Beer Prakken

Beer Prakken is a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Groningen, a Visiting Researcher at Utrecht University, and a Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the Center for Cultural Sociology at Yale University. Beer holds a History B.A., and a History and Philosophy double M.A. degree from the University of Groningen. He researches how far-right politicians use humor and play, and how this affects the relationship with their supporters. Moreover, Beer is interested in how humor and play are able to attract, mobilize, radicalize and de-radicalize political support.