Daniel Thiele
Daniel Thiele is a team member of the research project “Political and Media Populism: ‘Refugee Crisis’ in Slovenia and Austria” at the University of Vienna (coordinated by Univ.-Prof. Dr. Birgit Sauer, funded by FWF). He has studied political sciences at the universities of Mannheim (BA) and Vienna (MA). He has worked as student assistant at the University of Vienna (2013-2016) and for the German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES) at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) (2010-2012). His research interests include critical theory, gender studies, right-wing populism, political communication and quantitative methods. His work brings together quantitative methods and a critical epistemological interest.
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Political and Media Populism: “Refugee crisis” in Slovenia and Austria
This research investigates the nexus between political parties, media and populism with regard to the so-called “refugee crisis” (2015-2016 until today) in. Slovenia and Austria.
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Article / Borderless fear? How right-wing populism aligns in affectively framing migration as a security threat in Austria and Slovenia
The findings point to a worrying convergence of anti-migration discourse across borders and to the potential spread of a right-wing populist bloc unified by fear of migration.
