I’m overexcited to share that the second article of my #PhD, “Political Opportunities and Mobilization on the Far Right in Ukraine,” has been accepted for publication in East European Politics! 🥳 The article traces #FarRight protest and opportunities for mobilization in #Ukraine 2004-2020.

Today, at the Department of PolSci C-REX scholar Tamta Gelashvili presented the third and last paper of her brilliant and timely PhD on ‘Far Right Mobilization in Hybrid Regimes’

Iris B. Segers, Tamta Gelashvili and I had the privilege of publishing this commentary on care ethics when researching the far right. We reflect on how researchers can navigate ethical dilemmas related to the relationality of research, contextual decision-making, and emotions 👇

So excited about C-REX-@PERIL_AU's last webinar on ethics and methods before the end of the year! We will discuss the challenges of researching the FR among women and gender minorities w/ Celestine S. Kunkeler, Cat Tebaldi, Meili Criezis and Chelsea Daymon. Join us! sv.uio.no/c-rex/english/…

💫 The call for the 4th European Consortium for Political Research Summer School on ‘Concepts and Methods for Research on Far-Right Politics’ is now open! The event will be held at C-REX, University of Oslo, 1–5 July 2024. Apply no later than 25 January 2024. Pietro Castelli ECPR SG Extremism & Democracy ecpr.eu/Events/261

Super excited to see my first PhD paper published! It looks into the welfare attitudes of part-time workers, and finds that through their risk of financial partner dependency, they prefer optional familialism in family policy. It’s open access! Here: academic.oup.com/sp/advance-art…

🚨PUBLICATION ALERT! How do far-right actors and issues become mainstream over time? Very excited that our article Daniel Saldivia Gonzatti Teresa Völker WZB is now out in Political Communication 📓 #openaccess @poliscires #academictwitter 🔓 doi.org/10.1080/105846… 🧵1/8

Tamta Gelashvili and I are looking to speak to anyone working in a depart., research center or NGO that focuses on terrorism/extremism and offers institutional support or protocols to prevent/respond to harm/threats of researchers + with a focus on the intersectional nature of harm

In a shocking development no one saw coming, Georgian Dream is once again instrumentalizing LGBTQ+ issues in the election year interpressnews.ge/en/article/130…

How can researchers (of the far right) navigate ethical dilemmas related to the relationality of research, contextual and situated decision-making, and the role of emotions? New blog post for C-REX by Iris Segers, Tamta Gelashvili & Audrey Gagnon sv.uio.no/c-rex/english/…

Published a bit later than I had hoped, but still: some angry words on #GeorgianDream|'s initiative "against pseudo-liberal propaganda"

💡New issue incl. #FREE content out now!👉tandfonline.com/toc/fjcs21/40/… 🙌 Adam Fagan Petr Kopecky Lenka Bustikova Andrea Pirro Magdalena Gora Levan Kakhishvili Mary Stegmaier Kamil Marcinkiewicz Tamta Gelashvili Anna Dekalchuk Mažvydas Jastramskis Vaidas Morkevičius Paulina Pospieszna Michal Onderco Jakub Krupa

Finally online, the paper I have been most excited to write: on the benefits and challenges of researching the far right as a woman 😊

“All researchers emphasized that their respective institutions had no formal support schemes or procedures for those conducting direct and close-up research in challenging fields. Faced with this lack of support, researchers turned to other (women) scholars for advice.”