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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Marvin Stein
@marvinstein.bsky.social
· Nov 1
📊 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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Against scientific evidence and just an act of pure cruelty. The Labour government's school guidance is an attack on basic freedoms and rights of LGBTQ+ people. It's ridiculous to think that these cowards and opportunists are the right people to defend this country's democracy against the far right.
New School Guidance announces:
Full bathroom ban.
Full PE ban.
Full school trip accommodation ban.
Trans kids will not go to the bathroom, do PE or go on any school trips. 1/
Full bathroom ban.
Full PE ban.
Full school trip accommodation ban.
Trans kids will not go to the bathroom, do PE or go on any school trips. 1/
February 12, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Against scientific evidence and just an act of pure cruelty. The Labour government's school guidance is an attack on basic freedoms and rights of LGBTQ+ people. It's ridiculous to think that these cowards and opportunists are the right people to defend this country's democracy against the far right.
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Trust in leadership is essential to success
A new study found that PhD students who had greater trust in their graduate advisor finished their first year more motivated, higher in well-being, and more academically successful than those with lower advisor trust.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
A new study found that PhD students who had greater trust in their graduate advisor finished their first year more motivated, higher in well-being, and more academically successful than those with lower advisor trust.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
February 11, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Trust in leadership is essential to success
A new study found that PhD students who had greater trust in their graduate advisor finished their first year more motivated, higher in well-being, and more academically successful than those with lower advisor trust.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
A new study found that PhD students who had greater trust in their graduate advisor finished their first year more motivated, higher in well-being, and more academically successful than those with lower advisor trust.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
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Das WZB-Projekt „Wirksam gegen Rechtsaußen" hat Strategien von zivilgesellschaftlichen Institutionen in der Auseinandersetzung mit #Rechtsextremismus untersucht und systematisiert. Den neuen Policy Brief dazu gibt es hier: www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10...
@chjncke.bsky.social @tevoelker.bsky.social
@chjncke.bsky.social @tevoelker.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Das WZB-Projekt „Wirksam gegen Rechtsaußen" hat Strategien von zivilgesellschaftlichen Institutionen in der Auseinandersetzung mit #Rechtsextremismus untersucht und systematisiert. Den neuen Policy Brief dazu gibt es hier: www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10...
@chjncke.bsky.social @tevoelker.bsky.social
@chjncke.bsky.social @tevoelker.bsky.social
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Für Medienschaffende ist der Umgang mit der extremen Rechten zugegebenermaßen nicht immer einfach. Aber ein Lifestyle-Interview mit Chrupalla sprengt jeden journalistischen Rahmen. Hier wird nicht nur eine Plattform geboten, sondern extrem rechte Politik aktiv normalisiert. 🤯
Manchmal blicke ich komplett ratlos auf, na ja, alles.
February 8, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Für Medienschaffende ist der Umgang mit der extremen Rechten zugegebenermaßen nicht immer einfach. Aber ein Lifestyle-Interview mit Chrupalla sprengt jeden journalistischen Rahmen. Hier wird nicht nur eine Plattform geboten, sondern extrem rechte Politik aktiv normalisiert. 🤯
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Heute in den USA (links). Vor 100 Jahren in Deutschland (rechts).
February 1, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Heute in den USA (links). Vor 100 Jahren in Deutschland (rechts).
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Why did antisemitism rise in Germany during the Covid pandemic? And why was this increase concentrated among political centrists, rather than on the fringes?
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
@kanol.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de @politikuhh.bsky.social @socfub.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
@kanol.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de @politikuhh.bsky.social @socfub.bsky.social
Cultural Roots of Prejudice: Cultural Scripts and the Reactivation of Antisemitism in Germany | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
Cultural Roots of Prejudice: Cultural Scripts and the Reactivation of Antisemitism in Germany
doi.org
January 27, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Why did antisemitism rise in Germany during the Covid pandemic? And why was this increase concentrated among political centrists, rather than on the fringes?
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
@kanol.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de @politikuhh.bsky.social @socfub.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1017/S153...
@kanol.bsky.social @wzb.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de @politikuhh.bsky.social @socfub.bsky.social
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📣 Ich freue mich sehr, morgen im Rahmen der IRex-Studium-Generale-Ringvorlesung an der @unituebingen.bsky.social zum Thema Umgang mit der extremen Rechten sprechen zu dürfen.
📹 Die bisherigen Vorträge der Ringvorlesung sind bereits online in der Mediathek verfügbar:
👉 tinyurl.com/5fnh2ce4
📹 Die bisherigen Vorträge der Ringvorlesung sind bereits online in der Mediathek verfügbar:
👉 tinyurl.com/5fnh2ce4
January 19, 2026 at 7:37 AM
📣 Ich freue mich sehr, morgen im Rahmen der IRex-Studium-Generale-Ringvorlesung an der @unituebingen.bsky.social zum Thema Umgang mit der extremen Rechten sprechen zu dürfen.
📹 Die bisherigen Vorträge der Ringvorlesung sind bereits online in der Mediathek verfügbar:
👉 tinyurl.com/5fnh2ce4
📹 Die bisherigen Vorträge der Ringvorlesung sind bereits online in der Mediathek verfügbar:
👉 tinyurl.com/5fnh2ce4
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This is a fantastic dataset for studying the evolution of political attitudes and party preferences in Germany.
Here's a mosaic plot of vote choices in 2025 by vote choices in 2021 (as reported back then).
One striking observation is the high volatility behind the overall gains of the Left Party.
Here's a mosaic plot of vote choices in 2025 by vote choices in 2021 (as reported back then).
One striking observation is the high volatility behind the overall gains of the Left Party.
December 18, 2025 at 8:46 AM
This is a fantastic dataset for studying the evolution of political attitudes and party preferences in Germany.
Here's a mosaic plot of vote choices in 2025 by vote choices in 2021 (as reported back then).
One striking observation is the high volatility behind the overall gains of the Left Party.
Here's a mosaic plot of vote choices in 2025 by vote choices in 2021 (as reported back then).
One striking observation is the high volatility behind the overall gains of the Left Party.
The datasets from our @protestinstitut.bsky.social project ‘20 years of protest survey data’ are finally online for scientific re-use. We processed 30+ datasets, covering protests on peace, climate, trade, migration, equality & more. Now available @gesis.org 👇
search.gesis.org?source=%7B%2...
search.gesis.org?source=%7B%2...
GESIS-Suche
search.gesis.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:15 PM
The datasets from our @protestinstitut.bsky.social project ‘20 years of protest survey data’ are finally online for scientific re-use. We processed 30+ datasets, covering protests on peace, climate, trade, migration, equality & more. Now available @gesis.org 👇
search.gesis.org?source=%7B%2...
search.gesis.org?source=%7B%2...
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Far-right voters are marked by persistent self-victimisation narratives.
Further evidence that Reform voters are the most distinct political group in the country
benansell.substack.com/p/odd-ones-out
benansell.substack.com/p/odd-ones-out
January 6, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Far-right voters are marked by persistent self-victimisation narratives.
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What better New Year’s resolution than becoming an ipb #member in 2026 ✨
👉 By joining ipb, you can support our work as an #independent, extra-university research institute!
Check out our website for more details: buff.ly/c5r2hxv
👉 By joining ipb, you can support our work as an #independent, extra-university research institute!
Check out our website for more details: buff.ly/c5r2hxv
Become a member – ipb – Institut für Protest- und Bewegungsforschung
The Institute for Social Movement and Protest Research (ipb) is a network institute. It is supported by the commitment of more than 200 members of the Association for Social Movement and Protest…
buff.ly
December 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
What better New Year’s resolution than becoming an ipb #member in 2026 ✨
👉 By joining ipb, you can support our work as an #independent, extra-university research institute!
Check out our website for more details: buff.ly/c5r2hxv
👉 By joining ipb, you can support our work as an #independent, extra-university research institute!
Check out our website for more details: buff.ly/c5r2hxv
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Amazing read! The finding that 'small minority of users accounts for the vast majority of hate speech' fits neatly with what I have been finding so far regarding far-right activists online and the diffusion of conspiracy theories.
✖️Who produces most online hate speech and how effective is counterspeech?
➡️ @gloriagennaro.bsky.social et al. find that hate speech is concentrated among a few users and that counterspeech on X mostly fails to curb prolific offenders www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
➡️ @gloriagennaro.bsky.social et al. find that hate speech is concentrated among a few users and that counterspeech on X mostly fails to curb prolific offenders www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
December 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Amazing read! The finding that 'small minority of users accounts for the vast majority of hate speech' fits neatly with what I have been finding so far regarding far-right activists online and the diffusion of conspiracy theories.
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The year is coming to an end. Time to look back at what happened at ipb this year:
1/6 ipb Working Papers 📄
Our Working Papers make early-stage research on social movements visible, from the Palestinian solidarity movement to Christopher Street Day demonstrations
More in the comments 👇
1/6 ipb Working Papers 📄
Our Working Papers make early-stage research on social movements visible, from the Palestinian solidarity movement to Christopher Street Day demonstrations
More in the comments 👇
December 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The year is coming to an end. Time to look back at what happened at ipb this year:
1/6 ipb Working Papers 📄
Our Working Papers make early-stage research on social movements visible, from the Palestinian solidarity movement to Christopher Street Day demonstrations
More in the comments 👇
1/6 ipb Working Papers 📄
Our Working Papers make early-stage research on social movements visible, from the Palestinian solidarity movement to Christopher Street Day demonstrations
More in the comments 👇
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🎉 The GLES panel data releases for the 2025 German federal election are now complete—an amazing data treasure for analyzing political attitude shifts and decision‑making during the campaign and beyond. #GLES2025 #BTW2025 #ElectionResearch
🚨 New data release: GLES Panel 2025, Wave 32 (ZA10121)
💻📱 CAWI 👥 13,500 panelists 📅 2025-05-07 - 2025-05-20
🗳️ Covers political attitudes, party & candidate evaluations, coalition formation, foreign policy, populism and conspiracy thinking.
📥 dx.doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA...
💻📱 CAWI 👥 13,500 panelists 📅 2025-05-07 - 2025-05-20
🗳️ Covers political attitudes, party & candidate evaluations, coalition formation, foreign policy, populism and conspiracy thinking.
📥 dx.doi.org/10.4232/5.ZA...
December 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🎉 The GLES panel data releases for the 2025 German federal election are now complete—an amazing data treasure for analyzing political attitude shifts and decision‑making during the campaign and beyond. #GLES2025 #BTW2025 #ElectionResearch
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New Paper in @computationalcommunication.org
The Telegram COVID-19 Protest Dataset 2020-2022
with the most wonderful co-autohors @buehling.bsky.social & @maxzehring.bsky.social
>> 2020-2022
>> 715 channels & 229 public groups
>> 5,641,026 messages
>> Manually curated
>> Open for researchers
The Telegram COVID-19 Protest Dataset 2020-2022
with the most wonderful co-autohors @buehling.bsky.social & @maxzehring.bsky.social
>> 2020-2022
>> 715 channels & 229 public groups
>> 5,641,026 messages
>> Manually curated
>> Open for researchers
December 16, 2025 at 10:23 AM
New Paper in @computationalcommunication.org
The Telegram COVID-19 Protest Dataset 2020-2022
with the most wonderful co-autohors @buehling.bsky.social & @maxzehring.bsky.social
>> 2020-2022
>> 715 channels & 229 public groups
>> 5,641,026 messages
>> Manually curated
>> Open for researchers
The Telegram COVID-19 Protest Dataset 2020-2022
with the most wonderful co-autohors @buehling.bsky.social & @maxzehring.bsky.social
>> 2020-2022
>> 715 channels & 229 public groups
>> 5,641,026 messages
>> Manually curated
>> Open for researchers
This one is big. Great overview of the various currents within the populist family. Plus, it provides a rough template that one could use with regards to other ideological families. My immediate thought is that a taxonomy of the rapidly growing radical right would be especially compelling.
🌳 Thrilled to launch The PopulisTree — a new website covering decades of populism in Europe (both national and European elections) using a new taxonomy and dataset.
🔗 populistree.org
📄 More in my brand new article in European Union Politics:
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
🔗 populistree.org
📄 More in my brand new article in European Union Politics:
🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
December 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This one is big. Great overview of the various currents within the populist family. Plus, it provides a rough template that one could use with regards to other ideological families. My immediate thought is that a taxonomy of the rapidly growing radical right would be especially compelling.
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2 weitere Schlussfolgerungen der Studie:
"An vielen Stellen zeigt sich deutlich, dass die AfD-Wählerschaft keine Protestwählerschaft (mehr) ist. Sie ist überzeugt von Themen, Lösungskompetenzen, Personal und die Wahlentscheidung fällt somit leicht." 89% von ihnen fiel die Wahlentscheidung leicht.
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"An vielen Stellen zeigt sich deutlich, dass die AfD-Wählerschaft keine Protestwählerschaft (mehr) ist. Sie ist überzeugt von Themen, Lösungskompetenzen, Personal und die Wahlentscheidung fällt somit leicht." 89% von ihnen fiel die Wahlentscheidung leicht.
1
Die gefestigste Wählerschaft hatte bei der Bundestagswahl 2025 die AfD. Für knapp 60% ihrer Wähler kam keine andere Partei in Frage.
Neue Studie der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung: www.kas.de/documents/25...
Neue Studie der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung: www.kas.de/documents/25...
December 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
2 weitere Schlussfolgerungen der Studie:
"An vielen Stellen zeigt sich deutlich, dass die AfD-Wählerschaft keine Protestwählerschaft (mehr) ist. Sie ist überzeugt von Themen, Lösungskompetenzen, Personal und die Wahlentscheidung fällt somit leicht." 89% von ihnen fiel die Wahlentscheidung leicht.
1
"An vielen Stellen zeigt sich deutlich, dass die AfD-Wählerschaft keine Protestwählerschaft (mehr) ist. Sie ist überzeugt von Themen, Lösungskompetenzen, Personal und die Wahlentscheidung fällt somit leicht." 89% von ihnen fiel die Wahlentscheidung leicht.
1
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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 😇