Rob Franken

Rob Franken

Sociology / computational social science

Posts

2023

2022

Do students consider wokeism a threat to democracy?

7 minute read

Published:

Dutch Minister of Justice and Security Dilan Yesilgöz slammed the woke movement as a threat to the democratic state. Our research shows that a significant group of university students do not agree with her. Opinions about ‘wokeism’ reveal a high level of polarization. However, the real danger to democracy is that students have very limited interest in politics!