The Rise and Fall of Populism and Extremism, 2019-2024

Populism has always been a feature across Europe’s political spectrum. The big question is about the factors serving as the driving force behind populism. The EU-funded EXTREME project will explore whether people’s political decisions are shaped by their personal experiences, information environment and their interaction with aggregate economic shocks. Specifically, it will focus on the factors leading to the voting for populist UKIP and Brexit. It will also study the resistance to the Nazi regime during the Second World War. For this, the research team will measure resistance by checking a self-collected data set on treason cases and data on bombing and exposure to foreign propaganda. The project will also explore the personal factors that influenced the election of Donald Trump in the 2016 United States election.

BSE Video: https://bse.eu/research/research-videos/rise-and-fall-populism-and-extremism 

Working Papers

“Automation, Career Values, and Political Outcomes" (with Gregor Schubert, Bledi Taska, and  Pinar Yildirim), April 2024

“The Long Run Impact of Corporal Punishment in Schools" (with Gautam Rao and Brian Wheaton), February 2022

“Bombs, Broadcasts and Resistance: Allied Intervention and Domestic Opposition to the Nazi Regime during World War II” (with  Maja Adena, Ruben Enikolopov, and Hans-Joachim Voth), March 2021 

"Populism and Complexity" (with Mario Carillo and Dana Foarta), September 2023