Projects at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES)
- digilog@bw – Dynamics of Participation in the Era of Digitalisation
- Social Conflicts and Dynamics of Party Competition in Times of Migration and Integration
- Party competition and policy outcomes in multilevel systems: a comparative study on determinants and consequences of programmatic preferences of political actors on a sub-national level
- Where is my party? Party position-taking between elections and its consequences for party performance
- Where is my party? Determinants of voter agreement on ideological positions of political parties
- Intra-party heterogeneity and its political consequences in Europe (completed)
- Participation and representation. A Comparative Study of Linkage Mechanisms between Citizens and the Political System in Contemporary Democracies (PartiRep-2) (completed)
- COHESIFY: Understanding the Impact of EU Cohesion Policy on European Identification (completed)
- Going Local: Determinants of Institutional Changes of Local Government and their Implications for Political Participation and Political Decision-Making in West European Democracies (completed)
Projects at the Collaborative Research Centre (SFB 884)
Selected Publications
- Debus, M. & Florczak, C. (2022). Using party press releases and Wikipedia page view data to analyse developments and determinants of parties' issue prevalence: Evidence for the right-wing populist ‘Alternative for Germany’. Research & Politics : R&P, 9(3), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1177/20531680221116570
- Debus, M. & Himmelrath, N. (2022). Advocates of climate action? The age of members of parliament and their activity in legislative debates on climate change. Climate Action, 1(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44168-022-00017-2
- Jankowski, M., Kurella, A.-S., Stecker, C., Blätte, A., Bräuninger, T., Debus, M., Müller, J. & Pickel, S. (2022). Die Positionen der Parteien zur Bundestagswahl 2021: Ergebnisse des Open Expert Surveys. Politische Vierteljahresschrift : PVS. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11615-022-00378-7
- Sältzer, M. (2022). Finding the bird’s wings: Dimensions of factional conflict on Twitter. Party Politics, 28(1), 61–70. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068820957960
- Debus, M. (2021). Parteienwettbewerb und Wahrscheinlichkeit verschiedener Koalitionsoptionen bei der Bundestagswahl 2021. Politische Vierteljahresschrift : PVS, 63(1), 73–88. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11615-021-00361-8
- Debus, M. & Tosun, J. (2021). Political ideology and vaccination willingness: Implications for policy design. Policy sciences, 54(3), 477–491. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11077-021-09428-0
- Bäck, H. & Debus, M. (2020). Personalized versus partisan representation in the speeches of migrant members of parliament in the German Bundestag. Ethnic and Racial Studies : ERS, 43(9), 1673–1691. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2019.1654112
- Debus, M. & Navarrete, R. M. (2020). Do regional party primaries affect the ideological cohesion of political parties in multilevel systems? Evidence from Spain. Party Politics, 26(6), 770–782. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068818812200
- Bräuninger, T., Debus, M., Müller, J. & Stecker, C. (2019). Party competition and government formation in Germany: Business as usual or new patterns? German Politics, 28(1), 80–100. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2018.1538362
- Bäck, H., Baumann, M. & Debus, M. (2019). Coordination of legislative speech in times of crisis: Youth unemployment and debates on redistributive policies in the Swedish Riksdag, 1994–2014. International Journal of Social Welfare, 28(4), 404–417. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsw.12383
- Bäck, H., Baumann, M., Debus, M. & Müller, J. (2019). The unequal distribution of speaking time in parliamentary-party groups. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 44(1), 163–193. https://doi.org/10.1111/lsq.12222
- Bäck, H. & Debus, M. (2019). When do women Speak? A comparative analysis of the role of gender in legislative debates. Political Studies, 67(3), 576–596. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032321718789358
- Debus, M. & Faas, T. (2019). Die hessische Landtagswahl vom 28. Oktober 2018: Fortsetzung der schwarz-grünen Wunschehe mit starken Grünen und schwacher CDU. Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen : ZParl, 50(2), 245–262. https://doi.org/10.5771/0340-1758-2019-2-245
- Stecker, C. & Debus, M. (2019). Refugees Welcome? Zum Einfluss der Flüchtlingsunterbringung auf den Wahlerfolg der AfD bei der Bundestagswahl 2017 in Bayern. Politische Vierteljahresschrift : PVS, 60(2), 299–323. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11615-019-00151-3
- Bäck, H. & Debus, M. (2018). Representing the region on the floor: Socioeconomic characteristics of electoral districts and legislative speechmaking. Parliamentary Affairs, 71(1), 73–102. https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsx014
- Gross, M. & Debus, M. (2018). Does EU regional policy increase parties' support for European integration? Western European Politics, 41(3), 594–614. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2017.1395249
- Gross, M. & Debus, M. (2018). Gaining new insights by going local: determinants of coalition formation in mixed democratic polities. Public Choice, 174(1/2), 61–80. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-017-0489-x
- Schäfer, C. & Debus, M. (2018). No participation without representation : Policy distances and abstention in European parliament elections. Journal of European Public Policy, 25(12), 1835–1854. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2017.1363806
- Baumann, M., Debus, M. & Gross, M. (2017). Strength of weakness? Innerparteiliche Heterogenität, divergierende Koalitionspräferenzen und die Ergebnisse von Koalitionsverhandlungen in den deutschen Bundesländern. Politische Vierteljahresschrift : PVS, 58(2), 179–204. https://doi.org/10.5771/0032-3470-2017-2-179
- Baumann, M., Debus, M. & Klingelhöfer, T. (2017). Keeping one's seat : the competitiveness of MP renomination in mixed-member electoral systems. The Journal of Politics : JOP, 79(3), 979–994. https://doi.org/10.1086/690945
- Bräuninger, T., Debus, M. & Wüst, F. (2017). Governments, parliaments and legislative activity. Political Science Research and Methods : PSRM, 5(3), 529–554. https://doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2015.29
- Debus, M. (2017). An 'Angela Merkel effect'? The impact of gender on CDU/
CSU voting intention between 1998 and 2013. German Politics, 26(1), 35–48. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2016.1182501 - Debus, M., Tosun, J. & Maxeiner, M. (2017). Support for policies on entrepreneurship and self-employment among parties and coalition governments. Politics & policy, 45(3), 338–371. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12205
- Schäfer, C. (2017). Euroskeptizismus und Wahlenthaltung : Motivationen unterschiedlicher Nichtwählertypen bei der Europawahl 2014. Zeitschrift für vergleichende Politikwissenschaft : ZfVP, 11(1), 50–80. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12286-017-0327-z
- Williams, L. K., Stegmaier, M. & Debus, M. (2017). Relaxing the constant economic vote restriction : economic evaluations and party support in Germany. Party Politics, 23(3), 286–296. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068815593458
- Fleig, A. & Debus, M. (2017). Außergewöhnliche Ereignisse und responsives Regieren : die Auswirkungen der Energiewende auf das Vertrauen in politische Institutionen. In R. Schomaker (eds.), Die europäische Energiewende (S. 167–190). Schriften zu Ordnungsfragen der Wirtschaft, De Gruyter Oldenbourg: Berlin ; Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110525762-010
- Sauermann, J., Tepe, M. & Debus, M. (eds.) (2022). Jahrbuch für Handlungs- und Entscheidungstheorie (Bd. 12) . Wiesbaden: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-35878-5
- Bräuninger, T., Debus, M., Müller, J. & Stecker, C. (2020). Parteienwettbewerb in den deutschen Bundesländern (2.) . Wiesbaden: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-29222-5
- Debus, M., Tepe, M. & Sauermann, J. (eds.) (2019). Jahrbuch für Handlungs- und Entscheidungstheorie (Bd. 11) . Wiesbaden: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-23997-8
- Linhart, E., Debus, M. & Kittel, B. (eds.) (2017). Jahrbuch für Handlungs- und Entscheidungstheorie (Bd. 10) . Wiesbaden: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-16714-1
- Tosun, J. & Debus, M. (2021). Operationalising and explaining environmental policy styles. In M. Howlett & J. Tosun (eds.), The Routledge handbook of policy styles (S. 123–134). Abingdon ; New York, NY: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429286322-13
- Debus, M. & Müller, J. (2020). Soziale Konflikte, sozialer Wandel, sozialer Kontext und Wählerverhalten. In T. Faas (eds.), Politikwissenschaftliche Einstellungs- und Verhaltensforschung : Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Studium (S. 437–457). Baden-Baden: Nomos. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783845264899-435
- Schäfer, C. & Gross, M. (2020). Euroscepticism in times of crisis: A macro-level analysis of the Euro crisis’ effects on public opinion and party competition on European integration. In M. Baldassari (eds.), Anti-Europeanism : Critical perspectives towards the European Union (S. 31–55). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24428-6_3
- Bräuninger, T., Debus, M., Müller, J. & Stecker, C. (2019). Die programmatischen Positionen der deutschen Parteien zur Bundestagswahl 2017: Ergebnisse einer Expertenbefragung. In M. Debus (eds.), Jahrbuch für Handlungs- und Entscheidungstheorie (Bd. 11, S. 93–113). Wiesbaden: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-23997-8_4
- Schäfer, C. (2019). Die Effekte von politischem Interesse und Wissen auf das Wahlverhalten euroskeptischer Bürger bei Europawahlen. In B. Westle (eds.), Politisches Wissen : Relevanz, Messung und Befunde (S. 237–262). Wiesbaden: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-23787-5_9
- Debus, M. (2018). Pariah parties, policy profiles and party politics in a multilevel system: Coalition formation in Germany, 2017–2018. In B. Laffan (eds.), 2017: Europe’s Bumper Year of Elections (S. 189–205). Florence: European University Institute.
- Dassonneville, R., Baudewyns, P., Debus, M. & Schmitt-Beck, R. (2017). The time of the vote : causes and consequences of late deciding. In K. Deschouwer (eds.), Mind the gap : political participation and representation in Belgium (S. 201–225). Colchester [u.a.]: Rowman & Littlefield International / ECPR Press.
- Dassonneville, R., Hooghe, M. & Debus, M. (2017). Economic voting in a federal country: Overcoming the limited clarity of responsibility. In K. Deschouwer (eds.), Mind the gap : political participation and representation in Belgium (S. 161–182). Colchester [u.a.]: Rowman & Littlefield International / ECPR Press.
- Debus, M. (2017). Die Thematisierung der Flüchtlingskrise im Vorfeld der Landtagswahlen 2016 : mangelnde Responsivität als eine Ursache für den Erfolg der AfD? In C. Bieber (eds.), Regieren in der Einwanderungsgesellschaft : Impulse zur Integrationsdebatte aus Sicht der Regierungsforschung (S. 91–98). Wiesbaden: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-15714-2_14
- Debus, M. (2017). O impacto das coligações nas preferências dos eleitores e no comportamento eleitoral. In S. Krause (eds.), Coligações e disputas eleitorais na nova República : aportes teórico-metodológicos, tendências e estudos de caso (S. 93–107). Rio de Janeiro – RJ ; São Paulo – SP: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung ; Editora Unesp.
- Debus, M. (2017). Verrückte Verhältnisse? Wahlverhalten und Parteienwettbewerb in Baden-Württemberg zwischen 2011 und 2016. In F. Hörisch (eds.), Das grün‐rote Experiment in Baden-Württemberg : eine Bilanz der Landesregierung Kretschmann 2011–2016 (S. 15–45). Wiesbaden: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-14868-3_2
- Muno, W., Prinz, L., Rünz, P. & Schäfer, C. (2017). Best Practice Team-Teaching und Simulationen: Das Organisationsmodell der Model European Union Mainz. In W. Muno (eds.), Europa spielerisch erlernen : Didaktische Überlegungen und Praxisbeispiele zu EU-Simulationen (S. 139–159). Wiesbaden: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-17463-7_8
- Wessler, H., Theil, C. K., Stuckenschmidt, H., Storrer, A. & Debus, M. (2017). 'Wikiganda' : detecting bias in multimodal Wikipedia entries. In O. Seizov (eds.), New studies in multimodality : conceptual and methodological elaborations (S. 201–224). London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC.
- Sältzer, M. L. F. (2021). Determinants of individual position-taking on social media. [Doctoral dissertation, Universität Mannheim].
- Schäfer, C. (2019). Attitudes towards European integration and behavior in European Parliament elections. [Doctoral dissertation, Universität Mannheim].