Project description
Far-right ideas and urban space in Europe
The emergence of far-right groups in Europe must be examined from a political, cultural and spatial perspective. Scholars propose that the formation of far-right movements has a strong connection to spatial issues, including infrastructure, public space and governance. Supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the SPACER project explores the implications of far-right ideologies on urban space and politics in Europe. The project will address three key dimensions: structural inequality, exclusionary discourse and spatial resentment within the residential and public realms. Through studying these factors in Turin, Sunderland and Budapest, the SPACER project aims to contribute valuable knowledge to municipalities and EU institutions, foster innovative scholarship and enhance democracy against exclusionary politics.
Objective
SPACER (Spatial Placemaking: Authoritarianism & Counter-Extremist Resistance) investigates how far-right ideas are embedded in the production of urban space and how they mobilise spatial politics across Europe. The project argues that far-right mobilisation is not only political or cultural but profoundly spatial, operating through everyday infrastructures, public spaces, and governance regimes. It will develop a multiscalar framework for analysing far-right placemaking by examining three interlinked layers: structural conditions of inequality and mistrust created by austerity, gentrification, and uneven infrastructures; discursive strategies that transform notions of community and care into exclusionary imaginaries; and spatial practices that territorialise resentment in housing, schools, and public spaces.
The project has three main objectives: (1) to theorise far-right placemaking by conceptualising how exclusionary ideologies reshape urban space; (2) to identify the mechanisms through which grievances are translated into spatial imaginaries and territorial claims; and (3) to analyse governance interfaces between EU territorial instruments and local planning, specifying how they may create vulnerabilities to authoritarian mobilisation or strengthen democratic resilience.
SPACER employs a mixed-methods design combining spatial ethnography, urban semiotics, digital ethnography, and policy analysis across three contrasting cities—Turin (Italy), Sunderland (UK), and Budapest (Hungary). By situating far-right practices within the spatial failures of European integration, SPACER will advance theoretical debates, provide open-access datasets and visual archives, and deliver evidence-based insights for municipalities, civil-society actors, and EU institutions. In doing so, it aligns closely with MSCA’s goals of supporting excellent, innovative research while strengthening democratic resilience against exclusionary politics.
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