After the country’s reunification German political parties have lost half of their members. Parties respond by expanding intra-party participation. Their...
I eat a lot. Therefore I need to spend a lot of time in the gym. Turns out it is a good place to learn about science and to improve your research skills. Take N...
Polls are ubiquitous. Here in Germany, these are the final days of the run-up to the federal elections and each and every day we wake up to a new poll. There ar...
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 ...