TRAWOS in the Media

2024

19.11.2024

"We have to roll up our sleeves now"

Anja Mutschler in an interview about the UN Climate Change Conference in Baku on November 18, 2024.

Source: MDR Saxony

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19.09.2024

"We are doing the same as in the 1990s"

Dr. Julia Gabler in an interview by Christine Keilholz on February 20, 2024.

Source: New Lusatia

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02.09.2024

"What now? Saxony has voted"

Raj Kollmorgen discusses the political situation in Saxony after the state elections on September 1, 2024 with other guests.

Source: ARD

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01.09.2024

"Almost a declaration of bankruptcy"

Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Raj Kollmorgen in an interview on the state elections in Saxony 2024.

Source: tageschau

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31.08.2024

"More than country music? Democracy, women and country"

Dr. Julia Gabler in the live podcast at the ÜberLand Festival.

Source: Musi*Sociology/podigee

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07.08.2024

"From exclusion to alienation?"

Article on "Realities and consequences of the underrepresentation of East Germans in the elites since 1990" by Raj Kollmorgen and Jan Schaller.

Source: bpb

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01.08.2024

"Migration crisis?"

Article by Jan Schaller in "Migration and Integration Info -2/2024"

Source: caritas

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15.07.2024

"Racism and care for the elderly in East Germany"

Dr. Monique Ritter in an interview with MeltingPod.

Source: meltingpod/podigee

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05.07.2024

"Together for climate neutrality"

Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Raj Kollmorgen at the "Week of the Environment".

Source: DPU

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27.06.2024

""The more clearly and radically we articulate our protest, the more likely it is that those in power will govern differently""

Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Raj Kollmorgen on ZDF

Source: ZDF

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14.06.2024

"Radicalization - a critical review"

A keynote article by Prof. Dr. Nadine Jukschat.

Source: bpb

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11.06.2024

"Görlitz district in AfD blue"

Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Raj Kollmorgen in an interview with SZ about the outcome of the elections on 09.06.2024.

Source: Sächsische Zeitung

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28.05.2024

"Generation change is bypassing East Germans"

There are hardly any East Germans at the top in almost all areas. A new federal "elite monitor" shows: There would have been enough opportunities to change this. Now many small steps are needed.

Source: ARD

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14.02.2024

"I'm actually open-minded, but ..."

Social scientist Monique Ritter explains how racism shapes everyday life in geriatric care.

Source: nd-aktuell

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25.01.2024

"Demos against right-wing extremism - is anything changing?"

Interview with Prof. Raj Kollmorgen

Source: phoenix

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2023

"We East Germans have to deal with ourselves more than before"

According to a SPIEGEL survey, the AfD is the strongest force in the eastern German states. Görlitz sociologist Raj Kollmorgen talks about the right-wing mood, the CDU's mistakes and Sahra Wagenknecht's chances.

Source: Spiegel

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Why is the AfD soaring in Saxony?

The AfD has long since ceased to be a party of the left-behind and is now being voted for across various social milieus. In Saxony, it is also now ahead in the poll results. Why is that? An analysis. With Raj Kollmorgen, among others.

Source: Leipziger Volkszeitung

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Why the AfD is falling on such fertile ground in Saxony

Sociologist Raj Kollmorgen on crises, transformation and the after-effects of the GDR state character

Source: Freie Presse

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Astounding delusions

For sociologist Raj Kollmorgen, the AfD is not the core problem in German politics

Source: Thüringer Allgemeine Zeitung

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"As far as I know, it's immediate!" for the second time. 

Prof. Nadine Jukschat in the podcast by Clemens Kießling and Julian Nejkow live in Görlitz on the topic of security and the police.

Source: Spotify

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MDR KULTUR meets Julia Gabler

Sociologist Julia Gabler on Lusatia in transition: "A cultural trauma".

Source: MDR Kultur

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Defensive democracy. Sociologist: We need to supplement democratic institutions in a meaningful way.

Protests and attempted coups - democracies are under attack and can no longer be taken for granted. Sociologist Raj Kollmorgen looks at the question of how democracy could be rethought in order to involve more people.

Source: Deutschlandfunk

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2022

This is how anxiety syndromes develop.

Another Christmas in crisis. What does this do to the East German
society, which has rarely experienced stability since 1989? Questions for the sociologist Raj Kollmorgen.

Source: Die Zeit

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Nothing works without the women.

Women need prospects to stay in rural areas. Conference addresses opportunities and necessities in structural change. "Mobility concepts should focus more on the compatibility of family - kindergarten - school - local public transport," said Dr. Julia Gabler.

Source: Sächsische Zeitung

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Against Putin's blackmail - How can social cohesion succeed?

Rising prices, growing concerns: how can social cohesion succeed in these times? Master baker Roland Ermer (CDU), Raj Kollmorgen, sociologist at the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, Laura-Kristin Krause from the non-profit organization "More in Common" and Maximilian Stockhausen from the German Economic Institute.

Source: Deutschlandfunk

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Tensing up is not helpful.

The AfD remains strong in the local elections in Saxony and still misses its target. And now? Questions for sociologist Raj Kollmorgen.

Source: Die Zeit

Fear of the second reunification is spreading in East Germany

Eastern Germany has close historical and economic ties to Russia, but the war in Ukraine is changing everything. What threatens the region and its people? Prof. Raj Kollmorgen

Source: Tagesspiegel

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The democratic teenage years in the East.

Prof. Nadine Jukschat in the podcast by Julian Nejkow and Clemens Kießling - "As far as I know, this is immediate!"

Source: Spotify

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2021

A specific political culture.

Sociologist Raj Kollmorgen on the social upheavals in Saxony and their impact on voting behavior in the Bundestag elections.

Source: Freie Presse 

Extremely successful.

In Saxony, the AfD wins ten of its 16 direct mandates and becomes the strongest force. What's going on in the state?" Answers from Raj Kollmorgen.

Source: Tagesspiegel

AfD strongest force in Saxony, almost all direct mandates.

These results are an honest picture of the situation, says Raj Kollmorgen in an interview with Maria Fiedler.

Source: Tagesspiegel online

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Not with me!

Corona vaccination rates are low in eastern Germany. A sociologist sees resistance to the shot as part of the protest culture." Raj Kollmorgen in the FAZ.

Source: FAZ

Standstill in Thuringia. Why won't the long-promised new elections happen?

Source: Die Zeit

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Corona: How much trust have politicians lost?

And can local politicians do better? Yes, says Görlitz sociologist Raj Kollmorgen. 

Source: Sächsische Zeitung

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2020

Distrust has developed over decades

Is there a connection between the coronavirus crisis in Saxony and the popularity of the AfD there? Sociologist Raj Kollmorgen believes the theory is plausible.

Source: Die Zeit online

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That is why Görlitz has got off lightly so far.

Sociologist Raj Kollmorgen explains what age and little money have to do with the lower corona figures in Görlitz.

Source: Sächsische Zeitung, local edition Görlitz and Niesky

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Don't lose touch: People with disabilities in Corona times!

Prof. Dr. Ingolf Prosetzky in the radio podcast of MDR.de

Source: MDR Sachsenradio

Corona conspiracy theories: Are Saxons particularly susceptible?

he social scientist Raj Kollmorgen from the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences on accusations of arbitrariness, mistrust and fear of loss.

Source: LVZ

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What does Corona have to do with the GDR?

East Germans are supposedly coping better with the crisis because of their experience. Our author sees it differently." A guest article by Raj Kollmorgen.

Source: Thüringer Allgemeine

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No reason for tears.

here is hardly anyone who knows the East Germans as well as sociologist Raj Kollmorgen. A conversation about Thuringia, the West and the lessons of these weeks.

Source: Die Zeit

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2019

Transformation of East Germany - 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the rifts between East and West have not yet been overcome.

Why East Germans often tick differently than West Germans, why many in the East still feel like second-class citizens - this is the subject of presenter Ruth Kirchner's interview with sociologist Raj Kollmorgen from the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences in Saxony.

Source: inforadio.de

On the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, there is once again a passionate debate: Are we one people? Is there a common idea of who we Germans are and who we want to be?

Prof. Raj Kollmorgen (Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Professorship of Management of Social Change) and others discuss these and other questions in "Wortwechsel".

Source: Deutschlandfunk Kultur

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Voters resent the CDU's jumping back and forth from left to right.

According to Görlitz politics professor Raj Kollmorgen, it is primarily the CDU that will decide whether it or the AfD wins the state election in Saxony. The SPD is losing its grip and the Free Voters could make it into parliament, according to the expert. He takes a relaxed view of the mayoral election in Görlitz, where an AfD and a CDU candidate are in the run-off.

Source: LVZ

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80 percent from the East

Horst Seehofer has put together a committee to accompany the celebrations to mark the 30th anniversary of reunification. The committee consists of 22 people from politics, culture and science, including social scientist Prof. Raj Kollmorgen.

Source: taz

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Structural change in Lusatia needs more than economic development

Prof. Dr. Raj Kollmorgen in conversation with MDR SACHSEN about structural change in Lusatia.

Source: MDR SACHSEN

Victims East. Reunification.

German-German narratives create identity. They never lose their impact.

The Friday of 15.4.2019 on the conference "Colony East? Aspects of 'Colonialization' in East Germany since 1990" of the Dresden Institute for Cultural Studies

Source: Der Freitag

The wrong therapy.

A quota for management positions would help to counter the colonization feelings of the East, they say. Sociologist Raj Kollmorgen disagrees.

A guest article by Raj Kollmorgen

Source: Die Zeit Online

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Experience of devaluation and exclusion.

Is the East a colony of the West?, Mitteldeutsche Zeitung from April 11, 2019 on the conference "Colony East?" in Dresden.

Source: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung

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Delivered as ordered - Was East Germany colonized?

Freie Presse from 10.4.2019 on the conference "Colony East?" in Dresden

Source: Freie Presse

30 years of peaceful revolution

Thesis paper by Prof. Dr. Raj Kollmorgen for the 14th Federal Congress of Political Education 2019 "What moves us. Emotions in politics and society", 07.-09.3.2019 in Leipzig,

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Those who see Weimar as a portent are coming to the wrong conclusions

Sociologist and East Germany expert Raj Kollmorgen on the parallels between today's situation and the Weimar Republic

Source: Thüringer Allgemeine

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2018

Do we have the right elites for the tasks ahead? Do East Germans lack the leadership gene?

Prof. Dr. Raj Kollmorgen at the East German Economic Forum on 9.11.2018 in Bad Sarrow

Source: youtube

Ambivalences of political representation

Prof. Dr. Raj Kollmorgen at the conference "Formats of the Political" of Deutschlandfunk, the Federal Agency for Civic Education and the Federal Press Conference on 08.11.2018 in Berlin

Source: Deutschlandfunk

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POST-COMMUNIST SOCIETIES IN COMPARISON

Prof. Dr. Raj Kollmorgen, sociologist, Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences at the conference "Die neue Mitte? Right-wing ideologies and movements in Europe on 17-19.9.2018 at the German Hygiene Museum in Dresden

Source: youtube

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That only began after the fall of communism

Can someone who was not born in the GDR have an Eastern identity? It's possible, says sociologist Raj Kollmorgen in an interview

Source: taz

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I would be careful about prematurely demonizing AfD voters

HuffPost Podcast by Marco Fieber - Episode 2: Interview with Dr. Julia Gabler on 23.06.2018

Source: huffingtonpost.de

Elites. Far East.

More than 27 years after reunification, power and wealth are still concentrated in West Germany. East Germans are virtually unrepresented in key positions in the economy, sociologist Dr. Raj Kollmorgen is quoted as saying in Spiegel-Online 11/2018.

Source: Spiegel-Online

Wild participation is not a solution

Where does our democratic system need to adapt to the demands for more participation? Elite researcher Raj Kollmorgen explains imbalances in the democratic process of our time on ZDF-Aspekte.

Source: ZDF-Aspekte

Left behind and forgotten? Many East Germans still feel like 2nd class citizens

What is the truth of the "unification trauma" and the "dominance of West Germans as cultural colonialism"? Prof. Dr. Raj Kollmorgen in conversation on Deutschlandfunk.

Source: Deutschlandfunk

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The lights are going out in the east: The example of Görlitz

Dr. Julia Gabler in an interview with Kulturzeit.

Source: 3sat

The East Germans were silenced

Görlitz sociologist Professor Raj Kollmorgen explains why many Saxons feel like second-class citizens and how this could change.

Source: Sächsische Zeitung

2017

Lack of top talent from East Germany. "More difficult to be recognized."

East Germans rarely make it into the elite. A sociologist in Görlitz is researching the reasons for this and the consequences of this underrepresentation. And is discovering some remarkable correlations. 

Source: Spiegel-Online

The desire to stay is much higher today.

Dr. Julia Gabler on the reasons why young women in particular leave the region and the conditions under which they would return. 

Source: In Lusatia Magazine Winter 2017/18, p. 46/47

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When one job is not enough. More and more people in the district have atypical employment relationships.

Why here in particular? In search of clues. By Susanne Sodan.

Source: Sächsische Zeitung

Find a federal judge or general from the East.

Why do East Germans so rarely make it to the top? And how can we help them? Questions for Raj Kollmorgen, who researches East German elites.
Interview: Martin Machowecz.

Source: Die Zeit

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Concern for cohesion.

Cottbus. Village districts complain that their children cannot go to school together. By Peggy Kompalla.

Source: Lausitzer Rundschau

Interview with elite researcher Raj Kollmorgen

Raj Kollmorgen is Professor of Social Sciences at the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences. The elite researcher has been working on the topics of inequality and social change for many years. He also researches the question of the proportion of East Germans in German elite structures.

Source: WDR

Consequences of reunification. Hardly any East Germans at the top of the elite.

There are hardly any East Germans among the powerful in Germany. Why is that? 

Source: Deutsche Welle

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A study shows why so many women are leaving East Germany - and what the consequences are.

Katharina Schneier in Huffingtonpost

Source: huffingtonpost.com

"The CDU in Saxony suffers from arrogance." - Interview with sociologist Raj Kollmorgen

The federal election has turned the political balance of power in Saxony upside down. The AfD became the strongest party in the second votes. Why is that? What effect did the CDU/CSU's latest succession plan have on people - and why? MDR SACHSEN asked elite researcher Raj Kollmorgen from Görlitz. The sociologist from the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences deals with social change in the East, social inequalities and political participation.

Source: mdr.de

"We crawl and toil." Why the AfD is triumphing in the East.

Strongest party in Saxony, second strongest in the other eastern German states. The AfD's triumphant advance cannot be overlooked. But what makes it so attractive there?
By Gudula Hörr.

Source: ntv

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Desperate determination at the ballot box. Social divide, pull from the right.

There are numerous devastating reasons why the political situation in East Germany has remained different even in the 27th year of unification.
By Markus Decker

Source: Frankfurter Rundschau

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Creative people go where the action is.

Sociologist Raj Kollmorgen on the new desire to live in the country, problems with the sense of togetherness in the district and new economic ideas.
By Anja Beutler.

Source: Sächsische Zeitung

Province full of men

Large numbers of young women are still emigrating from the East. They also leave because men see them as a threat, says sociologist Julia Gabler in an interview with Martin Machowecz.

Source: Die Zeit

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2016

How the district is making itself pretty for women.

A study by the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences shows what needs to be done to attract well-trained people. The recipe is surprisingly simple.

Source: Sächsische Zeitung

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Anger in the East as a result of reunification?

Debate on Fakt ist! from Dresden with sociologist Raj Kollmorgen and others.

Source: MDR

Easterners as the enemy? Tumbledown, ready to use violence and sedentary in spruced-up cities - that's probably how West Germans see East Germans in a downward comparison.

SPIEGEL columnist Jan Fleischhauer identified the new enemy. artour author Tılman Jens met the clever mocker and also spoke to Prof. Raj Kollmorgen from the Görlitz-Zittau University of Applied Sciences about the problems in the East-West German psycho-balance.

Source: MDR Kultur

German Unity: The Unity of Others.

26 years after East Germans became German citizens, many still don't feel at home in a united Germany.
By Harald Lachmann

Source: Südwest Presse

People themselves offer the potential. How self-empowerment and cultural innovation can change habitual systems.

Dr. Maik Hosang in conversation with Veronika Schuster.

Source: Journal Kultur und Management im Dialog, Weimar, No. 114/ 9

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Who rules the East

Sociologist Raj Kollmorgen and his work. Sociologist Raj Kollmorgen laments West Germany's "networks of power" and notes the wasted potential for innovation and creativity in this context.

Source: MDR Kultur

People lose their composure

Why is it mostly smaller East German towns like Freital where right-wing violent criminals can organize themselves? An interview with sociologist Raj Kollmorgen.
By Martin Machowecz.

Source: Die Zeit

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Right-wing extremist movements have existed in the country for decades, but have been played down by politicians and society.

MONITOR interview with sociologist Raj Kollmorgen: Sociologist Raj Kollmorgen was born in Saxony and teaches at the Zittau-Görlitz University of Applied Sciences. He says: "Right-wing extremist movements have existed in the country for decades, played down by politics and society.

Source: Das Erste

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The danger of seduction is far from over.

Interview with Dr. Maik Hosang.

Source: agora 42, journal for economics and philosophy

2015

The district of Görlitz has commissioned a study on the emigration of women - because it wants to stop this trend.

Report on a research project: "What to do about the lack of women? The district of Görlitz has commissioned a study on the emigration of women - because it wants to stop this trend."
By Anja Beutler

Source: Sächsische Zeitung

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The association was actually an accession

Newspaper interview: "Unification was actually an accession": The German government writes on its website 25 years after reunification that "Aufbau Ost" has been a success. The figures speak a different language. But why? Political scientist Raj Kollmorgen investigates the reasons.
By Marguerite Meyer.

Source: sfr-online

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Why always Saxony? Nowhere else in Germany are neo-Nazis and xenophobes so prevalent.

Newspaper interview: Why always Saxony? Nowhere else in Germany are neo-Nazis and xenophobes so widespread. An attempt at an explanation.
By Christoph Dieckmann.

Source: Die Zeit No. 36/2015

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2014

From socialism to capitalism. Why Poland is thriving and Ukraine is stumbling.

Radio discussion program "From socialism to capitalism. Why Poland is thriving and Ukraine is stumbling" with Tanja Maljartschuk - Ukrainian writer, Vienna, Konrad Schuller - FAZ correspondent for Poland and Ukraine, Warsaw, moderator: Jürgen Heilig

Source: SWR