Democratic Resilience in Times of Political Polarization: The Role of Political Parties, Civil Society, and the Media.
Teresa Völker is a postdoctoral research fellow at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center (WZB). Her research lies at the intersection of comparative politics, political sociology and political communication, with a focus on democracy.
At the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Völker will explore how political parties, civil society organizations, and media organizations contribute to the stability and resilience of democracies in times of political polarization.
Völker obtained her Ph.D. in political sociology from Freie Universität Berlin. She holds a M.A. in social sciences from Humboldt University and a B.A. in political science, sociology, and media and communication from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, with research stays at King’s College London and University of Milan. Völker previously held visiting scholar positions at Science Po Paris and the University of Oslo.
This information is accurate for the time period that the visiting scholar is affiliated with CES.
Democratic Resilience in Times of Political Polarization: The Role of Political Parties, Civil Society, and the Media.
Saldivia Gonzatti, D. and Teresa V. “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far-Right influences the Political Mainstream,” European Journal of Political Research, 2025, forthcoming.
Teresa V. and Saldivia Gonzatti, D. “Discourse Networks of the Far Right: How Far-Right Actors become Mainstream in Public Debates,” Political Communication, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2024.2308601
Teresa V. “How terrorist attacks distort public debates: a comparative study of right-wing and Islamist extremism,” Journal of European Public Policy, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2023.2269194
