Conspiracies and Conflicts

Conspiracies and Conflicts

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Conspiracies and Conflicts

Speakers

  • Nathalie Brack - Université libre de Bruxelles
  • Giorgia Bulli - University of Florence
  • Maximilian Conrad - University of Iceland
  • Ela Drazkiewicz - University of Lund
  • John Erik Fossum - European University Institute – Florence
  • Elena García-Guitián - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
  • Nicolas Guilhot - European University Institute – Florence
  • Rico Isaacs - University of Lincoln
  • Klaudia Koxha - University of Lausanne
  • Balsa Lubarda - University Pompeu–Fabra, Barcelona
  • Moreno Mancosu - Università di Torino
  • Giuseppe Martinico - SSSA – Pisa
  • Oscar Mazzoleni - University of Lausanne
  • Susi Meret - University of Aalborg
  • Marco Solinas - SSSA – Pisa
  • Simona Stano - University of Turin
  • Paul Taggart - University of Sussex
  • Kevin Winter - University of Hohenheim
  • Michael Zeller - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Day one

Scuola Sant’Anna, Sede Centrale, Aula 3, Piazza Martiri della Libertà, Pisa

THURSDAY 7th NOVEMBER

11:00 Opening and Welcome

11:10-13:40 Panel 1. What are Political Conspiracy Theories?

Chair: Giuseppe Martinico and Marco Solinas

Paul Taggart (University of Sussex)
Conspiracy Theories and Unpolitics

Nicolas Guilhot (European University Institute - Florence)
Neoliberalism and Anti-Conspiracism

Marco Solinas (SSSA - Pisa)
The Magic Power of Political Conspiracism

Simona Stano (University of Turin)
In Search of a Culprit: Conspiracy Theories, Hermetic Semiosis, and Scapegoating

John Erik Fossum (Arena, Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo, and European University Institute - Florence)
National Sovereignty as Conspiracy

13:40-15:00 lunch break

15:00-16:30 Panel 2. Rasing Awareness for and Debunking Fake News: Journalism and counter Strategies

Chair: Hans-Jörg Trenz

Nathalie Brack (Université libre de Bruxelles, the only present at the conference), Piotr Marcysnki (Université libre de Bruxelles), Kostas Papaioannou (Université libre de Bruxelles)
Measuring conspiracism in the online communication of politicians

Elena García-Guitián (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
Reinforcing democracy in a post-truth context: institutional responses to rebalance the disruptions of the political public sphere

Maximilian Conrad (University of Iceland)
Fake News Narratives, Violence against Journalists and the Post-Truth Condition: Evidence from Germany and Canada

16:30-17 coffee break

17-18:30 Panel 3. Environmental Issues Between Denialism and Misinformation

Chair: Manuela Caiani and Balsa Lubarda

Giorgia Bulli (University of Florence)
The Europeanization of Climate Change Disinformation in Far-Right Magazines: the case of The Primato Nazionale and Compact

Kevin Winter (University of Hohenheim)
Against the wind: How conspiracy belief hinders the energy revolution

Moreno Mancosu (University of Torino, the only present at the conference), Cecilia Biancalana (University of Torino)
The Politics of Climate Denial: A Cross-National Analysis in the Wake of the 2024 European Elections

Day two

Scuola Normale Superiore, Palazzo Strozzi, Altana, Firenze

FRIDAY 8th NOVEMBER

11:00-13:30 Panel 4. Far right and Conspiracies

Chair: Manuela Caiani

Susi Meret (Aalborg University)
Dystopian Fantasies and Gender Politics: Analyzing Far-Right Gender Extremism in Contemporary Participatory Platforms

Oscar Mazzoleni (University of Zurich) and Klaudia Koxha (University of Lausanne, the only present at the conference)
Populism and Conspiracy in European radical right-wing politics. A supply-side discoursive perspective

Ela Drazkiewicz (Lund University)
Conspirational Clutter: dealing with conspiracy theories in Polish politics

Michael Zeller (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
Framing conspiracism: right-wing extremist trends in post-pandemic Europe

Rico Isaacs (Lincoln University)
The Culture Industry, Right-Wing Populism and Conspiracy: the case of Russell Brand