With Elisabetta Mannoni, we’re going to present our paper “Political Social Distance in Europe” at the Jean Blondel Seminars @circapsiena. We study how comfortable citizens feel sharing social/personal space with political outgroups, using @REDIRECT_Usiena data
We hope you've enjoyed the ☀️June Issue ☀️
👏 Thanks to all our brilliant EPS contributors & to the anonymous reviewers 🕵️ who help to make each manuscript the best it can be
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The CIRCaP research community mourns the passing of Leonardo Morlino, a distinguished scholar and a key figure in the study of democracy. His loss is deeply felt across the academic world.
👉 Read the statement: circap.unisi.it/2025/06/18/o…
📢 We are thrilled to share the REDIRECT survey data codebook!
It provides details on two coordinated survey conducted in 8 countries:
🔍 A citizen survey targeting the voting population
🔍 An elite survey targeting MPs&MEPs
📘 Link: osf.io/85mcw
Data release: Spring27
Citizens feel disconnected from institutions seen as ineffective or corrupt. Voter turnout is dropping. Social media fuels polarization & disinformation. How can we restore trust, legitimacy, and participation?
L'ultima analisi "made in CIRCaP"📊 @iserniap & D. Angelucci
Il governo Meloni e l’agenda di politica estera del 2025 affarinternazionali.it/il-go… via @Affarinternazionali
Big thanks to @PaoloMarzi for launching the USIENA REDIRECT LAB! 🚀 Bringing innovative democratic pedagogy into classrooms, aiming to engage even high school students. Let’s build a more informed & participatory future! 🌍📚 #ScienceForDemocracy#REDIRECT#USIENA
We hope you've enjoyed the ❄️December Issue❄️
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Da oggi è accessibile il sito di ILiDE. Il progetto, sviluppato da ricercatori di @UniGenova@unisiena@unict_it e del CASD coordinati da @FCoticchia, mira a comprendere quali sono le principali lezioni apprese nei passati 30 anni di operazioni fuori area
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❄️December Issue❄️
📚 #Symposium@Fromagehomme engages with Blondel's final book (African Presidential Republics, Oxford, Routledge, 2019) as an example of staying true to a core theme of his academic life: the pursuit of the comparative method
👉 bit.ly/49y236L
❄️December Issue❄️
📚 #Symposium
Ferdinand Müller-Rommel & Michelangelo Vercesi discuss Jean Blondel's legacy, introducing empirical findings of major comparative studies which stand ‘on the shoulders’ of his research.
👉 bit.ly/3ZK1nYK
🤷♀️ How can political scientists and other experts help political leaders deal with the problems of permacrisis?
🍂 Join us for our Annual EPS Debate to find out!
📅 Mon 25 Nov
⏰ 16:00–18:00 CET
📍 @EUI_EU & Online
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