Felipe G. Santos
I study why people take to the streets, how the far right builds power, and what holds democracies together, or pulls them apart. My work combines large-scale surveys, survey experiments, and ethnography to understand how citizens think about democracy and political participation in Europe at a time of deep uncertainty.
I am currently a Research Fellow on the INTERFACED project (Horizon Europe, City St George's, University of London) and the TakePart project (NextGenerationEU, Babeş-Bolyai University).
Research
Care, Empowerment & Social Movements
How solidarity, empathy, and mutual care operate as political resources within social movements fighting for housing rights and social justice.
8 publications →The Far Right in Europe
Far-right parties, educational institutions, anti-gender movements, and civil society strategies — how the radical right builds power and contests liberal democracy.
3 publications →Protest & Political Participation
Who protests, how, and why — from in-person demonstrations to digital activism. Individual-level analysis of protest participation across European contexts.
8 publications →Electoral & Non-Electoral Politics
How protest movements and electoral politics interact — through movement parties, protest voters, and the fluid boundary between the street and the ballot box.
3 publications →Democratic Quality & Backsliding
Opposition strategies, electoral coalitions, and the attitudes of citizens under democratic erosion — with comparative research on Hungary, Spain, and Southern Europe.
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