{"id":64,"date":"2023-06-16T14:39:34","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T12:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farrio.eu\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2026-09-14T15:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T13:44:09","slug":"peer-reviewed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/farrio.eu\/?page_id=64","title":{"rendered":"Peer-Reviewed Articles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#0693e3\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">New Publications<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tokhi, Alexandros, &amp;\u00a0Lisbeth Zimmermann. (2026). <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/02633957261483530\">Repurposing international organizations? Far-right funding in the field of migration governance.<\/a> <em>Politics<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rise of far-right governments has put international organizations under pressure, as seen in recent US funding cuts to the UN system. Yet far-right governments do not simply withdraw or withhold funding \u2013 instead, they aim to repurpose international organizations to serve their policy priorities. Based on data on earmarked funding to UNHCR and IOM between 2004 and 2023, we show that far-right governments shift funding toward IOM over UNHCR, given its broader focus on migration and return management, and channel funding into operational activities aligned with their anti-immigration preferences \u2013 shifting UNHCR&#8217;s work outside its core mandate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ecker-Ehrhardt, Matthias &amp; Hofferberth, Matthias&nbsp;(2026).&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/isagsq\/ksaf111\">Share @WHO? Authority and Resonance in IO Social Media Communication.<\/a><em> Global Studies Quarterly<\/em>&nbsp;6(1):&nbsp;ksaf111.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They examine how the WHO uses social media to reinforce its authority as a global health governor. Introducing the concept of &#8220;affirmative resonance,&#8221; the authors identify three key drivers of public engagement: authoritative messaging, personalized communication from officials, and platform-specific features like visuals and hashtags. An analysis of COVID-19-related WHO posts finds that all four factors boost resonance, with visual content notably amplifying the effect of personalized authority claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ecker-Ehrhardt, Matthias (2025).&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s11558-023-09517-0\">Building Bridges or Digging the Trench? International Organizations, Social Media, and Polarized Fragmentation.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Review of International Organizations<\/em>&nbsp;20: 157-187.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This paper explores the tension in IO social media communication between neutral public information and partisan advocacy. Using the UN&#8217;s Twitter activity around the Global Compact for Migration as a case study, Ecker-Ehrhardt finds that rather than bridging ideological divides, the UN Department of Global Communications actually deepened polarization through its retweeting, mentioning, and hashtagging practices \u2013 raising questions about whether advocacy-driven IO communication undermines credibility and trust across fragmented online audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tokhi, Alexandros &amp; Zimmermann, Lisbeth (2025).&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s11558-025-09601-7\">The far right and international organizations: How the far right in government affects foreign aid funding.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>The Review of International Organizations<\/em>, 1-35.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UN funding is currently under pressure, most importantly due to funding cuts by the Trump administration. Alexandros Tokhi and Lisbeth Zimmermann show that participation of far-right parties in government has, more generally, substantial negative effects on the funding of international organizations (IOs). Governments with far-right parties reduce earmarked funding contributions to IOs by almost 30%, yet they do not alter bilateral aid commitments. We argue that the far right in government does so, as it cannot fully align its anti-migration agenda with the liberal mandates and purposes of most IOs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Publications Tokhi, Alexandros, &amp;\u00a0Lisbeth Zimmermann. (2026). Repurposing international organizations? Far-right funding in the field of migration governance. Politics. 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