Hande Eslen–Ziya is Professor of Sociology at University of Stavanger, Norway and chair of the Populism, Anti-Gender and Democracy Research Group at the same institution.Alberta Giorgi is Assistant professor of Sociology of culture and communication at the University of Bergamo, Italy, and chair of the Research Network Political Sociology of the European Sociological Association.

• Introduction. Alberta Giorgi; Hande Eslen-Ziya.- Part 1. Theory.- Pseudo-science in Populism, Hande Eslen-Ziya.- The Role of Experts in Populist Politics: an Overview, Liv Sunnercrantz and T. Murat Yildirim.- The Whirl of Knowledge in Twitter: (anti-)populist hegemony challengers, Emilia Palonen.- Part 2. The European Level.- The EU’s answer to climate populism - Stringent and appropriate?,  Thomas  Sattich.- Populists’ Framings of the COVID-19 Pandemic and their Opponents in the EU Parliament, Carlo Berti and Carlo Ruzza.- Part 3. National Case Studies.- The anti-vax movement in Spain and in Italy. A reflection on the problematic relationship between science, politics and public opinion in late modernity, Clemente Penalva and Luca Raffini.- Qanon and conspiracy theories – the Italian case, Maria Francesca Murru.- Populist politics of counterknowledge: anti-gendercampaigns in Poland, Elżbieta Korolczuk.- Greenwashing Reactionary Movements. On Populist Instrumentalization of Environmental Issues, Gildas Renou.- Anti-gender politics as a democratic challenge in Norway’s populist moment , Elisabeth Lund Engebretsen.- Between Populism and Popular Citizenship in Science Conflict, Mette Marie Roslyng.- Inconvenient truths? Populist epistemology and the case of Portugal, Alberta Giorgi.- Linking Covid-19-related socio-economic anxieties with right-wing populism: A comparison between Europe and the United States, Gilles Ivaldi and Oscar Mazzoleni.

Hande Eslen–Ziya is Professor of Sociology at University of Stavanger, Norway and chair of the Populism, Anti-Gender and Democracy Research Group at the same institution.Alberta Giorgi is Assistant professor of Sociology of culture and communication at the University of Bergamo, Italy, and chair of the Research Network Political Sociology of the European Sociological Association.

• Introduction. Alberta Giorgi; Hande Eslen-Ziya.- Part 1. Theory.- Pseudo-science in Populism, Hande Eslen-Ziya.- The Role of Experts in Populist Politics: an Overview, Liv Sunnercrantz and T. Murat Yildirim.- The Whirl of Knowledge in Twitter: (anti-)populist hegemony challengers, Emilia Palonen.- Part 2. The European Level.- The EU’s answer to climate populism - Stringent and appropriate?,  Thomas  Sattich.- Populists’ Framings of the COVID-19 Pandemic and their Opponents in the EU Parliament, Carlo Berti and Carlo Ruzza.- Part 3. National Case Studies.- The anti-vax movement in Spain and in Italy. A reflection on the problematic relationship between science, politics and public opinion in late modernity, Clemente Penalva and Luca Raffini.- Qanon and conspiracy theories – the Italian case, Maria Francesca Murru.- Populist politics of counterknowledge: anti-gendercampaigns in Poland, Elżbieta Korolczuk.- Greenwashing Reactionary Movements. On Populist Instrumentalization of Environmental Issues, Gildas Renou.- Anti-gender politics as a democratic challenge in Norway’s populist moment , Elisabeth Lund Engebretsen.- Between Populism and Popular Citizenship in Science Conflict, Mette Marie Roslyng.- Inconvenient truths? Populist epistemology and the case of Portugal, Alberta Giorgi.- Linking Covid-19-related socio-economic anxieties with right-wing populism: A comparison between Europe and the United States, Gilles Ivaldi and Oscar Mazzoleni.

Hande Eslen–Ziya is Professor of Sociology at University of Stavanger, Norway and chair of the Populism, Anti-Gender and Democracy Research Group at the same institution.Alberta Giorgi is Assistant professor of Sociology of culture and communication at the University of Bergamo, Italy, and chair of the Research Network Political Sociology of the European Sociological Association.

• Introduction. Alberta Giorgi; Hande Eslen-Ziya.- Part 1. Theory.- Pseudo-science in Populism, Hande Eslen-Ziya.- The Role of Experts in Populist Politics: an Overview, Liv Sunnercrantz and T. Murat Yildirim.- The Whirl of Knowledge in Twitter: (anti-)populist hegemony challengers, Emilia Palonen.- Part 2. The European Level.- The EU’s answer to climate populism - Stringent and appropriate?,  Thomas  Sattich.- Populists’ Framings of the COVID-19 Pandemic and their Opponents in the EU Parliament, Carlo Berti and Carlo Ruzza.- Part 3. National Case Studies.- The anti-vax movement in Spain and in Italy. A reflection on the problematic relationship between science, politics and public opinion in late modernity, Clemente Penalva and Luca Raffini.- Qanon and conspiracy theories – the Italian case, Maria Francesca Murru.- Populist politics of counterknowledge: anti-gendercampaigns in Poland, Elżbieta Korolczuk.- Greenwashing Reactionary Movements. On Populist Instrumentalization of Environmental Issues, Gildas Renou.- Anti-gender politics as a democratic challenge in Norway’s populist moment , Elisabeth Lund Engebretsen.- Between Populism and Popular Citizenship in Science Conflict, Mette Marie Roslyng.- Inconvenient truths? Populist epistemology and the case of Portugal, Alberta Giorgi.- Linking Covid-19-related socio-economic anxieties with right-wing populism: A comparison between Europe and the United States, Gilles Ivaldi and Oscar Mazzoleni.