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Credit: Andrey Burmakin

Größere Wahlkreise führen nicht zu weniger Bürgernähe

In einer neuen Studie unter der Leitung des Mannheimer Politikwissenschaftlers Thomas Gschwend wurden Einstellungsunterschiede von Bürger*innen unterschiedlich großer Wahlkreise untersucht.

Credit: Marion Lehnert

CDSS Publication of the Year Award for Oliver Rittmann

Oliver won the CDSS award for his publication “Legislators' Emotional Engagement with Women's Issues: Gendered Patterns of Vocal Pitch in the German Bundestag”

Credit: Anna Logue

Thomas Gschwend new Dean of the GESS

Thomas Gschwend is the new Dean of the Graduate School of Economics and Social Sciences (GESS) at the University of Mannheim

Credit: Electoral Studies

New publication: Candidate awareness in mixed-member electoral systems: a data-driven approach

Oliver Rittmann, Marie-Lou Sohnius, Thomas Gschwend

Credit: Lion Behrens

Lion Behrens has defended his dissertation

After the successful defense of his thesis in August 2023 Lion celebrated with our chair.

“Jugendliche sind kompetent genug”

Interview mit Professor Geschwend zum neuen Kommunal-Wahlrecht im Mannheimer Morgen

Credit: British Journal of Political Science

New Publication: Legislators’ Emotional Engagement with Women’s Issues: Gendered Patterns of Vocal Pitch in the German Bundestag

A new study in the British Journal of Political Science analyses the sound of politicians’ voices.

Exam Review Data Analysis on June 19, 2023

Students who would like to look at their Data Analysis exam should come to room B221 in A5,6 on Monday, 19 June 2023, from 9:00 to 10:00.

Oliver Rittmann gives a talk at the CCSE at Purdue University on 10 March 2023

Don't miss this interesting talk by Oliver Rittmann about new ways to use audio and video as data.

Credit: Verfassungsblog

Mythos des Direktmandats

Im Verfassungsblog schreibt Thomas Gschwend zum Mythos des Direktmandats