Marvin Stein
@marvinstein.bsky.social
Political scientist (Uni Bremen): political sociology, political psychology and empirical attitudinal research in the field of populism, conspiracy ideology and right-wing extremism
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📊 We are excited to share new data on the Querdenken movement in Germany, collected by @marvinstein.bsky.social
The data provides valuable insights into protest attitudes, party identification and populist or conspiracy beliefs.
👉 now available at the GESIS data archive doi.org/10.4232/1.14...
The data provides valuable insights into protest attitudes, party identification and populist or conspiracy beliefs.
👉 now available at the GESIS data archive doi.org/10.4232/1.14...
My dataset covering the Querdenken movement is now available @dprex.bsky.social for scientific use, providing comprehensive insights into one of Germany‘s largest protest movements in recent years.
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This hex-map breaks down the share of 15-24 year-olds in Germany and the regional contrast is hard to miss.
Eastern Germany shows much lower shares except for larger cities, while many western and southern areas have noticeably more young people.
#30DayMapChallenge Day 25: Hexagons #ggplot2
Eastern Germany shows much lower shares except for larger cities, while many western and southern areas have noticeably more young people.
#30DayMapChallenge Day 25: Hexagons #ggplot2
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This hex-map breaks down the share of 15-24 year-olds in Germany and the regional contrast is hard to miss.
Eastern Germany shows much lower shares except for larger cities, while many western and southern areas have noticeably more young people.
#30DayMapChallenge Day 25: Hexagons #ggplot2
Eastern Germany shows much lower shares except for larger cities, while many western and southern areas have noticeably more young people.
#30DayMapChallenge Day 25: Hexagons #ggplot2
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After a long time in development, {traktok} #rstats is now finally on CRAN!
Whether you have access to the Research API or just want to scrape some pages, traktok has you covered
jbgruber.github.io/traktok/
Whether you have access to the Research API or just want to scrape some pages, traktok has you covered
jbgruber.github.io/traktok/
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
After a long time in development, {traktok} #rstats is now finally on CRAN!
Whether you have access to the Research API or just want to scrape some pages, traktok has you covered
jbgruber.github.io/traktok/
Whether you have access to the Research API or just want to scrape some pages, traktok has you covered
jbgruber.github.io/traktok/
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Vor 35 Jahren ermordete ein rassistischer Mob Amadeu Antonio. Wir erinnern an ihn & zeigen klar: Hass & Hetze, Rassismus & andere Formen von Menschenfeindlichkeit haben hier keinen Platz. Wir stehen für ein demokratisches Miteinander. Im Namen von Amadeu Antonio setzen wir uns tagtäglich dafür ein.
Mordnacht in Eberswalde: Heute vor 35 Jahren ziehen Dutzende Neonazis durch Eberswalde. Sie randalieren, plündern, schikanieren und jagen Menschen – während die Polizei zusieht. Amadeu Antonio wird in dieser Nacht vom Nazi-Mob zu Tode geprügelt. Ein Tatverlauf 1/x
Zum 30. Todestag von Amadeu Antonio
Zum 30. Todestag von Amadeu Antonio
amadeu-antonio.de
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Vor 35 Jahren ermordete ein rassistischer Mob Amadeu Antonio. Wir erinnern an ihn & zeigen klar: Hass & Hetze, Rassismus & andere Formen von Menschenfeindlichkeit haben hier keinen Platz. Wir stehen für ein demokratisches Miteinander. Im Namen von Amadeu Antonio setzen wir uns tagtäglich dafür ein.
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“Eine Untersuchung der politischen Wirklichkeit in 57 Ländern zeigt: Wenn die Rechte mitregiert, wird sie nicht geschwächt […] Im Gegenteil: Im Durchschnitt gewinnen rechtsradikale Parteien bis zur nächsten Wahl rund sechs Prozentpunkte hinzu.”
www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/demo...
www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/demo...
Demokratie: Wenn die Rechte mitregiert, wird sie nicht geschwächt – im Gegenteil
Eine Untersuchung von 57 Ländern zeigt: Wenn die Rechte in Verantwortung kommt, gewinnt sie dazu. Daraus lässt sich für Deutschland lernen.
www.sueddeutsche.de
November 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
“Eine Untersuchung der politischen Wirklichkeit in 57 Ländern zeigt: Wenn die Rechte mitregiert, wird sie nicht geschwächt […] Im Gegenteil: Im Durchschnitt gewinnen rechtsradikale Parteien bis zur nächsten Wahl rund sechs Prozentpunkte hinzu.”
www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/demo...
www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/demo...
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Gastautor Professor Georg Voruba, österreichischer Soziologe und emeritierter Professor an der Universität Leipzig, schreibt im neuen EFBI-Policy Paper darüber, wie Verschwörungsweltbilder funktionieren und welcher Funktion Utopien in diesen Erzählungen dienen. efbi.de/details/efbi...
November 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Gastautor Professor Georg Voruba, österreichischer Soziologe und emeritierter Professor an der Universität Leipzig, schreibt im neuen EFBI-Policy Paper darüber, wie Verschwörungsweltbilder funktionieren und welcher Funktion Utopien in diesen Erzählungen dienen. efbi.de/details/efbi...
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In der aktuellen Ausgabe der @apuz.bsky.social zum Thema "Reichsbürger" habe ich zum Zusammenhang mit dem Rechtsextremismus geschrieben.
www.bpb.de/shop/zeitschriften/apuz/reichsbuerger-2025/572710/verschwoerungsideologischer-souveraenismus-und-rechtsextremismus/
www.bpb.de/shop/zeitschriften/apuz/reichsbuerger-2025/572710/verschwoerungsideologischer-souveraenismus-und-rechtsextremismus/
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
In der aktuellen Ausgabe der @apuz.bsky.social zum Thema "Reichsbürger" habe ich zum Zusammenhang mit dem Rechtsextremismus geschrieben.
www.bpb.de/shop/zeitschriften/apuz/reichsbuerger-2025/572710/verschwoerungsideologischer-souveraenismus-und-rechtsextremismus/
www.bpb.de/shop/zeitschriften/apuz/reichsbuerger-2025/572710/verschwoerungsideologischer-souveraenismus-und-rechtsextremismus/
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Research based on a poll of 11,000 Reform UK supporters, the biggest survey of its kind, tells us more about who is intending to vote for the party than has been previously known.
Who supports Reform and why? The charts that show who favours Farage’s party
Who supports Reform and why? The charts that show who favours Farage’s party
Based on largest poll of supporters, these charts and maps show five distinct groups that could hand Reform a majority
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Research based on a poll of 11,000 Reform UK supporters, the biggest survey of its kind, tells us more about who is intending to vote for the party than has been previously known.
My dataset covering #Querdenken has been awarded dataset of the month @gesis.org – which kind of feels like a bucket list moment I didn‘t even know was on the map 😇
Unser #DatensatzdesMonats: Einblicke in die Querdenken-Szene 2021: Einstellungen, Motive und politische Orientierung von Marvin Stein (Socium Universität Bremen).
#Facts: standardisierte, quantitative Online-Befragung auf Telegram im August 2021 mit 5.543 Interviews:
doi.org/10.4232/1.14540
#Facts: standardisierte, quantitative Online-Befragung auf Telegram im August 2021 mit 5.543 Interviews:
doi.org/10.4232/1.14540
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
My dataset covering #Querdenken has been awarded dataset of the month @gesis.org – which kind of feels like a bucket list moment I didn‘t even know was on the map 😇
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Wir befragen wieder die größte Demo dieser Art. Danke an das gesamte Team!
Heute findet der Unabhängigkeitsmarsch in Warschau statt, der stark von rechten + nationalistischen Gruppen geprägt ist. Ein Team der Uni Leipzig um unseren EFBI-Kollegen @piotrkocyba.bsky.social ist dabei, um die Demonstrierenden zu befragen. Mehr dazu in der FAZ 👉 www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...
Unabhängigkeitsmarsch in Polen: Wer sind die Teilnehmer?
Der Unabhängigkeitsmarsch in Warschau gilt als größte regelmäßig stattfindende politische Demonstration der Rechten weltweit. Wissenschaftler haben untersucht, wie sich die Teilnehmer zusammensetzen.
www.faz.net
November 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Wir befragen wieder die größte Demo dieser Art. Danke an das gesamte Team!
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Auffälligkeit in den Daten der neuen #Mitte-Studie: Unter den jungen Befragten sind Fremdenfeindlichkeit und ein rechtsextremes Weltbild deutlich stärker verbreitet als bei den älteren Menschen.
(Komplette Studie der @fesonline.bsky.social: www.fes.de/index.php?eI...)
(Komplette Studie der @fesonline.bsky.social: www.fes.de/index.php?eI...)
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Auffälligkeit in den Daten der neuen #Mitte-Studie: Unter den jungen Befragten sind Fremdenfeindlichkeit und ein rechtsextremes Weltbild deutlich stärker verbreitet als bei den älteren Menschen.
(Komplette Studie der @fesonline.bsky.social: www.fes.de/index.php?eI...)
(Komplette Studie der @fesonline.bsky.social: www.fes.de/index.php?eI...)
Im folgenden Thread einige Einblicke in meine Querdenken-Daten im Vergleich zur dt. Bevölkerung. Wenig überraschend hielt kaum jemand aus der Szene die Corona-Maßnahmen für „genau richtig“. Interessant: Innerhalb der Szene herrschte teils Uneinigkeit darüber, ob sie zu streng oder locker waren
November 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Im folgenden Thread einige Einblicke in meine Querdenken-Daten im Vergleich zur dt. Bevölkerung. Wenig überraschend hielt kaum jemand aus der Szene die Corona-Maßnahmen für „genau richtig“. Interessant: Innerhalb der Szene herrschte teils Uneinigkeit darüber, ob sie zu streng oder locker waren
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My dataset covering the Querdenken movement is now available @dprex.bsky.social for scientific use, providing comprehensive insights into one of Germany‘s largest protest movements in recent years.
📊 We are excited to share new data on the Querdenken movement in Germany, collected by @marvinstein.bsky.social
The data provides valuable insights into protest attitudes, party identification and populist or conspiracy beliefs.
👉 now available at the GESIS data archive doi.org/10.4232/1.14...
The data provides valuable insights into protest attitudes, party identification and populist or conspiracy beliefs.
👉 now available at the GESIS data archive doi.org/10.4232/1.14...
November 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
My dataset covering the Querdenken movement is now available @dprex.bsky.social for scientific use, providing comprehensive insights into one of Germany‘s largest protest movements in recent years.
My dataset covering the Querdenken movement is now available @dprex.bsky.social for scientific use, providing comprehensive insights into one of Germany‘s largest protest movements in recent years.
📊 We are excited to share new data on the Querdenken movement in Germany, collected by @marvinstein.bsky.social
The data provides valuable insights into protest attitudes, party identification and populist or conspiracy beliefs.
👉 now available at the GESIS data archive doi.org/10.4232/1.14...
The data provides valuable insights into protest attitudes, party identification and populist or conspiracy beliefs.
👉 now available at the GESIS data archive doi.org/10.4232/1.14...
November 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
My dataset covering the Querdenken movement is now available @dprex.bsky.social for scientific use, providing comprehensive insights into one of Germany‘s largest protest movements in recent years.
Stoked to see a beloved side project finally come to completion. Today, I submitted my #Querdenken dataset (N= 4748). Available soon via @dprex.bsky.social for scientific reuse. Big thanks to @marlenehilgenstock.bsky.social for the great support. Looking foward seeing the findings it might generate.
October 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Stoked to see a beloved side project finally come to completion. Today, I submitted my #Querdenken dataset (N= 4748). Available soon via @dprex.bsky.social for scientific reuse. Big thanks to @marlenehilgenstock.bsky.social for the great support. Looking foward seeing the findings it might generate.
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New 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🧵
October 7, 2025 at 7:14 AM
New 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🧵
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Rejection is one of the toughest parts about academia and this post provides some great guidance on how to deal with it (that I will start trying to follow myself).
Here's a couple of thoughts that the post triggered, if those happen to be of interest:
Here's a couple of thoughts that the post triggered, if those happen to be of interest:
Every academic career is built on rejection, but we don’t show it.
CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.
👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...
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CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures.
But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do.
👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...
🧵
Fail Better: Why Your Rejections Will Shape You More Than Your Publications
The Art of Learning from Rejection
catherineeunicedevries.substack.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Rejection is one of the toughest parts about academia and this post provides some great guidance on how to deal with it (that I will start trying to follow myself).
Here's a couple of thoughts that the post triggered, if those happen to be of interest:
Here's a couple of thoughts that the post triggered, if those happen to be of interest:
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Mein Aufsatz "Verschwörungsnarrative im türkischen Nationalismus: Akteur:innen der türkisch-islamischen Ideologie in Deutschland und ihre Rolle für den antiarmenischen Rassismus und Antisemitismus" ist ab heute frei verfügbar - im Open Access-Sammelband "Projektiver Antizionismus":
Projektiver Antizionismus
www.nomos-shop.de
October 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Mein Aufsatz "Verschwörungsnarrative im türkischen Nationalismus: Akteur:innen der türkisch-islamischen Ideologie in Deutschland und ihre Rolle für den antiarmenischen Rassismus und Antisemitismus" ist ab heute frei verfügbar - im Open Access-Sammelband "Projektiver Antizionismus":
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Is it okay to engage with extremists? Join our webinar with @lizzypearson.bsky.social from Royal Holloway, University of London, on Oct. 16, 2025, from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM, online. Moderated, as always, by the one and only @audreygagnon.bsky.social! www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
Is it ok to talk to extremists? Navigating gender and avoiding legitimisation in ethnography with the far right
- C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism
with Elizabeth Pearson, Royal Holloway, University of London
www.sv.uio.no
October 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Is it okay to engage with extremists? Join our webinar with @lizzypearson.bsky.social from Royal Holloway, University of London, on Oct. 16, 2025, from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM, online. Moderated, as always, by the one and only @audreygagnon.bsky.social! www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...
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Finally out: Revisiting the Exit from Nuclear Energy in Germany with NLP (DOI: 10.3262/ZFD2402218, www.researchgate.net/publication/...): How far can we replicate manual discourse annotation with NLP tools?
(PDF) Revisiting the Exit from Nuclear Energy in Germany with NLP
PDF | Die Annotation politischer Diskurse ist traditionell zeit- und personalintensiv. Die jüngsten Entwicklungen im Bereich NLP versprechen allerdings... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...
www.researchgate.net
October 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Finally out: Revisiting the Exit from Nuclear Energy in Germany with NLP (DOI: 10.3262/ZFD2402218, www.researchgate.net/publication/...): How far can we replicate manual discourse annotation with NLP tools?
Happy to share first insights from our project ‘20 years of protest survey data’ at this year’s @protestinstitut.bsky.social conference in Bremen. We processed 30+ datasets with @gesis.org , covering protests on peace, climate, trade, migration, equality & more. Releasing soon via GESIS.
October 2, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Happy to share first insights from our project ‘20 years of protest survey data’ at this year’s @protestinstitut.bsky.social conference in Bremen. We processed 30+ datasets with @gesis.org , covering protests on peace, climate, trade, migration, equality & more. Releasing soon via GESIS.
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DP-REX | @dprex.bsky.social is now also on BlueSky! The data portal for data on right-wing #extremism, #racism, #antisemitism, and all forms of group-focused hostility and #radicalization.
🔗 datenportal-rechtsextremismus.de
If you do research in these areas, it is worth checking out!
🔗 datenportal-rechtsextremismus.de
If you do research in these areas, it is worth checking out!
DP-REX – Das Datenportal für Rassismus- und Rechtsextremismusforschung
Das Datenportal für Rassismus- und Rechtsextremismusforschung
datenportal-rechtsextremismus.de
September 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
DP-REX | @dprex.bsky.social is now also on BlueSky! The data portal for data on right-wing #extremism, #racism, #antisemitism, and all forms of group-focused hostility and #radicalization.
🔗 datenportal-rechtsextremismus.de
If you do research in these areas, it is worth checking out!
🔗 datenportal-rechtsextremismus.de
If you do research in these areas, it is worth checking out!
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Most work out there argues that it doesn't pay off for center-right parties to move closer to the far-right.
Using some of the best evidence yet, this paper shows that the same is true for center *left* parties.
Crucial finding as these parties increasingly move in a nativist direction.
Using some of the best evidence yet, this paper shows that the same is true for center *left* parties.
Crucial finding as these parties increasingly move in a nativist direction.
Radical right accommodation really does not work.
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
September 5, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Most work out there argues that it doesn't pay off for center-right parties to move closer to the far-right.
Using some of the best evidence yet, this paper shows that the same is true for center *left* parties.
Crucial finding as these parties increasingly move in a nativist direction.
Using some of the best evidence yet, this paper shows that the same is true for center *left* parties.
Crucial finding as these parties increasingly move in a nativist direction.
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1/4. We're excited to announce the publication of: "How populist are ethnic minorities? Populist attitudes and voting for populist parties in the Netherlands", by Niels Spierings & Kristof Jacobs.
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
@sagepub.com
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
@sagepub.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
1/4. We're excited to announce the publication of: "How populist are ethnic minorities? Populist attitudes and voting for populist parties in the Netherlands", by Niels Spierings & Kristof Jacobs.
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
@sagepub.com
@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
@sagepub.com
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In many countries, mainstream politicians are adopting rhetoric and policies that typical of the far-right.
Our new paper (w/ @dziblatt.bsky.social and E Dinas), out now in the @bjpols.bsky.social, finds that doing so erodes norms more than when far-right politicians make similar statements.
1/3
Our new paper (w/ @dziblatt.bsky.social and E Dinas), out now in the @bjpols.bsky.social, finds that doing so erodes norms more than when far-right politicians make similar statements.
1/3
NEW -
How Mainstream Politicians Erode Norms - cup.org/4lfeHvD
"we find that statements by mainstream politicians lead to more norm erosion than similar statements by radical-right politicians"
- @valentimvicente.bsky.social, Elias Dinas & @dziblatt.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
How Mainstream Politicians Erode Norms - cup.org/4lfeHvD
"we find that statements by mainstream politicians lead to more norm erosion than similar statements by radical-right politicians"
- @valentimvicente.bsky.social, Elias Dinas & @dziblatt.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
August 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In many countries, mainstream politicians are adopting rhetoric and policies that typical of the far-right.
Our new paper (w/ @dziblatt.bsky.social and E Dinas), out now in the @bjpols.bsky.social, finds that doing so erodes norms more than when far-right politicians make similar statements.
1/3
Our new paper (w/ @dziblatt.bsky.social and E Dinas), out now in the @bjpols.bsky.social, finds that doing so erodes norms more than when far-right politicians make similar statements.
1/3
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Do party alliances shift voter views? 🤝
A study in 🇩🇰🇩🇪🇬🇧 finds that when mainstream voters see their party cooperating with radical right parties, they’re more likely to adopt nativist views. Alliances may normalize exclusionary ideas.
🔗
A study in 🇩🇰🇩🇪🇬🇧 finds that when mainstream voters see their party cooperating with radical right parties, they’re more likely to adopt nativist views. Alliances may normalize exclusionary ideas.
🔗
From collaboration to convergence: Nativist attitudes among non-radical right supporters
LIE PHILIP SANTOSO
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Do party alliances shift voter views? 🤝
A study in 🇩🇰🇩🇪🇬🇧 finds that when mainstream voters see their party cooperating with radical right parties, they’re more likely to adopt nativist views. Alliances may normalize exclusionary ideas.
🔗
A study in 🇩🇰🇩🇪🇬🇧 finds that when mainstream voters see their party cooperating with radical right parties, they’re more likely to adopt nativist views. Alliances may normalize exclusionary ideas.
🔗