Religion, Euroskepticism and the Media | REM

June 2007

The NORFACE group met in Berlin on November 16-17, 2007. Participants were Dr. Sara Hobolt, Dr. Sara Silvestri, Prof. dr. Michael Minkenberg, Prof. dr. Claes de Vreese, Dr. Andre Freire, Prof. dr. Wouter van der Brug, Dr. Hajo Boomgaarden, and Malte C. Hinrichsen.  The general project planning was discussed,  and the first survey drafted.

The following presentations were held:

Minkenberg, M.: “Religion and Euroscepticism: An Overview of Religious Parties and Churches in EU Member States”

Boomgaarden, H. & Hobolt, S.: “Tolerating Difference? Religion, the Economy and Immigration Attitudes in Comparative Perspective”

Freire, A.: “Religion, Immigration and Euroscepticism – an exploratory analysis”

van der Brug, W. & van Spanje, J.: “Immigration, Europe, and the ‘new’ cultural dimension”

Hinrichsen, M.C.: “Religion, Euroscepticism, and News Use in the EU member states - an overview from 1982-2005″

Silvestri, S.: “The Politics of and about Islam in select European countries”

Hobolt, S., van der Brug, W. & de Vreese, C.: “Euro-attitudes and anti-EU votes”

van der Brug, W. Hobolt, S. & de Vreese, C.: “How multi-cultural societies lead to religious voting”

For pictures please see: http://s282.photobucket.com/albums/kk257/maltehinrichsen/