Media Appearances

• Migration as frontier topic in the last German federal elections (interview in WDR Aktuelle Stunde Oct 16, 2025)
• Integration councils (interview in Deuschlandfunk Nova Sep 26, 2025): Integrationsräte: Von echter Mitsprache meist weit entfernt
• Local elections in North-Rhine Westphalia (interview in SFR1 Sep 15, 2025): Kommunalwahlen in Nordrhein-Westfahlen: «kein grosser Denkzettel»
• Local elections in North-Rhine Westphalia (interview in Deutschlandfunk Sep 14, 2025): Kommunalwahl NRW – Politologe: Erstarkte AfD macht kaum Kommunalpolitik
• Integration councils in Germany (UDE press release – Aug 26, 2025): “Integrationsräte – Wenig bekannt, aber demokratisch wichtig”, also featured in Rundschau Duisburg and WAZ
• Local elections in Cologne (interview quotes in the WELT am Sonntag – Aug 5, 2025): “Der Kampf um die Macht in Köln”
• AfD success in Duisburg (interview quotes in The New York Times – June 22, 2025): “Far-Right Party Tries to Expand Its Appeal in Germany’s West”; PDF
• Migration as a main issue in the 2025 German federal election (post on the MAKRONOM blog – May 5, 2025) “Aktivierte Vorbehalte: Wie Migration zum Schlüsselthema der Bundestagswahl 2025 wurde”
• Deindustrialization and AfD success (interview quotes in Surplus article – April 24, 2025): “Deindustrialisierung: Die Krise in Duisburg zeigt Deutschlands Zukunft”; PDF
• German federal elections (interview quotes in BBC – February 25, 2025): “German politics froze out the far right for years – is this about to change?”
• German federal elections (radio interview Radio Essen – February 24, 2025): “Bundestagswahl in Essen”
• German federal elections (interview quotes in BBC – February 23, 2025): “Voting begins in high-stakes German election watched closely by Europe and US”
• AfD in the German federal elections (interview quotes on rtve – February 22, 2025): “Alice Weidel, una “agente doble” en la AfD que desafía los cánones de la ultraderecha alemana”
• German federal elections in Duisburg (interview quotes in Westfälischer Anzeiger – February 18, 2025): “Deutschlands härtester Wahlkreis: Er liegt mitten in NRW”
• Report about a panel discussion in a German school (Soester Anzeiger – February 14, 2025): “Mehr Information, weniger Emotion: Polit-Profis diskutieren mit Schülern am Alde”
• AfD in the federal elections (interview quotes in PANORAMA – February 10, 2025): “AFD, l’ultra destra piace ai nuovi tedeschi”
• Immigrants and poor people as supporters of the radical right AfD (interview quotes in WAZ – February 6, 2025): “Warum arme Menschen und Migranten ausgerechnet AfD wählen”
• Political violence (interview quotes in Observador – December 20, 2024): “Magdeburgo. O “medo” e como o ataque ao mercado de Natal ajudou a imigração a estar no “centro” destas eleições”
• Regional differences in voting patterns (interview quotes in Tagesspiegel – August 27, 2024): “Stadt, Land, Ost: Wo verläuft der Riss durch die Gesellschaft?”
• EU Asylum Reform and migration to Europe (interview quotes in Die Glocke – June 5, 2024): “EU braucht Kooperation mit Drittstaaten” / “Deutschland ist auf Zuwanderung angewiesen”
• Comment on constitutional protection report (TV interview on WDR Lokalzeit – April 18, 2024): “Studiogespräch mit Conrad Ziller”