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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Patrick Sawyer

Citation names

  • Sawyer, Patrick
  • Sawyer, P.
  • Sawyer, Patrick S.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9314-C038-1E43
ORCID iD
0000-0003-3291-1450
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=769-AkkAAAAJ&hl=en
Researcher Id
HDN-5802-2022
Scopus Author Id
57211691086

Email addresses

  • patricksawyer@ces.uc.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Political Sciences
  • Social Sciences - Political Sciences
  • Social Sciences - Sociology
  • Social Sciences - Political Sciences
  • Social Sciences - Political Sciences
  • Social Sciences - Political Sciences
  • Social Sciences
  • Social Sciences - Political Sciences - Public Administration

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English (Mother tongue)
French Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Russian Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Portuguese Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2022/07/01 - 2025/05/01
Concluded
 Political Science (Doctorate)
Major in Political Elites and Behavior
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
"Conspiracism as a Component of Elite-Popular Linkages in Populist Movements" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito Bom
2020/09/01 - 2022/07/01
Attended
 Political Science (Doctor)
Nacional'nyj issledovatel'skij universitet Vyssaa skola ekonomiki, Russia
2018/09/01 - 2020/06/01
Concluded
 Politics, Economics, Philosophy (Magister)
Nacional'nyj issledovatel'skij universitet Vyssaa skola ekonomiki, Russia
"Populism, Conspiracy Theories, and Political Preferences for Federal Offices in the US" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 9.48/10
2016/08/01 - 2016/08/31
Concluded
 Cambridge CELTA Program (Postgraduate Certificate)
BKC International House Moscow, Russia
 Pass
2013/09/01 - 2014/05/01
Concluded
 « Programme DUFLES » Diploma in French as a Second Language (Diplôme d´études supérieures)
CY Cergy Paris Université, France
 14.6/20
2008/08/01 - 2012/05/01
Concluded
 Political Science (Bachelor)
Major in Global Politics with minors in International Affairs & History
Longwood University, United States
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2025/12/01 - Current Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
2022/07/31 - 2025/12/01 Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto Português de Relações Internacionais, Portugal
2021/08/01 - 2022/06/01 Research Assistant (Research) Nacional'nyj issledovatel'skij universitet Vyssaa skola ekonomiki, Russia
International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development (ICSID), Russia
2022/02/01 - 2022/05/01 Invited Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Centre de Recherches Politiques de Sciences Po, France
Centre de Recherches Politiques de Sciences Po, France
2019/04/01 - 2020/11/01 Research Assistant (Research) Nacional'nyj issledovatel'skij universitet Vyssaa skola ekonomiki, Russia
Centre for Stability and Risk Analysis, Russia
2019/08/01 - 2020/05/01 Research Assistant (Research) Nacional'nyj issledovatel'skij universitet Vyssaa skola ekonomiki, Russia
Institute for Industrial and Market Studies, Russia

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2025/09/01 - 2025/12/31 Lecturer (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
2025/07/01 - 2025/12/31 Lecturer (University Teacher) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto Português de Relações Internacionais, Portugal
2020/09/01 - 2022/08/01 Lecturer (University Teacher) Nacional'nyj issledovatel'skij universitet Vyssaa skola ekonomiki, Russia
2019/11/01 - 2020/04/01 Trainee Assistant (University Teacher) Nacional'nyj issledovatel'skij universitet Vyssaa skola ekonomiki, Russia

Other Careers

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2020/10/01 - 2023/03/01 Operational Supervisor (Operational Assistant) Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), United States
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/10/01 - 2022/10/01 Populism and the Politics of Exclusion: Evidence from Public Opinion
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Researcher
International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development (ICSID), Russia
 International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development (ICSID)
Concluded
2021/06/01 - 2022/01/26 Conspiracism as a Component of Elite-Popular Linkages in Populist Movements
OPN-MOL 21-011-32156
Researcher
National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia
 Russian Foundation for Basic Research
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2025/12/01 - Current COntinuous COnstruction of resilient social COntracts through societal transformations (CO3)
101132631
Post-doc
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais, Portugal
Ongoing
2021/10/01 - 2022/10/01 Varieties of Populism: Indicators of Populist Support in the Russian Federation Project
-
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Nacional'nyj issledovatel'skij universitet Vyssaa skola ekonomiki, Russia
Concluded
2021/09/01 - 2022/09/01 Conspiracy Theories as a Function of Populist Rhetoric Project
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Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development (ICSID), Russia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2025/10/01 - Current Linking euroscepticism and populism: causes and consequences (EUPopLink)
CA23102
Researcher
Ongoing
2025/07/01 - Current COST Action CA23114 RELINK
CA23114
Research Member - COST Action CA23114
Outputs

Publications

Book review
  1. Sawyer, Patrick. "Book Review: Populism and Passions: Democratic Legitimacy after Austerity". Review of Populism and Passions: Democratic Legitimacy after Austerity 22, 2 (2021): https://ecpr.eu/Filestore/CustomContent/Standing%20Groups/Websites/SGED/e-ExtremeNewsletter/2021-22-02-eExtreme-Newsletter-Aug.pdf.
    Accepted
  2. Sawyer, Patrick. "Book Review: Cas Mudde, The Far Right Today". Review of The Far Right Today 12, 1 (2020): 652-683. https://www.interfacejournal.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Interface-12-1-reviews.pdf.
    Accepted
  3. Sawyer, Patrick. "Book Review: Olga Baysha, Miscommunicating Social Change: Lessons from Russia and Ukraine". Review of Miscommunicating Social Change: Lessons from Russia and Ukraine 11, 2 (2019): 114-119.
    Accepted
Journal article
  1. Patrick S. Sawyer. "Populism and Protest Intensity: A Cross-National Analysis". Cross-Cultural Research (2024): https://doi.org/10.1177/10693971231202218.
    10.1177/10693971231202218
  2. Sawyer, Patrick. "Zemmour, Reconquête!, and the Evolution of the French Far Right in the 2022 Elections". Interdisc. J. Populism 4 (2024): 90-104. https://lawpop.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Zemmour.pdf.
    Accepted
  3. Ustyuzhanin, Vadim V.; Sawyer, Patrick S.; Korotayev, Andrey, V. "Students and protests: A quantitative cross-national analysis". International Journal of Comparative Sociology (2023): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/57351945/.
    10.1177/00207152221136042
  4. Patrick S. Sawyer. "Conspiracism in Populist Radical Right Candidates: Rallying the Base or Mainstreaming the Fringe?". International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society (2022): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10767-021-09398-4.
    10.1007/s10767-021-09398-4
  5. Naushirvanov, Timur; Rosenberg, Dina; Sawyer, Patrick; Seyis, Didem. "How populists fuel polarization and fail their response to COVID-19: An empirical analysis". Frontiers in Political Science 4 (2022): https://doi.org/10.3389/fpos.2022.948137.
    Accepted • 10.3389/fpos.2022.948137
  6. Patrick S Sawyer; Andrey V Korotayev. "Formal Education and Contentious Politics: The Case of Violent and Non-Violent Protest". Political Studies Review (2022): https://doi.org/10.1177/1478929921998210.
    10.1177/1478929921998210
  7. Patrick Sawyer. "Populist Conspiracy Theories in the 2016 US Presidential Election. A Quantitative Analysis of the Effects of Conspiratorial Demonization". Politologický casopis - Czech Journal of Political Science (2022): https://doi.org/10.5817/PC2022-2-189.
    10.5817/PC2022-2-189
  8. Sawyer, Patrick. "Populist Conspiracy Theories in the 2016 US Presidential Election A Quantitative Analysis of the Effects of Conspiratorial Demonization". Politologický Casopis - Czech Journal of Political Science (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/58034307/.
  9. Sawyer, Patrick S.; Romanov, Daniil M.; Slav, Maxim; Korotayev, Andrey, V. "Urbanization, the Youth, and Protest: A Cross-National Analysis". Cross-Cultural Research (2022): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/51190602/.
    10.1177/10693971211059762
  10. Sawyer, Patrick. "How Populist is the Sanders Electorate?". Interdisciplinary Journal of Populism 2 (2021): https://lawpop.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1.-How-Populist-is-the-Sanders-Electorate-Sawyer-Moore.pdf.
    Accepted
  11. Andrey V. Korotayev; Patrick S. Sawyer; Daniil M. Romanov. "Socio-Economic Development and Protests". Comparative Sociology (2021): https://doi.org/10.1163/15691330-bja10030.
    10.1163/15691330-bja10030
  12. Korotayev, Andrey; Sawyer, Patrick; Gladyshev, Maksim; Romanov, Daniil; Shishkina, Alisa. "Some Sociodemographic Factors of the Intensity of Anti-Government Demonstrations: Youth Bulges, Urbanization, and Protests". Sociologiceskoe Obozrenie (2021): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/50757301/.
    10.17323/1728-192X-2021-3-98-128
  13. Korotayev, Andrey; Sawyer, Patrick; Grinin, Leonid; Romanov, Daniil; Shishkina, Alisa. "Socio-economic Development and Anti-government Protests in Light of a New Quantitative Analysis of Global Databases". Sociological Journal 26 4 (2020): 61-78. https://doi.org/10.19181/socjour.2020.26.4.7642.
    Accepted • 10.19181/socjour.2020.26.4.7642
  14. Sawyer, Patrick. "Populist Conspiracy Theories and Candidate Preference in the U.S.". ACTA POLITOLOGICA 12 3 (2020): 1-26. https://doi.org/10.14712/1803-8220/12_2020.
    Accepted • 10.14712/1803-8220/12_2020
  15. Sawyer, Patrick. "Applying Machine Learning Methods To Rank Destabilization Factors". Systemic Monitoring of Global and Regional Risks 11 1 (2020): 397-432. https://www.socionauki.ru/upload/socionauki.ru/book/files/monitoring_sm_7/16_Medvedev_(397-432).pdf.
    Accepted
  16. Singh, Ashish Kumar; Sawyer, Patrick. "Bangladeshi News Coverage of the Indian General Elections 2019". Asian Politics and Policy (2019): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/34230593/.
    10.1111/ASPP.12490
Report
  1. Sawyer, Patrick. 2026. The Digital Services Act in the Context of Democratic Backsliding. https://doi.org/10.23906/pb03/2026/en.
    10.23906/pb03/2026/en
  2. Sawyer, Patrick. 2026. O Regulamento dos Serviços Digitais no Contexto do Retrocesso Democrático. https://doi.org/10.23906/pb03/2026/pt.
    10.23906/pb03/2026/pt
  3. Sawyer, Patrick. 2026. Post-Colonialism and the Social Contract in Comparative Analysis.
  4. Sawyer, Patrick. 2021. CARR Report: Responding to Conspiracist Movements in the Post-Trump Era. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/355890241_CARR_Report_Responding_to_Conspiracist_Movements_in_the_Post-Trump_Era.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Conspiracism as a Component of Elite-Popular Linkages in Populist Movements". PhD, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, 2025. https://run.unl.pt/entities/publication/546b4812-2ff2-4435-be2a-f98ca22595ad.
Working paper
  1. Sawyer, Patrick. 2022. "Conspiracy Theories as a Component of Populist Rhetoric". https://wp.hse.ru/data/2022/05/27/1816253761/87PS2022.pdf.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2026/09/01 Tracking Democratic Backsliding through Social Contract Theory ECPR General conference
(Warsaw, Poland)
2026/08/25 Tracking Democratic Backsliding through Social Contract Theory 17th European Sociological Association (ESA) Conference
(Warsaw, Poland)
2026/03/01 Guest Lecture on "How to Study the Populism–Conspiracy Theories Link" Laboratório de Política Comparada (BA)
ISCTE (Lisbon, Portugal)
2025/11/01 Guest Lecture on "Democratic Backsliding," ISCTE (Nov 2025) - Political Institutions Guest Lecture on "Democratic Backsliding,"
ISCTE (Lisbon, Portugal)
2025/10/01 Lecture on Conspiracy Theories and Political Behavior, NOVA FCSH (October 2025) - Political Behavior Lecture on Conspiracy Theories and Political Behavior
NOVA FCSH (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/05/01 Lecture on The Politics of Conspiracy Theories, Universitas Jayabaya (May 2023) - Introduction to Political Science
Universitas Jayabaya (Indonesia)
2022/06/01 “Conspiracy Theories as a Component of Populist Rhetoric.” Third Helsinki Conference on Emotions, Populism, and Polarisation (HEPP3)
https://www.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/emotions-populism-and-polarised-politics-media-and-culture/hepp3 (Helsinki, Finland)
2022/05/24 “The Psychology of Populism and Conspiracy Theories: Connecting the Dots.” The Role of Emotions in Populist Movements 2022.
Comenius University in Bratislava (Bratislava, Slovakia)
2022/04/08 “Conspiracy Theories as a Component of Populist Rhetoric.” Populist Mobilization, Globalization and Locality in East and West
Higher School of Economics (HSE) (Moscow, Russia)
2021/05/27 "Un-Bundling’ Populist Rhetoric” Varieties of Populism in East and West
Freie Universität (Germany)
2021/05/07 "Populism and Conspiracy Theories: The Missionary Politics of Donald Trump" Second Helsinki Conference on Emotions, Populism, and Polarisation (HEPP2)
University of Helsinki (Helsinki, Finland)
2020/08/20 "Populism and Protest Intensity: A Cross-National Analysis" Laboratory Seminar
Center for Stability and Risk Studies (Moscow, Russia)
2019/09/01 Socio-Economic Development and Protests Laboratory Seminar
Centre for Stability and Risk Analysis (Moscow, Russia)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role		 Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022/09/01 - 2023/04/01 “Radicalization and tendencies to violence among supporters of conspiracy theories”
Supervisor
 Political Science (Degree)
Nacional'nyj issledovatel'skij universitet Vyssaa skola ekonomiki, Russia

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role		 Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2021/04/01 I participated on the jury defense for the "Politics, Economics, Philosophy" masters program.
Thesis Member
 - (Master)
Nacional'nyj issledovatel'skij universitet Vyssaa skola ekonomiki, Russia

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2026/03/10 - Current Frontiers in Social Psychology
2025/01/01 - Current Political Behavior (POBE)
2024/01/01 - Current Social Science Quarterly (SSQ)
2020/01/01 - Current Cross Cultural Research

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2026/02/01 - 2026/05/01 Populism, Illiberalism, and Democracy, NOVA FCSH (Spring 2026) Populism, Illiberalism, and Democracy (Licenciate Degree) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2026/04/01 - 2026/04/05 "Research Design and Methods" (Spring 2026) - Doctoral level class at IGOT-ULisboa Advanced Research Methods (Doctorate) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
2025/10/02 - 2025/10/09 "Introduction to Research Methods" (Fall 2025) - Doctoral level class at Institute of Social Sciences (ICS), University of Lisbon (ICS-UL) Introduction to Research Methods (Doctorate) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
2025/07/01 - 2025/08/05 Populism, Illiberalism, and Democracy, NOVA FCSH (Summer 2025, Spring 2026) Populism, Illiberalism, and Democracy (Licenciate Degree) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2021/11/01 - 2022/04/01 Modern Political Science, Higher School of Economics (HSE) (2021-2022) Modern Political Science (Magister) Nacional'nyj issledovatel'skij universitet Vyssaa skola ekonomiki, Russia
2020/11/01 - 2021/04/01 Modern Political Science, Higher School of Economics (HSE) (2020-2021) Modern Political Science (Magister) Nacional'nyj issledovatel'skij universitet Vyssaa skola ekonomiki Centr azyka i mozga, Russia
2019/11/01 - 2020/04/01 Modern Political Science, Higher School of Economics (HSE) (Fall-Spring 2019-2020) Modern Political Science (Magister) Nacional'nyj issledovatel'skij universitet Vyssaa skola ekonomiki, Russia

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2021/06/01 - 2021/06/30 I participated on the admission committee for the "Politics, Economics, Philosophy" masters program. Nacional'nyj issledovatel'skij universitet Vyssaa skola ekonomiki, Russia

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2025/10/06 - 2025/10/11 STSM to the University of Turin as a party of the COST Action group: CA23114 RELINK2 Università degli Studi di Torino Dipartimento Interateneo di Scienze Progetto e Politiche del Territorio, Italy
Distinctions

Award

2026 MSCA Seal of Excellence - PHADD
Commission of the European Communities, Belgium
2020 Full State Scholarship (PhD)
Nacional'nyj issledovatel'skij universitet Vyssaa skola ekonomiki, Russia
2020 Laureate award in the 2020 NIRS Student Research Competition in the Sociology Category
Nacional'nyj issledovatel'skij universitet Vyssaa skola ekonomiki, Russia
2019 2nd Place in the 2019 NIRS Student Research Competition in the Political Science Category
Nacional'nyj issledovatel'skij universitet Vyssaa skola ekonomiki, Russia
2018 Full State Scholarship to study in the “Politics, Economics, Philosophy” masters program
Nacional'nyj issledovatel'skij universitet Vyssaa skola ekonomiki, Russia

Other distinction

2019 Member of the Honors Society «Republic of Scientists» at HSE
Nacional'nyj issledovatel'skij universitet Vyssaa skola ekonomiki, Russia