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Oliver Rittmann gives a talk

at the Center for C-SPAN Scholarship and Engagement (CCSE) at Purdue University on 10 March 2023

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Mythos des Direktmandats

Im Verfassungsblog schreibt Thomas Gschwend zum Mythos des Direktmandats

Und raus bist du! Artikel zur Wahlrechtsreform

erschienen im Mannheimer Morgen am 27.1.2023

Exam Review EPR on 10 January 2023

The Empirical Political Research exam review will take place in room B221 in A5, 6 on Tuesday, 10 January 2023, between 9:00 and 10:00.

The Data Analysis exam review will take place in room B221 in A5,6 on Wednesday, 6 July 2022, from 10:00 to 11:00

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Ehemaliger Doktorand Jens Brandenburg wird Parlamentarischer Staatssekretär

Wir sind alle sehr stolz auf Dr. Jens Brandenburg, ehemaliger Doktorand unseres Lehrstuhls, der in der kommenden Ampel-Regierung Parmalentarischer Staatssekretär des BMBF wird. Herzlich Glückwünsch für diese Auszeichnung und viel Erfolg im neuen Amt.

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Our master's student Yu-Han Mao featured in myUniMA story

Yu-Han Mao, whose master thesis is supervised by Thomas Gschwend, was interviewed for the university's myUniMA story.

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Dr. Benjamin G. Engst awarded with DVPW dissertation prize 2020

For his dissertation “The Two Faces of Judicial Power. Dynamics of Judicial-Political Bargaining”, our former colleague Dr. Benjamin G. Engst was awarded the DVPW dissertation prize 2020. Congratulations!

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Evaluation AQM online

The evaluation of our lecture Advanced Quantitative Methods (spring term 2021) is online. Thank you for participating!

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Thomas Gschwend in Diário de Notícias: Pandemic Is Dangerous Asset for Far-Right In Germany

The AfD's poorer results are mainly due to a lack of “alternative policies”. Instead, they “spend their time fighting each other”. Without the COVID-19 pandemic, the party is likely to “weaken even further”.