* Civilizational populism [1] in the Global South and the Global North 

Hello, I would be most grateful if you could please circulate this CFP at EPSA networks. ECPS organises a three-day symposium on the interplay between populism [1], religion, and civilizationism from local, national, transnational, international and global perspectives. Evaluating their combined impact on plural societies, intergroup relations, social cohesion [2] and democratic institutions, the symposium will analyze how populists from diverse cultural, geographical, and political contexts both in Global North and Global South interact with and employ religion, civilizationism and digital technologies in their discourses and performances. _Themes include but are not limited to:_ * Civilizational populism [1] in the Global South and the Global North (proposals about situations in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Indo-Pacific and Southeast Asia are particularly welcome). * Digital technologies, including the use of AI, and civilizational populism [1] (e.g., new opportunities to communicate and politically mobilize and the implications for the future of civilizational populism [1]). * Local, national and transnational dynamics of civilizational populism [1] and their policy implications. * Impact of civilizational populism [1] on intergroup emotions of different ethnoreligious and political groups in societies, social cohesion [2] and civility. * The impact of civilizational populism [1] in contexts of acute intergroup conflict, including political violence and war. * Authoritarianism [3], authoritarian state and non-state actors and their modes of promotion of civilizational populism [1]. * Foreign policy, inter-state relations and civilizational populism [1]. * Neo liberalism, market and civilizational populism [1]. TARGET AUDIENCE Policymakers, academics, researchers, civil society organizations, and practitioners in political science, sociology, international relations, and public policy. ORGANIZERS Prof. Jocelyn Cesari (The Chair of Religion and Politics at the University of Birmingham (UK) and Senior Fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University). Prof. Ihsan Yilmaz (Chair in Islamic Studies and research professor of political science and international relations at Deakin University's Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation). Prof. Ibrahim Ozturk (Professor of Economics at Duisburg-Essen University, Institute of East Asian Studies). Dr. Ana-Maria Bliuc (Reader in Psychology, Psychology, School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law at University of Dundee). For more information, please see: _ https://www.populismstudies.org/call-for-papers-ecps-4th-annual-international-symposium-civilizational-populism-national-and-international-challenges/ _ _ _ Many thanks, Sumeyye Links: ------ [1] https://www.populismstudies.org/Vocabulary/populism/ [2] https://www.populismstudies.org/Vocabulary/social-cohesion/ [3] https://www.populismstudies.org/Vocabulary/authoritarianism/