeal to voters.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Habeck's alleged plagiarism scandal reminded me of the best PhD advice I ever received - if you want people to read your thesis, become a politician in CEE.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

You spend hours looking at false and bizarre scientific claims, you think nothing you've found is stranger than what you've already discussed. Then Georgescu does the maths on cows vs beef, and concludes the answer is plastic meat.

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

📯 Introducing a ✨ NEW conference ✨ for researchers specialising in extremism, democracy, and populism 🥇 Inaugural Conference of @ecpr-ead.bsky.social 🕰️ New and Old Challenges of #Populism and #Radicalism 💂‍♂️ Hosted by @qmul.ac.uk 📅 9–10 June 2025 ✍️ Submit your Panel or Paper by 3 March

submitted 35 days ago • 4 comments

😷 During the Covid-19 pandemic, many put faith in the political system to keep them safe. Others were less trustful. 🗣️ @louisehalberg.bsky.social argues that such trust, or the lack of it, was a key explanation for pandemic-era political disagreement. ➡️ bit.ly/3ChHhMs

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

Teaching on populism, or just thinking about it? Cristobal Rovira Kaltwasser and I have published a symposium in @pspolisci.bsky.social on 'Populism and Democracy' which is now available (open access).

submitted 44 days ago • 2 comments

For me, this is part of what most Western coverage and discussion of Romania's elections got wrong - even if an outside power is engaging in disinformation, it still needs a receptive audience for it to translate into electoral results.

submitted 50 days ago • 2 comments

Excellent opportunity for early career researchers working on nationalism asen.ac.uk/journals/nat...

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

Because the best time to weaken public health campaigns is right as a zoonotic virus hits your population.

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

I offered some thoughts for @cepa.bsky.social regarding the now annulled election, the role of health discourse, and how similar themes can be seen elsewhere in CEE

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

There is so much more to this election than just Russian interference. Romanians and Romania aren't just actors in a game of superpowers. There are so many domestic factors and histories being ignored for the sake of grand narratives or foreign policy positions.

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

Following on from last week's analysis on the Romanian elections, SSEES PhD student jackddean.bsky.social  asks 'Who is Calin Georgescu?' for the SSEES Research Blog: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/2024/1...

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

In Goodbye Eastern Europe (Oneworld Publications, 2023) Jacob Mikanowski gives readers an intimate and meticulously researched portrayal of Eastern Europe. Jack Dean writes that the book masterfully fulfils its goal of providing a history of the region. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/an-in...

submitted 171 days ago • 0 comments

In Behind the Wall (@politybooks.bsky.social, 2024), Ines Greipel explores her own family’s past to illuminate a culture of silence in the GDR and investigates why parts of the former GDR are supportive of extremist groups today. Jack Dean reviews the book. ceureviewofbooks.com/review/fear-...

submitted 108 days ago • 0 comments