Bernhard Forchtner

Bernhard Forchtner is a Lecturer in Media and Communication at the University of Leicester. He is a specialist on radical right activism, especially in Austria and Germany, with a particular focus on environmentalist rhetoric by the radical right, past and present.

The far Right has moved from climate denial to obstructing climate action

By seemingly accepting the climate crisis’s existence, the far Right can use it to ‘Other’ migrants and leftists, while appearing as progressive actors

By Balsa Lubarda and Bernhard Forchtner

/ 1 Nov 2021

The far Right has moved from climate denial to obstructing climate action

Is Germany’s AfD using COVID-19 measures to its benefit?

The German party though internally divided about the measures, is united on anti-EU ideology to gain electoral support.

By Özgür Özvatan and Bernhard Forchtner

/ 17 Dec 2020

Is Germany’s AfD using COVID-19 measures to its benefit?

Eco-fascism: justifications of terrorist violence in the Christchurch mosque shooting and the El Paso shooting

Ecofascism can be understood as a radical blend of ethnonationalism and authoritarianism, rooted in a belief that the land and the people form an organic whole.

By Bernhard Forchtner

/ 13 Aug 2019

Eco-fascism: justifications of terrorist violence in the Christchurch mosque shooting and the El Paso shooting