CV
Principal research and teaching interests
- 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
Current external funding
- 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
Last positions held
- 2017/18 Hannah Arendt Visiting Chair in German and European Studies, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy & Department of Political Science, University of Toronto
- 2009- Professor of Political Science, University of Mainz
- 2006-2009 Lecturer in German and West European Politics/DAAD fellow,
Department of Government, University of Essex
Education
- 2007: Venia Legendi for political science
- 2002-2006: Habilitation project “Extreme Right voters in Western
Europe, 1980-2002″ - 2001/2002: PhD in political science
Politikverdrossenheit. Bedeutung, Verwendung und empirische Relevanz
eines politikwissenschaftlichen Begriffes - 1996: State Examination (political science, sociology, and German)
Teaching
- Wide range of modules in the fields of methods, political
sociology, German and West European Politics, taught in English and German
Awards and Distinctions
- Grant from the German Science Foundation (DFG) for the publication of my monograph on “Politikverdrossenheit”
- Johannes Gutenberg-Universität dissertation prize
- DAAD Lecturer Fellowship
Reviewer for
- Acta Politica
- American Journal of Political Science
- American Political Science Review
- British Academy
- British Journal of Industrial Relations
- British Journal of Political Science
- Comparative Political Studies
- Electoral Studies
- European Journal of Political Research
- European Sociological Review
- European Union Politics
- FWF Wissenschaftsfond (Austria)
- German Politics
- German Politics and Society
- German Research Foundation (DFG)
- German Council of Science and Humanities (Wissenschaftsrat)
- Jahrbuch für Regionalwissenschaft
- Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties
- Journal of European Public Policy
- Journal of Official Statistics
- Journal of Politics
- Leverhulme Trust
- Migration Studies
- Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
- Open Research Area (ORA)
- Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft
- Palgrave MacMillan
- Parliamentary Affairs
- Party Politics
- Political Behaviour
- Political Geography
- Political Studies
- Politische Vierteljahresschrift
- Routledge
- Scandinavian Political Studies
- Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft
- Social Science Research
- Swiss National Science Foundation
- West European Politics
- World Politics
Membership/Professional Activities
- American Political Science Association
- Board Member European Journal of Political Research
- Extreme Right Electorates and Party Success
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Wahlforschung (DGfW)
- German Political Science Association (DVPW)
- Co-Founder and co-chair of the DVPW’s ad-hoc group on political extremism(2003-2006)
- Co-chair of the DVPW’s standing group on political attitudes and electoral behaviour( 2005-2011)
- ECPR Standing Group on Extremism & Democracy
- International Association for the Study of German Politics
- Political Studies Association