Articles (Peer Review)
2025
The Electoral Effects of State-Sponsored Homophobia (with Violeta Haas, Konstantin Bogatyrev, Heike Klüver, Lukas Stoetzer). Conditionally accepted at Journal of Politics.
Politicizing Inequality in Times of Sociocultural Conflict (with Silja Häusermann, Tabea Palmtag, Delia Zollinger, Stefanie Walter, Sarah Berkinshaw).Politics & Society. Forthcoming.
Green But Cautious. How Preferences on European Integration shape Public Opinion on the European Green Deal. (with Markus Kollberg, Jannik Jansen, Nils Redeker). Journal of European Public Policy. Forthcoming.
Rental market risk and radical right support. (with Denis Cohen, Thomas Kurer). Comparative Political Studies: Forthcoming.
Trade-offs of social democratic party strategies in a pluralized issue space: a conjoint analysis (with Silja Häusermann, Reto Mitteregger, Nadja Mosimann, Markus Wagner). World Politics: 77(3): 419-467.
Measuring and understanding parties' anti-elite strategies (with Hauke Licht, Pablo Barbera, Whitney Hua). Journal of Politics: 87(1): 275–290.
2024
Comparative vote switching: A new framework for studying dynamic multi-party competition (with Denis Cohen, Werner Krause). Journal of Politics: 86(2): 597-607.
2023
The Limits of Issue Entrepreneurship: How the German Greens Failed to Win in 2021 (with Jonne Kamphorst). Electoral Studies: 86: 1-9.
Democracy Challenged. How Different Party Families Emphasize Different Democratic Principles (with Sarah Engler, Theresa Gessler, Lucas Leemann). Journal of European Public Policy: 30(10): 1961-1983.
International Studies and Struggles for Inclusion (with Kanisha Bond, Cassy Dorff, Jamie Hagen, Cullen Hendrix, Cameron Thies). International Studies Review: 25(2).
Does Accommodation Work? Mainstream Party Strategies and the Success of Radical Right Parties (with Werner Krause, Denis Cohen). Political Science Research and Methods: 11(1): 172-179.
2022
The Centre-Right versus the Radical Right: the Role of Migration Issues and Economic Grievances (with Denis Cohen, Markus Wagner). Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies: 42(2): 366-384.
2021
Economic Risk within the Household and Voting for the Radical Right (with Thomas Kurer). World Politics: 73 (3): 482-511.
Brahmin Left vs. Merchant Right? Education, Class, Multi-Party Competition and Redistribution in Western Europe (with Simon Hix). British Journal of Sociology. Special Issue on Piketty's Capital and Ideology: 72 (1): 79-92.
Democracy in times of the pandemic: Explaining the variation of public health policies against COVID-19 across European democracies (with Sarah Engler, Palmo Brunner, Roman Loviat, Lucas Leemann, Daniel Kübler, Andreas Glaser). West European Politics: 44 (5-6): 1077-1102.
2020
How Parties React to Voter Transitions (with Lukas Stoetzer). American Political Science Review: 114 (3): 940-945. [Article]
Electoral Fortunes of Social Democratic Parties: Do Second Dimension Positions matter? (with Markus Wagner). Journal of European Public Policy: 27 (2): 246-272. [Article]
Parties' policy adjustments in response to changes in issue saliency (with Christoffer Green-Pedersen, Peter B. Mortensen). West European Politics: 43 (4): 749-771. [Article]
The Causal Effect of Radical Right Success on Mainstream Parties' Policy Positions - a Regression Discontinuity Approach (with Werner Krause). British Journal of Political Science: 50 (3): 829-847. [Article]
2019
Not so Responsive after all: European Parties do not Respond to Public Opinion Shifts across Multiple Issue Dimensions (with Tom O'Grady). Research & Politics: 6 (4): 1-7. [Article]
Recalibrating Social Protection: Electoral Competition and the New Partisan Politics of the Welfare State (with Ellen M. Immergut). European Journal of Political Research: 58 (2): 697-719. [Article]
The Electoral Appeal of Party Strategies in Post-Industrial Societies: When Can the Mainstream Left Succeed? (with Markus Wagner). Journal of Politics: 81 (4): 1405-1419. [Article]
Rights for Same-Sex Couples and Public Attitudes toward Gays and Lesbians in Europe (with Ryan Finnigan). Comparative Political Studies: 52 (6): 868–895. [Article]
2018
Electoral Competition, Political Risks, and Parties' Responsiveness to Voters' Issue Priorities. Electoral Studies: 58 (5): 99-108. [Article]
How Immigration Reforms Affect Voting Behavior (with Marc Helbling). Political Studies: 66 (3):687-717. [Article]
2017
It's not easy being green: Why voters punish parties for environmental policies during economic downturns (with Mark Kayser). Electoral Studies: 45 (2):201-207. [Article]
2016
Political and Institutional Determinants of Immigration Policies. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies : 42 (13):2087-2110. [Article]
Moderate as Necessary. The Role of Electoral Competitiveness and Party Size in Explaining Parties' Policy Shifts (with Matthias Orlowski). Journal of Politics : 78 (3):868-881. [Article]. Winner of the 2017 APSA Lawrence Longley Award for best article published on electoral systems and representation in 2016
Niche Party Success and Mainstream Party Policy Shifts - How Green and Radical Right Parties Differ in Their Impact. British Journal of Political Science: 46 (2):417-436. [Article]
2015
Political Institutions and the Distributional Consequences of Suffrage Extension (with Matthias Orlowski). Political Studies : 63 (S1):55-72. [Article]
2014
How electoral vulnerability affects pension politics: Introducing a concept, measure and empirical application (with Ellen Immergut). European Journal of Political Research : 53 (2):269-87. [Article]
Chapters in Edited Volumes
2015
Das Thema europäische Integration und die Wahlentscheidung bei der Bundestagswahl 2013. In: Heiko Giebler/Aiko Wagner (eds.): Wirtschaft, Krise und Wahlverhalten. Nomos: p. 84-106.
The Sustainability of Democracy: The Impact of Electoral Incentives on the Input and Output Legitimacy of Democracies (with Ellen Immergut and Matthias Orlowski). In: Volker Schneider/Burkhard Eberlein (eds.): Complex Democracy. Varieties, Crises, and Transformations.. Springer: p. 247-262.
2025
The Electoral Effects of State-Sponsored Homophobia (with Violeta Haas, Konstantin Bogatyrev, Heike Klüver, Lukas Stoetzer). Conditionally accepted at Journal of Politics.
Politicizing Inequality in Times of Sociocultural Conflict (with Silja Häusermann, Tabea Palmtag, Delia Zollinger, Stefanie Walter, Sarah Berkinshaw).Politics & Society. Forthcoming.
Green But Cautious. How Preferences on European Integration shape Public Opinion on the European Green Deal. (with Markus Kollberg, Jannik Jansen, Nils Redeker). Journal of European Public Policy. Forthcoming.
Rental market risk and radical right support. (with Denis Cohen, Thomas Kurer). Comparative Political Studies: Forthcoming.
Trade-offs of social democratic party strategies in a pluralized issue space: a conjoint analysis (with Silja Häusermann, Reto Mitteregger, Nadja Mosimann, Markus Wagner). World Politics: 77(3): 419-467.
Measuring and understanding parties' anti-elite strategies (with Hauke Licht, Pablo Barbera, Whitney Hua). Journal of Politics: 87(1): 275–290.
2024
Comparative vote switching: A new framework for studying dynamic multi-party competition (with Denis Cohen, Werner Krause). Journal of Politics: 86(2): 597-607.
2023
The Limits of Issue Entrepreneurship: How the German Greens Failed to Win in 2021 (with Jonne Kamphorst). Electoral Studies: 86: 1-9.
Democracy Challenged. How Different Party Families Emphasize Different Democratic Principles (with Sarah Engler, Theresa Gessler, Lucas Leemann). Journal of European Public Policy: 30(10): 1961-1983.
International Studies and Struggles for Inclusion (with Kanisha Bond, Cassy Dorff, Jamie Hagen, Cullen Hendrix, Cameron Thies). International Studies Review: 25(2).
Does Accommodation Work? Mainstream Party Strategies and the Success of Radical Right Parties (with Werner Krause, Denis Cohen). Political Science Research and Methods: 11(1): 172-179.
2022
The Centre-Right versus the Radical Right: the Role of Migration Issues and Economic Grievances (with Denis Cohen, Markus Wagner). Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies: 42(2): 366-384.
2021
Economic Risk within the Household and Voting for the Radical Right (with Thomas Kurer). World Politics: 73 (3): 482-511.
Brahmin Left vs. Merchant Right? Education, Class, Multi-Party Competition and Redistribution in Western Europe (with Simon Hix). British Journal of Sociology. Special Issue on Piketty's Capital and Ideology: 72 (1): 79-92.
Democracy in times of the pandemic: Explaining the variation of public health policies against COVID-19 across European democracies (with Sarah Engler, Palmo Brunner, Roman Loviat, Lucas Leemann, Daniel Kübler, Andreas Glaser). West European Politics: 44 (5-6): 1077-1102.
2020
How Parties React to Voter Transitions (with Lukas Stoetzer). American Political Science Review: 114 (3): 940-945. [Article]
Electoral Fortunes of Social Democratic Parties: Do Second Dimension Positions matter? (with Markus Wagner). Journal of European Public Policy: 27 (2): 246-272. [Article]
Parties' policy adjustments in response to changes in issue saliency (with Christoffer Green-Pedersen, Peter B. Mortensen). West European Politics: 43 (4): 749-771. [Article]
The Causal Effect of Radical Right Success on Mainstream Parties' Policy Positions - a Regression Discontinuity Approach (with Werner Krause). British Journal of Political Science: 50 (3): 829-847. [Article]
2019
Not so Responsive after all: European Parties do not Respond to Public Opinion Shifts across Multiple Issue Dimensions (with Tom O'Grady). Research & Politics: 6 (4): 1-7. [Article]
Recalibrating Social Protection: Electoral Competition and the New Partisan Politics of the Welfare State (with Ellen M. Immergut). European Journal of Political Research: 58 (2): 697-719. [Article]
The Electoral Appeal of Party Strategies in Post-Industrial Societies: When Can the Mainstream Left Succeed? (with Markus Wagner). Journal of Politics: 81 (4): 1405-1419. [Article]
Rights for Same-Sex Couples and Public Attitudes toward Gays and Lesbians in Europe (with Ryan Finnigan). Comparative Political Studies: 52 (6): 868–895. [Article]
2018
Electoral Competition, Political Risks, and Parties' Responsiveness to Voters' Issue Priorities. Electoral Studies: 58 (5): 99-108. [Article]
How Immigration Reforms Affect Voting Behavior (with Marc Helbling). Political Studies: 66 (3):687-717. [Article]
2017
It's not easy being green: Why voters punish parties for environmental policies during economic downturns (with Mark Kayser). Electoral Studies: 45 (2):201-207. [Article]
2016
Political and Institutional Determinants of Immigration Policies. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies : 42 (13):2087-2110. [Article]
Moderate as Necessary. The Role of Electoral Competitiveness and Party Size in Explaining Parties' Policy Shifts (with Matthias Orlowski). Journal of Politics : 78 (3):868-881. [Article]. Winner of the 2017 APSA Lawrence Longley Award for best article published on electoral systems and representation in 2016
Niche Party Success and Mainstream Party Policy Shifts - How Green and Radical Right Parties Differ in Their Impact. British Journal of Political Science: 46 (2):417-436. [Article]
2015
Political Institutions and the Distributional Consequences of Suffrage Extension (with Matthias Orlowski). Political Studies : 63 (S1):55-72. [Article]
2014
How electoral vulnerability affects pension politics: Introducing a concept, measure and empirical application (with Ellen Immergut). European Journal of Political Research : 53 (2):269-87. [Article]
Chapters in Edited Volumes
2015
Das Thema europäische Integration und die Wahlentscheidung bei der Bundestagswahl 2013. In: Heiko Giebler/Aiko Wagner (eds.): Wirtschaft, Krise und Wahlverhalten. Nomos: p. 84-106.
The Sustainability of Democracy: The Impact of Electoral Incentives on the Input and Output Legitimacy of Democracies (with Ellen Immergut and Matthias Orlowski). In: Volker Schneider/Burkhard Eberlein (eds.): Complex Democracy. Varieties, Crises, and Transformations.. Springer: p. 247-262.