About Us:
Team Populism brings together renowned scholars from Europe and the Americas to study the causes and consequences of populism. We seek to answer why some populist parties, leaders or movements are more successful than others.
Our general argument is that populism is best understood as a combination of individual and contextual issues (demand side) and the availability of successful leaders (supply side)
We expand on this broad framework by studying multiple levels of analysis, and we draw on different methodological tools, including experiments, surveys, and comparative analysis. To facilitate this work, individual teams are organized around functional tasks.
Announcements
Team Populism announces version 2 of the Global Populism Database
The Global Populism Database codes speeches given by 271 Presidents and Prime Ministers to measure how populist they are. This version adds eight new countries, mostly in South and East Asia, and extends coverage for several countries to the years 2000-2021. It also includes the full text of all speeches coded.
Introducing the Leader Profile Series
An authoritative source for understanding the populism of political leaders.
OPUS | Young Scholars Initiative on Populism
OPUS has elected new leadership: Charlie Meier, Leipzig University; Yujin Julia Jung, University of Missouri; Jeongho Choi, University of Iowa.
