Philipp Sälhoff

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Philipp Sälhoff was Head of Programme International Relations at Das Progressive Zentrum from 2013 until 2018. Studied Applied Cultural Sciences at the Leuphana University, Lüneburg, with a special focus on political communications and public relations. After working in journalism as a freelancer, he joined the office of a Member of the German Parliament, working both in Hamburg and Berlin. Subsequently, Philipp worked for the international consultancy IFOK where he managed digital communications projects. He was jointly responsible for the 2013 #bewegungjetzt campaign and managed the iChange Europe in the run-up of the European elections 2014. Since August 2014, he coordinated the project Legitimation and Self-Efficacy: Impulses for the Future of Multi-Party Democracy run together with Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung.


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Future of Democracy Mediating Populism 2018 | Sophie Gaston, Peter Harris-Evans, Philipp Sälhoff, Joris Niggemeier

In the febrile contemporary political climates of many Western democracies, journalists have been increasingly seen as part of the political story rather than simply its narrators. Insurgent ‘populist’ political movements have placed major media organisations at the centre of their anti-establishment critique, while opposing forces have posited ‘media complicity’ in the promotion of divisive discourses and populist misinformation. All the while, traditional media organisations are being rocked by deep structural and technological change that is fundamentally shifting the practice of journalism and changing their relationship with an increasingly sceptical and polarised public.
While much has been written and discussed about the media’s role in the ‘populist turn’ in Western democracies, the actual experience of journalists in responding to these turbulent political times has been little explored. The following analysis, therefore, aims to foreground the perspectives of print, broadcast, and online journalists working in the UK – and to contrast these against the experiences of the German media, through a case study prepared by Das Progressive Zentrum in Berlin.
In selecting these countries, we assess how the evolution of journalism practice has played out in two quite distinct media and political systems, particularly through a focus on two unique recent operating contexts: the European Referendum in the UK and the refugee and migrant crisis in Germany. We explore the extent to which traditional norms of journalistic practice share natural affinities with populist politics and discourses, and ask in what ways can journalists be better supported and equipped to critically engage with divisive political movements in the digital age.

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Europe & the World Event #EuropeanTownHall Meeting in Madrid Fifth stop of the Dialogue on Europe
Event Date: 16 June 2016 | Madrid, Spain
Philipp Sälhoff | Viktoria Bechstein | Benedikt Weingärtner | Alban Genty

After successful Town Hall Meetings in Athens, Lisbon, Rome and Marseilles the fifth and last event within the Dialogue on Europe took place in Madrid, on 16 June 2016. Once again representatives from civil society, NGOs, local initiatives, startups, think tanks, the cultural sector and from the media gathered to discuss the most pressing challenges Spain and Europe are currently facing and exchanged ideas about how to work towards a strengthened and progressive Europe.




Europe & the World Event #EuropeanTownHall Meeting in Marseilles Fourth stop of the Dialogue on Europe
Event Date: 26 May 2016 | Marseille, Frankreich
Philipp Sälhoff | Alban Genty | Benedikt Weingärtner

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After successful Town Hall Meetings in Athens, Lisbon and Rome the fourth event within the Dialogue on Europe took place in Marseilles, on 26 May 2016. Once again representatives from civil society, NGOs, local initiatives, startups, think tanks, the cultural sector and from the media gathered to discuss the most pressing challenges France and Europe are currently facing and exchange ideas about how to work towards a strengthened and progressive Europe.




Europe & the World Event #EuropeanTownHall Meeting in Rome Third stop of "Dialogue on Europe"
Event Date: 5 April 2016 | Rome, Italy
Philipp Sälhoff | Alban Genty | Adriana Cuppuleri

The first stops of our Dialogue on Europe in Athens and Lisbon were now followed up by a Town Hall Meeting in Rome on 5 April 2016. Once again, we invited representatives from civil society, NGOs, local initiatives, startups, think tanks, the cultural sector and from the media to gather and discuss the most urgent challenges Italy and Europe have to face presently, such as the reduction of youth unemployment or the refugee crisis.



















Future of Democracy Progressive Majority Event Progressive Politics in Fragmented Times Conference on contemporary centre-left politics in Europe
Event Date: 6 July 2015 - 7 July 2015 | Oxford, United Kingdom
Philipp Sälhoff | Michael Miebach

On July 6 and 7, Das Progressive Zentrum participated in the conference “Progressive Politics in Fragmented Times” in Oxford, UK, hosted by the Policy Network, the Foundation for European Progressive Studies FEPS and Renner-Institut. Together with participants from all across Europe, we engaged in discussions about new impulses for contemporary centre-left politics. The debate focussed on Labour’s future in Great Britain, an update for oldfashioned left-right narratives and the search for innovative ideas for party democracy, matching our project efforts in reforming German party organisations as well as the research on right-wing populism together with the Institut für Europäische Politik (IEP).