Poster: Why do some people enjoy politics while others do not?
Political Psychologists will gather in beautiful Lisbon this week. Against the backdrop of uheaval in contemporary democracies, psychology and political science...
Autor: Alexander Wuttke
Democracy without democrats?
One-third of the world population lives in countries that move away from liberal democracy. Apparently, liberal self-governance is under stress. Democracy’s une...
Politics is back – Interview with local newspaper [german]
In Germany’s province of Baden-Württemberg, the European Elections were held concurrently with the municipal elections, leading to long queues at the voti...
Publication in West European Politics: New political parties through the voters’ eyes
Why do citizens at the ballot box prefer new political parties over established political parties? Scholars mainly studied the formation of political parties on...
Interviews on Assessing and Improving the Credibility of Social Science Research
The MZES Open Social Science Conference 2019 is over. 80 participants from all world continents (except Oceania) have participated, discussing and practicing &#...
Talking about politics: When, with whom and to what effect?
When you talk to your spouse or friends, what do you talk about? Talk has political ramifications. According to moral psychologist Jonathan Haidt, human beings ...
New publication in PVS: Why too many political science findings cannot be trusted and what we can do about it
For several months or years now I have been learning and thinking about the credibility of social scientific research. In the wake of this progress, I thoroughl...
Open Science Talk in Zurich: Warum wir sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschungsbefunden oft nicht trauen können
The IKMZ (Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft und Medienforschung) invited me for a talk on the credibility of social scientific research. The presentation ...
Release of unique longitudinal survey data: Repeatedly questioned respondents of the Short-term Campaign Panel 2013 and 2017
For which party have citizens voted back in 2013 who cast their ballot for the AfD in 2017? Were these voters AfD-adherents all along or did they abstain at the...
MZES Open Social Science Conference: Call for Papers published
With my amazing colleagues Nate Breznau and Eike Mark Rinke, I have the pleasure to organize a conference on a topic that is of personal importance for me. It c...