The Radical Right Research Robot is back with a vengeance (for now)
The bot that posts references to research on the radical right is back on Twitter, Mastodon & Bluesky Related posts: Protest, Neo-Liberalism or Anti-Immigrant Sentiment: What Motivates the Voters...
View ArticleSupport for Germany’s far right AfD drops below 20% for the first time since...
In February 2024, support for the radical right AfD has dropped for the first time in more than six months. Here are the details. Related posts: Four far-right links I liked 4 quick takes on the result...
View ArticleGespräch mit dem Handelsblatt über das “Zerwürfnis” zwischen Marine Le Pen...
Der Skandal um die “Remigrations”-Pläne hat zu einem öffentlichen Konflikt zwischen der Partei und dem französischen RN geführt. Die Gründe dafür sind auf beiden Seiten vor allem innenpolitischer...
View ArticleI’m an eminent and optimistic bioscientist now
In which I meet Krista, who finally publishes my biomedical research. Related posts: Gespräch mit dem Handelsblatt über das “Zerwürfnis” zwischen Marine Le Pen und der AfD Four far-right links I liked...
View ArticleWhat new titles should be included in the 2024 edition of the Radical Right...
Send me your references. Like now? Related posts: Lakatos reloaded. A reply to Lister The Rise of Illiberal Democracy – in 1997 Teaching
View ArticleProfitieren AfD und BSW, wenn Europa- und Kommunalwahlen zusammengelegt werden?
Wer profitiert, wenn Wahltermine zusammengelegt werden? Die Bürgerinnen und Bürger. Related posts: 50 Jahre Wahlen in Rheinland-Pfalz Populismus: Mit allen Mitteln gegen das Establishment (ZEIT ONLINE)...
View Article222 new pieces of research on the radical right
The subfield of radical right studies is exploding. Click here for the latest on the latest research. Related posts: Four far-right links I liked Interview with Political Observer on Populism about...
View ArticleIst die Midlife-Crisis schuld am Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW)? Oder ist...
Wer sich schon immer diese oder ähnliche Fragen gestellt hat, kann hier ohne Paywall das Gespräch zwischen Daniel Bax und mir nachlesen. Related posts: 50 Jahre Wahlen in Rheinland-Pfalz Populismus:...
View ArticleThe normalisation and destigmatisation of the radical right in Europe
I somehow missed this excellent interview with Vicente Valentim on his research into the dynamics of the radical right’s normalisation in Europe, but nearly two years later, it has become even more...
View ArticleBoth Putin’s poodle and China’s tool? The AfD had a terrible week, and more’s...
Germany's radical right AfD party is in trouble. Here is an incomplete catalogue of their current problems. Related posts: The normalisation and destigmatisation of the radical right in Europe Six More...
View ArticleWarum sinkt die Zustimmung zur AfD (Handelsblatt)?
Seit einigen Wochen ist die Zustimmung zur AfD in den Meinungsumfragen etwas zurückgegangen. Dietmar Neuerer, der seit vielen Jahren für das Handelsblatt die Partei beobachtet, hat mit einigen Kollegen...
View ArticleHow high is support for the AfD 1 month before the EP elections?
Why had support for the AfD ballooned? And has it really come down in time for the 2024 EP elections? Related posts: Four far-right links I liked Six More Links I Liked
View ArticleHow to find reviewers, fast
As an editorial assistant or even associate editor, how do you entice me to review something for your Q2 journal? Easy, actually: Disclaimer: Yes, I know that editing “is a thankless task™️”, too. My...
View ArticleThe Washington Post reports on the Reichsbürger Plot
I gave 20 minutes of my life to a journalist who wrote up the story of Germany’s biggest terrorism trial “for an American audience”, which is a phrase that inspires all sorts of despair. But one of my...
View ArticleDas Handelsblatt über das Zerwürfnis zwischen RN und AfD
Mit dem Handelsblatt habe ich ausführlich über die Hintergründe des öffentlich ausgetragenen Streits zwischen dem Rassemblement National und der AfD (bzw. Krah) gesprochen. Der Artikel ist momentan...
View ArticleArticle in “Equal Times” about the role of the Far Right in the upcoming...
This is an excellent longread, which is based on actual science: the author has talked to many colleagues and me, and much of what we told him made it into the final product. Related posts: French...
View ArticleThe Yale Politic about counter-mobilisation against the AfD
Nicole Chen interviewed various colleagues and me for an article about Germany’s never-again-is-now moment in “Yale’s undergraduate journal of politics and culture”. I rather like the result. Related...
View ArticleThe Moral Economy of the Shire
The old Internet was full of stuff like this: people giving a lot of thought to the earnest analysis of entirely fictional worlds. We should bring that culture back. Related posts: Brexit : What I...
View ArticleA final look at AfD support before the 2024 European parliamentary elections
With just two days to go, this is my last look at AfD support in the polls before the 2024 EP elections. Related posts: Four far-right links I liked ECPR Joint Sessions 2013 have a Facebook Fanpage...
View Article4 2024 EU election links, and one to soften the blow
This week, the Internet is full of interesting stuff about the 2024 European elections, which were sort of momentous. Here are four links I liked, and one that helped me to cope. Related posts: Four...
View ArticleWas steht im aktuellen Verfassungsschutzbericht, und was lernen wir daraus?
Mit Tagesschau24 habe ich über den Verfassungsschutzbericht für das Jahr 2023 und die politischen Schlussfolgerungen daraus gesprochen. Das Video dazu gibt es hier. Related posts: 50 Jahre Wahlen in...
View ArticleGespräch mit der dpa über den Zustand der SPD in Rheinland-Pfalz
Mit der Deutschen Presseagentur habe ich ausführlich über den Rücktritt von Malu Dreyer und die Nachfolgeregelung in der Landespartei gesprochen. Wer es lesen möchte: Zeit Online hat den Text...
View ArticleWer wählt warum wen? Interview mit “Psychologie heute”
Der komplette Artikel ist hinter einer Paywall, die Kurzfassung kann man momentan hier nachlesen. Related posts: Populismus: Mit allen Mitteln gegen das Establishment (ZEIT ONLINE) Educated trolls 50...
View ArticleHow does the Far Right end up in government? And do Far Right governments...
How it started: far right governments as an exception A decade or two ago, far right governments were a rarity in Europe. Of course, there were the Berlusconi governments of the 1990s and early 2000s...
View ArticleLoving the alien
Need to something uplifting? 50 minutes to spare? Listen to how the hunt for alien life is gearing up. Related posts: How does the Far Right end up in government? And do Far Right governments make a...
View ArticleI talked to Deborah Cole about the AfD & Germany’s east
Ten days or so ahead of the state elections in Saxony and Thuringia, I had a chat with Berlin-based British Deutschlandversteher Deborah Cole. Some quotes made it into this excellent explainer piece in...
View ArticleWhat just happened in the Brandenburg election, and how will it affect German...
Here's an interview with DW in which I try to make sense of the 2024 state elections in Brandenburg. Related posts: 4 quick takes on the result of the 2019 European Elections in Germany Four far-right...
View ArticleFriedrich Merz has a women problem
Friedrich Merz, the CDU/CSU candidate for the chancellorship, is much more popular with men than with women. It makes you wonder why. Related posts: What just happened in the Brandenburg election, and...
View ArticleDie Wahl der AfD: viel mehr als nur Protest
Im Vorfeld der ostdeutschen Landtagswahlen war ich im Mai 2024 zu einem Gastvortrag an der Hochschule Magdeburg/Stendal eingeladen, bei dem es um Wahlmotive und Perspektiven der “Alternative für...
View ArticleNew publication: the 2024 European parliamentary elections in Germany and 26...
After the 2019 Green wave, many observers expected a blue-brownish backlash for 2024. And in many countries, these observers (who are these people, and why are they always so well-informed?) were not...
View ArticleFar Right voting: a new reading list
I'm sharing my syllabus on the radical right vote in Europe. Related posts: Four far-right links I liked The Rise of Illiberal Democracy – in 1997 Interview with Political Observer on Populism about...
View ArticleOrbán travels in style, Putin meddles in Germany, Wagenknecht blackmails the...
If you are not worried, you have not been paying attention. “National populism” – itself a polite misnomer for a radical right ideology that also claims to attack the elites – is going international....
View ArticleI am an Illuminatus now
I get a lot of interesting invitations. This one is extra-special. Related posts: Orbán travels in style, Putin meddles in Germany, Wagenknecht blackmails the CDU, and 1 Spanish scientist cheats his...
View ArticleHow to access the Bluesky API from R, fast
Programmatically accessing Bluesky is a breeze with the atrrr package for #Rstats Related posts: I am an Illuminatus now Teaching CV
View ArticleThree months before the election, just how strong is the far-right...
Germany will hold an early election in February 2025. It looks like the AfD could increase their 2021 result by half. Related posts: Four far-right links I liked I’m an eminent and optimistic...
View ArticleFor AfD voters, Trump is an angel of peace
Here is a little gem from today’s Politbarometer survey. Most Germans (71%) don’t believe that Trump is able to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal (whatever that means), and only 24% think that he...
View ArticleThree Bluesky links I liked
Many in my (X-)Twitter bubble are in the process of moving or have already moved to Bluesky. And it’s not just this select group: Musk’s intervention in the US election and the election’s outcome were...
View ArticleRadical right voting as class-voting, 2024 edition
Studying the far-right vote in Europe, again This winter, I’m teaching a new iteration of my MA reading class on far-right voting in Europe. I have been doing this for a long time, and every now and...
View ArticleWhat we are reading: EU issue voting in European Union member states
Still catching up with the backlog from my MA reading course, here are my notes on the second text we read this term. After the “green wave” of 2019 was followed by a blue/brownish one in 2024, it’s...
View ArticleQuoted in the observer
Deborah Cole (together with Jon Henley) has a good (i.e., mildly depressing) piece in this Sunday’s Observer on why the respective stalemates in Berlin and Paris are a slow-moving disaster for Europe....
View ArticleWhat we are reading: Nostalgia in the Netherlands and radical right voting
Populist radical right parties feed on emotion. The most prominent feelings connected to radical right voting are anger and fear. However, nostalgia, i.e. the longing for an idealised past, may also...
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Which German voters oppose military support for Ukraine? Shock, surprise:...
Germany’s short campaign is struggling to gain traction, what with Christmas and New Year’s Eve. But even with the festive distractions, one issue is clearly emerging as a major point of contention:...
View ArticleThe 5 most popular posts in 2024
Is social media a problem? Yes! Would we be slightly better off if people went back to putting stuff on websites they actually own? Also yes! Do I think that this ‘blogging’ will make a huge comeback...
View ArticleWhy does Sahra Wagenknecht see me as a potential donor for her new party?
I’m old enough to still be on Facebook. And for the second time this week, the algorithm showed me an ad for the new Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), a left-authoritarian / left-conservative /...
View ArticleMeinungsartikel zum Bundestagswahlkampf in der taz
Katzenjammer, Völlegefühle und jetzt auch noch Bundestagswahl: Meine Gedanken zum Jahresanfang habe ich für die taz aufgeschrieben. Related posts: Educated trolls Populismus: Mit allen Mitteln gegen...
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I’m (kind of) leaving Twitter for Bluesky & Mastodon
Like many others, I had a great time on Twitter. I joined in October 2008, more than 16 years ago. I had a slow start, but eventually I produced about 22,800 tweets, equivalent to about 1,400 posts...
View ArticleGespräch mit Tagesschau Online über Populismus
Was ist Populismus? Welche Rolle spielt er im Wahlkampf, und wer sind die relevanten populistischen Akteure in Deutschland und (der Standort verpflichtet) in Rheinland-Pfalz? Über diese Fragen habe...
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Wie groß ist das Potential von AfD, BSW und der Linken bei der Bundestagswahl...
Wie gut oder schlecht sind die Erfolgsaussichten von “Alternative für Deutschland”, “Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht” und der Linken bei der bevorstehenden Bundestagswahl? Warum werden diese Parteien...
View ArticleUsing LLMs to read your Bluesky feed, disinformation as the lesser problem,...
I have raved before about how easily one can access the Bluesky API from R with the help of the very useful atrrr package. This article shows how to analyse the results with the help of Large Language...
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Wie kann Demokratie wehrhaft sein?
Aus mehrfachem aktuellen Anlass startet der Landtag Rheinland-Pfalz eine neue Reihe zum Thema “wehrhafte Demokratie”. Bei der Eröffnungsveranstaltung durfte ich den Einführungsvortrag halten. Die...
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