Protest Surveys: Easter peace demonstration in Bielefeld in 2022

The aim of the study is to gain insights into the composition and attitudes of participants at the Easter peace demonstration (“Ostermarsch”) in Bielefeld in 2022. The focus is particularly on participants’ opinions of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and German and European responses to it, as well as on their sociodemographic characteristics and political attitudes. The demonstration under the title “Stoppt die Kriege - Abrüstung und Deeskalation Jetzt!” (Stop the wars, disarmament de-escalation now!) took place on 16 April 2022 in Bielefeld. According to the organizers, 1000 people participated. The research team estimated the attendance to be 700–800. The questionnaire consisted of 48 questions in German. In order to allow for comparison with earlier protest surveys, the questionnaire relied on the ipb base questionnaire. The questionnaire consists of the following groups of questions: • Motivation: open question about the motivation to take part in the demonstration • Protest mobilization: knowledge about the demonstration, mobilization network • Political activity: Membership in civil society organizations, past protest activity, forms of action • Political attitudes: evaluation of democracy, trust in institutions, self-placement on the political spectrum, party affiliation, voting tendency • Sociodemographic questions: gender, year of birth, education, occupation