ERC Consolidator Grant · 2025
Dealing With Distrust: How Public Organizations Respond To Conspiracy Theories.
How do public organizations respond to rising levels of popular distrust fueled by conspiracy theories? Many European citizens no longer trust their own societal institutions to work for the public good, but imagine those to be governed by a shadowy cabal with nefarious motives. While there is much research on conspiracy theories, there is little, if any, academic knowledge on how these institutions deal with rising levels of conspiratorial distrust. This clear knowledge gap is all the more surprising given that conspiracy theories are generally seen as a threat to the authority, legitimacy and functioning of these institutions and to democratic societies as a whole. DISTRUST therefore…
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