Current Position

since 11/18.   Assistant professor of Comparative Politics, University of Greifswald (Germany).

 


Previous Positions

02/18-10/18.    Postdoctoral researcher, Leuphana University of Lüneburg (Germany).

 

10/17-01/18.     Postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in Comparative Politics, University of                               Salzburg (Austria).

 

03/14-09/17.    Doctoral Researcher in Comparative Politics, University of Salzburg (Austria).

 


Education

2017. Ph.D., Departement of Political Science, University of Salzburg (Austria)

 

2014. M.A., Departement of Political Science, University of Bremen (Germany).


2011. B.A., Departement of Political Science, University of Mainz (Germany).

 


Research Abroad

01/17 - 06/17     Visiting scholar at the School of Public Affairs, American University

                                (Washington,  DC, USA).

 

05/17                    Visiting scholar at the Center for the Study of Democratic Citizenship                                                         (Montreal, Canada).

 

01/16 – 03/16    Visiting scholar at the European University Institute (Florence, Italy).

 


Conference and Workshop Participations

2021.

German Political Science Association's General Conference

ECPR Virtual General Conference

ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments

 

2020.   

Austrian Political Science Association's Digital General Conference

ECPR Virtual General Conference


2019.   

Study group on parliaments (DVPW), October, Frankfurt, Germany
ECPR General Conference, September, Wroclaw, Poland
APSA Annual Meeting, August, Washington, DC, USA
European Conference on Politics and Gender (ECPG), July, Amsterdam, Netherlands
EPSA Annual Conference, June, Belfast, UK

 

2018.   

Austrian Political Science Association's general conference, November, Innsbruck, Austria
EPSA Annual conference, June, Vienna, Austria
German Political Science Association's General Conference (DVPW Kongress), September, Frankfurt, Germany.
MPSA Conference, April, Chicago, USA
ECPR General Conference, August, Hamburg, Germany.

 

2017.   

Austrian Political Science Association's General Conference, November, Graz, Austria
MPSA Conference, April, Chicago, USA

 

2016.   

Austrian Political Science Association Graduate Conference, November, Vienna, Austria
EPSA Annual Conference, June, Brussels
ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments, June, Munich, Germany
MPSA Conference, April, Chicago, USA

 

2015.   

Austrian Political Science Community General Conference, November, Salzburg, Austria
Workshop “Minority Representation: Perspectives and Challenges”, May, York, UK
MPSA Conference, April, Chicago, USA

 

2014    

IPSA World Congress, July, Montreal, Canada
SCOPE conference, June, Bucharest, Romania.


Grants

2021.    Research grant by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation for the project ““Can she do the job? How MPs control female ministers” (200,000.00€, with Sarah C. Dingler).

 

2020.    Research grant by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) [442430596] for the project "The male perspective. Change in the legislative behavior of male representatives as a consequence of women’s increased presence in parliaments" (193,832.00 €).


2019.    Start-up funding for original research by the University of Greifswald for the project “The representation of refugee converts in Germany” (6,500.00 €).


2019.    Start-up funding for junior scholars by the University of Greifswald for the project “Can she do the job? How MPs control female ministers” (5,378.40 €).


Awards

2018.    Award for best Dissertation in Political Science in 2017 by the Austrian Political Science Association.


2014.    Award for the best M.A. degree in 2013/2014 by the Institute for Political Science (University of Bremen).


2012.    Award for best B.A. thesis in Political Science in 2011/2012 by the Faculty of Social Science, Media, and Sports (University of Mainz).

 


Scholarships

2017.    Scholarship for short-term research abroad awarded by International Office of the University of Salzburg.


2017.    Graduate student travel scholarship for the MPSA conference 2017 awarded by the Austrian Political Science Association.


2017.    Travel scholarship for the MPSA conference 2017 awarded by the Austrian Research Association.


2016.    Harrell Rodgers graduate student travel scholarship for the MPSA conference 2016 awarded by the Policy Studies Organization.


Professional Activities

since 2015.    Co-editor of the academic blog “Counting Counts” (http://countingcountsblog.
wordpress.com/ or @ElectSystBlog)


2019.    Section chair “Political institutions and democratic anxieties” at the ECPR General Conference, September, Wrocław


2015.    Member of the organization committee of the Austrian Political Science Association’s General Conference


Invited Talks

2021    “Women in local politics in Germany”. Meeting of the Early Career in Local Politics Group of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung.

 

2021. “How individuals’ social characteristics impact the likelihood to waste a vote”. Colloquium of the Chair of German Politics, Dresden

 

2021.    “Myths about women in the political executive – How gender stereotypes shape the way MPs assess the competences of ministers”. Comparative Politics & Political Economy speaker series, Konstanz.

 

2021.    “Gender equality in parliaments and governments” . Lecture Series of the Interdisciplinary Gender Research Center, Greifswald.

2020.    “How women in the executive influence government stability”. Colloquium of the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) (Mannheim, Germany).


2020.    “The effects of electoral systems on representation”. Press meeting organized by the German Political Science Association (DVPW) (Berlin, Germany).

 

2019.    “Gender Equality in German Politics”. Lecture organized by the Demokratieladen Anklam (Pasewalk, Germany).


2019.    “Women’s political freedom in Europe”. University of Tallinn, lecture organized by the Baltic-German University Liaison Office (Tallinn, Estonia).


2019.    “Women’s political freedom in Europe”. University of Vilnius, lecture organized by the Baltic-German University Liaison Office (Vilnius, Lithuania).


2019.    “Why the zipper does not close the gender gap. An analysis of women's representation in the Austrian parliament” (with Sarah C. Dingler). Montagsrunde of the Robert-Jungk-Library (Salzburg, Austria).


2018.    “Do we need a new debate about gender-equality in Germany?” by the Women’s Committee of the city of Greifswald (Greifswald, Germany).

 

2018.    Invited lecture on "Women's representation in the Austrian parliament" (with Sarah C. Dingler). Fachmittag of the Austrian Parliament (Vienna, Austria).

2017.    Invited talk and podium discussion on “The elections in Austria and Germany in comparison” University of Salzburg’s Political Science department (Salzburg, Austria).

2017.    Invited talk on “Policy congruence between parliaments and citizens of immigrant origin” at the Chair of Electoral Behavior at the University of Montreal and at the Center for the Study of Democratic Citizenship (Montreal, Canada).

2016.     Invited lecture on “Ethnic minorities in Parliaments. On the debate about minority protection.” Montagsrunde of the Robert-Jungk-Library (Salzburg, Austria).

 


PhD Supervision

(first supervision only)

 

Lena Stephan, since 04/2022

 

Darius Ribbe, since 06/2020


Paula Reppmann, since 10/2020


Committees and Representation

since 2022    Deputy head of department, Department of Political Science and Communication Studies, Greifswald


since 2022    Member of the faculty council, Faculty of Philosophy, Greifswald

since 2019.     Member of the working group for internationalization, Department of Political Science and Communication, Greifswald.

 

2020-2022.    Chair of the gender equality commission, Faculty of Philosophy, Greifswald.


2020-2022.    Member of the research commission, Faculty of Philosophy, Greifswald.

 

2021 .       Member of the search committee, Professorship for Political Sociology, Greifswald.


2021.        Member of the search committee, Professorship for Psychology, Greifswald.


2021.        Member of the search committee, Professorship for Mathematics, Greifswald.


2018.    Member of the search committee, Assistant Professorship for Sustainable Governance, Lüneburg.


Reviewer Activities

American Political Science Review; Austrian Academy of Science; Austrian Political Science Association’s best thesis award; British Journal of Political Science; Comparative European Politics; Electoral Studies; European Journal of Politics & Gender, European Journal of Political Research; German Politics; Journal of European Public Policy; Journal of Politics; Local Government Studies; Parliamentary Affairs; Party Politics; Political Research Quarterly; Politics & Gender; Representation; Women's Studies International Forum