Immersion is not neutral.
#PLEDGE Blogpost #12 shows how VR becomes a medium for grievance politics, turning victimhood, heroism & ressentiment into lived experience.
Storyliving → affective bonding → political meaning
🔗 bitly.cx/LkY81
#VirtualReality #GrievancePolitics #PoliticalEmotions #EU
Short videos are reshaping political exposure in Europe.
Our new study on the #EuropeanElections2024 shows how algorithmic feeds structure visibility, grievances & political content across ideological pathways.
Algorithms → emotional content → democratic resilience
🔗 bitly.cx/0mLs
#PLEDGE #eu
Ressentiment as a political resource.
Our new article shows how Erdoğan reframes collective victimhood into moral triumph — turning shared emotions into durable political loyalty.
Victimhood → affective bonding → authoritarian resilience ❌
🔗 bitly.cx/6QJK
#PLEDGE #GrievancePolitics #Populism
Grievance can become a pathway to radicalisation.
#PLEDGE Blogpost #5 explores how humiliation, exclusion & status loss shape the emotional tipping points towards democratic disavowal — or belonging.
🔗 bitly.cx/o85Qe
#GrievancePolitics #Democracy #EU
Emotions are not side effects of politics. They shape it.
In #4 of the Grievance Politics Briefings🤝, we explore how humiliation, frustration and powerless anger redefine how citizens relate to democracy.
- Read more: www.pledgeproject.eu/4-emotion-se...
#PLEDGE #GrievancePolitics #Democracy
📘 PLEDGE Policy Brief #2 is out
Emotions are shaping democratic trust in times of polycrisis.
🔗 Read the Policy Brief:
mailchi.mp/d89cbd495989...
#PLEDGEproject #PolicyBrief #DemocraticGovernance #Research #GrievancePolitics #EU
In our latest blogpost #11 by Prof. Tereza Capelos, we argue that grievance politics grows when policies ignore how people feel.
⚖️Emotionally attuned co-production is essential for rebuilding trust and democratic resilience in times of crisis.
🧠Read more: www.pledgeproject.eu/pledge-blog-...
Unhappiness doesn’t silence citizens. It mobilises them. 🔥🗣️
When grievance circulates, politics follows.
Read more: www.pledgeproject.eu/unhappiness-...
#GrievancePolitics #PoliticalEmotions #Democracy #CivicEngagement #Unhappiness #PoliticalParticipation
- Myriad tractors 🚜 running on burning emotion, not fuel 🔥.
This isn’t just about agriculture or policy tweaks. It’s a masterclass in how grievance, identity, and storytelling turn protest into political pressure.
🔍In this expert interview, Professor Tereza Capelos unpacks how grievance functions as an emotional anchor shaping political behaviour.
▶️ Watch the full interview on our YouTube channel or via the link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO5p...
#GrievancePolitics #Populism #Democracy #PoliticalPsychology
Politics stops solving problems. Then it starts blaming people.
In our new clip, Dr. Gabriella Szabo unpacks how blame and emotional manipulation fuel grievance politics and polarisation.
👉 Watch and reflect: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOOK...
In Part II 🔥 of PLEDGE's Blog Post: Youth Radicalism in Europe, Ayhan Kaya unpacks how nativist and Muslim-origin youth are co-radicalised by shared experiences of precarity, marginalisation, and political neglect.
Read more: www.pledgeproject.eu/pledge-blog-...
#Democracy #grievances #extremism
Reporting live from Athens 🇬🇷, the first day of PLEDGE’s meeting kicked off a couple of hours ago. The consortium is already knee-deep in discussions, agendas, and mildly heroic levels of coffee ☕. More updates will follow as the sessions unfold and the real work begins 🔎✨.
#PLEDGE #DEMOCRACY #EU
PLEDGE invites everyone to the book launch of "The Birth and Death of Liberal Democracy in Hungary" on 8 December 2025. The event will explore how polarisation has reshaped democratic life, with insights from Emilia Palonen and international experts.
Participation is available online. 📚✨
Our workshop “From Understanding to Action: Co-Creating Democratic Innovation with CSOs” was a great success!!! 🎉
🙌A big thank you to all civil society practitioners, partners and contributors who shared their insights and experiences.
#PLEDGE #GrievancePolitics #Innovation
🎥 New PLEDGE fieldwork insight
🧠Pasko’s video shows how small cracks in daily life turn into polarization, distrust and emotional pressure points. PLEDGE works to decode these mechanisms and turn them into tools for smarter, emotionally aware democratic governance.
#PLEDGE #Grievances #democracy
📢 Are you a CSO or NGO representative interested in strengthening democratic innovation?
Secure your position by registering, via www.pledgeproject.eu/pledge-invit...
#PLEDGEproject #Workshop #Democracy #EU
Across Europe, young people are searching for belonging in divided societies. Some turn to nationalism, others to religion — but both paths reveal a deeper crisis of meaning and connection.
Read PLEDGE Blog post #9
👉 www.pledgeproject.eu/pledge-blog-...
#PLEDGE #democracy #radicalisation
🌀 PLEDGE Blog #8
When crisis hits, emotions become the jet fuel of our information ecosystem.
📖 Read more: www.pledgeproject.eu/fear-anger-a...
#PLEDGE #Disinformation #ClimateCrisis #MediaLiteracy #EmotionsInPolitics
📣 Join us for two keynote lectures as part of the symposium
“Historicizing Populism: From the Classics to the Contemporary”,
hosted by the University of Helsinki within the PLEDGE Project.
💻 Watch live: video.helsinki.fi/unitube/live...
#PLEDGE #Populism #Democracy #PoliticalScience #PublicTalks
🌍 When was the last time you were trained by three top-notch EU projects simultaneously?
👉 Learn more: www.pledgeproject.eu/joint-worksh...
🎟 Register now via the link or QR code and be part of this collaborative discussion!
#PolicyMaking #ResearchToPolicy #PLEDGE #PolicyInnovation
🎧 “Life is Crap” — Hungary’s viral anthem — turns youth frustration into protest. When music meets grievance politics, pain becomes power and despair becomes solidarity.
💥🇭🇺 Listen here 👉https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS2xr9mxD0s
#PLEDGEProject #GrievancePolitics #YouthVoices #CulturalResistance
In the latest PLEDGE blog from the UNIWARSAW team, we explore how debates around gender justice often devolve into zero-sum battles over who has more suffering — fueling resentment and polarization.
🔗 Read more: www.pledgeproject.eu/pledge-blog-...
#democracy #EU #grievance #Politics
🌍PLEDGE’s work is more relevant than ever, as Starmer condemns Farage’s “politics of grievance”.
➡️Read the full article and see the relevant video here: www.bbc.com/news/article...
#PLEDGE #Democracy
In today’s hyper-competitive world, people dismiss what they couldn’t achieve as “undesirable” while recasting themselves as righteous victims.
👉 Discover more here: www.pledgeproject.eu/the-sour-gra...
#GrievancePolitics #SourGrapesEffect #Democracy #EU
📢 Call for Papers is now open!
📝 Submit your paper or panel proposal by 31 October 2025!
👉 Visit our website for more information: www.pledgeproject.eu/call-for-pap...
#democracy #EU #PLEDGE #grievances #politics #governance #CallForPapers
Smiling young woman with curly hair and eyes closed, radiating joy while raising her hand, overlaid with bold text that reads: “Joy. Pleasant, Powerful, and Political.” Credit: MORES project.
Joy is short-lived—but it forms lasting memories and can be deeply social.
We explore how joy strengthens group identity and brings people together in moments of political meaning. 🧪
Learn why joy matters for democracy: mores-horizon.eu/glossary/joy
#MORESresearch #Emotions #Society #HorizonEU
How can collective emotions -and cardboard- fuel democracy under the strain of war?
👉 Read the full blogpost here: www.pledgeproject.eu/pledge-blog-...
#Ukraine #CardboardRevolution #Democracy #PoliticalEmotions #CivicEngagement #PLEDGE #EU
🌍🤝 PLEDGE consortium members were present at the #ECPR conference in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 (26 – 29 August 2025), engaging in key debates on democracy, governance & grievance politics.
💬✨ Stay tuned — more posts & insights coming soon!!!
#democracy #EU
Georgia, on the Eastern flank of Europe, shows how deeply grievance politics can shift a nation’s trajectory.
🔗 This New York Times article takes an in-depth & personal look at this dramatic transformation: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/m...
#Democracy #EU #Autocracy #Europe #grievance
