Acting as a scholar in the public sphere and speaking out on political issues is a complicated matter; particularly as a political scientist. Taking a public st...
This chapter investigates the amount of variability in individual turnout decisions over time and its dependence on the changing characteristics of political pa...
Die Deutsche Wahlstudie ist eine zentrale wissenschaftliche Instanz zur Beobachtung des Wahlverhaltens in Deutschland und gehört zu den umfangreichsten Wahlstud...
Conferences are the sweet treat of academic life. At MPSA in Chicago I had the chance discuss a paper on electoral integrity and to present two of our own ongoi...
Great news! Wave 1 of the German Campaign Panel 2017 is now available and waiting to be analyzed by you. About 18.000 respondents were surveyed online in Octobe...
The effectiveness of political actors in influencing public opinion by specific persuasive appeals is poorly understood. From laboratory experiments we have lea...
This week we have launched the first wave of the German Longitudinal Election Study´s panel component. What makes the German Election Study so appealing is its ...
The Self-determination Theory of Political Motivation proposes a new perspective on the origins of political engagement. Based on Self-determination Theory by D...
Some weeks after my research stay at André Blais´ Chair for Electoral Studies had begun, the Winter School on Voting Behavior happened to take in Montréal as we...
After exciting 15 months at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research and the Chair for Political Psychology, it is a time to start a new chapter. It wil...