Take Part - Social Learning to Take Part in Social Movements:

Understanding the Social Transformation of Civic Participation

PRS02_List of Publications

List of Publications Santos, F. G., Hoffmann, M., & Mercea, D. (2026). One foot in parliament, one on the streets: Studying the fluid relation between individual participation and party evaluations of protest. Party Politics, 13540688251413043. DOI.org/10.1177/13540688251413043 Hoffmann, M., Santos, F. G., & Mercea, D. (2025). Protest as a relational field: An analysis of brokerage positions […]

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 […]

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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 […]

Post10_Exploring Youth Civic Participation: Insights From TakePart Team’s Ongoing Work Presented at Declic’s EventPost10_

Exploring Youth Civic Participation: Insights from Dan Mercea’s Presentation at Declic’s Event On June 14, 2024, Dan Mercea delivered a presentation on youth civic participation at an event organized by declic.ro, a Romanian online platform for civic and political activism. This gathering served as an excellent opportunity to engage with stakeholders from the TakePart project […]

Post07_Experimental Evidence on How Different Frames of the Energy Transition Influence Readiness to Adopt in Lifestyle Changes and Political Participation SubmittedPost07

Experimental Evidence on How Different Frames of the Energy Transition Influence Readiness to Adopt in Lifestyle Changes and Political Participation Submitted Authors: Felipe G. Santos, Matthias Hoffmann, Dan Mercea Using a vignette experiment embedded in a nationally representative survey of the Romanianpopulation, we test how different ways of framing the energy transition influence people’sreadiness to […]

Post06_Unlikely Allies? Protest Co-Participation Networks of Civil Society Organizations and Political Parties SubmittedPost06

Unlikely Allies? Protest Co-Participation Networks of Civil Society Organizations and Political Parties Submitted Authors: Matthias Hoffmann, Felipe G. Santos, Dan Mercea, Sorana Constantinescu, HenriPozsar, Claudiu Vlasie, Fernando Varga, Teresa Zenteno The rise and electoral success of so-called ‘populist’, ‘challenger’, or ‘movement’ parties has shed new light on the intersection of institutional and extra-institutional politics. Recent […]

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