Articles by Greta Groß

January 7, 2025

Why governments should offer hope for the future

Greta Groß

The current polycrisis is causing governments to behave in a reactive, short-termist way. But to allay anxiety and uncertainty, democratic leaders should craft positive stories about their countries' future. Political pessimism, argues Greta Groß, only risks inciting populist 'retrotopias'

Greta Groß

PhD Candidate, Hertie School and SCRIPTS Cluster of Excellence

Greta has a background in psychology and is currently doing her PhD at the intersection of political communication, NLP, and psychology.

She studies narratives of political leaders with a specific focus on crisis moments, and examines their persuasive effect on citizens.

In her projects, she applies methods of quantitative and qualitative text analysis as well as survey designs.

Recently, she has been particularly interested in researching rhetorical, democratic counter-strategies to the populist radical right.

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