Prof Armin Schäfer: "Schlechte Verlierer:innen? Populismus und die Akzeptanz von Wahlergebnissen in Europa"

Part of the series of lectures "Politics in Europe"

Date: 21.11.2024
Time: 16:30-18:00
Place: Building C1 7, room 0.08

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© Prof. Dr. Armin Schäfer

Prof Dr Armin Schäfer

Prof Armin Schäfer has been Professor of Comparative Politics at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz since April 2022. He began his academic career by studying political science and economics at the Philipps University of Marburg. After completing his studies, he earned his doctorate at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne in 2004 and then worked as a research assistant at the University of Bremen.

In 2014, Armin Schäfer completed his habilitation at the Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg and took up a professorship in political science specialising in "International Comparative Political Economy" at the University of Osnabrück. He later moved to the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, specialising in comparative politics, and returned to the MPI as a visiting researcher. Armin Schäfer has also been the spokesperson for the “Political Economy” section since 2012 and a member of the board of the German Political Science Association since 2015.

 

 

Summary

In his lecture “Bad losers? Populism and the acceptance of election results in Europe”, Armin Schäfer explains the influence that election results can have on political trust in democracy. Because - if elections are fair and free - citizens should accept the results, regardless of which party or person they voted for. The outcome of the election should not affect the fundamental evaluation of democracy. However, research on “losers’ consent” has shown that the winners rate democracy more favourably than the losers. The speaker will examine the question of whether this applies equally to all political groups. Schäfer's research focusses on comparative political economy and empirical democracy research, whereby he deals intensively with social and political inequality, the causes of non-voting and political representation.

Language: German

Interested parties are cordially invited to attend. Please register in advance at vinciane.pilz(at)uni-saarland.de.