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...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/222-new-pieces-of-research-on-the-radical-right/
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 (...
Send me your references. Like now? RELATED POSTS: Lakatos reloaded. A reply to Lister The Rise of Illiberal Democracy – in 1997 Teaching
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-rig...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/im-an-eminent-and-optimistic-bioscientist-now/
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 innenp...
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 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 Vot...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/the-radical-right-research-robot-is-back-with-a-vengeance-for-now/
Welche Optionen sind im Umgang mit der AfD sinnvoll, welche eher nicht? Das Handelsblatt hat dazu mit Marcel Lewandowsky, Matthias Quent, Christian Pestalozza und auch mit mir gesprochen. RELATE...
My amazing journey through all the domains of human knowledge continues. Click to see where it takes me. RELATED POSTS: Political Interest Props Up Partisanship in Wales, Scotland, and England...
There's a new PolSci podcast in town, and I'm on the first episode, talking about the AfD and Germany. RELATED POSTS: Four far-right links I liked Six More Links I Liked 4 quick takes on the...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/a-podcast-episode-about-the-afd-and-germany/
Why banning the AfD is tricky, and what could be done instead. RELATED POSTS: 4 quick takes on the result of the 2019 European Elections in Germany Wer demonstriert aktuell “gegen Rechts”...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/whats-the-matter-with-germany-and-the-afd/
Mit dem SWR bzw. Tagesschau online habe ich ausführlich darüber gesprochen, wie die aktuellen Massendemonstrationen einzuordnen sind. RELATED POSTS: Educated trolls Populismus: Mit allen Mi...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/wer-demonstriert-aktuell-gegen-rechts/
Daa Handelsblatt hat einen ausführlichen Artikel zu den Massenprotesten, in dem auch ich zu Wort komme. RELATED POSTS: Educated trolls 50 Jahre Wahlen in Rheinland-Pfalz Populismus: Mit all...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/artikel-im-handelsblatt-zu-den-protesten-gegen-die-afd/
Delphine Nerbollier reports on the infamous Potsdam meeting for La Croix, with some input from yours truly. RELATED POSTS: How worried should we be about the deportation plans? Artikel im Han...
Very worried, I think. And why is that? Glad you asked: I explain that on the latest Germany in Focus podcast, from 26:30 RELATED POSTS: Interview mit t-online: Können Massenproteste Unterst�...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/how-worried-should-we-be-about-the-deportation-plans/
Was bewirken die Massenproteste gegen Rechtsextremismus bei den AfD-Wählerinnen und -wählern? RELATED POSTS: Educated trolls 50 Jahre Wahlen in Rheinland-Pfalz Populismus: Mit allen Mittel...
I had a chat with franceinfo about the farmers' protests in Germany and Europe, and how they relate (or not) to the agenda of the radical right. RELATED POSTS: Protest, Neo-Liberalism or Anti-...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/me-on-the-farmers-protests-in-germany-europe-mais-en-francais/
Dietmar Neuerer hat im Handelsblatt einen lesenswerten Artikel zum Verhältnis zwischen AfD und Landwirten veröffentlicht (Spoiler: das Programm der AfD hat nichts mit den Forderungen der Bauern...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/artikel-im-handelsblatt-zur-afd-und-den-bauernprotesten/
In an interview with the ECPS, I discuss the the AfD's trajectory from the softly eurosceptic centre towards the extreme right. RELATED POSTS: Educated trolls Populismus: Mit allen Mitteln ge...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/afd-remigration-plans-1930s-1940s/
I cloned myself and lived to tell the tale. RELATED POSTS: Is the far right behind the large-scale farmers’ protests in Germany? Protest, Neo-Liberalism or Anti-Immigrant Sentiment: What Mo...
The far right is not the driving force behind the farmers' protests, but their style is indicative of an erosion of democratic norms in Germany RELATED POSTS: Political beliefs & multi-partyi...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/is-the-far-right-behind-the-large-scale-farmers-protests-in-germany/
Feed your inner sceptic, listen to this Big Picture Science Podcast from December 2023. RELATED POSTS: Working Class Parties 2.0? Competition between Centre Left and Extreme Right Parties Sof...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/would-the-real-naomi-klein-please-stand-up/
4 short articles on stuff that interests me - the far right, social media, political beliefs - that I read and would like to share b/c they are worth your time RELATED POSTS: Political Interes...
Click here to see the 7 most read posts on my blog in 2023. RELATED POSTS: The Rise of Illiberal Democracy – in 1997 Four far-right links I liked Protest, Neo-Liberalism or Anti-Immigrant...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/my-7-most-popular-posts-in-2023/
Sure, here is a joke about Max Weber: Why did Max Weber become a sociologist? Because he was interested in the sociology of bureaucracy. I hope you found it funny! As a coda to a grey and mildly ...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/bard-tell-me-a-joke-about-max-weber/
Twitter may be burning, but I’m not leaving yet (as I have said a thousand times before). Still, it is good to have alternatives, and so I set up an account on Mastodon back in November ’22 w...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/4-invite-codes-for-bluesky-but-twitter-is-fine/
Eigentlich müsste die Frage lauten: Sollte die Politik ein AfD-Verbot anstreben? Darüber hat Dietmar Neuerer mit Matthias Quent, einigen Staatsrechtlern und mir gesprochen. Das Ergebnis ist rec...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/gesprach-mit-dem-handelsblatt-sollte-die-afd-verboten-werden/
I do remember PowerPoint arriving at the computing centre on a designated PC that was reserved for 'desktop publishing', as it was called then. This machine was considered ridiculously powerful b...
When even so-so- journals reject promising manuscripts if even one reviewer doesn't like them, the system is broken. That's the long and the short of it. RELATED POSTS: Gespräch mit BR24 übe...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/peer-review-a-drama-in-3-lines/
Mit Jürgen Lang von BR24 habe ich über die Perspektiven der neuen Partei gesprochen, die Sahra Wagenknecht gründen möchte. Einige Passagen unseres Gesprächs haben es in diesen Artikel gescha...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/gesprach-mit-br24-uber-die-chancen-der-wagenknecht-partei/
There is a lot of interest in the Political Geography of the Radical Right. We identify 4 different aspects of 'place' and show how they relate to far-right attitudes throughout Germany. Watch th...
Back in August, I had a chat with a journalist for the Wall Street Journal. She was working on an article about the resurgence of the far right in Germany. This sound bite, together with some con...
Wer wählt wann warum die AfD? Antworten gibt es im Interview. RELATED POSTS: 50 Jahre Wahlen in Rheinland-Pfalz Educated trolls Populismus: Mit allen Mitteln gegen das Establishment (ZEIT O...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/wer-wahlt-warum-die-afd-gesprach-mit-der-noz-shz/
Mit dem Handelsblatt habe ich ausführlich über die Stärke der AfD und mögliche Gegenstrategien gesprochen. Der Aritkel dazu ist momentan frei zugänglich. RELATED POSTS: Educated trolls P...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/gesprach-mit-dem-handelsblatt-uber-den-afd-boom/
Unideological protest voting is not a driving the surge in support for the radical right AfD. Here is why. RELATED POSTS: Four far-right links I liked The Rise of Illiberal Democracy – in ...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/the-secret-of-the-afds-success-its-not-protest-voting/
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 af...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/predatory-publishing-plumbing-new-lows/
Vor dem Hintergrund hoher Umfragewerte und im Umfeld des Bundesparteitages und der Wahlversammlung der AfD für die Europawahl 2023 habe ich mit etlichen Radiosendern gesprochen. Einige der läng...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/4-radiointerviews-zum-umgang-mit-der-afd/
Here is another gem from today's mailbag. They are just taking the piss now. RELATED POSTS: Interview mit der SZ zum Umfragehoch der AfD Haftungsauschluss Protest, Neo-Liberalism or Anti-Imm...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/yet-another-bizarre-request-from-a-predatory-publisher/
Die Süddeutsche Zeitung hat mit mir ein längeres Wortlautinterview über die aktuell hohen Umfragewerte der AfD geführt. RELATED POSTS: Educated trolls French Legislative 1st Round Blog R...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/interview-mit-der-sz-zum-umfragehoch-der-afd/
Empiricism: a slippery slope perhaps, but also one hell of a ride RELATED POSTS: What if … Chatting with Andrej Matisak on his podcast Research Methods & Sociology of Knowledge The Rise of...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/samuel-stouffer-survey-data-and-spirits-from-the-deep/
Andrej Matisak is a Slovak journalist and blogger. While we have never met in real life, we have known each other on the internet for nearly a decade of so. Andrej also hosts a podcast (I’m pro...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/what-if-chatting-with-andrej-matisak-on-his-podcast/
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. RELATED POSTS: 4 Radiointerviews zum Umgang m...
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. RELATED POSTS: Four far-right links I lik...
Auch mit dem Inforadio des RBB habe ich über die AfD gesprochen. Das komplette Interview gibt es zum Nachhören oder zum Nachlesen hier RELATED POSTS: 50 Jahre Wahlen in Rheinland-Pfalz Educ...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/interview-zur-afd-mit-rbb24-inforadio/
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 RELATED POSTS: ...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/luhmann-was-a-large-language-model/
Mit Dietmar Neuerer habe ich ausführlich über den Leidensweg des Heizungsgesetzes und die Dauerkrise der Koalition gesprochen. Das Interview ist zum größeren Teil hinter einer Paywall, aber g...
The AfD's success in the east makes international headlines. Deutschlandversteher James Jackson has a somewhat short article in the Torygraph, with some input from me. RELATED POSTS: Four far-...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/telegraph-whats-the-matter-with-thuringia/
Wird Rechtsradikalismus zum Problem für die Wirtschaft? Artikel im Handelsblatt, zu dem ich ein paar Zitate beigesteuert habe. RELATED POSTS: 50 Jahre Wahlen in Rheinland-Pfalz Educated trol...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/handelsblatt-rechtsradikalismus-als-risiko-fur-die-wirtschaft/
Emily Schultheis wrote a good piece on the AfD's recent successes, with some input from me. RELATED POSTS: Nutzt es der AfD, wenn Merz die CDU nach rechts schiebt? Four far-right links I like...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/foreign-policy-article-on-the-afds-recent-resurgence/
Können Mitte-Rechts-Parteien Wähler von der Radikalen Rechten zurückgewinnen? Die Forschung sagt "nein", und so steht es tatsächlich dann auch in der Berliner Zeitung. RELATED POSTS: Popul...
https://www.kai-arzheimer.com/nutzt-es-der-afd-wenn-merz-die-cdu-nach-rechts-schiebt/