Articles by Stefan Wallaschek

February 20, 2025

🌈 German parties’ visions for gender economic equity: 2025 federal elections

Stefan Wallaschek

Germany heads to the polls on 23 February, amid an economic recession. Renée Krug, Stefan Wallaschek and Pauline Ahlhaus analyse the parties' main election programmes, and show how, in contrast with left-wing parties, those on the right rarely address gendered economic inequalities and LGBTQI rights. With polls indicating a CDU-led government, gender-related issues are at risk of being sidelined — or even reversed

International Women's Day and citizen engagement on social media

Stefan Wallaschek

Stefan Wallaschek, Kavyanjali Kaushik, Monika Verbalytė and Aleksandra Sojka highlight how gender equality campaigns, especially around International Women's Day, are only effective by adapting their messages to the national contexts. These campaigns must incorporate initiatives that allow more citizens to mobilise and take action Across Europe, progress towards gender equality has met with resistance from […]

Stefan Wallaschek

Postdoctoral Researcher, Europa-Universität Flensburg

Stefan is a PI for the research project on gender politics and (anti-)gender discourses in Europe (AGenDis) at Europa-Universität Flensburg.

His research interests include European politics, (digital) political communication, gender politics, and solidarity.

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