The secret of the AfD’s success? It’s not protest voting
Unideological protest voting is not a driving the surge in support for the radical right AfD. Here is why.
Category: Political Science
Predatory publishing plumbing new lows
Hey look, I have unlocked a new level of predatory publishing fraud: someone out there is automating so aggressively that they are not just misspelling the title of my article and inventing an affiliation for me: they literally can’t be arsed to spell out my name. Of course, there is no one at King’s with…
Yet another bizarre request from a predatory publisher
Here is another gem from today’s mailbag. They are just taking the piss now.
Populism & Crises
The good folks over at ECPS invited me to give the opening lecture for their 2023 Summer School on Populism, War, and Crises. Here are the slides.
Support for Alternative for Germany (AfD) in July 2023: high, but (not yet) through the roof
Support for the radical right #AfD is up 3-4 points since May 2023. Most of that shift happened in May, but that does not mean that the surge is over.
Luhmann was a Large Language Model
The other day, I read an article about #ChatGPT simulating understanding by correlating words. Which brought on a painful flashback to that time when I took a course on Luhmann
Academic Déjà vu, or Academic Dementia?
I get a lot of academic spam However, the missive that arrived yesterday looked like the real deal, then made me question my sanity.
Labour Day & the Extreme Right in Germany
Some traditional right-wing extremist groups will march on May Day. It’s an empty, mock-left-authoritarian ritual that does not even mobilise their own constituency.
1 year, 108 new items: the Spring 2023 update of the radical right bibliography
The Spring 2023 update of the Far-Right Bibliography features 108 fresh titles. Dive in to discover the topics explored by the authors.