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Read more about the research output of the researchers associated with the UvA platform for Democratic Resilience.
Podcast: Trump's Political Revolution

Matthijs Lok and Jack Thompson, both of the UvA Platform of Democratic Resilience, recently appeared on the podcast De Atlantische Blik to discuss the European and Atlantic roots of the MAGA movement.

A Current Campaign: The Importance of Social Organisations

Today, we wanted to highilght a current campaign to protect civil society organisations in the Netherlands

The Far Right and Democracy: What To Do?

This week we are spotlighting an article by Erik van Ree, member of UvA's platform for Democratic Resilience and guest researcher on radical and extreme movements at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Amsterdam.

Antiliberal Internationalism in the Twentieth Century: Beyond Left and Right?

This week, we are spotlighting a recent publication, Antiliberal Internationalism in the Twentieth Century: Beyond Left and Right?

When it comes to elections, how much do voters care about democracy?

In light of the upcoming general election in the Netherlands, now seems a particularly apt time to revisit Matthiijs Rooduijn (of UvA’s platform for Democratic Resilience), Honorta Mazepus and Bert Bakker’s article exploring the extent to which Dutch voters value key attributes of liberal democracy.  

DeMoCraft receives €6.6 million grant for research into democratic moral craftsmanship

Three of our members are contributing to the important work of DeMoCraft

DEMRES’ Gulnaz Sibgatullina awarded an ERC Starting Grant

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a Starting Grant to Gulnaz Sibgatullina, a researcher at the University of Amsterdam and member of UvA Platform for Democratic Resilience, to support her project researching Illiberal Religious Internationalism in Africa.

The Drunken Dinner Guest of Democratic Politics: Constitutional conventions and populism as a transgressive political style

As the erosion of democracy becomes increasingly recognised as a global challenge, it is important to understand the nature of this threat. In their recent paper, Jerfi Uzman (of UvA’s platform for Democratic Resilience) and Marleen Kappé focus on the relationship between populism and democratic resilience.