Introducing FARPO: the Far-Right Protest Observatory

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CASTELLI GATTINARA Pietro
Thu, Feb 29, 2024 7:54 AM

The Far-Right Protest Observatory
A comprehensive resource to track and analyse trends in far-right protest mobilization across Europe

Far-right extra-parliamentary mobilization has gained importance globally, notably as a grassroots reaction to migration, Covid-19, and climate action. Today, street activism has emerged as a crucial avenue for far-right parties and movements to voice their grievances and shape public debates. Studying how the far right mobilizes in the protest arena is therefore essential for fostering informed discourse and democratic responses to right-wing extremism, radicalism, and populism.

FARPOhttp://www.farpo.eu/ provides systematic comparative data on far-right protest events in Europe. It offers a comprehensive repository for researchers, journalists, policymakers and the general public, allowing to understand the drivers, dynamics and outcomes of protests by far-right groups, including crucial details such as location, date, initiator, and motive behind each event.

Key Features of FARPO:

  1.                 Comprehensive data covering several thousand far-right protest events spanning two decades (2008-2021) in 17 European countries.
    
  2.                 User-friendly interface to download datasets and explore data visualizations.
    
  3.                 An international network led by Pietro Castelli Gattinara<https://cevipol.phisoc.ulb.be/corps-academique/professeur-e-s/pietro-castelli-gattinara> (ULB), Caterina Froio<https://www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etudes-europeennes/en/researcher/caterina-froio.html> (Sciences Po), Andrea Pirro<https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/andrea.pirro/en> (University of Bologna) & Anders Ravik Jupskås<https://www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/english/people/aca/andersju/> (C-REX).
    
  4.                 FARPO is backed by the European Union's H2020 program, FNSP, and C-REX.
    

Visit www.farpo.euhttp://www.farpo.eu/ to access the observatory and start exploring the data.

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For media inquiries, please contact:
Véronique Etienne, Press officer - Sciences Po CEE
veronique.etienne@sciencespo.frmailto:veronique.etienne@sciencespo.fr

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Pietro Castelli Gattinara
Associate Professor
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Centre d'études de la vie politique (Cevipol), Science Po ULB
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow
Sciences Po | Centre d'études européennes (CEE)

The Far-Right Protest Observatory A comprehensive resource to track and analyse trends in far-right protest mobilization across Europe Far-right extra-parliamentary mobilization has gained importance globally, notably as a grassroots reaction to migration, Covid-19, and climate action. Today, street activism has emerged as a crucial avenue for far-right parties and movements to voice their grievances and shape public debates. Studying how the far right mobilizes in the protest arena is therefore essential for fostering informed discourse and democratic responses to right-wing extremism, radicalism, and populism. FARPO<http://www.farpo.eu/> provides systematic comparative data on far-right protest events in Europe. It offers a comprehensive repository for researchers, journalists, policymakers and the general public, allowing to understand the drivers, dynamics and outcomes of protests by far-right groups, including crucial details such as location, date, initiator, and motive behind each event. Key Features of FARPO: 1. Comprehensive data covering several thousand far-right protest events spanning two decades (2008-2021) in 17 European countries. 2. User-friendly interface to download datasets and explore data visualizations. 3. An international network led by Pietro Castelli Gattinara<https://cevipol.phisoc.ulb.be/corps-academique/professeur-e-s/pietro-castelli-gattinara> (ULB), Caterina Froio<https://www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etudes-europeennes/en/researcher/caterina-froio.html> (Sciences Po), Andrea Pirro<https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/andrea.pirro/en> (University of Bologna) & Anders Ravik Jupskås<https://www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/english/people/aca/andersju/> (C-REX). 4. FARPO is backed by the European Union's H2020 program, FNSP, and C-REX. Visit www.farpo.eu<http://www.farpo.eu/> to access the observatory and start exploring the data. [cid:image001.png@01DA6A90.31E691C0] For media inquiries, please contact: Véronique Etienne, Press officer - Sciences Po CEE veronique.etienne@sciencespo.fr<mailto:veronique.etienne@sciencespo.fr> -- Pietro Castelli Gattinara Associate Professor Université Libre de Bruxelles Centre d'études de la vie politique (Cevipol), Science Po ULB Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow Sciences Po | Centre d'études européennes (CEE)