The second workshop as part of the course “Why Young Voters Are Increasingly Voting for the Far Right” is now behind us

On December 5–7, 2025, students from the Faculty of Political Science and Social Sciences (WNPiSM) traveled to Germany on a return visit to present, together with students from the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder), the results of their research projects analyzing the causes of the growing popularity of the far right among young voters. The students focused, among other things, on the economic factors underlying young people’s support for the far right, the role of social media, the role of gender in these parties’ messaging, and anti-establishment attitudes stemming from a sense of being ignored by mainstream politics.

Just as with the first meeting in Warsaw, the participants’ attention wasn’t focused solely on research. There was also time for a guided tour of Frankfurt and Słubice, including a group visit to the Christmas market, as well as a tour of Berlin.

The visit to Germany took place as part of a special elective course titled “Why Young Voters Are Increasingly Voting for the Far Right, ” taught by Prof. Wojciech Gagatek together with Dr. Anja Hennig from Viadrina.

One of the project participants, Anastasiia Strukova, a student at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Management, decided to share her reflections from a student’s perspective (see the attached file—“From Warsaw Icebreakers to Research Teams”).

Photo 1 (c) Valeria Lazareva; 2 and 3 (c) Prof. Wojciech Gagatek

The project is co-financed by the Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation.