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Prof. Dr. Kai Arzheimer

"To err is human, to forgive divine, but to include errors into your design is statistical." (Leslie Kish)
Kai Arzheimer

About me

I am professor of Empirical Political Science at the University of Mainz and Visiting Fellow, Department of Government, University of Essex. My main interests are:
  • voting behaviour and political attitudes
  • political alienation ("Politikverdrossenheit")
  • Right-Wing Extremism
  • Research Methods in Political Science
  • German Politics
  • Western Europe and Political Integration in the European Union

Über mich

Ich bin Professor für Methoden der Empirische Politikforschung an der Universität Mainz und Visiting Fellow am Department of Government/University of Essex. Meine Arbeitsschwerpunkte sind:
  • Wahlforschung und Einstellungsforschung
  • Politikverdrossenheit
  • Rechtsextremismus
  • Methoden der Politikwissenschaft
  • Politisches System der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
  • Westeuropa/Europäische Union

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Strasbourg Conference Presentation on the Extreme Right

Archived; click post to view.Excerpt: Image by Claude-Olivier Marti via Flickr Here is a short presentation on the electorates of the Western European Extreme Right I gave last Thursday at the Collège Doctoral Européen de Strasbourg. And here is the [...]

posted on 15 November 2009

Data on Knowledge Networks in Political Science Published

Replication data for our recent article on knowledge networks in Political Science are available from my dataverse Share: Technorati Tags: bibliometrics, knowledge networks, PVS, sna Related posts Article on Networks in Political Science Published (1) Software for Social Network Analysis: Pajek and Friends (0) Presentation: Knowledge Networks in European Political Science (0)

posted on 9 November 2009

Article on Networks in Political Science Published

Harald’s and my article on citation and collaboration networks in German and British Political Science has finally appeared in print and online, which is obviously great. Here is the abstract: Citations and co-publications are one important indicator of scientific communication and collaboration. By studying patterns of citation and co-publication in four major European Political Science journals [...]

posted on 8 November 2009

Potsdam Conference Paper on Radical Right Dynamics Online

Just back from the ECPR conference at Potsdam, which was great fun for various reasons. Here is my conference presentation on the dynamics of radical right support and mainstream party political change in France (PDF). Share: Technorati Tags: dynamics, ecpr, extreme right, france, issues, potsdam, radical right, salience Related posts Call for Papers: Perspectives on the Radical Right (0) The [...]

posted on 13 September 2009