Thursday, 5 May, 2022 | 13:00 | Special Event

The Rise of Populist Parties in Europe: The Dark Side of Globalization and Technological Change?

Volkswagen Stiftung project
Prague 5-6 May, 2022

Partners:

- Halle Institute for Economic Research e.V. (IWH) - Prof. Dr. Steffen Müller    

- Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences (EI) – Prof. Ing. Štěpán Jurajda, Ph.D., Alena Bičáková, Ph.D., Jakub Grossmann, Ph.D.

- University of Nottingham (UN) - Prof. Richard Upward    

The project asks about sources of European populism, including historical events, immigration, technological change, the Covid pandemic, and it ask about EU funding effects on populism. The Prague-based research focuses on the effects of municipality-level over-indebtedness (distressed warrant propensity) on voting behavior, and on the effects of the Covid pandemic, measured at municipality and personal level, on political preferences and voting behavior.