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12.10.2026
September 2026: Summer Recap Around Europe (w/ Sabine Volk)
Interview with Dr. Sabine Volk in Europe Elects Podcast episode 89
"Back from our summer break, our co-hosts Gabriel Hedengren (@ghedengren) and Javid Ibad (@javidibad) go over key developments over the past few months across Europe, featuring local elections, referendums, government changes, and presidential candidacies. They also speak with Dr. Sabine Volk from the University of Helsinki to better contextualise the rise of the AfD and the recent election results in Saxony-Anhalt."
The podcast is produced by Europe Elects, an international team creating data analysis and poll aggregation, that aims to further understanding of elections and voting behaviour in Europe by providing a single platform where polls and election results can be accessed and understood by anyone, anywhere in the world. Since their founding in 2014, they have built a community of nearly 130,000 followers on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.
Dr. Sabine Volk is an associate research fellow at IRex in the Political Actors and Ideologies research group led by Prof. Dr. Léonie de Jonge.