Many thanks to Emre Ekinci & Esra Ekinci for the organization and all the participants for this super inspiring workshop. It was fantastic to listen to so many diverse accounts on politics & media, and I'm very grateful to be included!

Budapest's Kossuth Sq, surrounding streets packed at anti-govt protest on Sat organised by former Fidesz-insider Péter Magyar. Magyar: "We won't be anyone's subordinates in our own country" and added that he will announce his party soon, with plans to run in EP elections in June.

Our CFPPR team attended the #CEEISAISA2024 conference at @uniRijeka, presenting their works on the panel 'Trends in Turkey’s Regional and Global Engagements.' CEEISA Efe Tokdemir Onur Erpul Ilker Kalin Firuze Sezgin Zsofia Bocskay

Big thanks to Political Communication for organizing such an engaging panel on populist political communication. I enjoyed the exchanges and hope to continue them next year! 🤓🇮🇪 #ecprgc24 #PoliticalCommunication #populism

It’s been a month since I joined CEU Democracy Institute, and I’m thrilled to present my first seminar here! 🙃 Talking about how parties create affective polarization, and what roles interactions, policies, and populism play in their rhetoric 🗣️ #CEU #DemInst

🔜 Don’t forget to register now and join us on Monday for this seminar with Noam Titelman, Lisa Zanotti, Didem Seyis, and Andreas Schedler! ⏰ Oct 21, 4pm CET 📍 Budapest, Nador u. 13 Details: 👉 cutt.ly/HeAhHdGo Registration: 👉 cutt.ly/xeAhHmyr

Mark your calendar for the next Rooftop Seminar of our De- and Re-Democratization Workgroup! 🗓️ Nov 4, 4pm CET 📍 Budapest, Nador u. 13 🗣️ Eduardo Ryô Tamaki 🗣️ Levente Littvay 🗣️ Vera Messing 🗣️ Carlos Meléndez (@eljorobado.bsky.social) Details: 👉 tinyurl.com/y8ne3e6a Registration: 👉 tinyurl.com/v38ba8d5

🔙📖 In the latest presentation of the Illuminating Books on Democracy and Authoritarianism series, participants discussed Embedded Autocracy: Hungary in the European Union by our Research Affiliate Andras Bozoki and Zoltan Fleck. Details: 👉 tinyurl.com/3epwkfee

📢 New OA publication alert! 🚨 1/3 How do far-right parties in Latin America compare to their Western European counterparts? My latest article with André Borges in Political Studies assesses the far right in a region where immigration is not a central issue. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

Mark your calendar for the next Rooftop Seminar of our De- and Re-Democratization WG! 🗓️Jan 20, 4pm 📍Budapest 🗣️ Prof. Daphne Halikiopoulou 🗣️ Carlos Meléndez (@eljorobado.bsky.social) 🗣️ Lisa Zanotti 🗣️ Zsolt Enyedi 🗣️ Andreas Schedler Details: 👉 cutt.ly/ge2W8TnW Registration: 👉 cutt.ly/3e2W8VdZ

Starting 2025 with a new publication co-authored with Ali Çarkoğlu, LemiBaruh ➡️ @[email protected] Zsofia Bocskay 💥 "Authoritarians Do It Better? Belief in Misinformation in Turkey" now available online and open access at the International Journal of Press/Politics 🇹🇷🔔 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/19…

✍️📃 The paper co-authored by our Post-doctoral Researcher Zsofia Bocskay, published in the International Journal on Press/Politics looks at misinformation in the 2023 elections in Turkey. Details: 👉 cutt.ly/ye3uhNqg

My op-ed on the 2023 Turkish elections is out! 🇹🇷 Drawing on our IJPP piece, I explore why people fall for misinformation in competitive authoritarian regimes. Check it out 🙃👇

Mark your calendar for the next presentation in the series! 🗓️ March 12, 5pm 📍Budapest 🗣️ Angelos Chryssogelos 🗣️ Eliza Tanner Hawkins 🗣️ Kirk A. Hawkins 🗣️ Lisa Zanotti 🗣️ Zsolt Boda 🗣️ Zsofia Bocskay Details: 👉 tinyurl.com/yn9fwmx9 Registration: 👉 tinyurl.com/57w733t2

🔜Don’t forget to register now and join us on Monday for this seminar with Daniel Bochsler 🇺🇦🇪🇺, Andreas Schedler, and Zsofia Bocskay! ⏰ March 17, 4pm CET 📍 Budapest, Nador u. 13 Details: 👉 cutt.ly/qryEc2di Registration: 👉 cutt.ly/mryEvyBP

A few words about what I normally do - filmed in my natural habitat 🙃