As It Happened: An Analysis of TikTok Activity in the Wake of the Ban on Calin Georgescu’s 2025 Presidential Run and the Protests that Followed It

by Dan Mercea ‘calingeorgescupresedinte revolutie democratie poporulroman ccr’ There are many ways in which 2024 will be remembered. To political observers, the year stood out for the extraordinary number of elections that took place around the world. In more than 50 countries, more than half of the world’s population got a chance to elect their […]

Post17_Protest as a relational field: An analysis of brokerage positions within and across contentious episodes and the individuals occupying them

Protest as a relational field: An analysis of brokerage positions within and across contentious episodes and the individuals occupying them by Matthias Hoffmann, Felipe G. Santos and Dan Mercea In a recent publication, TakePart team members Matthias Hoffmann, Felipe G. Santos, and Dan Mercea have explored how individuals’ decisions to participate in protest events link […]

PRS03_Using YouTube Data to Display Comment Networks among Organisations Associated with Protest Events

Using YouTube Data to Display Comment Networks among Organisations Associated with Protest Events by Dan Mercea In this short post, we are introducing another type of resource that The TakePart team has been producing, namely topic-based social media network graphs. We are using a well-established approach in social movement studies, Protest Event Analysis (PEA), to […]

Post16_Project paper presented in the ‘Research in Progress’ Seminar, Department of Sociology & Criminology, City St George’s, University of London

Project paper presented in the ‘Research in Progress’ Seminar, Department of Sociology & Criminology, City St George’s, University of London In November, Dan presented the TakePart team’s ongoing work on emotional cues in protest images at the monthly ‘Research in Progress’ Seminar of the Department of Sociology & Criminology, City St George’s, University of London. […]

Post15_The Publication Journey: PhD Seminar at FSPAC

The Publication Journey: PhD Seminar at FSPAC In late October, Dan led a doctoral seminar titled ‘The Publication Journey’ in the Faculty of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences (FSPAC) at Babeș-Bolyai University. Reflecting on the process that begins with a paper idea and concludes with the publication of a manuscript as a journal article, Dan […]

PRS02_List of Publications

List of Publications Hoffmann, M., Santos, F. G., & Mercea, D. (2025). Protest as a relational field: An analysis of brokerage positions within and across contentious episodes and the individuals occupying them. International Journal of Sociology, DOI: 10.1080/00207659.2025.2458419. Mercea, D., Santos, G.F, Hoffmann, M. (2024) Actual, potential, and non-participants: Advancing the differential analysis of protest […]

PRS01_Thinking about Protests with Maps

Thinking about Protests with Maps by Matthias Hoffmann One of the main aims of the TakePart project is to create accessible resources that can contribute to the public understanding of political participation in democratic countries. In our view, a systematic, evidence-based understanding of political participation that goes beyond a narrow interest in voting can help […]

Post13_Take_Part_Team_Presents_Four_research_Papers_at_the_2024_Conference_of_the_European_Sociological_Association

TakePart Team Presents Four Research Papers at the 2024 Conference of the European Sociological Association TakePart researchers Sorana Constantinescu, Matthias Hoffmann, Dan Mercea, and Felipe G. Santos presented their research at the 16 th Conference of the European Sociological Association on “Tension, Trust, and Transformation”, hosted by the University of Porto, Portugal, from August 27 […]

Post12_Felipe G. Santos Featured in El País for His Insights on Emerging Far-Right Strategies in EuropePost12

Felipe G. Santos Featured in El País for His Insights on Emerging Far-Right Strategies in Europe We are pleased to share that Felipe G. Santos, a member of the Take Part Project, has been featured in El País, Spain’s most widely read newspaper, for his incisive analysis on the growing influence of far-right ideologies in […]

Post11_The TakePart team represented t in the 2024 ECPR General Conference at University College DublinPost11

The TakePart team represented t in the 2024 ECPR General Conference at University College Dublin This year, our colleague, Claudiu Vlasie, had the honor of participating in the prestigious General Conference organized by the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) from August 12–15, 2024, at University College Dublin. The General Conference is one of the […]