Emotions, Populism and Polarisation

The international team studies hegemony, affects and political identification from interdisciplinary perspectives 

Faculty of Social Sciences building at the University of Helsinki
Welcome to the Helsinki Hub on Emotions, Populism and Polarisation (HEPP). Here you will find information on our three research projects and the people who make up our expanding hub. The projects are linked below. Further below, also follow the links to our conference in May 2021!
Projects

HEPP and its projects

Our research is conducted via the three projects that make up HEPP, and range from our main disciplines of political science and communication to economics, the politics of history, memories, discourse analysis, and many more. The three projects, their research topics and individual websites are listed on the Research projects page.
The Second Helsinki Emotions, Populism and Polarisation conference 4-8 May
HEPP2 conference set out to explore populism, polarisation and emotions globally, with 150+ presentations and 200+ participants HEPP2 conference pages HEPP2 conference programme HEPP2 abstracts and participants
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Our first #DRad country report on agents of (de)#radicalisation in #Finland is out! Well done @l_horsmanheimo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Banana Populism

🍌What is Banana Populism Anyway?🍌 Is there really a method behind all the madness? 👩‍🔬 Find out for yourself right… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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The weekly meeting of #HEPPsters happy & exhausted after #HEPP2: The discussions and quality of papers was praised,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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10.05.2021
Helsinki Hub on Emotions, Populism & Polarisation

We co-organise through @whi_know project a hybrid panel on academic freedom w/ HumanRightsCommittee @FinAcademies,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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10.05.2021
Helsinki Hub on Emotions, Populism & Polarisation

We co-organise through @whi_know project a hybrid panel on academic freedom w/ HumanRightsCommittee @FinAcademies,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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08.05.2021
Paulina Lenik

Inspirational @sergsagara #machinelearning #structuralmodelling presentation on #radicalisation at @HEPPsinki. A Sa… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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08.05.2021
Joonas Koivukoski

Glad to be soon chairing this interesting panel on fake news. Links well to the broader theme of epistemic crisis… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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08.05.2021
WhiKnow Project

Coming up next in #HEPP2 a fascinating panel on Fake news and the State! https://t.co/XzVw42BaLO

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08.05.2021
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Today the #HEPP2 final panel is w/ our visitor from Milan @RasanenSaija, @rdorekens from Malta and Turkish colleagu… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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10.05.2021
@NowTimeUsSpace

Here's a little #latergram from the #HEPP2 conference, which just wrapped up on Saturday: Beata Krolicka, discussin… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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07.05.2021
@NowTimeUsSpace

Don't miss this #HEPP2 panel! Facebook Under Study, featuring our own @laurasibi! twitter.com/lani49/status/…

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07.05.2021
@NowTimeUsSpace

Populism in #Hungary, at least, definitely has something to do with science skepticism in Hungary, it seems ...… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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06.05.2021
Mike Cole

⚽️He's ready for #HEPP2 Are you? The Sky's the Limit in this roundtable coming up in just over half an hour 👇… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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06.05.2021
Lani Hartikainen

Here's @BananaPopulism's own with @NotTheMikeCole with an old friend and his method of performatively constructing… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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