Dear Hot Politics Lab followers,

This is a reminder that the first Hot Politics Lab meeting of the year will take place next week (January 31^st). During this session, Agneta Fischer (University of Amsterdam) will give a talk titled "Who is Persuaded by Emotional Populist Messages? The Role of Anxiety and the Need for Cognitive Closure".

The talk will be followed by a Q&A, and everybody is welcome to join in room room B9.22 or online. Those who want to join online can use this link. 

In the meantime, you can watch any of the previous Hot Politics Lab meetings via the youtube channel.

Announcement(s):

"Summer School - Emotions: An interdisciplinary Perspective"

This summer the University of Amsterdam is organizing an exciting summer school on emotions. For more details see https://summerschool.uva.nl/content/summer-courses/emotions-an-interdisciplinary-perspective/how-to-apply/how-to-apply.html?origin=PtN3uwswQquDlGtnNX3fZg. Please spread this in your network to interested students, PhD students and early career researchers. One of the days, HPL co-director Bert Bakker, will talk about the role of emotions in polarization.

Hope to see many of you next Friday!

Céline Laffineur

Ph.D. Researcher

MSCA Doctoral Network IP-PAD

Amsterdam School of Communication Research

University of Amsterdam