Populism and Science in Europe

Introduction. Alberta Giorgi; Hande Eslen-Ziya.- Part 1. Theory.- Pseudo-science in Populism, Hande Eslen-Ziya.- The Role of Experts in Populist Politics: an Overview, Liv Sunnercrantz and T. Murat Yildirim.- The Whirl of Knowledge in Twitter: (anti-)populist hegemony challengers, Emilia Palonen.- Part 2. The European Level.- The EU's answer to climate populism - Stringent and appropriate?,  Thomas  Sattich.- Populists' Framings of the COVID-19 Pandemic and their Opponents in the EU Parliament, Carlo Berti and Carlo Ruzza.- Part 3. National Case Studies.- The anti-vax movement in Spain and in Italy. A reflection on the problematic relationship between science, politics and public opinion in late modernity, Clemente Penalva and Luca Raffini.- Qanon and conspiracy theories - the Italian case, Maria Francesca Murru.- Populist politics of counterknowledge: anti-gendercampaigns in Poland, Elzbieta Korolczuk.- Greenwashing Reactionary Movements. On Populist Instrumentalization of Environmental Issues, Gildas Renou.- Anti-gender politics as a democratic challenge in Norway's populist moment , Elisabeth Lund Engebretsen.- Between Populism and Popular Citizenship in Science Conflict, Mette Marie Roslyng.- Inconvenient truths? Populist epistemology and the case of Portugal, Alberta Giorgi.- Linking Covid-19-related socio-economic anxieties with right-wing populism: A comparison between Europe and the United States, Gilles Ivaldi and Oscar Mazzoleni.

 



 

Hande Eslen-Ziya is Professor of Sociology at University of Stavanger, Norway and chair of the Populism, Anti-Gender and Democracy Research Group at the same institution.