Anna-Sophie Heinze
@asheinze.bsky.social
Political scientist. Postdoc (non-permanent) @unitrier.bsky.social. Researching #parties, #democracy & the #farright in #Germany & #Europe.
Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tYW_mxYAAAAJ
Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tYW_mxYAAAAJ
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One year ago, I published my article on the AfD's youth wing in IPSR. 🎈 It has now been given proper page numbers and is also available #OpenAccess. 🔓 If you want to understand why the party currently wants to separate from the JA (once again), read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Die zunehmende Unterstützung der #AfD durch junge Wähler deutet u.a. auf eine #Normalisierung rechtsextremer Positionen hin. Spannendes #OpenAccess Paper von
@asheinze.bsky.social & @timonscheuer.bsky.social, gefördert im Call #Demokratien im Wandel - Task Forces.
#NurtureDEMOS #Populismus #PolSci
@asheinze.bsky.social & @timonscheuer.bsky.social, gefördert im Call #Demokratien im Wandel - Task Forces.
#NurtureDEMOS #Populismus #PolSci
🎉 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....
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Die zunehmende Unterstützung der #AfD durch junge Wähler deutet u.a. auf eine #Normalisierung rechtsextremer Positionen hin. Spannendes #OpenAccess Paper von
@asheinze.bsky.social & @timonscheuer.bsky.social, gefördert im Call #Demokratien im Wandel - Task Forces.
#NurtureDEMOS #Populismus #PolSci
@asheinze.bsky.social & @timonscheuer.bsky.social, gefördert im Call #Demokratien im Wandel - Task Forces.
#NurtureDEMOS #Populismus #PolSci
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After more than 10 years of “the Danish Model”, nativism is hegemonic in the country, the far right polls near level highs again, and the Social Democrats lost Copenhagen and poll at historic low.
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
After more than 10 years of “the Danish Model”, nativism is hegemonic in the country, the far right polls near level highs again, and the Social Democrats lost Copenhagen and poll at historic low.
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
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Cas Mudde spells out what has become largely the consensus among researchers: moving right on immigration will not weaken the far right nor strengthen social democracy. If your reaction is "but in Denmark" please at least familiarize yourself with Danish politics
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Cas Mudde spells out what has become largely the consensus among researchers: moving right on immigration will not weaken the far right nor strengthen social democracy. If your reaction is "but in Denmark" please at least familiarize yourself with Danish politics
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
... with many more to follow! 🤩 Proud and happy moment. 🤗
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
... with many more to follow! 🤩 Proud and happy moment. 🤗
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This 👇 is not only a new, but also my first publication! 🎉 @asheinze.bsky.social and I investigate why #youngpeople support the AfD in eastern Germany. Read it here (#openaccess): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
This 👇 is not only a new, but also my first publication! 🎉 @asheinze.bsky.social and I investigate why #youngpeople support the AfD in eastern Germany. Read it here (#openaccess): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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This goes straight to the top of the pile this weekend... The normalisation of radical right, and even extreme right positions among young voters in Germany (and beyond) is such a key topic right now...
🎉 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....
November 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
This goes straight to the top of the pile this weekend... The normalisation of radical right, and even extreme right positions among young voters in Germany (and beyond) is such a key topic right now...
Thank you, Daniele! 🙏 And yes, it is deeply worrying. We also discuss broader practical #implications, emphasising that #mainstreamparties should not fall into the trap of interpreting #farright youth support as protest or something that can be won 'back' through policy #adaptation...
November 22, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Thank you, Daniele! 🙏 And yes, it is deeply worrying. We also discuss broader practical #implications, emphasising that #mainstreamparties should not fall into the trap of interpreting #farright youth support as protest or something that can be won 'back' through policy #adaptation...
This article is also part of a #SpecialIssue that I'm editing together with @manesweisskircher.bsky.social, Steffen Kailitz, and @gertpickel.bsky.social - so keep your eyes open for more work on the AfD in eastern Germany! 🔎
November 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
This article is also part of a #SpecialIssue that I'm editing together with @manesweisskircher.bsky.social, Steffen Kailitz, and @gertpickel.bsky.social - so keep your eyes open for more work on the AfD in eastern Germany! 🔎
🤝 We thank the @volkswagenstiftung.de for funding the #NurtureDEMOS project, and the @unitrier.bsky.social for making the article #OpenAccess. 🔓
November 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🤝 We thank the @volkswagenstiftung.de for funding the #NurtureDEMOS project, and the @unitrier.bsky.social for making the article #OpenAccess. 🔓
❗ Our findings show that AfD youth support is not only strikingly stable, but also closely linked to #partyidentification and #nativist attitudes - pointing to broader partisan realignment and #normalisation underway (rather than 'protest' voting).
November 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
❗ Our findings show that AfD youth support is not only strikingly stable, but also closely linked to #partyidentification and #nativist attitudes - pointing to broader partisan realignment and #normalisation underway (rather than 'protest' voting).
💻 Empirically, our analysis draws on original #survey data collected during the 2024 state elections in #easternGermany (Thuringia, Saxony, Brandenburg).
November 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
💻 Empirically, our analysis draws on original #survey data collected during the 2024 state elections in #easternGermany (Thuringia, Saxony, Brandenburg).
📚 Theoretically, we connect established approaches from electoral sociology with contemporary insights from research on #populism, the #farright, and #youth political behaviour (following the call by @kai-arzheimer.com and others 🤓).
November 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
📚 Theoretically, we connect established approaches from electoral sociology with contemporary insights from research on #populism, the #farright, and #youth political behaviour (following the call by @kai-arzheimer.com and others 🤓).
🎉 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....
November 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🎉 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....
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Want to know more about the #AfD? A. Heinze. “Dealing With the Populist Radical Right in Parliament: Mainstream Party Responses Toward the Alternative for Germany”. In: European Political Science Review 14.3 (2022), pp. 333-350. dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1755773922000108.
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Want to know more about the #AfD? A. Heinze. “Dealing With the Populist Radical Right in Parliament: Mainstream Party Responses Toward the Alternative for Germany”. In: European Political Science Review 14.3 (2022), pp. 333-350. dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1755773922000108.
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Die AfD wollte ihre Parteijugend näher an sich binden, sie besser kontrollieren, behaupteten einige in der Partei. Doch jene, die für den neuen Vorstand ausgewählt wurden, sind nach SPIEGEL-Recherchen radikaler denn je.
Mit @mb-journalist.bsky.social & Fabian
www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
Mit @mb-journalist.bsky.social & Fabian
www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
(S+) AfD: So radikal wird die neue AfD-Jugendorganisation
Die AfD wollte ihre Parteijugend näher an sich binden, sie besser kontrollieren. Doch jene, die für den neuen Vorstand ausgewählt wurden, sind nach SPIEGEL-Recherchen radikaler denn je.
www.spiegel.de
November 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Die AfD wollte ihre Parteijugend näher an sich binden, sie besser kontrollieren, behaupteten einige in der Partei. Doch jene, die für den neuen Vorstand ausgewählt wurden, sind nach SPIEGEL-Recherchen radikaler denn je.
Mit @mb-journalist.bsky.social & Fabian
www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
Mit @mb-journalist.bsky.social & Fabian
www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
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@heikekluever.bsky.social in der heutigen SZ zur Brandmauer. Die Empirie spricht eine klare Sprache: Wenn die extreme Rechte mitregiert, wird sie größer und entzaubert sich nicht. Alles andere ist Wunschdenken und gefährliche politische Folklore.
📣 New op-ed in Süddeutsche Zeitung: What the data say about the “Brandmauer”
I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies
➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election)
tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2
I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies
➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election)
tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2
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 21, 2025 at 6:44 AM
@heikekluever.bsky.social in der heutigen SZ zur Brandmauer. Die Empirie spricht eine klare Sprache: Wenn die extreme Rechte mitregiert, wird sie größer und entzaubert sich nicht. Alles andere ist Wunschdenken und gefährliche politische Folklore.
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The far right will be the dominant force on the right in Europe within the next 5-10 years. Most focus is still on how to prevent this but imho too many mistakes have been made that have created path dependencies. We need to focus more on what it means for our democracies when we reach this stage.
Strongly suspect that this is what will happen here in 28/9. Tories will replace Badenoch with a leader prepared to try it and Farage (as per 2019 but this time as the senior partner) will continue to deny he'll do a stand-down deal - right up until the point he does one.
French conservatives are inching towards a pact with Le Pen that could enable a far-right takeover of the country | Paul Taylor
In trying to woo Le Pen’s voters, Les Républicains risk destroying France’s Gaullist legacy and putting Paris on a collision course with the EU, says Paul Taylor of the European Policy Centre
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The far right will be the dominant force on the right in Europe within the next 5-10 years. Most focus is still on how to prevent this but imho too many mistakes have been made that have created path dependencies. We need to focus more on what it means for our democracies when we reach this stage.
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📣 New op-ed in Süddeutsche Zeitung: What the data say about the “Brandmauer”
I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies
➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election)
tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2
I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies
➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election)
tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2
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 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
📣 New op-ed in Süddeutsche Zeitung: What the data say about the “Brandmauer”
I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies
➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election)
tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2
I summarize key findings from a study with @anninahermes.bsky.social across 57 democracies
➡️ Far-right parties don’t get weaker in government, they get stronger (~6 points by the next election)
tinyurl.com/4j6jaud2
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Studienzeit - Fadenzeit. Erst gilt das angesichts der historischen Bedeutung des heutigen Tages, denn heute vor genau 53 Jahren fand die erste vorgezogene Bundestagswahl EVER statt. Noch dazu waren erstmals auch 18-, 19- u 20-Jährige dabei. Grund genug für eine Jugendwahlstudie zur BTW25.
November 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Studienzeit - Fadenzeit. Erst gilt das angesichts der historischen Bedeutung des heutigen Tages, denn heute vor genau 53 Jahren fand die erste vorgezogene Bundestagswahl EVER statt. Noch dazu waren erstmals auch 18-, 19- u 20-Jährige dabei. Grund genug für eine Jugendwahlstudie zur BTW25.
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📣 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 #ecpgrc26
📍 2026 General Conference, 8 – 11 September, Jagiellonian University
🔔 Submit across 68 sections buff.ly/l3a5JY5
📆 Proposal deadline: Mon 5 Jan buff.ly/4BpQzsQ
📍 2026 General Conference, 8 – 11 September, Jagiellonian University
🔔 Submit across 68 sections buff.ly/l3a5JY5
📆 Proposal deadline: Mon 5 Jan buff.ly/4BpQzsQ
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General Conference 2026, 8 – 11 September, Jagiellonian University, Kraków
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November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
📣 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 #ecpgrc26
📍 2026 General Conference, 8 – 11 September, Jagiellonian University
🔔 Submit across 68 sections buff.ly/l3a5JY5
📆 Proposal deadline: Mon 5 Jan buff.ly/4BpQzsQ
📍 2026 General Conference, 8 – 11 September, Jagiellonian University
🔔 Submit across 68 sections buff.ly/l3a5JY5
📆 Proposal deadline: Mon 5 Jan buff.ly/4BpQzsQ
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‼️ #Mitglieder aufgepasst: Heute startet der Vorstand seine Mitgliederbefragung zu Erfahrungen mit #Anfeindungen und #Bedrohungen in der #Politikwissenschaft, die Zugangsdaten kommen per Mail. Bitte nehmt Euch 10 Minuten für die #Umfrage!
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November 18, 2025 at 8:21 AM
‼️ #Mitglieder aufgepasst: Heute startet der Vorstand seine Mitgliederbefragung zu Erfahrungen mit #Anfeindungen und #Bedrohungen in der #Politikwissenschaft, die Zugangsdaten kommen per Mail. Bitte nehmt Euch 10 Minuten für die #Umfrage!
👉 www.dvpw.de/informatione...
👉 www.dvpw.de/informatione...
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Auf jeden Fall etwas ganz besonderes, wenn man in seinem Lieblingspodcast zu Gast sein darf. Mit @emcke.bsky.social habe ich über die radikale Rechte in Europa gesprochen. Darüber wie Sozialdemokraten und Konservative zu ihrem Aufstieg beigetragen haben.
open.spotify.com/episode/2MLZ...
open.spotify.com/episode/2MLZ...
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Auf jeden Fall etwas ganz besonderes, wenn man in seinem Lieblingspodcast zu Gast sein darf. Mit @emcke.bsky.social habe ich über die radikale Rechte in Europa gesprochen. Darüber wie Sozialdemokraten und Konservative zu ihrem Aufstieg beigetragen haben.
open.spotify.com/episode/2MLZ...
open.spotify.com/episode/2MLZ...
📻 Ungewohnt offen und stark kritisiert die #JungeUnion derzeit die #CDU und #Merz, u.a. für das geplante #Rentenpaket. Für #HessischerRundfunk habe ich das eingeordnet (ab 13:09). Bin gespannt auf den #Deutschlandtag der JU dieses Wochenende. #Jugendorganisationen www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:...
Podcast: "Brav war gestern? Die Rebellion der Jungen Union"
Die Junge Union trifft sich von heute an zu ihrem Deutschlandtag in Rust. Auch Kanzler Merz und CSU-Chef Söder werden erwartet. Und es dürfte spannend werden. Schließlich hat zuletzt eine Gruppe junge...
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November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
📻 Ungewohnt offen und stark kritisiert die #JungeUnion derzeit die #CDU und #Merz, u.a. für das geplante #Rentenpaket. Für #HessischerRundfunk habe ich das eingeordnet (ab 13:09). Bin gespannt auf den #Deutschlandtag der JU dieses Wochenende. #Jugendorganisationen www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:...
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Germany and the #RadicalRight A. Heinze and M. Lewandowsky. “Dealing With Radical Right Parties in Distinct Arenas: Party Responses to the Alternative for Germany in Parliament, Party Competition, and the Media”. In: German Politics and Society 41.4 (2023), pp. 87-106.
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Germany and the #RadicalRight A. Heinze and M. Lewandowsky. “Dealing With Radical Right Parties in Distinct Arenas: Party Responses to the Alternative for Germany in Parliament, Party Competition, and the Media”. In: German Politics and Society 41.4 (2023), pp. 87-106.
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Our friend @rrresrobot.bsky.social has finally broken the chains that tied it to evil Elon #farright #radicalright #research
The Radical Right Research Robot breaks free from Twitter - kai arzheimer
My Radical Right Research Bot is no longer dependent on Twitter. Yay!
www.kai-arzheimer.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Our friend @rrresrobot.bsky.social has finally broken the chains that tied it to evil Elon #farright #radicalright #research