Schmidt Gives Keynote Address for Political Trust Conference
Professor Vivien Ann Schmidt gave the opening keynote address, titled Political Trust and Legitimacy in the Age of Populism, for the Political Trust conference, organized by CEVIPOF at the French Political Science School at Sciences Po in Paris on December 5, 2025. This year’s conference, named Political Trust: A Challenge for Democracies, brought together researchers from…
Schmidt Highlights Transatlantic Perspectives on the Future of Liberal Democracy
On December 11, 2025, the Horizon Europe RED-SPINEL project convened its final conference, bringing together scholars and practitioners to present the project’s central findings on dissensus over liberal democracy. The event highlighted the project’s extensive scholarly output, including multiple books and academic articles, and featured discussions of policy-relevant insights emerging from the research. A standout…
Schmidt Shares Ideas Behind Forthcoming Book at the Free University of Brussels
On December 10, 2025, Professor Vivien Ann Schmidt joined a roundtable discussion at the Institute of European Studies at the Free University of Brussels. She was joined by Sophie Jacquot (UCLouvain), Amandine Crespy (IEE-ULB), and Hugo Corten (ULB) to discuss her upcoming book, The Power of Ideas and Discourse in Political Analysis: A Discursive Institutionalist Perspective….
Schmidt Contributes Chapter to New Book
Professor Schmidt contributed to the 2025 publication, Handbook of Comparative Political Economy, edited by Marino Regini, Professor Emeritus of Economic Sociology, Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Milan, Italy. Her chapter, The role of ideas and discourse in comparative political economy, focuses on how ideas and discourse influence political economy in a comparative…
Professor Schmidt Discusses Potential Impact of Letta and Draghi Reports in New Article
Professor Vivien A. Schmidt wrote a new article for the Annual Review Issue by Wiley, published on August 5, 2025. Click here to read the full article. Contextualized within a long history of policy briefs, reports, and documents in efforts to influence policy-makers’ decisions about EU economic policy and governance, the most recent reports being…
Schmidt Speaks at Keynote Panel for REGROUP
Professor Schmidt attended the first roundtable discussion for EU Horizon’s project REGROUP as a keynote panelist.
Schmidt Delivers Keynote at EURAM’s 25th Anniversary Conference
Professor Schmidt delivered a keynote address titled “Wake up, Europe: How to Make the EU Fit for Purpose in a Changing World” at EURAM’s 25th anniversary conference in Florence, Italy.
Schmidt Unpacks Populism and its Rise in the West
Professor Vivien Ann Schmidt, in a new video, explained how populism is gaining relevance in mainstream politics and its effects on democracy.
Schmidt on Trump’s Impact on Far-Right Leadership in Europe
Prof. Schmidt was quoted in a story for Expresso, where she commented on how Trump’s foreign policy is affected the far-right allies in Europe.
Schmidt Explains Trump’s Dwindling Appeal Among International Right-Wing Populists
Prof. Schmidt provided key insights about Trump’s rising unpopularity among right-wing leaders abroad for an NPR news article.