09/09/2025 Three talks at Peking University! Next week, I will travel to Beijing to give three talks under the framework of the “Overseas Eminent Scholars Lecture Program” of Peking University: 1. Bayesian Analysis for Political Science. 2. What’s Troubling German Democracy? 3. Experimental Evidence on Political Extremism in Germany. Thank you for the kind and generous... View Article
23/05/2025 Talk on Political Tolerance and Social Media Regulation Yesterday, I gave a talk on “Political Tolerance and Social Media Regulation” at the Content Moderation, Free Speech and Platform Governance Workshop (Royal Holloway, University of London). Thanks for organizing, Andreu!
12/05/2025 Paper Accepted at CPS! Our paper “Zero-sum Thinking and the Cultural Threat of Muslim Religious Rights” (with M. Helbling and E. Ivarsflaten) has just been conditionally accepted at Comparative Political Studies!
06/05/2025 Talk on Academic Freedom Tomorrow, I will give a talk on “What is the State of Academic Freedom in Germany?” at the Interdisciplinary Centre For Science and Technology Studies, University of Wuppertal.
02/03/2025 Two new papers accepted! The paper “Former social democratic partisanship, working-class background and support for radical right parties: A research note” (with Marc Debus) has been accepted for publication in Politische Vierteljahresschrift. The paper “Measuring Rural and Urban Consciousness in Europe” (with Chris Claassen et al.) has been accepted for publication in Electoral Studies.
10/02/2025 Talk on Free Speech Tomorrow, I will give a talk on “Free speech as election campaign topic: Are citizens still free to speak their mind?” in the series “Mannheim political science at the observatory: Bundestag election analysis – astrology or astronomy?” at the observatory Mannheim.
11/01/2025 New article on hate speech regulation accepted! Our paper “Citizen Preferences for Hate Speech Regulation” (with S. Munzert, P. Barberá, A. Guess, & J.H. Yang) has just been accepted for publication at PNAS Nexus.
10/01/2025 Talk on Academic Freedom Next Tuesday, I will give a talk on academic freedom at LMU in Munich.
11/11/2024 Talk on Cancel Culture Today, I will present new findings on cancel culture in German academia at the Academy of Sociology online meet-up.
10/10/2024 New Study on Cancel Culture Out Now! Our new study on cancel culture at German universities (in cooperation with the Zeit Foundation Bucerius, DIE ZEIT, and colleagues) is now out!