Political Scientist - Germany, the EU, and the populist radical left and right; books on Right-Wing Ecology, Germany’s Linke, and the EU; pt musician; chair.
Joined October 2021
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4 Nov 2024
Wenn Sie am Mittwochmorgen um 0:40 noch wach sind, liefere ich eine fruehe Analyse der US-Wahl fuer Deutscher Rundfunk. Wird sicher spannend!
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25 Oct 2024
Democracy dies in cowardice.
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4 Oct 2024
Your @TheGSA Executive Board hard at work at #theGSA2024 in Atlanta last Thursday... 🥳
(Photo credits: Tom Haakenson, Venkat Mani)
#OrkanSchmorkan
ALT GSA 2024 Executive Board Meeting, Thursday, September 26, 2024
ALT GSA 2024 Executive Board Meeting, Thursday, September 26, 2024
ALT GSA 2024 Executive Board Meeting, Thursday, September 26, 2024
ALT GSA 2024 Executive Board Meeting, Thursday, September 26, 2024
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3 Oct 2024
October 3rd - in need of a reading for German Unity Day? 🇩🇪
Not all is well. If you're interested in explanations for the rise of the #AfD in the east & views on the current situation, check out my interview for @POP_TweetsOnPop. Thanks, Luca Manucci!
populismobserver.com/2024/10… 📚
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2 Oct 2024
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
- George Orwell, 1984
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Congratulations to @MikkelDack on winning the German Studies Association's 2024 David Barclay Book Prize for his book 'Everyday Denazification in Postwar Germany'! Check it out at the Scholar's Choice table in the exhibit room.
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@TheGSA #theGSA2024
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26 Sep 2024
GSA starts today!
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18 Sep 2024
With the list of nominated Commissioners confirmed, the make-up of the EU institutions is taking shape. Here's a graphic to illustrate the balance of power
- EPP in a pivotal position
- potential majorities on the Right
- Left significantly weakened
(ht @alemannoEU)
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12 Sep 2024
WOW. Jill Stein doesn't know how many members of the House there are in Congress.
600?!?!
Just the latest sign she's a deeply unserious candidate only there to help Trump win.
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11 Sep 2024
Omg who did this?
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7 Sep 2024
I'm going to post this video every day until the election
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7 Sep 2024
Highly recommended article to understand potential coalitions in Saxony and Thuringia
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7 Sep 2024
More reading to understand the AfD’s success in German regional elections last weekend
8 Jul 2024
'Political Entrepreneurship in the Age of Dealignment' by @mhansenphd and @JRob0922, analyzes the balance between AfD far-right political ideology signaling and campaign moderate messaging. bit.ly/3zvOmra
ALT This is a book cover for "National Populism in the Age of Derealignment: The Populist Far-right Alternative", featuring an image of the illuminated, glass-domed Reichstag building in Berlin, symbolizing German political themes.
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24 Jul 2024
New article is out and it’s open access! Against the promethean: Energy throughput and the far-right politics of degrowth - Bernhard Forchtner, Jonathan Olsen, 2024 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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24 Jul 2024
New article is out and it’s open access! Against the promethean: Energy throughput and the far-right politics of degrowth - Bernhard Forchtner, Jonathan Olsen, 2024 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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1 Sep 2024
Some initial answers to understanding state election results in eastern Germany today
31 Aug 2024
The #RadicalRight in Germany: M. A. Hansen and J. Olsen. “A Tale of Two Electorates?” In: German Politics and Society 40.2 (2022), pp. 110-133. dx.doi.org/10.3167/gps.2022.….
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Looking to understand the Linke’s performance in elections today in Germany? Start here!
18 Oct 2022
"The Party without Qualities?: Explaining the Left Party’s Electoral Disaster in the 2021 German Federal Election" by Jonathan Olsen and Michael A. Hansen. Read in German Politics and Society: bit.ly/3RUWlBv #politicalideology @JRob0922 @mhansenphd #Twitterstorians
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19 Aug 2024
"Anstatt der Exotisierung Ostdeutschlands ist für ein besseres Verständnis der rechtswählenden Ostdeutschen ein internationaler Turn erforderlich. Schon allein um die Ursachenforschung nicht regional zu verkürzen." - mein Gastbeitrag in der heutigen @FAZ.
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14 Aug 2024
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