Articles by Jana Belschner

December 11, 2025

🌈 Online toxicity and political equality 

Jana Belschner
Jana Belschner analysed 875,000 Twitter exchanges during Germany's 2021 election. Here, she reveals complex patterns in online toxicity between citizens and elites. Politicians’ behaviour matters, but identity markers also shape experiences of digital political toxicity 
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Jana Belschner
Tenure-Track Researcher, Institute of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen

Jana's research lies at the nexus of political behaviour, political representation, and political economy.

She has published in a range of international political science journals, including the European Journal of Political Research, Electoral Studies, and Government & Opposition.

In 2023, she was awarded a Trond Mohn Starting Grant for the project Representing the Future in an Aging Europe: The Politics of Demographic Change.

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