Dr. Diego Farren

Research Fellow

Dr. Diego  Farren

  • Short CV

    • Since 2025: Research Associate, German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Research Programme Accountability and Participation (Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter), member of the project "Monitoring System and Transfer Platform Radicalisation II"  (MOTRA II).
    • 2019 – 2025: Research assistant, University of Hamburg, Institute for Criminal Sciences, Department of Criminology (Prof. Dr. Peter Wetzels), member of the project ‘Monitoring System and Transfer Platform Radicalisation’ (MOTRA).
    • Since 2019: International Consultant, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
    • Since 2017: Lecturer, Hamburg Police Academy.
    • 2016–2017: Scholarship holder, University of Hamburg.
    • 2014–2016: Research assistant, University of Hamburg, Institute of Criminal Sciences, Department of Criminology (Prof. Dr. Peter Wetzels), member of the project "Understanding and Preventing Youth Crime (UPYC): A Comparative Study in France, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK and the US" [part of the larger project ‘International Self-Report Delinquency 3 (ISRD3)’].
    • 2014 – 2024: PhD International Criminology, University of Hamburg.
    • 2012 – 2014: Student assistant with teaching assignment, University of Cologne, Institute for Sociology and Social Psychology (ISS).
    • 2011 – 2014: Master of Science Sociology and Empirical Social Research, Minor Statistics and Econometrics, University of Cologne.
    • 2006 –2010: Research assistant, Fundación Paz Ciudadana, Santiago de Chile.
    • 2002-2007: Diplom's degree in Sociology, University of Chile.

    Dr. Diego Farren

    Research Fellow

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    MOTRA Forschungsbericht | Universität Hamburg | 08/2025

    Menschen in Deutschland: International (MiDInt): Untersuchungsdesign, Stichprobe, Erhebungsinstrument und Codebuch zu Welle 16 (Juli 2025)

    Der vorliegende Forschungsbericht beschreibt für die 16. Erhebungswelle von MiDInt, die im Juli 2025 durchgeführt wurde, das Erhebungsdesign, die erreichte Stichprobe sowie die Konstrukte und die dazu verwendeten Messinstrumente.

    MOTRA Forschungsbericht | Universität Hamburg | 2023

    Demokratiedistanz, extremismusaffine Einstellungen, Akzeptanz politisch motivierter Gewalt sowie Intoleranz gegenüber Minderheiten und Fremdgruppen bei Jugendlichen und Heranwachsenden in Deutschland 2022: deskriptive Grundauswertungen der repräsentativen

    Die Studie „Junge Menschen in Deutschland 2022“ (JuMiD 2022) liefert erstmals Ergebnisse zur Lebenssituation von 16- bis 21-Jährigen. Basis ist eine repräsentative Stichprobe aus Einwohnermelderegistern. Der Bericht präsentiert zentrale Befunde der ersten Befragungswelle.

    Chapter in Edited Volume | 2023

    Extremismusaffine Einstellungen in Deutschland: Entwicklungen seit 2021 - Befunde aus den repräsentativen Befragungen der UHH

    Die Studie berichtetet Befunde aus den repräsentativen Befragungen der UHH im Kontext des MOTRA-Forschungsverbundes mit Blick auf extremismusaffine Einstellungen in der deutschen Bevölkerung seit 2021.

    Research Project | 01/02/2025 - 31/03/2028

    Monitoring System and Transfer Platform Radicalisation / Phase II

    As part of the overall MOTRA II project, the GIGA sub-project aims to gain generalisable insights into the influence of international events and developments on politically extremist attitudes among the population living in Germany and among party political elites, how these attitudes change over time, and how they interact with each other.
    BMFTR, BMI, 2025-2028

    Conference | 03/09/2025 - 06/09/2025

    Conspiracy Mentality and the Acceptance of Political Violence among Young People in Germany

    25th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, Athen Organisers: Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, European Society of Criminology Dr. Diego Farren (Speaker), Janosch Kleinschnittger (Speaker), Rebecca Endtricht (Speaker)

    This paper is concerned with the concept of conspiracy mentality (CM), arguing that it can be seen as a generalised political attitude. Results show that CM especially predicts intolerance towards dominant groups, lower perceptions of fairness and legitimacy, and acceptance of violence.

    Conference | 12/08/2024 - 15/08/2024

    The Influence of Threat Perception on Political Attitudes: Measuring the Acceptance of Autocracy in Germany

    ECPR General Conference 2024, University College Dublin, Dublin Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter (Speaker), Dr. Diego Farren (Speaker), Dr. Katrin Brettfeld (Speaker), Janosch Kleinschnittger (Speaker), Prof. Dr. Peter Wetzels (Speaker)

    GIGA researcher Prof. Dr. Thomas Richter presents his paper "The Influence of Threat Perception on Political Attitudes: Measuring the Acceptance of Autocracy in Germany" at the ECPR General Conference 2025. The presentation is part of the panel "Democratic Backsliding and the Struggle Against Autocracy".

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