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Joe Düker is a researcher at CeMAS with a focus on right-wing extremism in German-speaking online communities. Using OSINT research and systematic online monitoring, he observes and analyzes right-wing extremist phenomena on the Internet.Thilo Manemann is a researcher at CeMAS with a focus on far-right terrorist online communities. Using OSINT research and systematic online monitoring, he observes and analyses developments on the internet that pose a threat to democracy.

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Guest ContributionRight-Wing Extremism
June 4, 20266/4/2026

Das Betriebssystem antiliberaler Diskurse

Von Andrew Tate bis zur Neuen Rechten

Guest ContributionRight-Wing Extremism
April 17, 20264/17/2026

Libertärer Autoritarismus

Eine Brücke in den Rechtsextremismus

Far-Right TerrorismRight-Wing Extremism
January 30, 20261/30/2026

Rechtsterrorismus in Deutschland

Neue Fälle und Zahlen aus dem Jahr 2025

Right-Wing ExtremismFar-Right Terrorism
September 16, 20259/16/2025

Nihilistic Violent Extremism

Wenn das Ziel Zerstörung ist

DisinformationRight-Wing Extremism
August 13, 20258/13/2025

Kaltakquise im Briefkasten

Radikalisierungsangebote im analogen Raum

Right-Wing Extremism
July 23, 20257/23/2025

Das rechtslibertäre Sommerfest Afuera

Vereint gegen den liberaldemokratischen Staat

Right-Wing Extremism
July 21, 20257/21/2025

Rechtsextreme Mobilisierung gegen CSDs

Eine Recherche von CeMAS und democ

Guest ContributionAntisemitismRight-Wing Extremism
July 8, 20257/8/2025

Über den "Trugbild-Zionismus" der AfD

Wie die Konflikte im Nahen Osten die Partei spalten

Right-Wing Extremism
May 19, 20255/19/2025

Cyberlibertarismus als Problem für liberale Demokratien

Guest ContributionRight-Wing Extremism
April 29, 20254/29/2025

Rechtsextremismus und Fußball

Von Fußballritualen zu Gewalttaten

Guest ContributionRight-Wing Extremism
March 26, 20253/26/2025

Rechtslibertarismus: Warum nennt Alice Weidel die AfD „libertär und konservativ“?

Right-Wing ExtremismDisinformation
January 20, 20251/20/2025

Monitoring zur Bundestagswahl 2025

Desinformationen im Blick

Right-Wing Extremism
January 8, 20251/8/2025

AfD: Von der Professorenpartei zur parlamentarischen Repräsentation des Rechtsextremismus

Right-Wing Extremism
December 9, 202412/9/2024

Wünschen sich deutsche Wähler:innen einen Politiker wie Trump?

Guest ContributionRight-Wing Extremism
July 11, 20247/11/2024

Vor den Landtagswahlen in drei ostdeutschen Bundesländern

Guest ContributionRight-Wing Extremism
June 19, 20246/19/2024

Fraternity, Fitness, and Fascism

Active Clubs in Germany

Guest ContributionAntisemitismRight-Wing Extremism
April 9, 20244/9/2024

Die türkeistämmige extreme Rechte in Deutschland als eine antisemitische politische Bewegung

Right-Wing ExtremismConspiracy IdeologyDisinformation
March 26, 20243/26/2024

Nach dem Terroranschag in Moskau

Die Rezeption russischer Propaganda unter deutschsprachigen Verschwörungsideolog:innen und Rechtsextremen

Right-Wing ExtremismConspiracy Ideology
February 16, 20242/16/2024

Kostenlose Sicherheitstrainings für Medienschaffende in Ostdeutschland

Right-Wing ExtremismFar-Right Terrorism
January 17, 20241/17/2024

Far-Right Extremist Terror Networks Plan Attacks on Power Grids

Violent Overthrow

Guest ContributionRight-Wing Extremism
December 13, 202312/13/2023

Wahlen in Ostdeutschland: Eine wehrhafte Demokratie von unten

Right-Wing ExtremismConspiracy Ideology
August 7, 20238/7/2023

Verschwörungs­erzählungen und die AfD

Right-Wing Extremism
March 16, 20233/16/2023

Rechtsextreme Mobilisierung gegen Geflüchtete auf Telegram

Guest ContributionRight-Wing ExtremismConspiracy Ideology
December 14, 202212/14/2022

Die Prepper­szene und das rechtsextreme und verschwörungs­ideologische Milieu

Über den Tellerrand

Right-Wing ExtremismConspiracy Ideology
August 17, 20228/17/2022

Krisenzeiten als Brandbeschleuniger rechtsextremer Mobilisierung

Right-Wing ExtremismConspiracy Ideology
March 11, 20223/11/2022

Verschwörungs­ideologische Positionierungen zum russischen Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine

Right-Wing ExtremismConspiracy Ideology
November 16, 202111/16/2021

Hetze gegen Impfungen und Ärzt:innen auf Telegram

Conspiracy IdeologyDisinformationAntisemitismRight-Wing Extremism
March 29, 20213/29/2021

CeMAS – we are live

Right-Wing Extremism
December 27, 202512/27/2025

A New Generation of Neo-Nazis

Mobilizations Against German Pride Events in 2024 by Online Far-Right Youth Movements

DisinformationRight-Wing Extremism
April 14, 20254/14/2025

Authoritarian Strategies Online

Analysis and Monitoring of Digital Risks During the German Federal Election 2025

Conspiracy IdeologyRight-Wing Extremism
April 5, 20234/5/2023

Chronology of a radicalization

How Telegram became the most important platform for conspiracy ideologies and right-wing extremism

Right-Wing Extremism
September 11, 20239/11/2023

Where’s The Money At?

Right-wing extremist fundraising over Telegram

Right-Wing ExtremismFar-Right Terrorism
September 15, 20229/15/2022

Militant Accelerationism

Origin and Activities in Germany

Right-Wing ExtremismConspiracy Ideology
July 25, 20227/25/2022

Fragile democracy?

Flashpoints of tension and conflict in the present state of affairs

Right-Wing Extremism
November 21, 202511/21/2025

Keine Entwarnung

Rechtsextreme Anti-CSD-Aufmärsche zwischen Fragmentierung und Kontinuität

Right-Wing Extremism
May 7, 20245/7/2024

Über Rechtsextreme reden?

Empfehlungen für die mediale Berichterstattung

Right-Wing ExtremismFar-Right Terrorism
April 22, 20244/22/2024

Im Wandel der Zeit

Datenbank zum Rechtsterrorismus in Deutschland seit dem NSU

Right-Wing Extremism
August 12, 20248/12/2024

Das Verhältnis der AfD zu „Reichsbürgern“

Zwischen verbaler Distanzierung und Kooperation

Right-Wing ExtremismFar-Right Terrorism
May 27, 20265/27/2026

Gewalteskalation als System

Nihilistic Violent Extremism in Deutschland

Right-Wing Extremism
November 24, 202511/24/2025

Freier Markt und Kulturkampf

Beziehungen zwischen Libertarismus und extremer Rechter in Deutschland

Far-Right TerrorismRight-Wing Extremism
April 16, 20254/16/2025

German Users Within the Terrorgram Network

A Dark Field Study on the Activity of German Users in Militant Accelerationism

Right-Wing Extremism
March 19, 20243/19/2024

Wehrhafte Demokratie

Dem parlamentarischen Rechtsextremismus entgegenwirken

Conspiracy IdeologyRight-Wing Extremism
October 27, 202110/27/2021

Die Bundestagswahl 2021

Welche Rolle Verschwörungsideologien in der Demokratie spielen

Right-Wing Extremism
December 5, 202312/5/2023

From the Crisis to the Reich

Post-Pandemic Developments of “Reichsbürger” and Sovereignists in Germany

2025 Federal Election Monitoring

Jan 2025 – Apr 2025

The 2025 Federal Election Monitoring Project tracks and analyzes disinformation and digital campaigns related to the snap federal election in 2025 through systematic online monitoring. It examines content on major digital platforms, primarily on Telegram, but also on X, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube. Focus is placed on both foreign interference and anti-democratic activities by far-right actors.

Digital Seismograph: Monitoring Terrorism (DSMT)

Since 2023

The project “Digital Seismograph: Monitoring Terrorism” tracks and analyzes current developments in far-right terrorism online through systematic monitoring in addition to qualitative, quantitative, and OSINT-driven investigations. The insights gained are used to provide analysis and evidence-based recommendations for policymakers, security authorities, and platform operators.

re|con project

2021 – 2025

The re|con project tracks and analyzes current online developments with a focus on conspiracy narratives through systematic monitoring and modern study design. It also develops theory-driven analyses and evidence-based policy recommendations for civil society, media, and government.