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Breivik and Conspiracy

Short Circuiting Conspiracy Theories to Counter Xenophobic Populism and Mari Tunby review The Dark Web: Norway, conspiracy theories and the aftermath of the July 22 attack – an opportunity to examine the role and origins of contemporary conspiracy theories in Norway. Read more on our project page here.

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Counterpoint on Populism

“...populism is often equated with mobilisation and with protest–with ‘things kicking off’, what markets and investors need to be worried about is the very opposite: things grinding to a halt.”

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Counterpoint explored local and personal experiences of migration in communities across four European countries (France, Germany, Sweden and Italy), and here we set out...

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Public monuments seem to have become the lightning rod of our cultural wars: from Robert E Lee, to Cecil Rhodes, to intimations that Nelson...