Political Scientist at JGU Mainz, Germany.
Research on public opinion, elections, parties, and democracy (more at: https://www.nilssteiner.com/).
Spokesperson of the AK Wahlen (@dvpw.bsky.social).
Associate editor at @pvs-journal.bsky.social.
Nils Steiner
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New paper out in the @thejop.bsky.social (w/ @christinagahn.bsky.social)
Do opinion polls shape election results?
Using both cross-national data and a survey experiment, the answer we find is yes - though it depends on how we communicate polling results.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
New pub with Camilla Bjarnøe, Kristina Jessen Hansen & Mads Thau
What makes political group appeals work?
Politicians routinely flatter voter groups but we know little whether it works. We tested class-based flattery appeals using survey experiments in 🇩🇰 Denmark and 🇺🇸 the US.
Auch wenn es immer wieder suggeriert wird: Arm zu sein, ein geringes Einkommen zu haben, hängt nur schwach mit einer höheren Wahrscheinlichkeit zusammen, die AfD zu wählen. Die Unterschiede nach formalen Bildungsabschlüssen sind im Vergleich zu den Einkommensunterschieden deutlich größer. 1/3
Werner Krause
🚨🚨 Job:
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- what? PhD position in my DFG-funded project on how citizens understand their role in democracy.
- when? Application deadline Jul 1, job start Sept 1 or soon thereafter
- how? www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...
PVS/GPSQ has reached a CiteScore of 4.6 in the newest Scopus ranking. This places us in Q1 at rank 257/1530 in the more comprehensive Sociology and Political Science category. Thank you to all our authors!
www.scopus.com/sourceid/23482
Roughly two more weeks to apply!
Excited to present a new working paper by @victoriahaerter.bsky.social, @dweisstanner.bsky.social, @saengler.bsky.social &myself @unimainz.bsky.social!
Public service deprivation influences vote choice,but what about policy choices? Swiss direct democracy provides a unique opportunity to study that
🚨 🚨 🚨 new publication (with @antonialang.bsky.social) klaxon!!!
Over the past decade, scholars have increasingly turned to “place” as a key factor in political behaviour — particularly on the far right, in Europe & the US. Urban-rural divides are especially intriguing. But are they true cleavages? 🤔
Heute beginnt #FIFAWorldCup #WM2026.
Die Diskussionen um einen #Boykott des Turniers wurden in der 🇩🇪 Öffentlichkeit weniger intensiv geführt als 2022, aber wie sehen das eigentlich die Bürgerinnen und Bürger?
👉Fußfallfans stimmen verschiedenen Boykottszenarien weniger zu als andere Befragte
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What predicts citizens' stances towards deliberative core principles in political talks and do true deliberative citizens exist?
Find out in a new open access paper by Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck and @cschnaudt.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1007/s11615-026-00666-6
Am Mittwoch, 3. Juni, begrüßen wir Rahel Freiburghaus (Lausanne) in unserer #Forschungswerkstatt.
Uns erwartet ein spannender Vortrag zum Thema: "Post Democracy: The Long-Run Consequences of Public Service Deprivation."
Alle sind herzlich eingeladen!
