CV

Voting in national and comparative perspective, with a specific interest in the voters of Right-wing Extremist parties in Western Europe
Political attitudes and value orientations in comparative
perspective, with a particular interest in political disaffection
and alienation (“Politikverdrossenheit“)
Research methods in political science
German and West European politics

2016 “Sub-national context and radical right support in Europe”. Funded by ORA (ANR, DFG, ESRC, NWO), ca. 1.8 million Euro
2016 “Problems of Representation in the domain of Biopolitics:
Parliamentary Decision and Public Opinion on PGD”. Funded by DFG, ca. 220,000 Euro
2014 “Candidate location and voter perceptions in the 2015 General Election”. Funded by the Thyssen Foundation, ca. 15.000 Euro
2014 “National and Europeanised Identities before, during, and after the European Parliamentary Election”. Funded by the Thyssen Foundation, ca. 34,000 Euro
2013 Local Organiser of the 41st ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops. Funding from German Science Foundation (DFG) ca. 41.000, RLP state government 10,000 Euro plus 10.000 Euro in private donations and sponsoring income
2010-12 “Information, Framing, and Openness for Political Reform”. Funded by the Thyssen Foundation, ca. 28.000 Euro

Professor of Political Science, University of Mainz and Visiting Fellow, Department of Government, University of Essex
2006-2009 Lecturer in German and West European Politics/DAAD fellow,
Department of Government, University of Essex

Wide range of modules in the fields of methods, political
sociology, German and West European Politics – see separate pages
for Germany and UK

Grant from the German Science Foundation (DFG) for the publication of my monograph on “Politikverdrossenheit”
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität dissertation prize
DAAD Lecturer Fellowship