This section features academic publications by ACTOR members and collaborators, including journal articles, edited volumes, and working papers related to conspiracy theory research.

Birchall, Clare, and Peter Knight (2021). Conspiracy Theories in the Time of Covid‑19. London: Routledge.

Butter, Michael, and Peter Knight (eds.) (2020). Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories. London: Routledge.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429452734

Butter, Michael, and Peter Knight (eds.) (2023). Covid‑19 Conspiracy Theories in Global Perspective. London: Routledge.

Christoph S (2026). Demokratie zwischen Kontestation und Dekontestation: Gedanken zu einer kontestatorischen Demokratietheorie am aktuellen Beispiel des Verschwörungsdenkens. Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen 32(2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.5771/0946-7165-2025-2-158

Christoph S, Hidalgo O, Yendell A & Schweitzer C M (2025). A comparative framework for explorative cross-country analysis of factors promoting and inhibiting conspiracy theories [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. Open Res Europe 2025, 5:386. DOI: https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.21967.1

Christoph S (2025). Verschwörungsideologie und Demokratie. Strukturen, Ursachen, Wirkungen und Antworten, Nomos, Baden-Baden. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748960591

Christoph S (2022). On Conspiracy Thinking: Conspiracist Ideology as a Modern Phenomenon. Politics and Governance 10 (4). DOI: https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v10i4.5724

Galais, C., & Ruiz Hernández, M. (2025). Beyond anger and fear: the demobilizing role of sadness in far-right voting in Spain. South European Society and Politics.

Galais, C., & Ruiz Hernández, M. (2025). Beyond anger and fear: the demobilizing role of sadness in far-right voting in Spain. South European Society and Politics.

Galais, C., & Balinhas, D. (2025). Affective polarization in the face of crisis: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and de-escalation policies in Spain. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 37(1), edae059.

Guinjoan, Marc, and Carol Galais (2023). “I want to believe: The relationship between conspiratorial beliefs and populist attitudes in Spain.” Electoral Studies 81: 102574. 

Guinjoan, Marc, and Carol Galais (2023). “I want to believe: The relationship between conspiratorial beliefs and populist attitudes in Spain.” Electoral Studies 81: 102574. 

 Galais, C., & Guinjoan, M. (2023). The ideological slant of COVID-19-related conspiracies. A new niche for the far-right?. Representation, 59(2), 347-356. 

Galais, C., & Bermúdez, S. (2024). Understanding Conflict Dynamics in Spanish Parliament: MPs’ Personality Traits and Attitudes Toward Conflict. American Behavioral Scientist, 0(0). 

Galais, C., Mateos, A., & Anduiza, E. (2024). The socializing nature of protest events. Consequences of the 15-M protests on participants’ political engagement over time. Social Movement Studies, 1-19. Galais, C., & Coller, X. (2024). The Personality Divide Between Citizens and Politicians: The Case of the Four Largest Spanish Parties. Parliamentary Affairs, 77(1), 88-108

Knight, Peter (2000). Conspiracy Culture: From the Kennedy Assassination to “The X‑Files”. London: Routledge.

Knight, Peter (ed.) (2002). Conspiracy Nation: The Politics of Paranoia in Postwar America. New York: New York University Press.

Knight, Peter (2007). The Kennedy Assassination. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Knight, Peter, and Michael Butter (2015). “Bridging the Great Divide: Conspiracy Theory Research for the Twenty‑First Century.” Diogenes 62 (3–4).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0392192116669289

Nefes, T. S., & Romero-Reche, A. (2025). Exploring the impacts of
conspiracy theories on election dynamics in Spain and Turkey.
Mediterranean Politics, 30(4), 870–879.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13629395.2024.2355032

Romero-Reche, A. (2023). A Communist Coup by Lockdown. COVID
Conspiracy Theories in Spain. In M. Butter & P. Knight (eds.) COVID
Conspiracy Theories in Global Perspective. Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003330769-28

Schiocchet, Leonardo. 2014. Suspicion and the Economy of Trust among Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon. In Cambridge Anthropology 32(2), Autumn 2014: 112–127. doi:10.3167/ca.2014.320210

Schiocchet, Leonardo. 2017. Essay on the Anthropology of the Fiduciary. In Mistrust: Ethnographic Approximations, Florian Mühlfried (Ed.). Bielefeld: Transcript, pp. 93-104. DOI: 10.14361/9783839439234-005

Taboada-Villamarín, A., Romero-Reche, A., & Torres-Albero, C. (2024).
“Gateway Conspiracy”: La desconfianza en la pandemia por COVID-19 como
puerta de entrada a teorías de la conspiración. Revista Española De
Investigaciones Sociológicas, (188), 145–164. https://doi.org/10.5477/cis/reis.188.145-164