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ECPR hosts Political Science Matters, a news show with 60 episodes published.
After 16 years of seemingly unshakeable power, Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz suffered an astounding defeat in Hungary's 2026 general election. This political earthquake saw former insider Péter Magyar and his Tisza party secure
Anthony Albanese’s Labor Party delivered a stunning landslide victory in the 2025 Australian federal election, dealing a historic blow to the centre-right. But how did this result come about — and what does it reveal abo
On 23 February 2025, German citizens voted in an early Bundestag election to renew the lower chamber's members, after the collapse of the 'traffic light' coalition led by Chancellor Scholz in late 2024. As polls had pred
Donald Trump has won the 2024 US presidential race, gaining a historic second term. Republicans now have full control of Washington. What role did gender play in the elections? How did Trump break down the ‘blue wall’? W
Following a disastrous result for his electoral alliance in the European Parliament elections, the French President, Emmanuelle Macron, called a snap legislative election for 30 June and 7 July 2024. While the election w
The tenth European Parliament elections (6-9 June 2024) witnessed a surge in far-right support, as predicted by the polls. Moreover, parliamentary fragmentation increased. Now that a weaker majority supports the EU Commi
The United Kingdom is heading to the polls for the first time since its departure from the European Union. If forecasts are right, this election will be nothing short of an electoral disaster for the ruling Conservative
In the 50th anniversary of democracy, Portugal held snap legislative elections on March 10. The President of the Republic called the elections in response to the early termination of the Costa III cabinet in November 202
Why do some presidents with authoritarian ambitions succeed while others fail? How can we resist democratic backsliding? Laura Gamboa (University of Utah) discusses the research and outcomes of her latest book Resisting
The Netherlands goes to the polls on 22 November in what is set to be a nail-biting general election. Pieter Omtzigt’s New Social Contract, a challenger party created only last summer, is predicted to become one of the m
How do group-based cross-pressures lead to instability in voters' choices? What explains increased net electoral volatility in the democracies of advanced countries? Ruth Dassonneville (University of Montreal) discusses
On October 15 2023, Polish citizens went to the polls to the renew the Parliament, producing the highest turnout ever in post-Communist Poland. The main result has been the defeat of the ruling PiS led by Jarosław Kaczyń
The recent victory of the populist party Smer (Direction) in the 2023 Slovak parliamentary election has sparked concerns about Slovakia’s return to national populism. Are these fears warranted? Is Slovakia sliding into i
What are the prospects of the radical right entering the next Spanish government? Will the coalition government between the Social Democrats and the radical left survive the general election? What are the main issues in
In this instalment of our Seminar Series on Migration and Ethnicity, our speaker discusses planetary movements in the 21st century and how it challenges traditional political agency through activism and resistance for ju
Held in conjunction with the 2023 ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops in Sciences Po Toulouse and part of our House Series, this year's Stein Rokkan Lecture's speaker illustrates how Fariba Adelkhah's embodiment of scientif
In this instalment of our Seminar Series on the European Union, our speakers talk about how the EU struggles with a lack of coordination in its asylum and migration policies, but the pandemic has accelerated the digitali
In this instalment of our Seminar Series on Migration and Ethnicity, Mireille Paquet of Concordia University, Montreal offers a synthesis of her research on federalism and immigration in Canada, Australia, and the United
In this instalment of our Seminar Series from the Standing Group on Migration & Ethnicity, Eva Østergaard-Nielsen (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) presents the question: Do political attitudes and behaviour change in
Survey research on the integration of ethnic and migrant minorities (EMMs) across Europe: Identifying research strengths and gaps with the survey metadata of the EMM Survey Registry Speaker – Laura Morales, Sciences Po P
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