International Populism Research Network
ABOUT THE NETWORK
The network’s activities are centered on new theoretical, qualitative and quantitative approaches to studying the phenomenon of populism worldwide.
It is open to other social science and humanities disciplines beyond the field of political science, such as sociology, philosophy, cultural, media and literature studies, ethnology, visual studies, performance studies, law and history.
The International Populism Research Network organizes academic events (both in-person and online) at CAU Kiel and in collaboration with partner institutes. These include academic conferences, workshops and panels at national and international conferences, international teaching collaborations and events for the general public.
The International Populism Research Network conducts its own research projects and supports doctoral and post doc projects.
It disseminates its research findings in the form of scientific publications and publicizes the core work of its partner organizations.
To give its activities additional visibility, the International Populism Research Network also communicates with the broader public.
Panel discussion with Paula Diehl (in German)
How can young people keep a clear view in the flood of digital information?
Public Talk at Kiel University (in German)
Where is the journey heading? The AfD between normalization and radicalization
In der Politikwissenschaft wird die strategische Positionierung der AfD mit konkurrierenden Begriffen beschrieben. Dies sind einerseits „Normalisierung“ oder „Mainstreaming“ und andererseits „Radikalisierung“. In der öffentlichen Debatte hat zuletzt die Höherstufung der AfD als „gesichert rechtsextreme Organisation“ durch das Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz aufgrund der politischen Implikationen hohe Wellen geschlagen, die jedoch kurz darauf an einer gerichtlichen Eilentscheidung brandeten. Seit der Stillhaltezusage des deutschen Inlandsgeheimdienstes scheinen die Wogen vorerst geglättet. Doch wo die Reise der AfD hingehen soll, scheint weiterhin eine offene Frage zu sein. Vor diesem Hintergrund zeigt Benjamin Höhne auf der Grundlage von Daten aus einer Wahlhilfeapplikation zu den Kommunalwahlen 2024, dass beide Parteistrategien verfolgt werden. Doch lässt sich die Partei dabei von Großwetterlagen treiben oder hält sie das Ruder fest in der Hand und hält Kurs? Er kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass eine einseitige strategische Richtungsentscheidung die Partei in schwere Fahrwasser treiben könnte, die sie deshalb vermeidet. Aber auch die Doppelzügigkeit kann die Partei in Untiefen führen, auf die im Vortrag näher eingegangen wird.
Populist Twists and the Dangers for Democracy
New Book by Théo Aiolfi
The Populist Style: Trump, Le Pen and Performances of the Far Right
New Book by Christoffer Kølvraa and Bernhard Forchtner
Imagining Alternative Worlds: Far-Right Fiction and the Power of Cultural Imaginaries
Publication: Paula Diehl and BRIGITTE BARGETZ (eds.)
The Complexity of Populism – New Approaches and Methods
Much as populism has been researched, it remains a contested notion without coherent definition and methodology, and shaped by dimensions such as ideology, communication style, discourse, mobilization, and organization. It has simultaneously mobilized emotions, produced symbols, and affected subjectivity and gender relations and can manifest itself in different ways and appear in hybrid forms, such as in the cases of Silvio Berlusconi, Hugo Chávez, and Donald Trump.
With chapters by Paula Diehl, Carlos de la Torre, Birgit Sauer, Brigitte Bargetz, Stefan Bird-Pollan, Federico Finchelstein, Giorgia Bulli, Martin Reisigl, Mojca Pajnik, Till Weber.
Open Access: Mojca Pajnik: Transformations of the Media Sphere. Amplifying Opportunity Structures for Populism
Open access Article
Emotion Narratives on the Political Culture of Radical Right Populist Parties in Portugal and Italy
Call for Applications
phd project, Université Bourgogne Europe (Dijon)
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