Austerity and Populism A large literature explains the rise of populist parties with the economic insecurities stemming from globalization and technological change. But despite the long-standing focus of the comparative and...

Very happy that our review article (with the @annualreviews.bsky.social) on „Austerity and Populism“ is now available as preprint: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... - with @sattlersthomas.bsky.social

📋Finding: Higher polarization → greater tolerance for violations of electoral fairness & civil liberties, among both government AND opposition supporters.
Affective polarization creates a permissive environment for democratic backsliding.

When polarization meets backsliding: Affective polarization and support for undemocratic practices in Turkey While the corrosive effect of affective polarization on democratic norms is a major concern, existing research has largely overlooked its dynamics outside established democracies. This study addres...

🚨 How does affective polarization shape support for undemocratic practices in hybrid regimes? With
@sedairmak.bsky.social and @seaytac.bsky.social, we explore this question in the Turkish context in our new open-access🔒 article published @MediterraneanPolitics

📢NEW ARTICLE!📢 #OpenAccess

The polarised electorate: affective polarisation and electoral loyalty in #Turkey’s 2023 critical election

🔓 Read the article by @seaytac.bsky.social, @sedairmak.bsky.social & @busrask.bsky.social here 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

One of the few individual-level studies in the Turkish context, we also show that affective polarisation rises with age, political interest, and social media use, while declining with education.
It is a real pleasure working with the Depolarize team! Onwards ✍️

Using pre-election survey data, we map contours of affective polarisation in Turkey 🇹🇷 and show how it boosted AKP voter loyalty in the 2023 elections.

The polarised electorate: affective polarisation and electoral loyalty in Turkey’s 2023 critical election Contemporary politics face rising affective polarisation – hostility and distrust across partisan lines. This study examines the contours and consequences of polarisation in Turkey ahead of the 202...

How does affective polarisation impact electoral loyalty? With @seaytac.bsky.social and sedairmak.bsky.social, we have a new open access article out in @sespjournal.bsky.social rnal.bsky.social.

It was a pleasure working with the Phoenix team: Susan Rottmann, Ela Gokalp Aras, İnci Aksu Kargın, @karakoc.bsky.social & Shubhi Misra.
Many thanks to the reviewers whose feedback improved the manuscript immensely!

Tokelauns protest against climate change during the Pacific Warrior Day of Action. (Te Mana: Litia Maiava )

By focusing on human agency, we highlight how local challenges vary and inform mobility decisions, what climate-affected communities actually want from policymakers, and how the top-down global narratives complicate the issue. A more grounded approach to climate mobility is long overdue.

Most IOs approach climate mobility through a polycrisis or macrotrend lens, treating it as an inevitable crisis demanding extraordinary measures. But this framing overlooks local realities, complexity of mobility decisions, and resilience of people. It reduces choices to forced displacement.

New article out @climdevjournal.bsky.social! 🌍✍️
Our article “Human Agency” at the special issue of Climate Mobilities argues that international organizations miss a crucial piece in climate mobility debates: human agency and local realities. There are 50 free eprints here 👉 tinyurl.com/2pdum92e