Natascha Strobl

Political scientist and journalist Strobl writes for the Frankfurter Rundschau and the Süddeutsche Zeitung, among others. Her successful book Radikalisierter Konservatismus. Eine Analyse [Radicalised Conservatism: An Analysis] (Suhrkamp, 2021) won the Bruno Kreisky prize for political writing. In this book the Austrian political scientist explores how some classic conservative parties have adopted the cultural and social rhetoric of the extreme right. In this book she explains how this radicalisation of traditional conservatism came about and analyses, with data and specific cases, the possible implications of this mutation in the future. She can be found on Bluesky at @nataschastrobl.bsky.social.