Projekt

The project team studies in how far the COVID-19 pandemic as an exogenous shock has influenced EU support by citizens. They develop a theoretical framework that combines insights from political behaviour, social psychology and political communication. The core idea is that people compare national and EU responses and take cues from domestic governments, political parties and the media when forming opinions about the EU. The team studies the impact of the pandemic through six work packages that are clustered into three pillars: 1. How have the policy measures adopted by national governments and EU institutions affected eurosceptic attitudes, European solidarity and the performance of Eurosceptic parties? 2. How have political actors, namely governments, political parties and social movements influenced EU support? 3. How have media framing and fake news influenced public support? To answer these questions, the interdisciplinary team of scholars from political science, sociology and economics relies on an original multi-method approach combining survey, observational and geocoded data with natural, survey and field experiments as well as innovative natural language processing technologies. The team covers expertise from Central, Eastern, Southern and Northern European countries which allows for studying the effect of the pandemic across the EU.

• Prof. Dr. Heike Klüver

  Humboldt-Universität Berlin
  Kultur-, Sozial- und Bildungswissenschaftliche
  Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
  Berlin
  

• Dr. Toni Rodon

  Universitat Pompeu Fabra
  Department of Political and Social Sciences
  Barcelona
  Spanien
  

• Dr. Theresa Kuhn

  University of Amsterdam (UvA)
  Afdeling Politicologie
  Duitsland Instituut Amsterdam
  Amsterdam
  Niederlande
  

• Prof. Dr. Michal Krawczyk

  University of Warsaw
  Faculty of Economic Sciences
  Warszawa
  Polen
  

• Prof. Dr. Sara Hobolt

  London School of Economics &
  Political Science
  Department of Government & European Institute
  London
  Grossbritannien