Prof. Dr. Céline Teney - Coping with Affective Polarization

Prof. Dr. Céline Teney

Principal Investigator

Research Stream:
Berlin Polarization Monitor

Website:
https://www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/en/soziologie/arbeitsbereiche/makrosoziologie/team/Professur/Celine-Teney.html

Short Vita

I am professor of Macrosociology at the Free University Berlin. I did my PhD thesis at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium and had research positions at the University of Bremen and of Göttingen. My main research interests lie in the fields of political sociology, the sociology of migration and the sociology of Europe.

Key publications

Teney, C., Pietrantuono, G., & Wolfram, T. (2024). What polarizes citizens? An explorative analysis of 817 attitudinal items from a non-random online panel in Germany. PLOS ONE, 19(5), e0302446. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0302446
Dochow-Sondershaus, S., & Teney, C. (2024). Opinion polarization of immigration and EU attitudes between social classes – The limiting role of working class dissensus. European Societies, 26(5), 1363–1394. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616696.2024.2312948
Teney, C., & Rupieper, L. K. (2023). A new social conflict on globalisation-related issues in Germany? A longitudinal perspective. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 75(Suppl 1), 205–234. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11577-023-00884-5
Teney, C., Dochow-Sondershaus, S., & Lovette, F. (2023). Gendered effect of parenthood on voting behaviour in the 2021 German federal elections. German Politics. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2023.2234567
Teney, C., Pietrantuono, G., & Möhring, K. (2022). Who supports whom? Citizens’ support for affirmative action policies in recruitment processes towards four underrepresented groups. Journal of European Public Policy, 29(10), 1572–1594. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2021.1991991

Press publications

Polarisiertes Deutschland?: Ein Blick in die Zahlen zeichnet ein anderes Bild (Tagesspiegel, 2025)
Soziologin zu Protest in Deutschland: „Die schweigende Mehrheit ist zufrieden mit der politischen Lage“ (Tagesspiegel, 2024)
Haltung zu Migration und EU: Ticken Arbeiter und Akademiker anders? (Tagesspiegel, 2024)

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