We explore how affective dynamics influence power relations between key stakeholders in European politics, how emotions relate to political discourse in the European Union, and how these processes interact with phenomena such as othering and populism. The project has been funded by the Amsterdam Centre for European Studies and has included a range of activities, for example an extended discourse analysis of the role of emotions in European Parliament debates, and a workshop on the role of emotions in the EU’s external relations and security policy (January, 2019). Further activities are planned for later in 2023 (including a workshop on emotions in European climate politics).

Co-PIs of the project:

Rosa Sanchez Salgado, University of Amsterdam
Hanna Muehlenhoff, University of Amsterdam
Linda Bos, University of Amsterdam