S10E02: Stef­fen Mau on the Ger­man Elections 

This episode explores the recent Ger­man elec­tions and relat­ed social, eco­nom­ic and cul­tur­al issues. How did wel­fare mea­sures, migra­tion and his­to­ry play a role in the elec­tions’ out­come? And how might uni­ver­si­ties serve as mod­els for demo­c­ra­t­ic engage­ment and out­reach? Lis­ten also to hear how the estab­lish­ment of cit­i­zen coun­cils could help to restore ratio­nal debate, a sense of effi­ca­cy and the spir­it of tol­er­ance need­ed to cul­ti­vate democracy.

Guest fea­tured on this episode:

Since 2021, Stef­fen Mau has been a mem­ber of the Berlin based Expert Coun­cil on Inte­gra­tion and Migra­tion. His research focus­es on ques­tions of inequal­i­ty, the moral econ­o­my of wel­fare states, migra­tion, and the soci­ol­o­gy of bor­ders. Mau has pro­vid­ed pol­i­cy advice to var­i­ous Ger­man foun­da­tions, fed­er­al min­istries, and also polit­i­cal par­ties, among them the Social Democ­rats and the Greens. He has received numer­ous awards, among them the high­ly pres­ti­gious Leib­niz Prize in 2021, in 2023 the Schad­er Prize and the Prize Against For­get­ting for Democ­ra­cy, as the prize is called. This year, the Ger­man Soci­o­log­i­cal Asso­ci­a­tion has award­ed him its prize for out­stand­ing achieve­ments in the field of pub­lic sociology.