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Populism, Right-Wing Movements

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Jon Kingzette
The Ohio State University
2
Anna-Sophie Heinze
Universität Trier
3
Simón Bornschier
University of Zurich
4
Katy Brown
Manchester Metropolitan University
5
Cameron Ballard-Rosa
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
6
Manuel Funke
Kiel Institute for the World Economy
7
Sofia Ammassari
Griffith University
8
Yunus Emre Orhan
North Dakota State University
9
Jens Marquardt
Technische Universität Darmstadt
10
Jakob Schwörer
Mälardalen University

Rising Stars Papers

1
Deterrent or Stimulus? How Perceived Societal Stigma Affects Participation in Populist Radical Right Parties
Political Studies|2024
58 cit.
2
Drivers of radicalisation? The development and role of the far-right youth organisation ‘Young Alternative’ in Germany
International Political Science Review|2024
43 cit.
3
More social, less material, more influenced by family ties: Why young women join political parties
European Journal of Political Research|2026
17 cit.
4
New opportunities for discourse studies
Journal of Language and Politics|2024
12 cit.
5
Perceptions of the ‘mainstream’ and the mainstreaming of the far right: from Ed Sheeran to Keir Starmer
Journal of Political Ideologies|2024
12 cit.
6
How Greens turn gray: Green Party politics and the depoliticization of energy and climate change
Frontiers in Political Science|2024
11 cit.
7
‘Post-fascism’, or how the far right talks about itself: the 2022 Italian election campaign as a case study
Critical Discourse Studies|2024
11 cit.
8
Promises and Pitfalls of Polycentric Federalism: The Case of Solar Power in India
Global Environmental Politics|2024
9 cit.
9
Reconciling democracy and sustainability: three political challenges and the role of democratic innovations
Sustainability Science Practice and Policy|2025
7 cit.
10
Inequality, information, and income tax policy preferences in Austria and Germany
Political Science Research and Methods|2025
5 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Murat Somer
Koç University
2
Marko Žilović
University of Belgrade
3
Thomas Siomos
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
4
Agnieszka Graff
University of Warsaw
5
Anna Piil Damm
IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
6
Curd Knüpfer
Weizenbaum Institute
7
Carl Berning
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
8
Eelco Harteveld
University of Amsterdam
9
José Rama
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
10
Pablo Barberá
Menlo School

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Regional resentment in the Netherlands: A rural or peripheral phenomenon?
Regional Studies|2022
84 cit.
2
Consequences of affective polarization: Avoidance, intolerance and support for violence in the United Kingdom and Norway
European Journal of Political Research|2023
79 cit.
3
Does affective polarisation increase turnout? Evidence from Germany, The Netherlands and Spain
West European Politics|2022
73 cit.
4
Understanding factual belief polarization: the role of trust, political sophistication, and affective polarization
Acta Politica|2022
31 cit.
5
Distract and Divert: How World Leaders Use Social Media During Contentious Politics
The International Journal of Press/Politics|2022
30 cit.
6
Party system closure: party alliances, government alternatives, and democracy in Europe
Democratization|2022
30 cit.
7
Recalibrating populism measurement tools: Methodological inconsistencies and challenges to our understanding of the relationship between the supply- and demand-side of populism
Frontiers in Sociology|2022
26 cit.
8
Anti-gender campaigns as a reactionary response to neoliberalism
European Journal of Women s Studies|2022
25 cit.
9
Rally ’Round the Barrack: Far-Right Support and the Military
The Journal of Politics|2023
21 cit.
10
Pathways of Democratic Backsliding, Resistance, and (Partial) Recoveries
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science|2024
20 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
2
Peter Mair
Innsbruck Medical University
3
Rein Taagepera
University of Tartu
4
Gary Marks
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
5
Yphtach Lelkes
University of Pennsylvania
6
Pippa Norris
Harvard University
7
Andrej Zaslove
Radboud University Nijmegen
8
Simon Hix
London School of Economics and Political Science
9
Wouter van der Brug
University of Amsterdam
10
Claes H. de Vreese
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
“Effective” Number of Parties
Comparative Political Studies|1979
3.4k cit.
2
Changing Models of Party Organization and Party Democracy
Party Politics|1995
3.1k cit.
3
A Postfunctionalist Theory of European Integration: From Permissive Consensus to Constraining Dissensus
British Journal of Political Science|2008
3.1k cit.
4
Affect, Not Ideology
Public Opinion Quarterly|2012
2.6k cit.
5
Trump, Brexit, and the Rise of Populism: Economic Have-Nots and Cultural Backlash
SSRN Electronic Journal|2016
1.9k cit.
6
Why There is a Democratic Deficit in the EU: A Response to Majone and Moravcsik
JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies|2006
1.7k cit.
7
European Integration from the 1980s: State‐Centric v. Multi‐level Governance*
JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies|1996
1.5k cit.
8
Cleavage theory meets Europe’s crises: Lipset, Rokkan, and the transnational cleavage
Journal of European Public Policy|2017
1.4k cit.
9
Exclusionary vs. Inclusionary Populism: Comparing Contemporary Europe and Latin America
Government and Opposition|2012
1.3k cit.
10
News framing
Information Design Journal|2005
1.3k cit.

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