Silas Harrebye

DENMARK

Silas Harrebye is Head of Humanitarian Policy & Analysis at the Danish Red Cross, setting the direction for international humanitarian diplomacy. Before moving into this sector, he worked for over a decade at Roskilde University in Denmark – as an Associate Professor of Social Science and Head of Studies of Global Studies.

Silas has written a series of peer-reviewed articles on democratic crisis, political imagination, and creative activism. His latest books on the topic are In Defence of Hypocracy: On political visions and fallible human beings (Hans Reitzels, 2022), Democratic Coma Demands Shock Therapy (Gyldendal, 2019), and Social Change and Creative Activism in the 21st Century: The Mirror Effect (Palgrave McMillan, 2016). Silas has been a board member of several political and non-profit organizations.

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Selected Bibliography

Publications

Ejrnæs, A. & Harrebye, S. (2022). How do crises paralyze and activate? The impact of dissatisfaction on European patterns of participation. European Politics and Society. 23, 5, p. 597-616.
Harrebye, S. & Duncombe, S. (2022). The Copenhagen Experiment: testing the effectiveness of creative vs. conventional forms of activism. Social Movement Studies. 21, 6, p. 741-765.
Duncombe, S. & Harrebye, S. (2021). Political Imagination. The Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Possible. Glăveanu, V. P. (ed.). Palgrave Macmillan.
Harrebye, S. & Duncombe, S. (2019). Can Art Save Us from Bullshit? The Practice of Making Political Art that Works. The Live Art Almanac. Volume 5.

Open Access Publications

Harrebye, S. F. & Duncombe, S. (2017) ¿Podrá el arte salvarnos de la sanata? La práctica de realizar un arte político que funcione. Grupo de investigacion en futuridades.