Why do some grow into liking politics where other couldn’t care less about the current events in Washington, Brussels or Berlin. In a new study I argue fo...
Political Psychologists will gather in beautiful Lisbon this week. Against the backdrop of uheaval in contemporary democracies, psychology and political science...
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...
In Germany’s province of Baden-Württemberg, the European Elections were held concurrently with the municipal elections, leading to long queues at the voti...
Why do citizens at the ballot box prefer new political parties over established political parties? Scholars mainly studied the formation of political parties on...
The MZES Open Social Science Conference 2019 is over. 80 participants from all world continents (except Oceania) have participated, discussing and practicing &#...
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 ...
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...
The IKMZ (Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft und Medienforschung) invited me for a talk on the credibility of social scientific research. The presentation ...
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...