Assistant Professor (Institute of Hakka Language and Communication, National United University) | polcom, text-as-data, public opinion, digital politics
ECPS- Mapping Global Populism
Panel 10: Various Facets of Populist, Authoritarian and Nationalist Trends in Japan and Taiwan
Join Dr. Dachi Liao, Dr. @yoshidatoru, Dr.
@airohino_waseda, Dr. Szu-Yun Hsu and Dr. @jiun_chi on February 29, 2024. https://t.co/65RJQi0zij
Die #Mitgliederzahlen der Parteien Ende 2024 (und die Entwicklung zum Vorjahr) aus der jährlichen Studie von Oskar Niedermayer.
Die Entwicklung in früheren Jahren: https://t.co/mLhmAZSrvi
🎓🔍 Join ECPS Conference at Oxford University
🌍 “We, the People” and the Future of Democracy: Interdisciplinary Approaches
🗓️ July 1–3, 2025 | 📍 St Cross College, Oxford University
🌐 How is the idea of “the people” shaping democracy today—uniting or dividing? Join world-renowned scholars from philosophy, history, political science, law, and the arts as we examine populism, AI, identity, resistance, and constitutional order. From Europe to the Global South, this conference explores democratic backsliding and the power of civic imagination.
💡 Featuring:
🧠 Roundtables on populism & liberalism
📚 Panels on AI, nationalism, belonging & global law
🎭 Contributions from humanities, social sciences, and public policy
🎙️ Voices from Oxford, Humboldt, Sciences Po, Geneva, Bath, Groningen, Barcelona & more
🔗 Zoom Registration: https://t.co/Yqc6vXWa3z
More details: https://t.co/pY2oO5Nc4Y
#ECPS #OxfordUniversity #FutureOfDemocracy #Populism #WeThePeople #CivilSociety #Humanities #DemocraticBacksliding #ThePeople #Conference🏛️🧠🌐
After 1.5-year review, we finally published the paper!
We emphasize roles of communication styles (particularly sociable styles) and campaign timing in populist communication strategies. Also, we compared Germany and Taiwan to show similarities and differences of populism.
In 2023, 21.4% of the EU population were at risk of poverty or social exclusion. 🏠💰
Learn more about living conditions across EU regions ➡️ https://t.co/Q3INJPRVWt
#EurostatRYB
Where Is Europe Heading?
Register panel now & join @IrinavonWiese, Dr. Kurt Weyland, @GillesIvaldi, @AAzmanova, @Robert_A_Huber & @UVieten in their discussion on the EP election results on June 18, 2024.
Registration: https://t.co/wPIYU3SIJx
Details: https://t.co/C4eP8ZDmzo
UPDATED: The latest official EP seat projections. Still not an earthquake!
Modest gains by the center right EPP (+8) and by the far right ID (+9), less than earlier estimates.
Big losers are still the center liberals Renew (-22) and Greens (-19).
https://t.co/NHI4uStqVP
Yannis Stavrakakis' new book, 𝙋𝙤𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚: 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙋𝙤𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙢 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 (@routledgebooks), with a great genealogy of populism and introduction to Laclau and Mouffe's discourse theory, will be out tomorrow! https://t.co/F1pJwjUZtA
Many members of our specialist group contributed to this beautiful handbook on populism, edited by @G_Katsambekis and Yannis Stavrakakis and published by @ElgarPublishing! Chapters on the hottest topics, both theoretical and empirical! Not to be missed.
Mapping Global Populism
We express our sincere gratitude to Dr. Dachi Liao, Dr. @yoshidatoru, Dr. @airohino_waseda, Dr. Szu-Yun Hsu, Dr. @jiun_chi, @PrimeSithole and our dedicated team for making this event possible. Join us for more!
I’m a social scientist as well as an amateur clarinet player. After 10years, I finally bought a new clarinet (with the very nice price) made by Selmer, a famous brand from France.
The new super election year started with a non-election in #Bangladesh on January 7, but will pick up steam later this week with the free and fair #Taiwanelection@swissinfo_en asked @UZH_ch scholar Daniele Caramani about why 2024 matters https://t.co/23svU0rIgF
📢Calling all PhD candidates & early-career scholars working in #PolComm! 🎓 Join us for the 8th International Summer School in Political Communication 🗓️Dates: 8-13 July 2024 🏙️Location: Milan, Italy 🔗 https://t.co/Sgl2ognqRc
Who won today's Dutch election?
Geert Wilders' far-right Freedom Party (PVV), according to an exit poll.
Frans Timmermans’ Labour-Green alliance (PvdA-GL) came second.
And Dilan Yeşilgöz's center-right VVD was third, having suffered heavy losses.
🔗 https://t.co/ttInKyQ0Ti
On 11/13 I was invited to give a lecture about mixed methods at IMAPA (NSYSU). It was nice to talk and share my experiences with these master students.
Germany: MP Sahra Wagenknecht today left LINKE (Left Group in the EU Parliament) party and announced the intention to create a new party. #EP2024
Read what we wrote about the potential and ideological orientation of a #Wagenknecht list back in February: https://t.co/IOUn9HVexG