Klara Müller, M.A.
Chair of Political Science, Political Psychology
A 5, 6 – Room A 341
68159 Mannheim
Tue 2 -3 p.m.
Academic and Professional Career
Professional Career
since 04/ 2022 Academic Staff Member, Chair of Political Science, Political Psychology, University of Mannheim since 12/ 2021 Project Staff Member at the Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung, GLES Project, University of Mannheim 12/ 2019–10/2021 Research Assistant, Chair of Political Science, Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences, University of Mannheim 02/ 2020–04/2020 Research Assistant, Swiss Environmental Panel, ETH Zürich, Schwitzerland 03/ 2019–08/2019 Student Research Assistant, MdL Bureau, Landtag Baden-Württemberg 06/ 2018 Student Research Assistant, Philosophisches Seminar, Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen Academic Career
since 09/ 2022 PhD student at the Center for Doctoral Studies in Social and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences, University of Mannheim 09/ 2019–11/2021 University of Mannheim, MA Political Science, main focus: Advanced Quantitative Methods 10/ 2016–09/2019 Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen, BA Philosophy and Political Science Publications
Journal Articles
Klara Müller (2025). “Survey Nonresponse After Elections: Investigating the Role of Winner-Loser Effects in Panel Attrition”. International Journal of Public Opinion Research 37:edaf031. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edaf031.
Lehrer, Roni, Oke Bahnsen, Klara Müller, Marcel Neunhoeffer, Thomas Gschwend, and Sebastian Juhl (2024). „Rallying around the leader in times of crises: The opposing effects of perceived threat and anxiety.” European Journal of Political Research 64: 697–718. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12717.
Gschwend, Thomas, Klara Müller, Simon Munzert, Marcel Neunhoeffer, and Lukas F. Stoetzer (2022). “The Zweitstimme Model: A Dynamic Forecast of the 2021 German Federal Election.” PS: Political Science & Politics 55(1): 85–90. doi:10.1017/S1049096521000913.
Book Chapter
Schoen, Harald, and Klara Müller (2024). „Allein auf den Wahlkampf kommt es an? Eine Analyse der zeitlichen Lagerung von Wieder- und Wechselwahlentscheidungen zwischen den Bundestags-wahlen 2017 und 2021“. In: Schoen, H., Weßels, B. (eds) Wahlen und Wähler. Springer VS, Wiesbaden.
Conference Papers
Müller, Klara (2024). “Understanding Survey Participation and Measurement Bias in Dynamic Political Environments: Evidence From a Natural Experiment” ECPR General Conference 2024, Dublin, Ireland.
Müller, Klara and Milena Rapp (2024). “Why Perceived Policy (In)congruence Matters for Durable Voter Attachment. The Case of the German Greens Under a New Wave of Environmental Politicization.” ECPR General Conference 2024, Dublin, Ireland.
Müller, Klara (2024). “Understanding Survey Participation and Measurement Bias in Dynamic Political Environments: Evidence From a Natural Experiment” EPSA Conference 2024, Cologne, Germany.
Müller, Klara (2024). “Understanding Survey Cooperativeness in Dynamic Political Environments: An Agent-Based Approach.” PSA Annual International Conference 2024, Glasgow, UK.
Müller, Klara and Milena Rapp (2024). “Why Perceived Policy (In)congruence Matters for Durable Voter Attachment. The Case of the German Greens Under a New Wave of Environmental Politicisation.” PSA Annual International Conference 2024, Glasgow, UK.
Müller, Klara (2023). „Political Events as Drivers of Survey Nonresponse? Effects of Election Outcomes on Individuals’ Willingness to Participate in Surveys.” EPOP 2023, Southampton, UK.
Müller, Klara (2023). “Election Outcomes as Drivers of Panel Attrition? Investigating Winner-Loser Effects in Post-Election Survey Participation.” WAPOR Annual Conference 2023, Salzburg, Austria.
Lehrer, Roni, Oke Bahnsen, Klara Müller and Marcel Neunhoeffer (2023). „Rallying Around the Leader in Times of Crises: The Opposing Effects of Perceived Threat and Anxiety.” DVPW D-A-CH Congress, Linz, Austria.