Weipert-Fenner, IreneRossi, Federico M.Sika, NadineWolff, Jonas2025-03-282025-03-282024Weipert-Fenner, I., Rossi, F. M., Sika, N., & Wolff, J. (2024). Trust and social movements: A new research agenda. International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 65(4), 409-422. https://doi.org/10.1177/002071522412462160020-7152 | eISSN 1745-2554https://doi.org/10.1177/00207152241246216https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/26386The registered version of this article, first published in “International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 65, 2024", is available online at the publisher's website: Sage, https://doi.org/10.1177/00207152241246216 La versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en “International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 65, 2024", está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: Sage, https://doi.org/10.1177/00207152241246216Social movement studies clearly suggest that trust matters for processes of social mobilization: When engaging in costly, and potentially risky, contentious collective action on a common goal, activists and groups rely on the expectation that fellow protestors and allies will not fail them. To date, however, we lack research that explains which types of trust shape the emergence and evolution of social movements. Trust, we argue, is not simply an independent variable influencing mobilization, but is itself shaped—built, stabilized, weakened, or even destroyed—over the course of collective contentious action. To set the stage for a corresponding research agenda, this introduction to the special issue “Trust and Social Movements” bridges the gap between research on trust and social movement studies and clarifies the complex conceptual relationship between various types of trust and the dynamics of social mobilization. Furthermore, we identify overarching research questions, summarize the contributions to the special issue, and discuss key findings.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess5906 Sociología políticaartículomass protestrisk and uncertaintysocial movementstrusttrust-building