Democracy in an Age of Populism: How the populist radical right affects political support, polarization and notions of democracy (DEMoPOP)
Main content
The main aim of the DEMoPOP project is to investigate how the dynamics generated by the continuous electoral success of radical right populist parties in Europe affect citizens' political trust, political attitudes, views of the democratic system, and polarization. By focusing on the consequences of the growth of radical right populist parties as well as bridging the fields of populism studies and political support, the project deals with questions that in the end will be of importance for the legitimacy of European democracy. The research within the project relies on a wide range of data, e.g. large scale cross-national surveys, panel survey data, survey experiments, open ended survey questions, and online text data.
The project
Project title:
Democracy in an Age of Populism: How the populist radical right affects political support, polarization and notions of democracy (DEMoPOP)
Duration:
1 December 2018 - 30 February 2023
Funds awarded:
8 800 000 NOK
by a grant from the Research Council of Norway
Principal investigator:
Jonas Linde
Associated researchers:
Professor Jonas Linde (PI), University of Bergen
Postdoctoral Fellow Lars Erik Berntzen, University of Bergen
Associate Professor Andrej Kokkonen, University of Gothenburg & University of Bergen
Assistant Professor Eelco Harteveld, University of Amsterdam
PhD candidate Haylee Kelsall, University of Amsterdam
Professor Stefan Dahlberg, Mid Sweden University
Professor Elisabeth Ivarsflaten, University of Bergen
