Conspiracism and Political Conflict

Manuela Caiani is Associate Professor in Political Science at Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy, where she is part of the COSMOS (Centre on Social Movement Studies) research team. Her research focuses on far right politics, populism, social movements and political participation in Europe.

Marco Solinas is an Associate Professor in Political Philosophy at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, at the Institute of Law, Politics and Development. He has published widely on critical theory of society, populism, political theory and conspiracy theories, with a focus on political conspiracism and authoritarianism.

Hans-Jörg Trenz is full Professor at Scuola Normale Superiore, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Italy, and Chair in Sociology of Culture and Communication.  He held previous positions at Münchner Projektgruppe Sozialforschung (1997-98), Humboldt University, Berlin (1998-2005), ARENA – Centre for European Studies, the University of Oslo (2005-2021) and the University of Copenhagen (2011-2021).