Dr. Clara van den Berg - Coping with Affective Polarization

Dr. Clara van den Berg

Postdoctoral Researcher

Website:
https://www.wzb.eu/de/personen/clara-van-den-berg
www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de/soziologie

Short Vita

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at Freie Universität Berlin and a Guest Researcher at WZB Berlin Social Science Center. I explore how civil society groups navigate and respond to affective polarization. My doctoral dissertation examined the long-term impact of the 2015 pro-refugee mobilization on the structures of German civil society. I hold an M.A. in International Relations from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, and Universität Potsdam, as well as a B.A. in Political Science from Freie Universität Berlin.

Key publications

van den Berg, C., Steinhilper, E., & Sommer, M. (2025). Against the Odds: On the Arduous Production of Linking Social Capital in Local Refugee Reception. Administration & Society, 57(3), 339-367. https://doi.org/10.1177/00953997251314509
van den Berg, C. & Hutter, S. (in press). How Local Brokers Keep Interaction Going: Pro-Refugee Communities after Heightened Mobilization. Mobilization: An International Quarterly.
van den Berg, Clara (in press) Civic Refugee Support. The Shifting Landscape of Pro-Refugee Communities in Germany After 2015. transcript Verlag.
van den Berg, C., Grande, E. & Hutter, S. (2020). Was wird aus dem harten Kern? Auswirkungen der Corona-Krise auf das Engagement für Geflüchtete. Voluntaris – Zeitschrift für Freiwilligendienste, 8(2), 226–242. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839456545-010

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