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Moderation: Cristiano Gianolla (CES)


Overview

This seminar will inaugurate the 'Event Series UNPOP - Populism and emotions'. The visit from the project's consultant, Professor José Santana Pereira will initiate a series of events with experts covering some of the major themes of the UNPOP project: political behaviour, populism, emotion narratives and far-right

During the seminar José Santana Pereira will present the results of his research on the populist attitudes of Portuguese men and women, looking at their prevalence in Portuguese society, the factors that increase or reduce the likelihood of expressing populist attitudes, the different varieties of populist attitudes identifiable in the population, and the impact of populist attitudes in terms of electoral participation/abstention, voting behaviour and other modes of political participation.

Bio note

José Santana Pereira (Nisa, 1982) is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science and Public Policy (ESPP) and Integrated Researcher at CIES-Iscte - Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (ESPP) in Politics and Citizenship. He holds a PhD in Political and Social Sciences from the European University Institute in Florence (IUE, 2012). His research has focused on the field of media effects on public opinion and, more recently, on the study of national media systems in comparative perspective. Electoral behaviour and political attitudes (namely attitudes towards Europe) are also part of his research interests.

Coordinated by Cristiano Gianolla and Lisete Mónico and based at the Centre for Social Studies and CINEICC - Centre for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive-Behavioural Intervention of the University of Coimbra, the UNPOP project is funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P. (PTDC/CPO-CPO/3850/2020).