The Right-Wing Populist Disruption in the Berlin Republic. Opportunity structures and Success of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), in: John Robertson/Michael Oswald (eds.): Flourishing Landscapes: Thirty Years of German Unification and the Legacy’s Impact, Festschrift für Winand Gellner zum Anlass seiner Emeritierung, Palgrave Macmillan: London 2022, pp. 231-247, (board reviewed). Abstract Different to all […]
The new standard on populism research (despite the book price 213,99 euro;-) for Hardcover : The Palgrave Handbook of Populism(just published) Happy to contribute with the last chapter (pp. 665-685) in: (together with Mario Schäfer): Searching for the philosopher´s stone. Counter-Strategies against Populism The Palgrave Handbook of Populism pp 665-685| Cite as Searching for […]
Attention – Fake! Strategies against populism in Europe 7 September 2020, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm © Tobias Möller-Walsdorf Attention fake! Strategies against populism in Europe Programme 4:00 p.m. Welcome by the moderatorHolger Beckmann (Radio correspondent at ARD Brussels studio) Welcome and introduction by the Minister for Federal and European Affairs and Regional […]
From 24th to 26th March I was invited to be guest lecturer at Universitat Ramon Llull, specialized in Social work in Barcelona. The funding came from EU Erasmus mobility fund for lecturers in exchange program with Catholic-University Eichstätt. There I am teaching regularly as a guest lecturer as well. The topic of my lecture was “Social […]
Nice that my Estonian book on fake news (“Valeuudised”), published via Konrad Adenauer-Stiftung and Pro Patria Institute made its way to the national library of Estonia (“Rahvusraamatukogu”) in Tallinn – a good place, straight between “Violence” and the “War of Drugs” – Thanks to Maarika Kaus for discovery
Fake news. Why the topic is highly relevant, not only for Netflix users? Great event on 12 September in Kino Artis in Tallinn with the film maker Ilmar Raag and the journalist Erkki Bahovski. Thank you very much, also to Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and Pro Patria Institute and Enriko Lill for the Photos
Business Insider, 30/8/2019 Germany’s far-right populist party is poised to surge in the former Communist East 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall Eliza Relman Supporters of the right-wing populist party Alternative for Germany at a rally in Brandenburg an der Havel. Eliza Relman/Insider On Sunday, the far-right populist Alternative for Germany […]
Financial Times, 12nd August 2019 The Big Read Alternative für Deutschland AfD surge threatened by party disunity The hard-right party is well placed to gain regional seats but faces a power struggle between moderates and extremists Germany, says Andreas Kalbitz, is a sleeping beauty that is about to be kissed awake. The handsome prince entering […]
Deutsche Welle GERMANY, 27/May 2019, Author: Austin Davis EU election: AfD surge in eastern Germany sets up clash of cultures The far-right AfD has emerged as the strongest political party in Germany’s formerly communist East. With the Greens winning big among young, urban voters though, the East-West divide looks set to deepen further. In Sunday’s European […]
In May 2019 I have published a brochure in Estonian on fake news. Partners have been the Estonian Pro Patria Institute and the Konrad Adenauer-Stiftung. Fake news can be created by anybody. You just have to create “news” and need the money to spread it via social media channels. This new method of social interaction […]