Teresa Völker
@tevoelker.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research Fellow @WZB Berlin Social Science Center | Democracy, Far Right, Political Communication
In Episode 3 #KipppunktOst geht's um Medienwüsten #LSA #MV und Alternativen u.a. mit Redaktion Common Voices / Radio CORAX; @julikatz.bsky.social fragt @tevoelker.bsky.social: Welche Verantwortung haben Journalist:innen für #noAfD Wahlerfolge & @meisnerwerk.bsky.social seziert OAZ. kipppunktost.de
📑The new WZB Discussion Paper "Resisting the Far Right. A Systematic Analysis of Civil Society Strategies" by @chjncke.bsky.social, @hajogu.bsky.social, @tevoelker.bsky.social & @swenhutter.bsky.social is out! ➡️PDF for download: bibliothek.wzb.eu/pdf/2026/zz2...
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🚀 New publication! Super happy that my study on local responses to the #FarRight is now out in @prxjournal.bsky.social! 😍 Focusing on mayors in Germany, I show why their role perceptions are crucial for maintaining the #Brandmauer (cordon sanitaire). 🔓 doi.org/10.1080/2474... #OpenAccess
Finally, we are very excited to announce our next E&D conference! SAVE THE DATE: May 20-21, 2027 in Rotterdam 💃
We are delighted to present the latest edition of the @ecpr-ead.bsky.social e-Extreme Newsletter, co-edited with @sabinedvolk.bsky.social and @lazaroskaravasilis.bsky.social, and with the work of our book review liaison @ghibordieri.bsky.social 🤩
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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. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Can Simple Language Affect Voters’ Political Knowledge and Their Beliefs About Politicians? | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No 0
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...
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Kipppunkt Ost: Wie der Osten die Demokratie entscheidet@kipppunktost.bsky.social · 2mo ago@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. #KipppunktOst open.spotify.com/episode/0XPD...
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
How does a nation's past impact its present? My latest research (joint with Elias Dinas and Ethan vanderWilden) explores in-group perpetratorhood.
British Journal of Political Science@bjpols.bsky.social · 3mo agoNEW - National Attachment, Past In-Group Perpetratorhood, and Out-Group Attitudes - https://cup.org/3Pe9gDf - @laiabalcells.bsky.social, @eliasdinas.bsky.social & Ethan vanderWilden #OpenAccess
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. 🍹🍸 🧵 doi.org/10.1080/2474...
A complex cocktail: reappraising the role of positive emotions in the appeal of populist radical right parties
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...
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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 journals.sagepub.com/toc/CPS/curr...
Comparative Political Studies - Volume 59, Number 6
Table of contents for Comparative Political Studies, 59, 6
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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 /1 ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2026/...
Countering Illiberalism in Liberal Democracies
Join us for discussion of Giovanni Capoccia's current project Back from the Brink: Countering Illiberalism in Liberal Democracies examining the conditions…
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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. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Why do security forces vote for far-right parties? Evidence from Europe | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Why do security forces vote for far-right parties? Evidence from Europe
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📣 New publication with the great @matthiasdilling.bsky.social in @prxjournal.bsky.social on the rise (and fall) of the Dutch NSC. Slow science meets fast-moving politics: while writing this, the party had risen - and fallen. Yet: it offers lessons on countering the far right: doi.org/10.1080/2474...
Democratic dissatisfaction, the far right, and party brand activation – lessons from the breakthrough (and downfall) of the Dutch New Social Contract
Far-right parties have been on the rise in European democracies. Their calls for a fundamental reorganization of democracy along nativist and people-centric lines have resonated with a growing shar...
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@tevoelker.bsky.social analysiert anhand semistrukturierter Interviews mit Redakteur*innen und Journalist*innen den zwischen Brandmauer und Anpassung changierenden medialen Umgang mit der AfD und identifiziert Faktoren für deren effektive Normalisierung: doi.org/10.1080/2474...
🎉 New publication 😍 The 4th wave of the #farright is marked by #mainstreaming & #normalisation - but how can we distinguish between them? In our new article, @gefjonoff.bsky.social and I map the existing literature, introduce a conceptual framework & outline research avenues. doi.org/10.1017/S147...
Meet @tevoelker.bsky.social, one of our Visiting Scholars from @wzb.bsky.social. Join her TODAY for a seminar on “Democratic Resilience: How Parties, Civil Society, and the Media Resist Far-Right Politics.” 🗓️ Feb 25 @ 2:00 - 3:15pm 🔗 ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2026/...
With the upcoming state elections in different parts of Germany, I recommend this paper to all media practioners. This is not about blaming, but ultimately the article shows that journalists play a significant role in the perception of (& support for) far right parties:
Teresa Völker@tevoelker.bsky.social · 6mo agoNEW PUBLICATION “How the Media Cordon Sanitaire Crumbles: Lessons from Germany” now out in @prxjournal.bsky.social 🔓 doi.org/10.1080/2474736X.2026.2621808 I’m very happy that this paper is out – this project is particularly important to me.
Super timely and important paper on how the media cordon sanitaire crumbles in Germany 🔎
Teresa Völker@tevoelker.bsky.social · 6mo agoNEW PUBLICATION “How the Media Cordon Sanitaire Crumbles: Lessons from Germany” now out in @prxjournal.bsky.social 🔓 doi.org/10.1080/2474736X.2026.2621808 I’m very happy that this paper is out – this project is particularly important to me.
NEW PUBLICATION “How the Media Cordon Sanitaire Crumbles: Lessons from Germany” now out in @prxjournal.bsky.social 🔓 doi.org/10.1080/2474736X.2026.2621808 I’m very happy that this paper is out – this project is particularly important to me.
65.1🦋 #FarRight amplifiers 🔊 @dasalgon.bsky.social and @tevoelker.bsky.social show how far-right actors increasingly shape the agendas of mainstream parties, particularly around Islam, migration & cultural issues. #AfD
Far-right agenda setting: How the far right influences the political mainstream | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Far-right agenda setting: How the far right influences the political mainstream - Volume 65 Issue 1
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Very excited to see this out at @bjpols.bsky.social! In this article, I show that contemporary political news coverage makes it challenging for readers to learn information that is helpful for democratic accountability, even for very politically engaged audiences. A brief summary:
British Journal of Political Science@bjpols.bsky.social · 6mo agoNEW - The Unequal Challenge of Learning from Under-Informative News - https://cup.org/461vHAT - @atrexler.com #OpenAccess
Für Medienschaffende ist der Umgang mit der extremen Rechten zugegebenermaßen nicht immer einfach. Aber ein Lifestyle-Interview mit Chrupalla sprengt jeden journalistischen Rahmen. Hier wird nicht nur eine Plattform geboten, sondern extrem rechte Politik aktiv normalisiert. 🤯
Christian Helms@christianhelms.bsky.social · 6mo agoManchmal blicke ich komplett ratlos auf, na ja, alles.
Must-read on democratic resilience! How can illiberalism be countered, which strategies are available, what trade-offs do they entail, and under what conditions are they effective?
Giovanni Capoccia@gcapoccia.bsky.social · 6mo agoNew article and special issue! Just out in Comparative Political Studies: “Countering Illiberalism in Liberal Democracies: Information, Legacies, Temporalities", the intro to a special issue on countering illiberalism in liberal democracies. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Thread 🧵1/7
Das WZB-Projekt „Wirksam gegen Rechtsaußen" hat Strategien von zivilgesellschaftlichen Institutionen in der Auseinandersetzung mit #Rechtsextremismus untersucht und systematisiert. Den neuen Policy Brief dazu gibt es hier: www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10... @chjncke.bsky.social @tevoelker.bsky.social
Why did antisemitism rise in Germany during the Covid pandemic? And why was this increase concentrated among political centrists, rather than on the fringes? doi.org/10.1017/S153... @kanol.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de @politikuhh.bsky.social @socfub.bsky.social
Cultural Roots of Prejudice: Cultural Scripts and the Reactivation of Antisemitism in Germany | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
Cultural Roots of Prejudice: Cultural Scripts and the Reactivation of Antisemitism in Germany
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🚨 Join us for the next edition Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology in Mannheim 🚨 7 days of hands-on advanced methods + networking for PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers. Free of charge (limited travel support). Deadline 1 March 2026: summerschoolwpm.org #methodsky #polisky
🚨New publication on cleavages in party competition in Central and Eastern Europe 🚨 CEE party systems are famously volatile, but does that mean that they are unstructured? ❓I ask whether competition has become programmatically organized around enduring cleavages 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/1354... Thread 👇
