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Overview

Swen Hutter is affiliated with the Social Science Research Center Berlin in Germany. Their research primarily belongs to the field of Social Sciences, with a significant focus on Political Science and International Relations as well as Sociology and Political Science. Other subfields that characterize their work include Communication, Strategy and Management, and Health.

The main topics covered in their studies are diverse and include:

  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
  • Political Conflict and Governance
  • Migration, Refugees, and Integration

Among their recent papers are the following works:

  • "Politicising immigration in times of crisis" (2021), published in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
  • "New Contentious Politics. Civil Society, Social Movements, and the Polarisation of German Politics" (2022), published in German Politics

Frequent collaborators in their research include Endre Borbáth, Hanspeter Kriesi, Sophia Hunger, Björn Bremer, and Jule Specht. These coauthors have contributed to a considerable number of publications alongside Hutter's work.

Hutter's publications often appear in specific academic venues, with significant contributions to:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen
  • West European Politics
  • EconStor Open Access Articles
  • Journal of European Public Policy

The research topics and fields highlight a career deeply engaged with understanding political systems, societal movements, and interactions between social phenomena and political dynamics. This body of work represents a comprehensive examination of contemporary political and social challenges, particularly within European contexts.

Best Publications

  • Political Conflict in Western Europe

    Hanspeter Kriesi;Edgar Grande;Martin Dolezal;Marc Helbling

  • Politicising Europe : integration and mass politics

    Swen Hutter;Edgar Grande;Hanspeter Kriesi

  • Politicizing Europe in the National Electoral Arena: A Comparative Analysis of Five West European Countries, 1970–2010

    Swen Hutter;Edgar Grande

  • Protest event analysis and its offspring

    Swen Hutter

  • Politicizing Europe in times of crisis

    Swen Hutter;Hanspeter Kriesi;Hanspeter Kriesi

  • Protesting Culture and Economics in Western Europe: New Cleavages in Left and Right Politics

    Swen Hutter

  • European party politics in times of crisis

    Swen Hutter;Hanspeter Kriesi

  • Debating Islam in Austria, Germany and Switzerland: Ethnic Citizenship, Church–State Relations and Right-Wing Populism

    Martin Dolezal;Marc Helbling;Swen Hutter

  • Old versus new politics: The political spaces in Southern Europe in times of crises

    Swen Hutter;Hanspeter Kriesi;Guillem Vidal

  • Beyond authority transfer: explaining the politicisation of Europe

    Edgar Grande;Swen Hutter

  • Political trust, extra-representational participation and the openness of political systems

    Daniela Braun;Swen Hutter

  • Introduction : European integration and the challenge of politicisation

    Edgar Grande;Swen Hutter

  • Movements of the Left, Movements of the Right Reconsidered

    Swen Hutter;Hanspeter Kriesi

  • What type of Europe? : the salience of polity and policy issues in European Parliament elections

    Daniela Braun;Swen Hutter;Alena Kerscher

  • Social movements in interaction with political parties

    Swen Hutter;Hanspeter Kriesi;Jasmine Lorenzini

  • Soziale Bewegungen im Zusammenspiel mit politischen Parteien: Eine aktuelle Bestandsaufnahme

    Swen Hutter;Hanspeter Kriesi;Jasmine Lorenzini

  • Politicising immigration in times of crisis

    Swen Hutter;Hanspeter Kriesi;Hanspeter Kriesi

  • Politicising immigration in times of crisis

    Swen Hutter;Hanspeter Kriesi

  • Protesting Parties in Europe: A comparative analysis:

    Endre Borbáth;Swen Hutter

  • Dynamics of protest and electoral politics in the Great Recession

    Björn Bremer;Swen Hutter;Hanspeter Kriesi

  • Politicizing Europe in Hard Times: Conflicts over Europe in France in a Long-term Perspective, 1974–2012

    Swen Hutter;Alena Kerscher

  • Who responds to protest? : protest politics and party responsiveness in Western Europe

    Swen Hutter;Rens Vliegenthart

  • Protesting Culture and Economics in Western Europe

    Swen Hutter

  • Party competition and political representation in crisis: An introductory note

    Nicolò Conti;Swen Hutter;Kyriaki Nanou

  • The politicisation of Europe in public debates on major integration steps

    Edgar Grande;Swen Hutter

  • Challenges from left and right : the long-term dynamics of protest and electoral politics in Western Europe

    Swen Hutter;Endre Borbath

Frequent Co-Authors

Hanspeter Kriesi
Hanspeter Kriesi European University Institute
Edgar Grande
Edgar Grande Social Science Research Center Berlin
Marc Helbling
Marc Helbling University of Mannheim
Sylvain Brouard
Sylvain Brouard Sciences Po
Rens Vliegenthart
Rens Vliegenthart Wageningen University & Research
Will Jennings
Will Jennings University of Southampton
Wolfgang C. Müller
Wolfgang C. Müller University of Vienna
Frédéric Varone
Frédéric Varone University of Geneva
Stefaan Walgrave
Stefaan Walgrave University of Antwerp
Marco Giugni
Marco Giugni University of Geneva

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