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Juniorprofessur Politikwissenschaftliche Forschungsmethoden
Professorship

Assistant Professorship Political Science Research Methods

Research methods are the tools of political science for answering empirical questions in all subfields of the discipline. In teaching, the assistant professorship introduces students to quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection and analysis. In research, the focus is on comparative research on political attitudes and behavior. Current research topics include political participation, youth and politics, direct democracy, and election forecasting. Methodologically, the application of experimental and quasi-experimental approaches in individual and aggregate data analysis plays a prominent role. Furthermore, a further methodological focus lies on primary data collection through population surveys.

News from Science, Media & the Public

New publication: "Voters’ Expectations in Constituency Elections without Local Polls" (co-authored with Lukas Stötzer, University Witten/Herdecke, Mark Kayser, Hertie School Berlin and Andreas Murr, University of Warwick) has been published in American Political Science Review (open access).



 

New Publication: "Coming of Voting Age. Evidence from a Natural Experiment on the Effects of Electoral Eligibility on Citizens’ Information-Seeking Behaviour" (co-authored with Armin Schäfer, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Thorsten Faas, Free University Berlin and Sigrid Roßteutscher, Goethe University Frankfurt) in Electoral Studies (open access).


 

New Publication in edited volume: "The Economy and Chancellor Approval in Germany: A Cautionary tale about Data Vintages and Measures" (co-authored with Mark Kayser, Hertie School Berlin) in Economics and Politics Revisited: Executive Approval and the New Calculus of Support (open access).




 

New publication: Strategic Alignment in Times of Crisis: Voting at the Dawn of a Global Pandemic“ (co-authored with Max Schaub, University of Hamburg) was published in Political Behavior (open access).




 

New podcast episode: Deutschlandfunk-Nova has published Jun.-Prof. Arndt Leininger's inaugural lecture on "Voting at 16" as a podcast episode. You can find the lecture slides here.