politics

A free exhibition unravelling the history and legacy of the satirical puppet show has opened at Cambridge University Library

Russian military mobilisations saw huge spikes in anti-regime web searches, according to a study of search trends from Google and Yandex.

Researchers argue that the findings hold lessons for social media companies and the “perverse incentives” driving political polarisation online.

In an edited extract from his new book ‘Foolproof: Why We Fall for Misinformation and How to Build Immunity’, Prof Sander van der Linden takes us...

Support for populist parties and leaders – and agreement with populist ideas – has fallen around the world amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a...

Researchers argue that a desire for “conformity and obedience” as a result of COVID-19 could boost authoritarianism in the wake of the pandemic.

Researchers say Tories are “right to be worried” about parts of the Home Counties due to fears over the meaning of levelling up. The study also...

“Geography of disillusion” poses a major challenge for democratic countries across the continent, according to researchers.