Postdoctoral Research Fellow @WZB Berlin Social Science Center & Harvard University | Democracy, Far Right, Political Communication
Teresa Völker
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Very happy to share that I am going to be the new Director of the Democracy unit at the @wzb.bsky.social Berlin Social Science Center. I am excited to form a new research unit on democratic politics and to engage with people in Berlin and elsewhere to make liberal democracy more resilient.
The special issue of @cpsjournal.bsky.social “Back from the Brink: Countering Illiberalism in Liberal Democracies”, co-edited by myself and Isabela Mares, was just published. The issue includes 8 articles, many of which set new research agendas. A🧵w/overview 1/10
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Tomorrow 8 April I will be speaking at @europeatharvard.bsky.social about my latest work on countering illiberalism in liberal democracies
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Glad to see this out at @epsrjournal.bsky.social!
Using ESS data, Raquel Rego and I find that an anti-immigration stance is the strongest predictor of far-right sympathies among police and military personnel—similar to the general population.
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🚨 What happens with voters when politicians use simpler language?
New @thejop.bsky.social paper with @rsenninger.bsky.social: simple language changes not just what citizens understand, but who they think politicians are.
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How does a nation's past impact its present? My latest research (joint with Elias Dinas and Ethan vanderWilden) explores in-group perpetratorhood.
Populist radical right parties (PRRPs) predominantly appeal to negative emotions, like fear and anger. But this is not the whole story. @prxjournal.bsky.social, I ask to what extent and why PRRPs add positive emotions to negative ones in their appeals to voters. 🍹🍸 🧵
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Table of contents for Comparative Political Studies, 59, 6
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Join us for discussion of Giovanni Capoccia's current project Back from the Brink: Countering Illiberalism in Liberal Democracies examining the conditions…
How does the level of sophistication in political messages affect citizens? While
research has examined how politicians use this element to distinguish themselves,
little is known about how it resonat...
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Hier könnt ihr einen Beitrag in den WZB-Mitteilungen zur Forschung von @tevoelker.bsky.social und MIka Bauer über die Medien und den Aufstieg der äußersten Rechten lesen.: bibliothek.wzb.eu/artikel/2025...
Negative emotions are held to be at the very core of the emotional appeal of populist radical right parties (PRRP). Building on emerging studies that paint a more nuanced picture, I argue that appe...
Keine Lokalzeitung=Wahlerfolge für #noAfD?! Bei #KipppunktOst hört ihr Analysen und Journalist:innen aus Medienwüsten in #MV #LSA. Denn die Frage, wer berichtet wie über lokale Probleme und Initiativen und wie wird #noAfD eingeordnet, ist zentral für demokratische Mehrheiten. kipppunktost.de 1/2
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National Attachment, Past In-Group Perpetratorhood, and Out-Group Attitudes - https://cup.org/3Pe9gDf
- @laiabalcells.bsky.social, @eliasdinas.bsky.social & Ethan vanderWilden
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Kipppunkt Ost: Wie der Osten die Demokratie entscheidet
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@julikatz.bsky.social fragt @tevoelker.bsky.social: Welche Verantwortung haben Journalist:innen für #noAfD Wahlerfolge und wie geht bessere Berichterstattung? @meisnerwerk.bsky.social analysiert mit @heikekleffner.bsky.social das OAZ-Geschäftsmodell.
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Kipppunkt Ost: Wie der Osten die Demokratie entscheidet
