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Previous research (Carey and Gohdes, 2021) concludes most journalist killings by the state occur in democracies. This paper investigates the link between regime type and journalist killings and argues that democracies are not more hostile to journalists than autocracies. In fact, liberal democratic regimes are the safest of regimes for journalists, i.e. those with by far the least number of journalist killings by the state between 2002 and 2016.

While the literature on populist radical right parties (PRRPs) has focused on PRRPs on the fringes of the party system, little is known about the grassroots activism of PRRPs that have already entered the political mainstream and have become key players in national politics. Using two paradigmatic cases, the Italian League and the Swiss People’s Party (SVP), Adrian Favero and Mattia Zulianello have investigated when, how and why these parties resort to activism on the local level. Adrian Favero will present the findings of the project.

Das Leben in unseren Städten verändert sich. Der Klimawandel, der Zuzug vieler Menschen und die Verdichtung von Stadtvierteln spielen eine große Rolle. Schätzungen gehen heute davon aus, dass bis Mitte dieses Jahrhunderts 2,5 Mrd. Menschen in Städten leben werden. Das Thema „Stadt und Gesundheit“ wird in den nächsten Jahrzehnten immer wichtiger werden – in der Welt, in Deutschland und in Berlin. Das deuten schon heute Hitzewellen und Luftverschmutzung an.