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Maik Herold @maikherold.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

🚨 Very happy to see this article on the 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗦𝗪 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 published in German Politics (with @cyrillotteni.bsky.social). 👇

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Maik Herold @maikherold.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

🚨Who believes in the “Great Replacement”? In my latest article in 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘘𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺, I show that those who subscribe to this conspiracy theory are much more politically diverse than commonly assumed, and that their endorsement cannot always be explained by extreme political ideologies. 👇

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Who Believes in the “Great Replacement”? Political Attitudes and Democratic Alienation Among Supporters of Immigration‐Related Conspiracy Theories in Europe

Objective This paper investigates how belief in the Great Replacement myth (GRM) is associated with individual political attitudes, ideological positions, and indicators of political alienation. M...

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Dr. Anne Küppers @akueppers.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

🚨New preprint online! We looked at the AfD and BSW in Thuringia during the 2024 state elections. Big question: could BSW actually pull voters away from the AfD? osf.io/preprints/os... 🗳️ 1/3

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Oliviero Angeli @olivieroangeli.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Excited to co-organize this workshop in my old home, Florence! Together with a.o. @lenkadrazanova.bsky.social @maikherold.bsky.social @yuliala.bsky.social, we’ll address key migration questions: policy shifts, polarization, and the situation of Ukrainian refugees Join us on-site or tune in online!

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Frank Gadinger @gadinsky.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

🥁 New publication - Forum article on practices of (de)legitimation in world politics in International Studies Review @isanet.bsky.social Might be interesting for IR scholars interested in the practice turn, visuality, the body, emotions & new forms of communication! academic.oup.com/isr/article-...

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Practices of (De)Legitimation in World Politics

Abstract. This forum proposes a practice-oriented approach to (de)legitimation processes in world politics. Drawing on international practice theory and vi

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Maik Herold @maikherold.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

📢I'm happy to share my 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 "The impact of conspiracy belief on democratic culture", which examines how belief in conspiracies is related to democratic attitudes and preferred forms of political participation published in @misinforeview.bsky.social.

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Maik Herold @maikherold.bsky.social · 27/09/2024

Today is the last day of the @dvpw 2024 and finally it's “Affective Polarization Day!” In two panels we will have great papers presented by Mahmoud Farag, @AnnaKurella, @HartlandAlex, @ortutt, @StefanChristoph, @verbalyte, @M_Filsinger and Felix Jäger #dvpw2024 @ECPR_AffPol

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Maik Herold @maikherold.bsky.social · 10/09/2024

On the other hand, we find that the more sparsely populated a municipality is and the farther away it is from a major urban centre, the better the AfD's electoral performance. The same is true for places with lower quality and availability of local public services. (3/3)

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Maik Herold @maikherold.bsky.social · 10/09/2024

We find significant correlations not with current, but with past unemployment rates: In municipalities where many people were unemployed in 2001, the AfD vote share is higher today, while the BSW vote share is lower. (2/3)

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Maik Herold @maikherold.bsky.social · 10/09/2024

The elections in Saxony and Thuringia have shifted Germany's political landscape further to the right. In our recent study, we used structural data at the municipal level to test the influence of various socio-demographic and socio-economic factors on the election outcome. (1/3)

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Maik Herold @maikherold.bsky.social · 29/08/2024

Vor den #ltw2024 in #Sachsen lohnt sich ein Blick auf die Eigenheiten der sächs. polit. Kultur: Etwa, dass Politik- und Demokratieverdruss weniger in ländl. Regionen, sondern v.a. in den 'Mittelzentren' stark ist. Vgl. unseren Beitrag in @ZPol_journal:...

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Maik Herold @maikherold.bsky.social · 12/07/2024

I had a chance to talk to @braneck about Germany's new @Buendnis_SahraW (BSW) party and its recent success in the European elections. His insightful report for @CourthouseNews can be found here....

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Maik Herold @maikherold.bsky.social · 03/05/2024

@ForumMIDEM Overall, not only AfD (and #Linke ), but also SPD and CDU are likely to be affected by possible BSW vote gains. On the other hand, ideological convergences of its supporter bases might pave the way for possible political alliances between BSW and SPD/CDU. (5/5)

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Maik Herold @maikherold.bsky.social · 03/05/2024

@ForumMIDEM Does the BSW have the potential to significantly weaken the AfD? We are rather skeptical. A rivalry between BSW and AfD arises primarily with regard to politically disillusioned voter groups, especially in eastern Germany. (4/5)

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Maik Herold @maikherold.bsky.social · 03/05/2024

@ForumMIDEM Overall, in terms of their socio-econ. left-right orientation, BSW supporters are close to voters of the social democratic SPD, while regarding their socio-cult. views they are most similar to supporters of the CDU/CSU. Rather large is the ideolog. distance to the Linke....

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Maik Herold @maikherold.bsky.social · 03/05/2024

Based on new survey data from @ForumMIDEM, we analyzed polit. positions of BSW supporters. We found that, on average, BSW supporters can indeed be considered "left-conservative" even if the econ. left-orient. is more decisive than the cult. position for BSW affinity. (2/5)

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Maik Herold @maikherold.bsky.social · 03/05/2024

📢*New Preprint* with @CyrillOtteni: Who supports Bündnis Sahra #Wagenknecht? Our research on #BSW and its impact on the political landscape in #Germany is now available at: doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/7agyu In a nutshell, here are some of our results: 👇(1/5🧵)

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Maik Herold @maikherold.bsky.social · 23/02/2024

Today is the third day of our workshop on #hate, its foundations, contexts, and variants - like #extremism and #antisemitism, by @tudresden_de @GSW_TUDresden @ForumMIDEM @TelAvivUni & @GifResearch. Looking forward to a continuation of the last days' great presentations & debates!

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Maik Herold @maikherold.bsky.social · 27/06/2023

What is the relation btw. democratic backsliding and the popularity of conspiracy theories? How does polarization impact this relation? Find some answers at #CESConf in #Reykjavík today where I present a paper about #conspiracy belief in EU. @CES_Europe @ForumMIDEM @tudresden_de

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Maik Herold @maikherold.bsky.social · 21/10/2022

Delighted that my new book has arrived: "The Good Economic Citizen" examines the premodern relation of civic and economic thought unveiling economic ideas of classical republicanism/roots of a republican tradition in economics. @Campusverlag @tudresden_de...

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Maik Herold @maikherold.bsky.social · 14/10/2022

Happy to be in the beautiful city of Prague today where I teach about "Populism, Polarization and Political Alienation in Germany" this semester at one of the oldest universities in the world @CharlesUniPRG, supporting the wonderful team at @imsfsvuk @FSV_UK as a guest lecturer.

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Maik Herold @maikherold.bsky.social · 01/07/2022

Interested in the effects and politics of emigration in Europe? Join our panel at #CESConf in #Lisbon with J. Rone, C. Bruzelius, @anna_kyriazi et al. where I present a paper by @CyrillOtteni and me on the impact of #emigration on #RadicalRight vote in GER @CES_Europe @ForumMIDEM

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Maik Herold @maikherold.bsky.social · 01/12/2021

Was radikale Corona-KritikerInnen in Sachsen also vereint, ist v.a. ein grundlegendes Misstrauen gegenüber dem Wirken polit.Eliten und repräsentativ-demokrat. Institutionen, der Eindruck mangelnder polit.Selbstwirksamkeit sowie das Gefühl, nicht gerecht behandelt zu werden. (5/5)

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Maik Herold @maikherold.bsky.social · 01/12/2021

Das Ergebnis: Vor allem populistische Orientierungen und Benachteiligungsgefühle sind entscheidend. Ethnozentrisch-nativistische, d.h. nationalistische und fremdenfeindliche, sowie autoritäre Einstellungen spielen eher eine untergeordnete Rolle. (4/5)

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Maik Herold @maikherold.bsky.social · 01/12/2021

Wir haben uns gefragt, welche politisch-kulturellen Orientierungen ein solches coronabezogenes Verschwörungsdenken begünstigen und dabei vier verschiedene Einstellungsmuster geprüft: Populismus, Nativismus, Autoritarismus und subjektive Deprivation. (3/5)

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Maik Herold @maikherold.bsky.social · 01/12/2021

Radikale Formen der Corona-Kritik sind in Sachsen stark verbreitet. So stimmt eine relative Mehrheit von 44 Prozent etwa der Aussage zu, dass "die Regierung mögliche Nebenwirkungen und Langzeitschäden" der Covid-19-Impfstoffe "aus Rücksicht auf die Pharmalobby" verschweigt. (2/5)

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Maik Herold @maikherold.bsky.social · 01/12/2021

Coronabezogenes Verschwörungsdenken wird durch populistische Einstellungen und Benachteiligungsgefühle befördert. Das zeigen @CyrillOtteni und ich in der heute erschienenen Jahresstudie2021 @ForumMidem mit Umfragedaten aus #Sachsen #CoronaSN. Das Wichtigste dazu in Kürze: 👇(1/5)

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Maik Herold @maikherold.bsky.social · 10/09/2021

Warum ist die Impfbereitschaft in Sachsen so gering? In welchen politisch-kulturellen Milieus ist die Skepsis besonders groß? Wie ließe sich die Impfquote dennoch steigern? Darüber habe ich mit @KraskeM von mediendienst-ost.de gesprochen:...

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Maik Herold @maikherold.bsky.social · 08/12/2020

Für #Ostdeutschland gilt: Wo seit 1990 viele Menschen abgewandert sind, ist heute die #AfD stark. Dass dabei weniger die 1990er Jahre, sondern vor allem die Wegzüge nach der Jahrtausendwende entscheidend waren, zeige ich mit @CyrillOtteni im neuen @ForumMIDEM Jahresbericht 2020.

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Maik Herold @maikherold.bsky.social · 09/07/2020

Der Ausgang der Stichwahl könnte am kommenden Sonntag in #Polen zu einer Verschiebung der politischen Kräfteverhältnisse führen. Wie #Corona die Stimmung im Land verändert hat, habe ich mit @KozlMarta in der Sächsische Zeitung beschrieben (@saechsischeDE): bit.ly/3e1pKWM

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Polen: Stimmungswandel wegen Corona?

Bei der Stichwahl am Sonntag könnte es zu einem Richtungs...

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