Forthcoming

(forthcoming) Affective Polarization in Multiparty Systems, Electoral Studies, Paper Do-file for AP scores (Note: updated on 17 Oct 2022)

(forthcoming) Niche parties and party competition, in: Routledge Handbook of Political Parties, draft chapter.

(forthcoming, with H. Giebler and T. M. Meyer) The changing meaning of left and right: Supply- and demand-side effects on the perception of party positions, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties. Paper

(forthcoming, with K. Glinitzer and T. Gummer) Learning Facts about Migration: Politically Motivated Learning of Polarizing Information about Refugees. Political Psychology.

(forthcoming, with E. Hübscher and T. Sattler) Voter responses to fiscal austerity, British Journal of Political Science. Paper

(forthcoming, with T.M. Meyer) Issue engagement across Members of Parliament: the role of issue specialization and party leadership, Legislative Studies Quarterly. Paper

(forthcoming, with D. Morisi) Bringing people closer to the elites: the effect of information on populist attitudes, International Journal of Public Opinion Research. Paper

(forthcoming, with S. Vasilopoulou) Emotions and domestic vote choice, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties. Paper

2020

(2020, with T. Abou-Chadi) Electoral fortunes of social democratic parties: do second dimension positions matter? Journal of European Public Policy, 27(2), 246-272. Paper

(2020, with D. Bischof) What makes parties adapt to voter preferences? The role of party organisation, goals and ideology, British Journal of Political Science, 50(1), 391-401. Paper

(2020, with N. Vivyan and K. Glinitzer) Costly signals: Voter responses to parliamentary dissent in Austria, Britain and Germany, Legislative Studies Quarterly, 45 (4), 645-678. Paper

(2020, with T.M. Meyer) The Rise of Populism in Modern Democracies, in: R. Rohrschneider and J. Thomassen, The Oxford Handbook of Political Representation in Liberal Democracies, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Draft version

(2020, with T.M. Meyer) Perceptions of parties' left-right parties: The impact of salience strategies, Party Politics 26 (5), 664-674.. Paper 

(2020, with T. M. Meyer and M. Haselmayer) Who gets into the papers? Party campaign messages and the media, British Journal of Political Science, 50(1), 281-302. Paper

(2020, with N. Vivyan, K. Glinitzer and J.-M. Eberl) Do humble beginnings help? How politician class roots shape voter evaluations, Electoral Studies, 63. Paper

2019

(2019, with T. Abou-Chadi) The electoral appeal of party strategies in post-industrial societies: When can the Mainstream Left Succeed? Journal of Politics. 81 (4), 1405-1419. Paper  

(2019, with D. Bischof) Do voters polarize when radical parties enter parliament?, American Journal of Political Science, 63 (4), 888-904. Paper 

(2019, with R. Campbell, P. Cowley & N. Vivyan) Legislator Dissent as a Valence Signal, British Journal of Political Science, 49 (1), 105-128. Paper

(2019, with R. Campbell, P. Cowley and N. Vivyan) Why friends and neighbors? Explaining the electoral appeal of local roots, Journal of Politics, 81 (3), 937-951. Paper

(2019, with M. Haselmayer and T. M. Meyer) Fighting for attention: Media coverage of negative campaign messages, Party Politics, 25(3), 412-423. Paper

(2019, with T. Kernecker) Niche Parties in Latin America, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties 29 (1), 102-124. Paper

(2019, with D. Morisi) Anxiety, Fear and Political Decision-Making, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Link Download

(2019, with T. Meyer) It Sounds Like They are Moving: Understanding and Modeling Emphasis-Based Policy Change, Political Science Research and Methods 7 (1), 757-774. Paper

2018

(2018, with L. Ennser-Jedenastik and T.M. Meyer) The relevance of empirical political science in Austria: Ask important questions, study them rigorously, and let people know, Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, 47(3), 33-42. Paper

(2018, with J.-M. Eberl and H. G. Boomgaarden) Party Advertising in Newspapers: A source of media bias?. Journalism Studies 19 (6), 782-802. Paper

(2018, with S. Toubeau) The Economy and Party Preferences in Multi-Level Systems: The Influence of Economic Perceptions and Partisan Congruence in Six Regions, Electoral Studies, 54, 22-34. Paper

(2018, with A.C. Eggers and N. Vivyan N.) Corruption, accountability, and gender: do female politicians face higher standards in public life?. The Journal of Politics, 80(1), 321-326. Paper

2017
(2017, with J.-M. Eberl and H. G. Boomgaarden) One bias fits all? Three types of media bias and their effects on party preferences. Communication Research, 44(8): 1125–1148. Paper

(2017, with S. Vasilopoulou) Fear, anger and enthusiasm about the European Union: Effects of emotional reactions on public preferences towards European integration, European Union Politics, 18(3): 382–405. Paper

(2017)  Selective Exposure, Information Utility, and the Decision to Watch Televised Debates. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 29 (4), 533-553. Paper

(2017) Why do Party Members Leave? Parliamentary Affairs, 70(2), 344-360. Paper

(2017, with Thomas Meyer) The Radical Right as Niche Parties? The Ideological Landscape of Party Systems in Western Europe, 1980-2014. Political Studies, 65(1). Paper

​(2017, with Eberl, J. M., & Boomgaarden, H. G. Are Perceptions of Candidate Traits Shaped by the Media? The Effects of Three Types of Media Bias. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 22(1), 111-132. Paper

2016
(2016, with Thomas Meyer) Issue engagement in election campaigns: the impact of electoral incentives and organizational constraints, Political Science Research and Methods, 4(3): 555-571. Paper

(2016, with Nick Vivyan) House or home? Constituent preferences over legislator effort allocation, European Journal of Political Research, 55(1): 81-99. Paper

(2016, with Simon Toubeau) Party Competition over Decentralisation: The influence of ideology and electoral incentives on issue emphasis, European Journal of Political Research, 55(2): 340-357. Paper

2015
(2015, with Roman Senninger) Political parties and the EU in national election campaigns: who talks about Europe, and how?, Journal of Common Market Studies, 53 (6), 1336-1351. Paper

(2015, with Thomas Meyer) Negative issue ownership, West European Politics 38 (4): 797-816. Paper

(2015, with Simon Toubeau) Explaining party positions on decentralization, British Journal of Political Science, 45(1): 97-119. Paper Supplemental information Link to journal

(2015, with Nick Vivyan) What do voters want from their MPs?, Political Quarterly.

2014
(2014) Fear and anger in Great Britain: blame assignment and emotional reactions to the financial crisis, Political Behavior, 36(3): 683-703. Paper Supplemental information (short summary published in Phil Cowley and Robert Ford, Sex, Lies and the Ballot Box: 50 things you need to know about British election, London: Biteback; blog post here.)

(2014, with Julian Aichholzer, Sylvia Krizinger and Eva Zeglovits) How has radical right support transformed established political conflicts? The case of Austria, West European Politics, 37(1): 113-137. Paper

(2014, with Thomas Meyer) Which issues do parties emphasise? Salience strategies and party organisation in multiparty systems. West European Politics, 37(5): 1019-1045.

(2014, with Eva Zeglovits) Survey questions about party competence: insights from cognitive interviews, Electoral Studies, 34: 280-290. Paper

(2014, with Zoe Lefkofridi and Johanna Willmann) Left-authoritarians and policy representation in Western Europe: electoral choice across ideological dimensions,  West European Politics, 37(1): 65-90. Paper Supplemental information

(2014, with Jessica Tarlov and Nick Vivyan) Partisan bias in opinion formation on episodes of political controversy, Political Studies, 62(1): 136-158. Paper (short summary available through YouGov Cambridge here.)

2013
(2013, with Thomas Meyer) Mainstream or niche? Vote-seeking incentives and the programmatic strategies of political parties, Comparative Political Studies, 46(10): 1246-1272. Paper Supplemental information

in German: (2013, with Jakob-Moritz Eberl and Eva Zeglovits) Politische TV-Ereignisse umdenken: Zwischen Second Screen und E-merging Media, Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft. Paper

2008-2012
(2012, with Jessica Tarlov and Nick Vivyan) Representative misconduct, voter perceptions and accountability: evidence from the 2009 House of Commons expenses scandal,Electoral Studies, 31(4): 750-763. Paper (condensed and edited version published as  'Where did Electoral Accountability Fail? MP Misconduct, Constituent Perceptions and Vote Choice', in Jennifer vanHeerde-Hudson (ed.), The Political Costs of the 2009 Expenses Scandal, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.)

(2012, with Nick Vivyan) Do voters reward rebellion? The electoral accountability of MPs in Britain, European Journal of Political Research, 51(2): 235-264. Paper Supplemental materials

(2012, with Outi Ruusuvirta) Matching voters to parties: Voting advice applications and models of party choice, Acta Politica, 47(4): 400-422. Paper

(2012, with David Johann and Sylvia Kritzinger) Voting at 16: Turnout and the quality of vote choice, Electoral Studies, 31(2): 372-383. Paper. Blog post here.

(2012) Defining and measuring niche parties, Party Politics, 18 (6): 845-864. Paper

(2012) When do parties emphasize extreme positions? How incentives for policy differentiation influence issue importance, European Journal of Political Research, 51(1): 64-88. Paper

(2012, with Sylvia Kritzinger) Ideological dimensions and vote choice: age group differences in Austria, Electoral Studies, 31(2): 285-296. Paper

(2011) The Right in the European Parliament since 1979, Perspectives on European Politics and Society, 12(1): 52-67. Paper

(2008) Debating Europe in the French Socialist Party: the 2004 internal referendum on the European Constitution, French Politics, 6 (3): 257-279.  Journal  Paper

(2008, with Andreas Maurer and Roderick Parkes) Explaining group membership in the European Parliament: the British Conservatives and the Movement for European Reform,Journal of European Public Policy, 15 (2): 246-262. Journal

book reviews
(2012) Christopher Kam, Party Discipline and Parliamentary Politics, Parliamentary Affairs, 65 (2). Link

(2007) David A. Rochefort, Quantitative Methods in Practice: Readings from PS, Political Studies Review, 5 (1). 

(2006) Simon Lightfoot, Europeanizing Social Democracy? The Rise of the Party of European Socialists, Political Studies Review, 4 (2).