Credit: Elene Rakviashvili
Anna Aigner, M.A.
University of Mannheim
Chair of Political Science, Political Psychology
A 5, 6 – Room A 341
68159 Mannheim
Chair of Political Science, Political Psychology
A 5, 6 – Room A 341
68159 Mannheim
E-mail: anna.aigneruni-mannheim.de
Academic and Professional Career
Professional Career
since 01/ 2026 Academic Staff Member at the Chair of Political Science, Political Psychology, University of Mannheim 02/ 2024–07/2025 Graduate Research Assistant at the Chair of Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences, University of Mannheim 02/ 2023–05/2023 Intern in Social Research, Verian, formerly Kantar Public, TNS Infratest Academic Career
since 09/ 2025 PhD Student at the Center for Doctoral Studies in Social and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences, University of Mannheim 09/ 2023–08/2025 M.A. Political Science, University of Mannheim, main focus: Advanced Quantitative Methods 10/ 2020–09/2023 B.Sc. Political Science, Technical University of Munich 09/ 2022–01/2023 Exchange Semester, University of Bern Publications
Cohen, D., Krause, W., & Aigner, A. (2026). From the center to the fringes: A comparative test of attitudinal explanations for mainstream-to-challenger defection. Electoral Studies, 104, 103163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2026.103163
Conference Papers
Aigner, A. (2026, September 17–19). Personality in interplay? How trait configurations within individuals shape political behavior [Conference presentation]. EPOP 2026: Annual Meeting “Election, Public Opinion, and Parties”, University of Liverpool.