Sabine Volk
Postdoc at the Institute for Research on Far-Right Extremism (IRex), University of Tübingen, Germany I Far right, populism, memory, social movements.
- Reposted by Sabine VolkLink doesnt work :( @sabinedvolk.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- 🔔 Neue Publikation: Mein Text setzt die zunehmende queerfeindliche Mobilisierung auf die Agenda der Bewegungsforschung und formuliert einige dringende Forschungsaufgaben Open access bei @protestinstitut.bsky.social
- 👉 In “Pride im Visier,” @sabinedvolk.bsky.social ( @unituebingen.bsky.social ) analyzes right-wing mobilization against the Christopher Street Day 🌈. She shows how #queerphobia has become integral to right-wing #strategy and discusses what this means for social movement #research. buff.ly/HrYUEaS
- U.a. argumentiere ich für 1) eine klare Definition queerfeindlicher Mobilisierungen als Angriffe auf die liberale Demokratie, 2) mehr Wissen zu den Mechanismen der extrem rechten "Gegendemos" gegen CSDs und 3) einen klaren Fokus auf die Betroffenenperspektive - protestinstitut.eu/pride-im-vis...
- Der Text bezieht sich immer wieder auch auf die Analysen von zivilgesellschaftlichen Akteuren wie @amadeuantonio.bsky.social und @cemas.io - danke für die wichtige Arbeit in einem noch wenig erforschten Feld!
- Nach zwei Jahren als Redakteurin in der Rubrik "ipb beobachtet" im Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen war es sehr schön, selbst einen Beitrag zu schreiben - vielen Dank an die Unterstützung durch das ganze redaktionelle Team 🗞️
- 🔔🔔🔔 CfP: Für die Rubrik "ipb beobachtet" im Forschungsjournal suchen wir immer nach aktuellen, pointierten und kritischen Beiträgen zu Protesten, Bewegungsdynamiken und Zivilgesellschaft! Alle Texte open access bei @protestinstitut.bsky.social protestinstitut.eu/publikatione... Idee? ✉️ an mich!
- 2025 in Review continued: 2/6 ipb beobachtet Every year since 2018, through our regular section in the Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen, ipb members closely follow and report on #protest dynamics and civil society debates. Snippets in the comments 👇texts here (in German): buff.ly/2E2I5q5
- Reposted by Sabine Volk👉 In “Pride im Visier,” @sabinedvolk.bsky.social ( @unituebingen.bsky.social ) analyzes right-wing mobilization against the Christopher Street Day 🌈. She shows how #queerphobia has become integral to right-wing #strategy and discusses what this means for social movement #research. buff.ly/HrYUEaS
- Reposted by Sabine Volk📣 We are delighted to present the latest edition of our e-Extreme Newsletter, courtesy of our wonderful editorial team: @audreygagnon.bsky.social, @lazaroskaravasilis.bsky.social & @sabinedvolk.bsky.social. You can download it via our website (see “Current Issue”): ecpr.eu/news/news/de... 📖
- Reposted by Sabine VolkSicher zurück aus #Gießen, wo ich mit #Phoenix meine 1. Parteiveranstaltung live kommentiert habe - und zwar die Gründung der neuen #AfD #Jugendorganisation. Es war aufregend, aber auch nicht immer einfach - etwa die 1. Live-Schalte zwischen Polizei und Demos: www.ardmediathek.de/video/phoeni...
- Reposted by Sabine VolkSuccesful workshop today for the edited volume “The Issue of Immigration in Western Europe: Challenges, Contradictions and Opportunities”, edp 26/27 with @edinburghup.bsky.social. “Happy Academics” below as per AI (ping @dafnoukos.bsky.social @sbvanoosten.bsky.social @sofialampro.bsky.social
- Reposted by Sabine Volk@sabinedvolk.bsky.social analysiert die von Antifeminismus geprägte Politik der AfD seit 2014 mit Blick auf Unterschiede zwischen Ost & West; dabei stellt sie vor allem Unterschiede im Stellenwert des Themas und weniger unterschiedliche Verständnisse fest: doi.org/10.1080/0964... (OA)
- 📣 New publication! The second article of my postdoc project on the far right and anti-gender mobilization is now out #openaccess in #GermanPolitics doi.org/10.1080/0964... It examines antifeminism in far-right party politics through the case of AfD Key findings: Antifeminism ✅ Radicalization ✅
- In other words: antifeminism has been there from the start - even when AfD fashioned itself as a "liberal", "anti-euro" party. Also, like in other areas AfD's politics of gender have radicalised since 2014 - especially with regard to reproductive rights and LGBTQ rights and visibility
- My subnational lens also shows: even though the levels of antifeminist attitudes are higher in the east (see e.g. Leipziger Autoritarismus Studie 2024), the politics of gender of eastern German AfD groups are not more extreme than the federal party
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View full threadI am very happy that this article is part of a cutting-edge SI on the far right and eastern Germany - thanks to the guest editors @asheinze.bsky.social and @manesweisskircher.bsky.social for their comments and suggestions on earlier versions of this text!
- Reposted by Sabine Volk🚨 New Publication! 🚨 In this piece, I examine both the extreme and the more “moderate” factions within the AfD 🇩🇪 and compare their positions on 🇺🇦/🇷🇺 with their stances on 🇮🇱/🇵🇸. Key insights and findings👇🏻 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Sabine VolkZeitschrift für Rechtsextremismusforschung stellt vor: Aktuelle Beiträge aus Heft 10. Am 11. Dezember um 18 Uhr via YouTube! 🔸Veranstaltungsinfos unter: www.idz-jena.de/vadet/politi.... 🔸Link zum Livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6DT... 🔸Link zur ZRex Heft 10: shop.budrich.de/wp-content/u...
- Reposted by Sabine Volk🎉 New publication 🎉 Why do #youngpeople vote for the #AfD? This question has kept our research project busy for quite some time, so I'm beyond excited that our first article - co-authored with @timonscheuer.bsky.social - is now out in #GermanPolitics! 🤩 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Sabine Volk🎆 NEW OA ARTICLE ALERT 🎆 'Populism, visual technologies, and the self-mediation of ‘the people’ from the 2002 Venezuelan coup to the 2021 US Capitol riots' in @risjnl.bsky.social How do populist publics visually represent themselves & how have shifts in visual technologies altered this process?
- Reposted by Sabine VolkThe next @crexuio.bsky.social & CANSES webinar on methods and ethics when researching the far right will take place on November 20 and will focus on researcher safety and vicarious trauma. For more info see 👇
- Reposted by Sabine VolkHappy that this is finally out! I contributed with a chapter on economic populism in the 21st century 😎
- Congratulations to Jan Kubik and Richard Mole! Their #OpenAccess book The Anatomy of Right-wing Populism published yesterday. Read and download free at: bit.ly/46I25Ju #Politics #RightWingPopulism #Illiberalism
- Happy to have contributed a chapter on culture and #memory in far-right #protest events in Eastern #Germany, and I’m especially excited that one of my fieldwork photographs was selected for the cover! BTW this book is fully #openaccess
- Congratulations to Jan Kubik and Richard Mole! Their #OpenAccess book The Anatomy of Right-wing Populism published yesterday. Read and download free at: bit.ly/46I25Ju #Politics #RightWingPopulism #Illiberalism
- Reposted by Sabine VolkNew publication for everyone interested in climate politics, far-right climate obstruction, and the role of elite cues! 📚 "Climate action versus environmental protection?" now out in @environmentalpol.bsky.social (with Matthias Diermeier). www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... (open access!) (1/5)
- Reposted by Sabine Volk💥Online first: "How populist citizens see the people and their place in representative democracy" by Rosa Kindt @robert-a-huber.bsky.social & @kristofjacobs1.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0140...
- Reposted by Sabine Volk📝 CfP: Für die #Dreiländertagung am 17.-19.06.2026 organisieren wir vom @akpf-dvpw.bsky.social 3 Panels: zu Parteienorganisation, IPD & subnationalen Parteiensystemen. Abstracts gerne bis zum 31.10. an uns! ☺️👇 @benjaminhoehne.bsky.social @mlewandowsky.bsky.social @dvpw.bsky.social #DVPW #3LT2026
- Reposted by Sabine VolkBuilding transnational parties seems to be a key ingredient for democratising the EU,but efforts have not succeeded so far. Looking at @diem25.bsky.social, @manesweisskircher.bsky.social & I just published this piece on why social movements struggle to change the EU link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- Reposted by Sabine VolkNew paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵
- Reposted by Sabine VolkThe call for papers/panels for the @ecprsgeu.bsky.social conference is open. Have a look at section 3 on populism, radical politics and the EU that I'll chair together with @sldelange.bsky.social Deadline: December 10 ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
- Reposted by Sabine Volk35 years ago, on October 3, 1990, Germany was reunified. Just two months later, voters in the former GDR went to the polls in the first free federal election since the Weimar era. Despite decades of socialist dictatorship, East German voting behavior displayed marked regional differences. Thread🧵
- Reposted by Sabine VolkI’m glad that the 2nd #REXKLIMA workshop in Dresden brought together so many insightful presentations and lively discussions - with a great mix of quantitative and qualitative manuscripts. Looking forward to seeing these papers published! 💫📑 hait.tu-dresden.de/ext/veransta... @rexklima.bsky.social
- 🧵 Out now: Editorial on #Populism and the #border: theoretically and empirically dissecting strategies of exclusion and the recreation of identities @josejavierolivas.bsky.social and I summarize the contributions of our @frontiersin.bsky.social special issue www.frontiersin.org/journals/pol...
- The first contribution (in order of appearance) is by Piotr Żuk and Paweł Żuk: "Wall-building policy: nationalist space management and #borderphobia as right-wing populists' tools for doing authoritarian politics" www.frontiersin.org/journals/pol...
- Then Laurent Bernhard and Lukas Lauener : "It’s because of the cross-border commuters: opposing the free movement of persons in the Swiss borderlands with the European Union" www.frontiersin.org/journals/pol...
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View full threadAnd last but not least Luke Cooper's article: "Authoritarian protectionism and the post-neoliberal transition: learning from Stuart Hall’s method of articulation" We hope you enjoy this collection! #authoritarianism frontiersin.org/journals/pol...
- Reposted by Sabine VolkBriefly talking about Romania in the latest e-Extreme newsletter. Thanks to @audreygagnon.bsky.social, @lazaroskaravasilis.bsky.social, and @sabinedvolk.bsky.social for the interview! ecpr.eu/news/news/de...
- Reposted by Sabine Volk📣 Our latest e-Extreme Newsletter is out! Find it here: ecpr.eu/news/news/de... (Current Issue) ✋ Kindly brought to you by @audreygagnon.bsky.social, @lazaroskaravasilis.bsky.social and @sabinedvolk.bsky.social! 🍿 Read on for expert interviews (on elections in 🇵🇹 & 🇷🇴), book reviews and more!
- Reposted by Sabine VolkHow do far right parties frame solar power? How have their positions changed? What does this variation over time tell us about the motives of the far right's obstruction of solar? See @manesweisskircher.bsky.social and @sabinedvolk.bsky.social's piece below: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Sabine VolkHow does geography shape value orientations in Europe? In our new paper, using #ValCon data, @mverbalyte.bsky.social , Monika Eigmüller & I show that country context matters most -> cosmopolitan & emancipatory values follow different patterns. Article is #OA: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Sabine VolkNew article! 📚 "German Politics in #Times of #Crises: The Success of the Post-Merkel Conservatives in the 2025 Federal Election" is out in the @jcms-eu.bsky.social. Not the Scholz government, but the CDU's return may deepen the break with Merkel's legacy. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Glad to have contributed some research insights to this important article on the rise of queer hostility within Germany’s far right. While the issue isn’t entirely new, it’s drawing fresh momentum - bringing in new, and increasingly younger, participants to anti-Pride actions and far-right violence
- Reposted by Sabine VolkNew article! 📚 "A Normal(ised) Far-Right Party? A Long-Term Perspective on the #FPÖ's Electoral Strength" out in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social. It analyses long-term organizational integration, the 2024 success & growing elite openess towards the FPÖ. ▶️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Reposted by Sabine Volk🤓 Conferencing in London! The first @ecpr-ead.bsky.social confering is about to start!
- Reposted by Sabine VolkIt's happening! 😍 Our first @ecpr.bsky.social standalone conference, from 9-10 June at @qmul.ac.uk! 👉 Registration for papers & panels is open! 🍿 👉 Kindly brought to you by @profannikawerner.bsky.social @dafnoukos.bsky.social @leoniedejonge.bsky.social @sajuria.com @stijntvankessel.bsky.social 🙌
- Open webinar: Tmr (20 May), I will speak about anti-immigration politics in 🇪🇺, esp. about 🇩🇪 AfD between radicalization and mainstreaming. Join to hear about the concept of "remigration" from its Nazi roots to cont. politics Muito obrigada pelo convite @ces-uc.bsky.social ! ces.uc.pt/en/agenda-no...
- Really proud of this one: The first article of my postdoc project on the #farright #antigender protest and #mainstreaming is now properly out and page-numbered in @europeansocieties.bsky.social 🗞️ 🥳 And open access! lnkd.in/e6DXbqDj
- Reposted by Sabine VolkExciting news! European Societies has put out its first issue with new, open-access publisher MIT press (backdated February 2025, but I think we can all empathize) direct.mit.edu/euso/issue/2...
- 📣 CfP: Join us in beautiful Freiburg in September for the Annual Workshop of the @dvpw.bsky.social Populism Working Group, this year focusing on #populism in #authoritarian regime contexts! Seongcheol Kim and I accept abstracts until 9 June 📆 For further info on the WG: www.dvpw.de/themengruppe...
- Reposted by Sabine VolkHeute Abend startet die Vortragsreihe "Rechtspopulismus, Rechtsextremismus & #Klimaschutz" an der @tudresden.bsky.social - zusammen mit dem @kbsachsen.bsky.social. Wir freuen uns auf Vorträge von u.a. @akueppers.bsky.social, Jens Marquardt & Dieter Plehwe. Join us! 🌱 tu-dresden.de/gsw/phil/pow...
- Reposted by Sabine VolkJust accepted @environmentalpol.bsky.social with M. Crulli 🎉 Are 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 voters less concerned about 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞? ✅ Yes The gap grows where: 🔸 They have more antagonistic stances 🔸 Green parties are strong 🔸 environmental issues are salient Full article available soon!
- Habemus doctoratum 💨🎓 Had a fun day in Kraków yesterday finally receiving the hard copies of my PhD diploma. Gowns, birettas and an oath in Latin - totally worth the long wait #PhDone Thanks to the colleagues at @wsmip-uj.bsky.social @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social
- Reposted by Sabine Volk🆕 Neue Publikation! Welche Entwicklungen prägen das Parteiensystem Sachsens? "Das Parteiensystem in #Sachsen. Jahrzehntelange CDU-Dominanz und die Herausforderung der AfD im Parlament und auf der Straße" im großartigen Sammelband von @asheinze.bsky.social et al. 📚 link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
- Reposted by Sabine VolkGlad to have contributed to the new @ecpr-ead.bsky.social newsletter with an interview on the #GermanElections, the #AfD and the #Left, and some implications. ✍️ Thanks to the 3 editors @sabinedvolk.bsky.social @audreygagnon.bsky.social @lazaroskaravasilis.bsky.social for the great collaboration! 💐
- We are delighted to present the latest edition of our @ecpr-ead.bsky.social e-Extreme Newsletter, courtesy of our wonderful editorial team: @audreygagnon.bsky.social, @lazaroskaravasilis.bsky.social and @sabinedvolk.bsky.social. You can download it via our website: ecpr.eu/news/news/de...
- 📣 New issue of the @ecpr-ead.bsky.social newsletter e-Extreme! Special thanks go to our interview partners @asheinze.bsky.social and @jfarkas.bsky.social as well as our book reviewers Valentina Nava and @kordasgeorge.bsky.social 👏 If you want to contribute to the next edition, please reach out!
- We are delighted to present the latest edition of our @ecpr-ead.bsky.social e-Extreme Newsletter, courtesy of our wonderful editorial team: @audreygagnon.bsky.social, @lazaroskaravasilis.bsky.social and @sabinedvolk.bsky.social. You can download it via our website: ecpr.eu/news/news/de...
- Reposted by Sabine VolkNow in the latest issue of Environmental Values: Our article "Love as a key emotion for the far right?" (w/ Manuela Beyer) critically studies how far-right discourse mobilizes #emotions beyond anger or fear, bridging the research on emotions and the far right. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
- 💐 Thrilled to share that with the start of spring I’ve joined the Institute for Research on Far-Right Extremism (IRex) at @unituebingen.bsky.social! I’ll be working with the brilliant @leoniedejonge.bsky.social and an inspiring interdisciplinary team. Stay tuned for news from the Swabian province 🥨
- Reposted by Sabine VolkDo you need more doom & gloom in your life? More specifically, are you interested in the electoral rise of the #farright in #Germany? Last week, I had the privilege of being part of a stellar panel that discussed just this. Rewatch it here 📺👇
- Reposted by Sabine VolkECPS Panel Tomorrow! 🇩🇪 Discussing Post-Election Germany: Democracy, Populism and the Far-Right Surge Join me, Eric Langenbacher, Kai Arzheimer (@kai-arzheimer.com) Conrad Ziller (@conradziller.bsky.social) & Sabine Volk (@sabinedvolk.bsky.social) Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
- Reposted by Sabine VolkNew article - Open Access! The People against the Sun? Ideology and Strategy in Far-Right Parties' Climate Obstruction of Solar Energy by @manesweisskircher.bsky.social and @sabinedvolk.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1080/0964...
- Reposted by Sabine VolkCheck out our upcoming webinar, coming up next Thursday. Three experts on the German far right will evaluate the recent elections and the future of Europe. Register here today! forms.gle/E8jyrTr931kX...
- Reposted by Sabine VolkPowerful @sciencepoulb.bsky.social representation! Also thanks to the presenters at the 'Digital Radicals' seminar @sabinedvolk.bsky.social, @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social and Salma Bouchafra for facilitating my first experience with chairing the panel:)
- New blog for @crexuio.bsky.social on the German election with a focus on the far right: I highlight AfD's successes throughout Germany, the country's declining east-west divide, and the reasons behind AfD's rise to second force in the German parliament: www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
- New blog post about #BTW25 #GermanElection by Sabine Volk, research associate at the Chair of Political Science and Comparative Government at the University of Passau, Germany: "Far Right Skyrockets, Left Consolidates" www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
- BTW I blogged about my research on German far-right stances on the Russian war in Ukraine, with AfD "hiding" a pro-Putinist stance behind claims for peace negotiations. Worth to check out against current international developments www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
- Reposted by Sabine VolkThere are a number of studies of, and an ongoing discussion regarding, far-right mobilization against wind power, but I haven't seen that much on solar. This new paper by @manesweisskircher.bsky.social and @sabinedvolk.bsky.social l in @environmentalpol.bsky.social is a welcome contribution!
- Reposted by Sabine VolkHere comes the sun 🌞 New publication with @sabinedvolk.bsky.social! "The People against the Sun? Ideology and Strategy in Far-Right Parties' #Climate #Obstruction of Solar Energy" now out in @environmentalpol.bsky.social. ▶️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Part of @rexklima.bsky.social! (1/3)
- Reposted by Sabine VolkIn #eastern Germany, the AfD has won a relative majority of votes in the #Bundestag election - with 36.2%, it is almost twice as strong as the CDU (18.9%). At the same time, the strength of the far right is not only an eastern German problem: The AfD has also made significant inroads in the west.
- Reposted by Sabine Volk📻 Heute Abend analysiere ich zwischen 18 und 21 Uhr in DLF Nova den Ausgang der #Bundestagswahl und was daraus folgt. 🔎 Wir sprechen über die #Wahlergebnisse, #Koalitionsbildung, einzelne #Parteien, #Themen & das Wahlverhalten junger Wähler:innen. Bis dahin: ab an die frische Luft & Wählen gehen! 🗳️
- Reposted by Sabine VolkWe (that is @cerpintaxt.bsky.social and me) are happy to share that our co-edited book “Populism: An Introduction” is now out from SAGE. With Trump’s inauguration today, it’s the perfect moment for a clear, accessible overview of populism. Our 15 chapters are written by top experts worldwide.
- Reposted by Sabine Volk📢 We’re putting together the very first standalone @ecpr.bsky.social conference for the thriving @ecpr-ead.bsky.social Extremism & Democracy Standing Group! The call for panels & papers is now open. Join us! 🤩
- Reposted by Sabine VolkI am immensely happy to see this book finally out. 📢 Together with @emiliapalonen.bsky.social, we wrote an extraordinary chapter on qualitative approaches to populism. We specifically overview two very different discursive approaches to populism - Ruth Wodak's and Ernesto Laclau's.
- We (that is @cerpintaxt.bsky.social and me) are happy to share that our co-edited book “Populism: An Introduction” is now out from SAGE. With Trump’s inauguration today, it’s the perfect moment for a clear, accessible overview of populism. Our 15 chapters are written by top experts worldwide.
- Reposted by Sabine Volk🚨 Job Alert! 🚨 I’m looking for a postdoc to join my Emmy Noether project on the New Climate Divide! 🌍 🔍 It is a 3-year position with a likely extension for another 3 years & no teaching obligations 📄 Check out the job call: uni-heidelberg.de/md/politik/p... Thanks for sharing! 🤝
- Reposted by Sabine VolkIch freue mich sehr, am 22. Jänner anlässlich des 114. Geburtstags von Bruno #Kreisky den Festvortrag zum Thema „Sozialdemokratie im Zeitalter des Rechtspopulismus: Strategien und Visionen?“ halten zu dürfen - und mit Prof. Sylvia Kritzinger und Ex-Finanzminister Ferdinand Lacina zu diskutieren.
- Reposted by Sabine VolkWhy has the EU supported Ukraine but ‘othered’ Palestine? @juanroch.bsky.social & I just published the article “The Colonial Imaginary of ‘Europe’ in the EU’s Asymmetrical Response to the Russian and Israeli Aggressions” in @jcms-eu.bsky.social. Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Sabine Volk'Place' is important for the #farright, but its meaning in this context is not clear. We identify 4 ways in which place can affect right-wing attitudes. Watch the video, then read the free article
