More information about the PaCE website, social media and press kits could be found here.
D2.1 An online catalogue of the relevant data sources
More information about the online catalogue of data souces could be found here.
Populism versus Nativism: a brief guide on how to distinguish between the two terms
The PaCE project has produced the “Populism versus Nativism” infographic based on the original research of Dr. Takis S. Pappas, distinguishing between “populism” and “nativism.” The following post aims to contextualize the infographic. Viktor Orbán’s Hungary has come to epitomize the resurgence of populist and nativist movements and governments in Europe in the...
Messina Democracy Lab, September 2019
As part of the Populism and Civic Engagement (PaCE) project, we held a ‘Democracy Lab’ in Messina, Italy, in September 2019 (you can read more about it here). It was the first such event and served as a rehearsal for how other organisations can engage with citizens as part of their work. The Democracy Labs are a component of PaCE’s engagement plan, which aims to make sure that democratic...
Messina Democracy Lab
As part of the Populism and Civic Engagement (PaCE) project, we held a ‘Democracy Lab’ in Messina, Italy, in September 2019. It was the first such event and served as a dry run for future gatherings as well as for how other organisations can engage with citizens as part of their work. Fifteen local participants joined the Messina Democracy Lab in the city’s Tommaso Cannizzaro public library...
Contribution of TRI to the PaCE research
Please find the work conducted by the TRI partners on Populism and Civic Engagement. A few reflections on “Analysing “populist” narratives – what are the ethical and social implications?” Please fin the detailed article on the following link. A view on the “Social media and populism: Facebook’s challenges with political speech”. Please find the detailed article on...
PaCE project at the EuroPCom 2019
Discovering innovative forms of citizens engagement against populism Last Thursday, part of the Populism and Civic Engagement ‘PaCE’ team, including Nadja Nickel and Beth Wiltshire from The Democratic Society and Magnus Yngvi Josefsson from the City of Reykjavik, Iceland presented the PaCE project as part of an interactive ‘Ideas Lab: Discovering innovative forms of citizens engagement against...
Who do populist radical right parties stand for? New article by Reinhard Heinisch and Annika Werner
The PaCE team meeting at DemSoc offices in Brussels
New article by Bruce Edmonds on co-developing beliefs and social influence networks
A model of mutual influence is presented where the structure of individual’s beliefs and the social structure both matter. The model thus combines processes of belief change base on Thagard’s (Behav Brain Sci 12:435–467, 1989) theory of mental coherence with plausible processes of social network change. This combination of cognitive and social processes has outcomes that are qualitatively...


