15/05/2026 Key note lecture on ‘Cancel Culture’ at SkepKon 2026! Yesterday, I gave the evening key note lecture on “Is ‘Cancel Culture’ Really Just a Myth?” at SkepKon 2026 in Regensburg.
06/05/2026 Invited Talk on Academic Freedom and Cancel Culture! Today, I will give a talk on “Academic Freedom and Cancel Culture: An Empirical Perspective” in the IPW Lecture Series at the University of Vienna.
28/04/2026 New GIP Policy Brief on Free Speech in Germany! The new GIP Policy Brief on “Meinungsfreiheit in Deutschland: Subjektives Empfinden und tatsächliche Erfahrungen” is out now!
27/04/2026 Talk on Free Speech at TUM Last Friday, I gave a talk on “The Costs of Speaking Freely in a Liberal Democracy” in the workshop “Content Moderation, Free Speech & Democracy” at the Technical University Munich.
15/04/2026 Panel Discussion on Free Speech at R21 Yesterday, I was part of a panel discussion on free speech at the R21 think tank (together with Deniz Yücel and Anetta Kahane).
16/03/2026 Invited Talk on Free Speech Today, I gave a talk on “The Costs of Speaking Freely in a Liberal Democracy” in the Department of Government’s seminar series at the University of Vienna. Thank you for having me!
02/03/2026 Vienna! I just started my four-month research sabbatical at Vienna University of Economics and Business. During my stay, I am generously hosted by the Institute for Political Economy of Public Policy (PEPP). Thanks, Thomas!
12/01/2026 Talk on ‘Cancel Culture’ Tomorrow, I will present the results of our adversarial collaboration on ‘cancel culture’ at the Cluster of Excellence ‘The Politics of Inequality’ of the University of Konstanz (together with Claudia Diehl and Nils Weidmann).
19/12/2025 Fellowship at the Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) Together with Oliver Spalt, I was awarded a fellowship at the newly established Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) of the University of Mannheim. During the fall term 2026 we will pursue our joint work on ‘Dignity: Nonpecuniary Utility at the Intersection of Finance and Politics’.
10/12/2025 Talk on ‘Cancel Culture’ Today, I will give a talk on “‘Cancel Culture’ at the University: Results from an Adversarial Collaboration” at the University of Bergen.