CHAIR

Peter Vermeersch

(KUL Leuven, Belgium)

peter.vermeersch@soc.kuleuven.be

 

 

PAPERS

Mert Can Bayar

(U of Washington, US)

mertcanby@gmail.com

Conspiracy Theories' Role in Democratic Erosion:

Cases of the United States and Turkey

 

Ceren Belge

(Concordia U, Canada)

ceren.belge@concordia.ca

Conspiracy Theories as Propaganda in Authoritarian Regimes:

The Gezi Trial in Turkey

 

Miro Hacek

(U of Ljublana, Slovenia)

miro.hacek@fdv.uni-lj.si

Simona Kukovic

(U of Ljublana, Slovenia)

simona.kukovic@fdv.uni-lj.si

The Mysterious Lure of Conspiracy Theories and Populism in Slovenia

 

Boglarka Koller

(Ludovika U, Hungary)

drkollerboglarka@gmail.com

Narrating the Nation Through Conspiracies :

Competing Visions of Hungarian Nationhood in the 2026 Electoral Campaigns

 

Agnieszka Turska-Kawa

(U of Silesia Katowice, Poland)

agnieszka.turska-kawa@us.edu.pl

Christian Welzel

(Leuphana U, Germany)

cwelzel@gmail.com

Another Dark Triad of Misogyny: 
System Aversion, Political Distrust and Conspiracy Beliefs

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DISCUSSANT

András Bozóki

(CEU, Austria)

bozokia@ceu.edu

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