Credit: Sarah Hähnle
Dr. Antonia May
University of Mannheim
School of Social Sciences
Chair of Sociology, Migration and Integration
A 5, 6
Building B – room 109
68159 Mannheim
School of Social Sciences
Chair of Sociology, Migration and Integration
A 5, 6
Building B – room 109
68159 Mannheim
Consultation hour(s):
By appointment
By appointment
Curriculum Vitae
Research Interests
- National identity
- Migration
- Political behaviour
- Political psychology
- Data harmonisation
Academic Career
08/ 2018 – 10/ 2024 Doctorate, University of Bamberg 10/ 2013 – 09/ 2017 Master of Arts Social Sciences, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 09/ 2015 – 07/ 2016 Visiting student, University of Bologna 10/ 2009 – 09/ 2013 Bachelor of Arts Political Science, Public Administration & Sociology, University of Potsdam Professional Career
Since 01/ 2025 Postdoctoral researcher, “Political (In)Equality in Post-Migrant Democracy (PoMigDem)”, MZES, University of Mannheim 05/ 2024 – 04/ 2025 Doctoral researcher, “A Next-Generation Citizen Council for Encouraging Political Participation at the Local Level (NexCiCo)”, GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne 10/ 2023 – 04/ 2024 Visiting researcher, GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne 06/ 2022 – 09/ 2023 Doctoral researcher, “Linked Open Research Data for Social Sciences Pilot Study (LORDpilot)”, GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne 01/ 2021 – 05/ 2022 Doctoral researcher, “HaSpaD – Harmonising and synthesising partnership histories”, GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne 07/ 2017 – 12/ 2020 Doctoral researcher, “ONBound – Old and new boundaries: National Identities and Religion”, GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne Publications
- May, Antonia C. (2025). Ready or not. National Identity, Vote Choice, and Mass Media: Evidence from Germany. Political Psychology, 00, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.70005.
- May, Antonia C., & Christian S. Czymara (2024). Careless whisper: Political elite discourses activate national identities for far-right voting preferences. Nations and Nationalism, 30(1), 90–109. https://doi.org/10.1111/nana.12985.
- May, Antonia C. (2023). And if they don’t dance, they are no friends of mine: Exploring boundaries of national identity. Nations and Nationalism, 29(2), 579–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/nana.12926.