Presentation of research paper at the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Charles University

Alice Dal Gobbo along with consortium colleagues Aron Buzogány, Louisa Rosemary Parks, and Vlad Surdea-Hernea recently presented their research paper at the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops (“Temporalities of Collective Action”) held at Charles University, Prague (20–23 May).

Their paper, "From Anxious Fear to Enraged Love: Time, Emotions, and Democracy in Climate Justice Movements", examines how European climate activists navigate emotional and temporal tensions—balancing the urgency of crisis with long-term democratic hopes.

Key insights:

• Climate movements harness apocalyptic anxiety and radical hope to mobilize action.
• Emotions like rage and fatigue shape cyclical engagement—activism ebbs and flows between burnout and resurgence.
• Time becomes a tool: movements weaponize urgency ("now or never") while nurturing long-term visions ("another world is possible").

The team uses mixed methods to map how fear, love, and rage intersect with democratic practices, from Italy’s "Love & Rage" narratives to Germany’s science-driven urgency.

.https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/PaperDetails/78759

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