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Democracy

Expanding Research on Political Institutions and Conflict

January 01, 2026

Political scientist Ursula Daxecker appointed to the MPI for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity more

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Research highlights 2025

December 22, 2025

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A look back at a year of research with many highlights more

Online discussions: Whose voices are heard?

December 10, 2025

Democracy Social Sciences

Field experiment on Reddit examines what distinguishes passive from active users and tests interventions designed to get more people to join the conversation more

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Defending democracy without destroying it

November 11, 2025

Democracy International

New Max Planck Center brings together researchers from Freiburg and Jerusalem more

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Expanding research on inequality and conflict

October 01, 2025

Democracy Social Sciences

Political scientist Ursula Daxecker and sociologist Steffen Mau have been appointed to the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Göttingen. The new appointments mark the beginning of the Institute's strategic realignment more

Influencers and Multipliers reinforce political Polarization

September 21, 2025

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How Political Narratives are distributed on Twitter/X more

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Digital media – a threat to democracy? The evidence is piling up

April 10, 2025

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New replication study examines the influence of digital media on democracy more

Boosting decision-making skills

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A new review article highlights the untapped potential of behavioral science for public policy more

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Educated but easily fooled? Who falls for misinformation and why

February 05, 2025

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Systematic meta-analysis on online misinformation with data from over 11,500 participants in 31 experiments more

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Does Leaning Left Politically Make You a More Prosocial Person?

December 09, 2024

Democracy Psychology

Empirical study establishes weak association more

Online discussions: Whose voices are heard?

December 10, 2025

Democracy Social Sciences

Field experiment on Reddit examines what distinguishes passive from active users and tests interventions designed to get more people to join the conversation more