Felix Hormig

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Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter

Name

Mr Felix Hormig M.A.

Forschungsprojekt MIDEM

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Chair of Political Theory and History of Political Thought

Chair of Political Theory and History of Political Thought

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Short biography

Research focus

• Societal and affective polarisation
• Conspiracy theories and beliefs
• Populism & the "New Right" in Germany
• Labor market migration & integration

Publications

• Osuna, José Javier Olivas / Herold, Maik / Hormig, Felix 2026: How conspiracy theories entered the mainstream in Spain. EUROPPblog,  London School of Economics and Political Science.
• Chmelar, Kristina / Otteni, Cyrill / Hormig, Felix 2025: Reizthema Zuwanderung: Wie polarisiert ist die tschechische Gesellschaft? MIDEM Policy-Paper, Dresden.
• Vorländer, Hans / Herold, Maik / Hormig, Felix / Otteni, Cyrill 2025: Political Polarization in Germany 2025. Polarization Barometer. Mercator Forum Migration and Democracy (MIDEM), Dresden.
• Vorländer, Hans / Herold, Maik / Hormig, Felix / Otteni, Cyrill 2025: Politische Polarisierung in Deutschland 2025. Polarisierungsbarometer. MIDEM Studie, Dresden.
• Vorländer, Hans / Herold, Maik / Hormig, Felix / Joachim, Janine / Otteni, Cyrill 2025:  75 Jahre Grundgesetz – Einstellungen zu Demokratie und Verfassung in Deutschland. Jahrbuch Öffentliche Sicherheit (JBÖS) 2024/2025.
• Vorländer, Hans / Herold, Maik / Hormig, Felix / Schäller, Steven 2024: Polarisierte politische Landschaften: Die Landtagswahlen in Sachsen und Thüringen am 1. September 2024. MIDEM Report 2024-1, Dresden.
• Hormig, Felix 2024: Problem Fachkräftemangel. Wie deutsche Parteien über Erwerbsmigration reden. MIDEM-Policy Paper 2024-1, Dresden.
• Vorländer, Hans / Herold, Maik / Hormig, Felix / Joachim, Janine / Otteni, Cyrill 2024:  75 Jahre Grundgesetz – Einstellungen zu Demokratie und Verfassung in Deutschland. Jahrbuch Öffentliche Sicherheit (JBÖS) 2024/2025.
• Vorländer, Hans / Herold, Maik / Hormig, Felix / Joachim, Janine / Otteni, Cyrill 2024: 75 Jahre Grundgesetz. Einstellungen zu Verfassung und Demokratie in Deutschland. MIDEM Studie 2024-2. Mercator Forum Migration und Demokratie
  (MIDEM), Dresden.
• Hormig, Felix (2022): Labor market integration of Ukrainian refugees. In: The MIDEM Annual Study 2022 - MIDEM.

Lectures

• Polarisierung in Deutschland. Presentation at the conference Listening and Dialogue – Churches as Places of Encounter in a Polarized World, Bad Kissingen.

• Polarisierung in Deutschland. November 5, 2025. Presentation at the parish conference of the Evangelical Lutheran Church District of Leipzig.

• Government Collapse and Affective Polarization. 19. September 2025. Präsentation im Rahmen der Jahrestagung des DVPW-Arbeitskreises „Wahlen und politische Einstellungen“ 2025, Berlin.

• Between Arrival and Staying: Perspectives on the Labor Market Integration of Ukrainian Refugees. 20 June 25 – Moderator at the Long Night of Science in Dresden.

• Conspiracy Mentality and Conspiracy Belief. 3 June 25. Presentation at the conference Left and Right Political Radicalisms: Issue Positions of Parties and Voters in the Face of Global Crises, Dresden.

• Participation in ECPR Joint Session. 20 May 25 - 23 May 25: Conspiracy Narratives and Conspiracy Mentality: Addressing the key challenges of current comparative empirical research.

• (Socioeconomic) causes of conspiracy thinking in Germany. 6 March 25 – Presentation at the MOTRA Congress #25, Wiesbaden

• Polarisation and democracy. 13 November 24 - Panel participation at the International Student Meeting, Gesellschaft zur Erforschung der Demokratiegeschichte (GEDG), Eisenach.

• Rich in Funds, Poor in Praise? Socio-economic determinants of conspiracy mentality in Germany. 25 September 24 - Presentation at the DVPW Conference, Göttingen.

• Rich in Funds, Poor in Praise? Socio-economic determinants of conspiracy mentality in Germany. 14 August 24 - Presentation at the ECPR General Conference, Dublin.

• ‘Challenges and opportunities for the labour market integration of refugees’. 14 June 24 - Keynote speech and panellist at the Long Night of Science, Dresden.

• Beyond partisan boundaries: A cross-national survey experiment on issue-based affective polarization. 07 June 24 - Presentation of the pre-analysis plan at the annual conference of the DVPW working group " Wahlen und politische Einstellungen" ['Elections and Political Attitudes'] 2024 (together with Cyrill Otteni)

• Labor migration discourse in Germany. 12 May 23 - Presentation at the symposium "Migration after the invasion of Ukraine" EUI Migration Policy Centre (Florence)

• Labor market integration of Ukrainian refugees. 06 December 22 - Presentation at the MIDEM Annual Conference 22, Berlin.

Media

• Polarisierungsbarometer 2025. Participation in the podcast on the topic “How divided is our society” at Salon5 (CORRECTIV) and available Spotify.
• 75 years of the Grundgesetz: How proven and how endangered is the German constitution?
  Participation in the podcast on the anniversary of the Grundgesetz. MDR-Sachsenradio