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Personal profile
Research summary
Christian Lamour is a researcher in urban, cultural and border studies. His research topics include spatial policies, governance strategies and cultural practices within European metropolitan regions. One of his areas of interest is the media production/reception process and its role in the production of urban regions within and across state borders. He also pays attention to political discourse with a focus on the populist one and in relation with the EU integration at different spatial scales.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD
Free keywords
- EU Integration processes
- Cross-border regions
- Urban cultural practices
- Communication studies
- Political communication
- Populism
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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R²CULT: Mainstreaming the Radical Right at the Urban Scale: An Investigation of the Discourses and Policies in the European Capitals of Culture
Lamour, C. (PI), Lang, T. (Partner PI), Slach, O. (Partner PI), Halili, A. (Contracting Partner), Walther , Y. (Contracting Partner), Marková , B. (Contracting Partner), Pál , V. (Contracting Partner), Rathouská , K. (Contracting Partner) & Ietri, D. (Contracting Partner)
1/06/26 → 31/08/29
Project: Research
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PECS: Populism in the European Cross-Border Space: Discourses of Right-Wing Populists on Migration within Regional Europe
Lamour, C. (PI), Reisigl, M. (Partner PI), Pajnik, M. (Partner PI), Lechner, H. (Contracting Partner), Szalai , A. (Contracting Partner), Frank, A. (Contracting Partner), Lori , Š. Č. (PI) & Ribać , M. (Contracting Partner)
1/05/26 → 30/04/29
Project: Research
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EuroMo2025: Euromedia Ownership Monitor
Lamour, C. (PI), Trappel, J. (Partner PI), d'Haenens, L. (Contracting Partner), Delaere, S. (Contracting Partner), Zankova, B. (Contracting Partner), Djouvas, C. (Contracting Partner), Šnorková, J. (Contracting Partner), Kettemann, M. (Contracting Partner), Ørsten, M. (Contracting Partner), Harro-Loit, H. (Contracting Partner), Perez-Altable, L. (Contracting Partner), Ala-Fossi, M. (Contracting Partner), Bocquillon, P. (Contracting Partner), Papathanassopoulos, S. (Contracting Partner), Kovačević, P. (Contracting Partner), Flynn, R. (Contracting Partner), Ruggiero, C. (Contracting Partner), Jastramskis, D. (Contracting Partner), Rožukalne, A. (Contracting Partner), Radu, A. (Contracting Partner), Głowacki, M. (Contracting Partner), Costa e Silva, E. (Contracting Partner), Vincze, H.-O. (Contracting Partner), Ohlsson, J. (Contracting Partner), Godársky, I. (Contracting Partner) & Milosavljević, M. (Contracting Partner)
1/01/25 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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EurOMo12: Euromedia Ownership Monitor EU 12
Lamour, C. (PI), Trappel, J. (CoI), Zankova, B. (CoI), Tsapatsoulis, N. (CoI), Harro-Loit, H. (CoI), Bouquillion, P. (CoI), Vilović, G. (CoI), Flynn, R. (CoI), Rožukalne, A. (CoI), Arutjunjan, D. (CoI), Głowacki, M. (CoI), Vincze, H.-O. (CoI), Godársky, I. (CoI), Ala-Fossi, M. (CoI) & Steenfadt, O. (CoI)
1/10/22 → 30/09/23
Project: Research
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CROSS-POP: The Right-Wing Populist Discourse in European Cross-Border Areas. A comparison between Switzerland and Luxembourg
Mazzoleni, O. (Partner PI), Lamour, C. (PI), Mueller, S. (CoI), Scott, J. W. (CoI), Roncarolo, F. (CoI), Wodak, R. (CoI), Kies, R. (CoI) & Keating, M. (CoI)
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR), Swiss National Science Foundation SNF
1/03/19 → 30/04/23
Project: Research
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Berlusconi and proclivity: Burying a right-wing populist leader in the field of journalism
Lamour, C., 21 Apr 2026, In: Communication. The European Journal of Communication Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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MAGA & MAGYAR: The strategic use of common sense by Trump and Orbán during their state addresses
Lamour, C., 16 Jan 2026, In: European Journal of Political Research. p. 1-16 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Meloni, Orbán and the Border in Power: The Expression and Differentiation of Sovereignty in the International Discourse of Populist Radical Right Executives in Europe
Lamour, C., 19 Apr 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Common Market Studies. p. 1-23Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Nostalgia, Dystopia, and Retrotopia: The Socio-Spatial Imaginaries of a Mainstreamed Radical Right on “Left-Behind Places”
Lamour, C. & Lang, T., May 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Geography Compass.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Polyphony for a City in Germany: Actors and enunciators of a European capital of culture in the trenches of the radical right's Kulturkampf
Lamour, C., 2026, In: Cities. 171, 106756.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access