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1090 Wien
Professor, Deputy Head of Department - currently on leave
Thomas M. Meyer is a Professor of Comparative Political Institutions at the Department of Government. Before, he worked at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (2019-2021). During his doctoral studies (2007-2010) at the Center for Doctoral Studies in Social and Behavioral Sciences (CDSS), he was employed, among others, at the Mannheim Center for European Social Research (MZES).
He is interested in political institutions and their role in decision-making processes, political competition in changing societies, communication of political elites, government formation processes, and political behavior.
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List of Publications
Rebuilding the coalition ship at sea : How uncertainty and complexity drive the reform of portfolio design in coalition cabinets. / Meyer, Thomas (Corresponding author); Sieberer, Ulrich; Schmuck, David.
In: West European Politics, Vol. 47, No. 1, 2024, p. 142-163.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Social group appeals in party rhetoric : Effects on policy support and polarization. / Huber, Lena Maria; Meyer, Thomas; Wagner, Markus.
In: Journal of Politics, 12.2023.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Coalition Mood in European Parliamentary Democracies. / Imre, Michael (Corresponding author); Ecker, Alejandro; Meyer, Thomas M. et al.
In: British Journal of Political Science, Vol. 53, No. 1, 01.01.2023, p. 104-121.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Who won the election? Explaining news coverage of election results in multi‐party systems. / Gattermann, Katjana; Meyer, Thomas; Wurzer, Katharina.
In: European Journal of Political Research, Vol. 61, No. 4, 11.2022, p. 857-877.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Party contestation and news visibility abroad: The 2019 European Parliament election from a pan-European perspective. / Meyer, Thomas M.; Gattermann, Katjana.
In: European Union Politics, Vol. 23, No. 3, 09.2022, p. 398 - 416.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Do party supporters accept policy compromises in coalition governments? / Plescia, Carolina (Corresponding author); Alejandro, Ecker; Meyer, Thomas.
In: European Journal of Political Research, Vol. 61, No. 1, 02.2022, p. 214-229.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Disseminating legislative debates: How legislators communicate the parliamentary agenda. / Huber, Lena Maria; Bodlos, Anita; Graf, Elisabeth et al.
In: Party Politics, Vol. 28, No. 2, 2022, p. 365-376.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Regierung und Regierungsbildung. / Meyer, Thomas; Krauss, Svenja; Imre, Michael.
Das Politische System Österreichs : Basiswissen und Forschungseinblicke. ed. / Katrin Praprotnik; Flooh Perlot. 1. ed. Wien : Böhlau Verlag, 2022. p. 187-212.Publications: Contribution to book › Chapter
Issue engagement across Members of Parliament: the role of issue specialization and party leadership. / Meyer, Thomas (Corresponding author); Wagner, Markus.
In: Legislative Studies Quarterly, Vol. 46, No. 3, 08.2021, p. 653-678.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The political dynamics of portfolio design in European democracies. / Sieberer, Ulrich; Meyer, Thomas; Bäck, Hanna et al.
In: British Journal of Political Science, Vol. 51, No. 2, 04.2021, p. 772-787.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The changing meaning of left and right: supply- and demand-side effects on the perception of party positions. / Giebler, Heiko (Corresponding author); Meyer, Thomas; Wagner, Markus.
In: Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, Vol. 31, No. 2, 2021, p. 243-262.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Perceptions of parties' left-right positions: The impact of salience strategies. / Meyer, Thomas (Corresponding author); Wagner, Markus.
In: Party Politics, Vol. 26, No. 5, 09.2020, p. 664-674.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Coalition bargaining duration in multiparty democracies. / Ecker, Alejandro; Meyer, Thomas.
In: British Journal of Political Science, Vol. 50, No. 1, 01.2020, p. 261-280.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Who gets into the papers? Party campaign messages and the media. / Meyer, Thomas; Haselmayer, Martin; Wagner, Markus.
In: British Journal of Political Science, Vol. 50, No. 1, 01.2020, p. 281-302.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Rise of Populism in Modern Democracies. / Meyer, Thomas; Wagner, Markus.
The Oxford Handbook of Political Representation in Liberal Democracies. ed. / Robert Rohrschneider; Jacques Thomassen. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020. p. 563-582.Publications: Contribution to book › Chapter
It Sounds Like They are Moving : Understanding and Modeling Emphasis-Based Policy Change. / Meyer, Thomas; Wagner, Markus.
In: Political Science Research and Methods, Vol. 7, No. 4, 10.2019, p. 757-774.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Fighting for attention: Media coverage of negative campaign messages. / Haselmayer, Martin; Meyer, Thomas; Wagner, Markus.
In: Party Politics, Vol. 25, No. 3, 05.2019, p. 412-423.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Fairness and qualitative portfolio allocation in multiparty governments. / Ecker, Alejandro (Corresponding author); Meyer, Thomas.
In: Public Choice, Vol. 181, No. 3-4, 05.04.2019, p. 309–330.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The impact of party cues on manual coding of political texts. / Ennser-Jedenastik, Laurenz; Meyer, Thomas.
In: Political Science Research and Methods, Vol. 6, No. 3, 07.2018, p. 625-633.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Austrian Election of 2017: An Election Won in the Long Campaign. / Bodlos, Anita; Ennser-Jedenastik, Laurenz; Haselmayer, Martin et al.
2017: Europe's Bumper Year of Elections. ed. / Brigid Laffan; Lorenzo Cicchi. Florence : European University Institute, 2018. p. 151-172.Publications: Contribution to book › Chapter