Dear all, We are inviting submissions of panel and paper proposals for our section "*Conspiring Elites and Disgruntled Masses? Revisiting the Populist and Extremist Challenges to Democracy*" at the ECPR General Conference. The section is endorsed by the ECPR Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy <https://ecpr.eu/StandingGroups/StandingGroupHome.aspx?ID=6>. The section is concerned with the nature and implications of populist, radical, and extremists challenges on democracies around the globe. We invite scholars to approach the issue from manifold academic perspectives. Possible contributions may cover the characteristics of these actors as well as determinants of their emergence. Moreover, the section aims to comprise a wide range of understandings of the nature of these threats to democracy, including but not limited to the effects these challengers have on mainstream actors, their behaviour on the streets and in parliaments, how they manage to attract individuals and sway media outlets, as well as methodological advances that equip scholars to study the various threats to democracy. You can find more details here <https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/SectionDetails/1206>. The conference is planned as an in-person event in*Innsbruck *from*22-26 August 2022*. The submission *deadline* for panels or papers *16 February 2022* via the ECPR website. Panel proposals should contain between 3 and 5 papers. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us (Fabian.Habersack@uibk.ac.at or sophia.hunger@wzb.eu). Best wishes, Fabian & Sophia -- Dr. Sophia Hunger Research Fellow WZB Berlin Social Science Center Center for Civil Society Research Reichpietschufer 50, 10785 Berlin Room E 222 Tel: +49 30 25491 146