Tobias Widmann

Tobias Widmann is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Aarhus University's Department of Political Science. His research focuses on the intersection of political communication, emotional rhetoric, and moral language in public discourse, with publications in journals such as Comparative Political Studies, British Journal of Political Science, and Political Behavior. He employs computational methods like text analysis and machine learning to study topics ranging from populism to the impact of climate and crises (e.g., wind turbine debates, the pandemic) on political language.

His work spans interdisciplinary fields including computational social science, public policy, and political psychology. Collaborations with researchers like K. Simonsen, D. Caramani, and M. Wich highlight his engagement with cross-national studies and methodological innovation.