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Dr. Antonia May

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
Consultation hour(s):
By appointment

Research Interests

  • National identity
  • Political behaviour
  • Political Psychology
  • Data harmonisation

Academic Career

08/2018–10/2024Doctorate, Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg
10/2013–09/2017Master of Arts Social Sciences, Humboldt-University Berlin
09/2015–07/2016Visiting Student, University Bologna
10/2009–09/2013Bachelor of Arts Political and Administrative Sciences & Sociology, University of Potsdam

Professional Career

05/2024–04/2025PhD student, ‘A Next-Generation Citizen Council for Encouraging Political Participation at the Local Level (NexCiCo)’, GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne
10/2023–04/2024Visiting Researcher, GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne
06/2022–09/2023PhD student, 'Linked Open Research Data for Social Sciences Pilot Study (LORDpilot)', GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne
01/2021–05/2022PhD student, ‘HaSpaD – Harmonizing and synthesizing partnership histories’, GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne
07/2017–12/2020PhD student, '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.