Democratic Efficacy and #Populism in Europe. #DEMOS_H2020. Experts from 10 disciplines in 15 countries. Project led by #CSS & funded by the #EU.
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🚨🔍 Countering populism breakthroughs!
Insights from @CORDIS_EU's interview with Zsolt Boda, PI of DEMOS. New policy recs & tools to empower citizens, combat disinformation, and build a #ResilientSociety 🤝
Link: bit.ly/42GfBsP
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Using an experimental survey with 4,000 participants across Germany, Hungary, Italy, and Poland, MORES researchers found that two emotional stories increased support for a more open migration policy. But emotional tone doesn’t always work.
Read the analysis: mores-horizon.eu/blog/open-e…
#MigrationPolicy #EUresearch
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Hungary's election was fought on two emotions.
MORES co-investigator @peterkreko reflects on the emotional contrast between the two main campaigns in Hungary's April election: Viktor Orbán's Fidesz, which centred its messaging on fear, and Péter Magyar's TISZA, which campaigned on hope and the belief that change was possible.
His analysis follows findings from a recent preregistered MORES study on democratic resilience—and how different narratives shape citizens' perceptions of political change.
Watch more: bit.ly/4pxVcSO
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A MORES crowdsourcing with 1,300 Europeans found compassion and pride dominating on EU policy support for Ukraine, but anger (55%) and fear (42%) on migration policy. Familiarity ≠ legitimacy. Our new blog explains the results—and why gauging citizens' emotions matters.
Learn more: bit.ly/44oQTzp
@CORDIS_EU
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Moral entrepreneurs shape norms by framing issues as threats—mobilising emotions, the media, and politics to drive change.
Our MORES glossary explains that, in a fast-moving media environment, their role is more visible—and more powerful—than ever.
#MORESresearch #HorizonEurope
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Politics moves on emotions. The project's 2025 Annual Report covers a year of peer-reviewed and ongoing research on moral emotions in politics in Europe—plus the launch of MORES Pulse, our free AI emotion detection tool.
👉bit.ly/4dfj3CC
#EUfunded #EUresearch #HorizonEurope
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Why do some policy arguments resonate while others are ignored?
Stories with heroes, villains, and victims shape what we believe about migration, climate, and more.
Watch MORES researcher Claudio Radaelli, professor at @STGEUI, explain why emotions matter in political storytelling:
Full discussion: bit.ly/MORES-Radaelli
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📣 Call for Papers | ESA 2026
How do anger, fear, and resentment shape today’s politics?
Submit to the joint ESA panel “Emotional Dynamics of Grievance Politics” at #ESA2026 (Warsaw, 25–28 Aug 2026).
We welcome theoretical & empirical work on grievance politics, emotional narratives, and democratic consequences.
🗓️ Abstract submission deadline: 30 Jan 2026
🔗 Submit via ESA platform:
conftool.com/esa2026/
#PoliticalSociology #SociologyOfEmotions #ESA2026
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Hungary's Farm to Fork debate reveals how anger, fear, and pride shaped its story about the EU food policy, Jonathan Kamkhaji and Claudio Radaelli, MORES researchers at @STGEUI, write.
Drawing on four years of official communication and nearly 800 coded sentences—analysed with MORES Pulse, our open-access custom AI—their analysis reveals how emotionalised stories can overturn even the most technical policies:
mores-horizon.eu/blog/a-thou…
#FarmtoFork #GreenDeal
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Hungary has become an ideological informational autocracy: a system that rules through narrative control and collective emotion mobilisation, not force, a new MORES publication shows.
Published in Central and Eastern European Migration Review, the study shows how its key tool—the Moral Panic Button—cycles enemies like migrants, Brussels, gender ideology, and the “(George) Soros network,” keeping society in permanent alarm.
Read the study by researchers Endre Sik & @peterkreko to understand Hungary's politics of fear:
👉 mores-horizon.eu/publication…
#Autocracy #MORESresearch
Follow @MORES_HORIZON for research on emotions and #populism.
Several research results already available on their website.
#MORESresearch #politics
How emotional can institutional policy narratives get?
A new MORES study shows that Hungary’s communication on the EU's Farm to Fork was highly structured—with heroes, villains, victims, and a clear emotional script.
☑️The goal wasn't to offer a policy alternative, but to attack an existing one, researchers Jonathan Kamkhaji and Claudio Radaelli explain.
📖 Read MORES’s new study, open access on our website, to understand the role of emotions in policy narratives: mores-horizon.eu/publication…
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When far-right groups say “freedom,” what do they mean?
New article by MORES researcher @peterkreko in the "Brown Journal of World Affairs" shows how authoritarian populists weaponise liberty to undermine democracy—and how the language of freedom can be reclaimed.
Read more: bit.ly/47NpiJE
#MORESresearch #Populism
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Negative emotions dominate the media and politics.
Can we learn to regulate them?
Prof. Eran Halperin (@eranh75_eran), MORES co-investigator at @PICRLab, explains how the #MORESProject research explores emotion regulation in political life—and why it matters for democracy.
🎥Watch the full video explaining the psychological strategies being studied: youtu.be/E_FugFDXmg4
Based on research by Halperin, @AdvaGruenwald & @mabelle_kretch.
#MORESresearch
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Populism thrives on strong emotions: ‘people vs elites’. Can citizens resist the pull?
New MORES research by @eranh75_eran, @AdvaGruenwald & @mabelle_kretch shows that spotting emotional triggers & manipulative cues may build resilience.
Read more: mores-horizon.eu/blog/can-de…
#MORESresearch #Populism
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🎓 Last week to apply!
From 10–12 Sept, MORES offers a free online Master Class for NGOs & CSOs to understand, manage, and respond to the political uses of moral emotions in their daily work.
Learn to:
✅ Ethically activate moral emotions.
✅ Counter manipulation.
✅ Build resilience & lead ethically.
📅 Apply by Sun, 31 Aug | Seats limited!
Sign up: 👉 mores-horizon.eu/events/mast…
#CivilSociety #NGOs #Leadership #MORESresearch #Democracy #CivicEngagement #Emotions #Academy
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How do TV series challenge illiberal populism?
A new MORES study shows how “angry citizens” flip the script—offering a more inclusive vision of power and governance in politics.
📄The study by Thomas Scherer, Timm Beichelt, and Daniel Illger (European University Viadrina) is free to read on our website.
🔗 mores-horizon.eu/publication…
#MORESresearch #Populism #MediaStudies #Politics #Democracy #TVShows
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ALT Vasily Goloborodko, a fictional character played by Volodymyr Zelensky (the president of Ukraine) in "Servant of the People [2015-2019]," is depicted wearing a suit, holding a mace, and riding a bike. His expression is serious, and he looks straight forward. The backdrop is golden, with "WORKING PAPER" on the left and a title: "European TV Series Reimagine Populism."
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💥 Smear campaigns. Emotional manipulation.
NGOs & CSOs need tools to understand moral emotions—and lead with hope.
Our FREE Master Class will show you how.
🗓 Sept 10–12 | Online | Apply by Aug 31
👉 mores-horizon.eu/events/mast…
#MORESresearch #NGO #CivilSociety
Our Brussels-based partner @ecas_europe has launched a survey to collect citizens’ feelings about EU policies.
For details on how the survey can help shape governance, follow @MORES_HORIZON.
#collaboration #horizonEU
Citizens can shape EU policymaking! 🤝
Meet Assya Kavrakova, Executive Director of @ecas_europe and MORES consortium partner.
With over 25 years of experience leading NGOs and expert teams across Europe, Kavrakova brings deep insight into EU law, citizenship, cohesion policy, among other EU policy areas.
For MORES, she and the ECAS team—Elisa Lironi, Desislava Ivanova, Nicolò Triacca, and Marta Azevedo Silva—are working on integrating citizen voices directly into EU policymaking.
📖 Read more about Kavrakova and the ECAS team in our experts page: mores-horizon.eu/experts/ass…
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#collaboration #teamwork #science #MORESresearch
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📢 New MORES Journal Article
Why do some leaders inspire devotion while others face rejection?
Published in @CogitatioPaG, the MORES research reveals how partisan identity and populist attitudes shape perceptions of leadership.
📝 Read the latest findings by Rudolf Metz & Bendegúz Plesz and download the open-access publication today:
mores-horizon.eu/blog/the-ch…
#Leadership #Charisma #Politics #MORESresearch #EmotionalIntelligence
Meet the coordinator of both @MORES_HORIZON and @DEMOS_H2020 🤝
With over 180 academic publications and leadership in EU-wide projects such as @DEMOS, Zsolt Boda is a political scientist and research professor at @css_budapest.
At MORES, Boda is exploring the impact of moral emotions on policymaking—and how European policies can better address citizens' emotional needs and values.
Learn more about Zsolt Boda’s work on our experts page:
🔗 mores-horizon.eu/experts/zso…
#teamwork #collaboration #HorizonEU
