Another place where democracy and people are dying 👇 [The Guardian’s Audio Long Reads] How Hindu supremacists are tearing India apart #theGuardiansAudioLongReads
Sep 072020
Sep 052020
When Lucke and his supporters left the AfD in 2015, they founded a new party called ALFA. Because another group with a similar name already existed, they had to change it to LKR, which stands for liberal-conservative reformers. This label neatly encapsulates Lucke’s vision for the AfD. It’s a brand that helped him to establish…
Sep 012020
Wie wichtig war die sogenannte Flüchtlingskrise für die AfD? Wie hat sich die Partei entwickelt, und was ist für die Zukunft zu erwarten? Mit Dietmar Neuerer vom Handelsblatt habe ich ausführlich über diese und andere Fragen zur AfD gesprochen. [contentcards url="https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/interview-wie-angela-merkel-die-afd-vor-dem-untergang-bewahrte/26143854.html" target="_blank"]
Aug 282020
The self-styled Corona rebels will hold yet another rally tomorrow. After a massive mobilisation drive that is supported by various far right orgs, they are expecting about 25,000 participants. In all likelihood, they will claim that a million people took part in the March on Berlin™. To put this in perspective, here are some findings…
Aug 142020
Mit dem Handelsblatt habe ich über die Chancen und Risiken der frühen Kandidatur von Olaf Scholz gesprochen. [contentcards url="https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/olaf-scholz-warum-die-fruehe-ernennung-des-spd-kanzlerkandidaten-riskant-ist/26088642.html?ticket=ST-12883-sNVrlXbOlBz7bfOY9Pon-ap6" target="_blank"]
Jul 242020
Die meisten Rechtspopulisten in Europa versuchen sich von der Geschichte zu distanzieren. Die AfD hingegen umarmt den klassischen Rechtsextremismus. Das kann ihr langfristig schaden. [contentcards url="https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/die-afd-und-ihre-europaeischen-pendants-in-schlechter-gesellschaft/26034830.html" target="_blank"]
Jul 192020
Shocking but not surprising 👇 Podcast: tech reporter Julia Carrie Wong on becoming the target of a hate campaign • Today in Focus
Jul 112020
Men are more positive about (some) reproductive science and technology than women Here is a by-catch finding from my recent article on the micro-foundations of the two-worlds theory of moral policy (full article, ungated). In the article, I look at the effect of a) party identification, b) religiosity, and c) political secularism (a desire for…
Jul 102020
Mit SWR habe ich darüber gesprochen, warum Klimaaktivisten die Grünen lahm finden und warum eine neue Klimaliste bei der Landtagswahl 2021 keine große Rolle spielen dürfte. [contentcards url="https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rheinland-pfalz/klimaaktivsten-machen-gruenen-konkurrenz-100.html" target="_blank"]
Jul 032020
Large parts of the GOP are nominally opposed to big government. But they have done nothing to stop the growth of ever more armed police forces – on the contrary. This long read about law enforcement in the US is worrying, but also quite fascinating from a political/administrative science point of view. Over the last…