SWEN HUTTER
POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY
EUROPEAN POLITICS
Welcome to my website! My name is Swen Hutter, and my research bridges European politics and comparative political sociology, with a focus on political conflict and the evolving role of civil society. Among other things, I study how social movements and political parties articulate and mobilize new societal divides, particularly within the context of Europe's multi-level polity. I have the pleasure of teaching political sociology at Freie Universität Berlin and directing the Center for Civil Society Research, a joint initiative of Freie Universität and the WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
On this website, you can find information about my current research projects, recent publications, and institutional affiliations. You’ll also find updates on my collaborative, interdisciplinary work and my engagement with civil society actors.
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Game Changers: National Referendums and the Politicization of Europe
Article in
Politics and Governance
Varieties of Trade Union Protest
Article
with Gesine Hoeltmann and Endre Borbáth in Socio-Economic Review
Cleavage theory meets civil society: a framework and research agenda
Article with Alex Mierke-Zatwarnicki and Endre Borbáth in
West European Politics
Understanding protest scripts: the anti-containment protests in Germany and Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic
Article with Donatella della Porta, Sophia Hunger, and Anna Lavizarri in
Social Movement Studies
Europe's Changing Protest Landscape
Guest Editorship with Sophia Hunger
Special Issue of the Journal of European Public Policy