Research
Funded research projects, current and past.
Current
INTERFACED
Funded by Horizon Europe 2025 to 2028Interfaces for Democratic Participation: Deliberation, Mobilization, and Contestation Since the Onset of the Covid-19 Pandemic
INTERFACED studies how people have taken part in politics since the Covid-19 pandemic, a period of declining trust in democracy and science and of growing social divisions. It examines how citizens interact with political institutions and whether these channels give them a real say in decision-making. The project combines surveys, experiments and fieldwork in eight European countries and Tunisia.
Past
TakePart
Funded by NextGenerationEU 2023 to 2026Social Learning to Take Part in Social Movements: Understanding the Social Transformation of Civic Participation
TakePart studies how social movements turn online interactions into offline activism. It examines how people learn through social media to take part in collective action, and which messages lead them from support online to protest in the street. The project combines surveys and survey experiments in the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Hungary and Romania.
READJUST Climate
Funded by the European Climate Foundation 2023 to 2024Reasons, Emotions and Attitudes Towards Climate Change, Mitigation and Justice
READJUST Climate studies what mobilizes and demobilizes different social groups around climate change in Central and Eastern Europe. It examines the attitudes, values, lifestyles and political engagement of people who support, doubt or reject climate policies, and tests which ways of framing the climate crisis build support for climate action. The project combines nationally representative surveys, survey experiments and social media analysis.
ProDem
Funded by the Volkswagen Foundation 2020 to 2023Protest and Democracy: How Movement Parties, Social Movements and Active Citizens are Reshaping Europe
ProDem studies how movement parties, social movements and active citizens are reshaping democracy in Europe. It examines who takes part in protest, how parties relate to protest and to their voters, and what these interactions mean for the quality of democracy. The project combines surveys, survey experiments, social media data and protest event analysis in Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Romania and the United Kingdom.
MOBILISE
Funded by the Open Research Area (ORA) scheme 2019 to 2020Determinants of "Mobilisation" at Home & Abroad: Analysing the Micro-Foundations of Out-Migration & Mass Protest
MOBILISE studies why, when the state fails to meet people's economic or political needs, some people protest while others emigrate. It examines how these two choices relate to each other in Ukraine, Poland, Morocco, Argentina and Belarus, and follows migrants from these countries to Germany, the United Kingdom and Spain. The project combines panel surveys, migrant and protest surveys, focus groups, life-history interviews and social media analysis.