December 2025
For our article "How Education Policies Shape Political Inequality - Analyzing Policy Feedback Effects in Germany", co-authored with Nadja Wehl and published in Comparative Political Studies, we received the ALLBUS Preis 2025! We are very happy and grateful for this honor of our work.
In the article, we combine the ALLBUS data with information on change in education policies within German federal states to show that de-stratifying policies (e.g., later tracking) reduce political inequality by fostering political interest, efficacy, and turnout among those with lower educational qualifications. The article is available open access at: https://doi.org/10.1177/00104140241269876
September 2025
I feel very honored that I was elected as new spokesperson of the AK Wahlen - standing group on elections and political attitudes - of the German Political Science Association!
A big thank you to all members of the standing group for their trust. I look forward to steering the group together with two fantastic colleages, Nils Steiner and Conrad Ziller, in the next years!
January 2025
Our article "Unequal Turnout Among the Newly Enfranchised: The Role of Political Efficacy", co-authored with a bunch of great colleagues :-) is out now! Open access with Politics and Governance: https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.9196
August 2024
Our article "How Education Policies Shape Political Inequality - Analyzing Policy Feedback Effects in Germany", (co-authored with Nadja Wehl), is out now! Open access with Comparative Political Studies: https://doi.org/10.1177/00104140241269876
January 2024
I feel very honored that our paper "How Education Policies Shape Political Inequality - Analyzing Policy Feedback Effects in Germany" (under review), joint work with Nadja Wehl, has won the ECR Excellence Award 2024 of the Cluster of Excellence The Politics of Inequality!