Research

Current third-party funded research projects

Residential mobility and the realignment of electoral politics in established democracies (RESPOL), 2025–2030. Starting Grant funded by the European Research Council (ERC).

Polarization through and in referendums: mapping polarization within and beyond the party system, 2022–2028. Emmy Noether grant funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

Legacies of democratic transition. Explaining the success of the populist radical right in eastern Germany, 2023–2025. Funded by Fritz Thyssen Foundation.

Working Papers

“Unequal Turnout among First-Time Voters: The Role of Efficacy Beliefs” (with Susanne Garritzmann, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Birgit Becker, all Goethe-University of Frankfurt, Thorsten Faas, Freie Universität Berlin, Max Jansen, Goethe-University of Frankfurt, and Armin Schäfer, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz) – under review

“Ideological and affective polarization in multiparty systems” (with Felix Grünewald and Nelly Buntfuß, Chemnitz University of Technology) – available on SocArVix

“What’s in a Name? Local Name Recognition as a Universally Applicable Mechanism for Friends-and-Neighbors Voting” (with Tilko Swalve, University of Hanover)

“Make Up Your Mind! Opinion formation and polarization in EU referendums” (with Felix Grünewald and Nelly Buntfuß, Chemnitz University of Technology)

“Left behind and Voting Right: Residential Sorting and Populist Radical Right Support in Eastern Germany” (with Mark A. Kayser, Hertie School and Dani Sandu, Chemnitz University of Technology)

“When and why do parties support direct democracy? Evidence from the positions of political parties on the expansion of direct democracy in Germany”

“At the geographical and ideological fringes. The success of populist radical right parties in peripheral regions” (with Dominik Kevický, Masaryk University Brno)

“A Measured Response? Ideological Attitudes Influence how Populist Communication on Social Media Affects the Reactance to and Support of Pandemic Restrictions” (mit Julian Bornemeier, Sonia Kampel, Björn Junge und Frank Asbrock, all Chemnitz University of Technology)

Work in Progress

“Citizen Forecasting in a Mixed Electoral System’’ (with Lukas Stötzer, Humboldt-University Berlin, Mark A. Kayser, Hertie School, and Andreas Murr, University of Warwick)

Media and Blogs

I also occasionally write for media outlets and blogs about my research and data analyses I do in my ‘free time.’ See below for a selection of posts.