Welcome to the farrio project!
The rise of the far right poses a profound challenge to global politics. Diverse far-right actors, including political parties, civil society groups, and social movements, have been gaining support in domestic contexts while intensifying their transnational connections. As these groups focus on national sovereignty and share a stance against globalization, they often contest international organizations (IOs) and their policies. However, their impact on IOs differs.
Farrio examines the impact of the far-right on international organizations. While scholars have analyzed far-right actors in domestic politics, knowledge about their transnational activities and effects is limited. Farrio fills this gap empirically, theoretically, and methodologically to develop a new approach for understanding and analyzing the effects of the far right in global politics.
Funded by the European Union (ERC, FARRIO, grant number: 10 10 400 70). Views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
Past events:
May 20-23, 2025
Together with Raffaele Mastrorocco (EUI Florence), Lisbeth Zimmermann directed an ECPR Joint Session on the “International Politics of the Far Right” at Charles University in Prague.
Throughout the four days, we discussed 18 excellent papers that mapped out the diversity of far-right actors, preferences, and trends in global politics. Together, we unpacked the thin and thick ideologies of the far right, transnational coalitions and networks, institutional responses, and policy effects.
Alexandros Tokhi, Franziska Höhne, and Matthias Ecker-Ehrhardt joined from the Frankfurt Farrio team.
April 8, 2025
Lisbeth Zimmermann, Alexandros Tokhi, and Franziska Höhne participated in a workshop on the “Transnationalization of the Far Right” at Johns Hopkins University, Bologna, organized by Nina Hall and Raffaele Mastrorocco.
March 2-5, 2025
Lisbeth Zimmermann and Alexandros Tokhi organized a panel: “Right-wing unbound: How far-right and populist actors change international politics” at the International Studies Association in Chicago.
September 26, 2024
Lisbeth Zimmermann chaired the panel “Conflicts in and around International Organizations” at this year’s 29th convention of the German Political Science Association.
Franziska Höhne presented her paper “Contesting or combating climate change? Fragmentation of far-right positions and their translation into international organisations”.
July 1-5, 2024
Franziska Höhne participated in the ECPR Summer School of the Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy at the University of Oslo in Norway. She presented her first draft of “The Far-Right and International Climate Policy: A Qualitative Analysis of Heterogeneity in Far-Right Party Positions.”
March 7-8, 2024
Lisbeth Zimmermann delivered the keynote speech “Contestation – Many perspectives, one goal?” for the farrio project at the 4th DVPW-Perspektivtagung at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität (CAU) Kiel.
January 11-13, 2024
Franziska Höhne participated in the Political Ecologies of the Far Right 2024 (PERF 2024) conference at Uppsala University in Sweden.
November 20-21, 2023
farrio Kick-Off workshop at Goethe-University Frankfurt
For our first workshop, we aimed to bring together scholars working on the far right and/or change in international institutions from diverse perspectives. The workshop consisted of six sessions, each featuring varying presenters and discussants, providing all participants with the opportunity to showcase their individual contributions and engage in discussions.
We would like to thank all of the participants for their valuable contributions to this successful workshop!
July 20-22, 2023
Participation in international workshop “Far-right publics”, organized by Freie Universität Berlin, University of Pennsylvania, UNC Chapel Hill, European University Viadrina, and the Weizenbaum Institute in Berlin. Farrio team members presented the transnational dimension of far-right contestation networks.
June 14-16, 2023
Farrio-organized panel at the Section of International Relations of the German Political Science Association (DVPW), in Friedrichshafen, organized by Lisbeth Zimmermann. Alexandros Tokhi presented a co-authored paper with Irem Ebetürk about the “Contestation of the Istanbul Convention”.
May 8-9 2023
Participation in the international workshop “Opportunities and Challenges to Global and Transnational Advocacy”, organized by Nina Hall and Nina Reiners at the Johns Hopkins University, Bologna.