My paper has won an award less than 12 hours after it was published, albeit only “provisionally”. Must be these nice cardiology people again. I’ll spend the rest of the day feeling eminent.
Category: Political Science
Research note on the Radical Right Research Robot
Social media bots: often annoying, sometimes useful. In this open access research note in PRX, I tell the origin story of @RRResRobot 👀 🤖, which you absolutely want to follow. What does @RRResRobot do (and why?), what has it achieved, how can it survive post-Musk? And how can 𝘺𝘰𝘶 build your own bot for 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 epistemic community? Find the answers here
There is no ‘hard right’, AI slop is actually good but AI is terrible, and why democracies need enemies: 4 links I liked
Definitions! The Plagiarism Machine (twice!)!! Democracy and its enemies!!!
An enduring anti-fascist legacy in Italy
I am normally rather sceptical of historical explanations for far-right mobilisation and counter-mobilisation, but this podcast episode from The Conversation is very nuanced and quite convincing: 24 minutes of your time well spent. https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/86c1fdc7-dc5c-44b5-a86c-72eed7fb3190.mp3
Podcast Wehrhafte Demokratie
Mit Lawrence Meinig habe ich für den Forschungspodcast der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität über wehrhafte Demokratie, Rechtsextremismus, Islamismus und die Polizei gesprochen. Die Episode kann man sich direkt hier anhören oder unten im Transkript nachlesen EinleitungRechtsextremismus, Rechtsradikalismus, RechtspopulismusRegionale UnterschiedePolizeiforschungAndere Gefahren für die Demokratie: Linksextremismus, Islamismus, Reichsbürgerbewegung Einleitung Lawrence Meinig Demokratie bedeutet Vielfalt, Offenheit und auch Meinungsverschiedenheit. Doch…
Islamophobia in Western Europe is linked to far right Attitudes, not religiosity: new research
New publication: In Western Europe, Islamophobia overlaps with far right attitudes, but is unrelated to religiosity. This is consistent with the “Christianist” strategy employed by many far right actors in the region.
Interview with Kathimerini on Merkel’s legacy
Believe it or not, today, Angela Merkel is travelling to Athens again, and this time, she will be discussing …. her autobiography, which has been translated into Greek. Over at Kathimerini (organising the event), Xenia Kounalaki kindly asked for my opinion on various matters connected in one way or another to Merkel’s tenure. We had…
ME at the Margins: Average Marginal Effects, Marginal Effects at the Mean, and margins in Stata
Stata’s margins command can be a bit confusing Stata’s margins is a postestimation command which does all sorts of amazing things. Margins is incredibly powerful, and the accompanying marginsplot command nearly always does just the right thing. Margins and marginsplot have almost singlehandedly changed the way people interpret the way model estimates (particularly estimates from…
Germany’s 2025 election and its aftermath
Germany’s 2025 early election was a political earthquake. How did we end up in this mess, and what does it mean for Germany and Europe? Here is my attempt at an answer.
May is the new April: the Spring 2025 update of the radical right bibliography
Life is full of unforeseen, yet entirely predictable obstacles: over-committing, over-optimism, and yes, occasionally, over-indulgence. As a result, this year’s spring edition of the Eclectic, Erratic Bibliography on the Extreme Right (in (Western) Europe)™ is late, but here it comes. With 180 new titles, this is the second-biggest update ever, which just goes to show…