Psychology of Right Wing Radicalization – Interview with Prof. Walther and Prof. Rothmund in Kohlhammer Blog
Radical right-wing thoughts and behavior are appearing not only more more frequently but are also being tolerated and even supported actively by parts of the social center and range from insults, hate and violence against politicians and minorities up to refusal of democracy. The editorial work "Psychology of right-wing radicalization" deals with these radicalization processes from a psychological perspective.
https://blog.kohlhammer.de/?p=15467&shareadraft=baba15467_668ffa233d9e3
"Young, alternative, right-wing" - Article on European election by Anton Benz in Spektrum.de from 10.06.2024
"Young, alternative, right-wing" - Article on European election by Anton Benz in Spektrum.de from 10.06.2024 with contributions by Eva Walther.
https://www.spektrum.de/news/europawahl-warum-viele-junge-menschen-afd-waehlen/2214083
"Youth-Offensive by AfD: Social psychologist explains strategy." Interview with Eva Walther in Frankfurter Rundschau
"Youth-Offensive by AfD: Social psychologist explains strategy." Interview with Eva Walther in Frankfurter Rundschau
www.fr.de/politik/jugend-offensive-der-afd-sozialpsychologin-erklaert-die-strategie-93107461.html
"Emotions instead of arguments? Right-wing extremism from a psychological view" - Speech and discussion with Eva Walther in Bad Vilbel
"Emotions instead of arguments? Right-wing extremism from a psychological point of view" - Speech and discussion with Eva Walther held at the invitation of »Omas gegen rechts Wetterau« and the circle of friends »Nachhaltige Nachbar:innen" on 17.05.2024 in the hall of Christuskirchengemeinde in Bad Vilbel:
https://www.fnp.de/lokales/wetteraukreis/bad-vilbel/gefuehle-statt-argumente-93103614.html
Research at University of Trier, why people vote German party AfD - Report dated 03.04.2024 in "Tagesschau"
Why young people vote German party AfD - A project at University of Trier is looking for new ways in order to counteract the influence of right-wing-parties on young voters and to strengthen democracy.
Interview "AfD and Verfassungsschutz" with Prof. Dr. Eva Walther and Neue Berliner Redaktionsgesellschaft
On March, 13th, 2024, Dominik Guggemos from "Neue Berliner Redaktionsgesellschaft mbH" made an interview with Prof. Dr. Eva Walther to the topic "Sozial psychologist about German "Verfassungsschutz" and AfD - It is easy for AfD to stylize itself as a victim towards its followers".
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The far-right party wants another society: Germany would be like this if the AfD is in government.
Published on 02.02.2024 in "Tagesspiegel":
(Text is paywall protected).
Interview with Prof. Dr. Eva Walther in Trierischer Volksfreund on the topic: "Why the willingness to donate is rising if people suddenly depart from life.
Interview with Prof. Dr. Eva Walther in Trierischer Volksfreund on the topic: "Why the willingness to donate is rising if people suddenly depart from life.
(Text is paywall protected).
"Men feel ratherly threatened" - Interview with Prof. Dr. Eva Walther on Zeit online dated 09.10.2023
Interview with Prof. Dr. Eva Walther on Zeit online dated 09.10.2023 with the following topic: "Männer fühlen sich eher bedroht" (Men feel ratherly threatened):
https://www.zeit.de/arbeit/2023-10/afd-hessen-bayern-wahlen-arbeiter-maenner-frauen#comments
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Mental health of children declined in pandemic.
Press release from University of Trier dated 07.09.2022
Mental health of children declined in pandemic.
"The Psychology of Wasting Food"" Interview with Dr. Benjamin Buttlar in "CT das radio"
08/2022 "The Psychology of Wasting Food"
Interview with Dr. Benjamin Buttlar in "CT das radio"
Interviewer: Josephine Walther, Bochum.
"Why our attitude to nuclear energy could actually change?" Interview with Benjamin Buttlar
Published on 19.08.2022 on Watson. Interviewer: Miriam Meyer
"Why do humans eat so much meat?" Interview with Dr. Benjamin Buttlar (Deutsche Welle)
Interview with Dr. Benjamin Buttlar:
05/2022
→"Why do humans eat so much meat?"
Interviewer: Anne-Sophie Brändlin, Deutsche Welle.
"Opponents of vaccination get too much media attention" - Interview with Prof. Dr. Eva Walther (SWR Aktuell)
An interview with Prof. Dr. Eva Walther. Published 10/16/2021 [German].
→ https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rheinland-pfalz/sozialpsychologin-impfgegner-100.html
"Corona and conspiracy theories" - Trier psychology master's students interviewed (volksfreund)
Four psychology students in a master's seminar under the supervision of Prof. Walther, Dept. of Social Psychology at the University of Trier, have intensively studied Corona and its consequences for the individual and society. In an interview with Trierischer Volksfreund, they describe what drives critics of measures. They also look at a case study from the Trier region. Published on 24.8.2021 [German].
"How do you get through the crisis? We need the feeling of self-efficacy" - Interview with Prof. Dr. Eva Walther (Bayern2)
Published 03/03/2021 [German].
"Mental Health in the Corona Pandemic" - Interview with Prof. Dr. Eva Walther (SWR Podcast)
Mental health in the Corona pandemic - fear of falling ill, loneliness, existential fears - the Corona pandemic is also associated with worries for many people in Trier. To what extent is our mental health suffering as a result of the crisis, what can we do to avoid being dragged down too much, and can we perhaps also take something positive from the current situation? Michael Münkner talks about this with Professor Dr. Eva Walther, she is a social psychologist at the University of Trier [German].
→ https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rheinland-pfalz/trier/podcast-regiolive-trier-100.html
The SWR podcast can also be found under the keyword "Regiolive" on Spotify or itunes, among others.
"Psychological conflict caused by meat consumption" - video interview with Dr. Benjamin Buttlar (InMind).
Why does meat consumption often lead to a guilty conscience? How do we deal with that? What do meat consumption and smoking have in common? An interview with Dr. Benjamin Buttlar from the University of Trier. Published on 11/05/2020 [German].
"Why friends remain friends" - Interview with Dr. Georg Halbeisen in the (FAZ)
Interview with Dr. Georg Halbeisen in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung podcast "How do I explain it to my child? Why friends remain friends". Published on 17/04/2020 [German].
"There is a radicalization" - Interview with Prof. Dr. Eva Walther (TAZ)
They vote against all reason and often even against their own interests. But what do you do with AfD voters who cannot be reached with factual arguments? [German]
→ https://taz.de/Archiv-Suche/!5632214&s=es%2Bgibt%2Beine%2Bradikalisierung&SuchRahmen=Print/
"Tür zu, Kippe aus" - Article with contribution by Prof. Dr. Eva Walther (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
Article "Tür zu, Kippe aus" with an article about a planned smoking ban in cars by Prof. Dr. Eva Walther. Published on 20/09/2019 [German].
→ https://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/bundesrat-auto-rauchen-1.4607846
"AfD suggests security to insecure People" - Interview with Prof. Dr. Eva Walther (Deutschlandfunk)
The AfD is successful because it targets unmet needs of the population and emotional factors much more than other parties, said social psychologist Eva Walther in Dlf. The other parties would do well to "make clear how little the AfD effectively has to offer as a party." Published on 08/08/2019 [German].
→ https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/aufstieg-der-afd-afd-suggeriert-verunsicherten-menschen-100.html
"Trier researchers write book about the AfD - For these psychological reasons it is elected" Prof. Dr. Eva Walther and Dr. Simon D. Isemann (Trierischer Volksfreund)
Researchers from Trier have published a book that explains for the first time from a psychological perspective why the AfD is attractive to so many voters. Published on 03/08/2019 [German].
"Paid online - forgot to tip" - Interview with Dr. Georg Halbeisen (Deutschlandfunk Nova)
We order online, but the delivery driver doesn't see any of the money. No offense intended, but it shows we need new tipping routines. Published on 01/11/2016 [German].
→ http://dradiowissen.de/beitrag/digital-bezahlen-online-bezahlt-trinkgeld-vergessen