The COST Action EUPopLink (CA23102) announces a call for applications for Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSMs). STSMs support short research visits aimed at fostering new collaborations and inspiring research among EUPopLink partners.

Duration and Location

All STSM activities must be completed by May 31, 2026.

Content and Focus

STSMs will focus on:

EUPopLink (CA23102) will conduct a cross-national mass survey across participating countries to study attitudes and dynamics related to Euroscepticism and populism, alongside a complementary expert survey. To ensure high-quality, comparable data across national contexts, we invite researchers and practitioners with relevant expertise to support the translation and adaptation of the questionnaires and to assist with the practical organization of the surveys in their respective countries.

The EUPopLink COST Action (CA23102) invites applications from master’s students, doctoral candidates, postdoctoral researchers, and early-career scholars to attend a Training School dedicated to the study of the linkage between populism and Euroscepticism. These two phenomena can be seen as two sides of the same coin. Both typically denote feelings of resentment against remote and unresponsive elites, and a dislike of undemocratic and untransparent decision-making procedures.

Linking Euroscepticism and Populism

Director: Ioannis Andreadis

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Co-Director: Sofia Vasilopoulou

King's College London

Endorsing Standing Group

Public Opinion and Voting Behaviour in a Comparative Perspective

Date, Time and Location

Tuesday 08:00 – Friday 17:00 (07/04/2026 – 10/04/2026)

The EUPopLink COST Action (CA23102) Linking Euroscepticism and Populism: Causes and Consequences invites expressions of interest from members of the Action willing to host the first Training School within the framework of the Action in March-April 2026.

This Training School will be embedded within the broader aims of the COST Action CA23102, which seeks to strengthen theoretical, methodological, and empirical understandings of how populism and Euroscepticism interact, as well as their causes and consequences across European and supranational contexts.