Rooseveltplatz 3
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
The relevance of empirical political science in Austria: Ask important questions, study them rigorously, and let people know. / Ennser-Jedenastik, Laurenz; Meyer, Thomas; Wagner, Markus.
In: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, Vol. 47, No. 3, 2018, p. 33-42.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The radical right as niche parties? The ideological landscape of party systems in Western Europe, 1980-2014. / Wagner, Markus; Meyer, Thomas.
In: Political Studies, Vol. 65, No. 1 (suppl), 04.2017, p. 84-107.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Partisan bias in message selection: media gatekeeping of party press releases. / Haselmayer, Martin; Wagner, Markus; Meyer, Thomas.
In: Political Communication, Vol. 34, No. 3, 2017, p. 367-384.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Corruption Performance Voting and the Electoral Context. / Ecker, Alejandro; Glinitzer, Konstantin; Meyer, Thomas.
In: European Political Science Review, Vol. 8, No. 3, 01.08.2016, p. 333-354.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Voter perceptions of coalition policy positions in multiparty systems. / Meyer, Thomas; Strobl, Daniel.
In: Electoral Studies, Vol. 41, 03.2016, p. 80–91.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Issue engagement in election campaigns: the impact of electoral incentives and organizational constraints. / Meyer, Thomas; Wagner, Markus.
In: Political Science Research and Methods, Vol. 4, No. 3, 2016, p. 555-571.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Links und rechts im Kontext: Die Einschätzung von Parteipositionen in Zeiten des Wandels. / Giebler, Heiko; Meyer, Thomas.
In: WZB - Mitteilungen, Vol. 154, 2016.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article
The distribution of individual cabinet positions in coalition governments: A sequential approach. / Ecker, Alejandro; Meyer, Thomas; Müller, Wolfgang Claudius.
In: European Journal of Political Research, Vol. 54, No. 4, 11.2015, p. 802-818.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The niche party concept and its measurement. / Meyer, Thomas; Miller, Bernhard (Corresponding author).
In: Party Politics, Vol. 21, No. 2, 03.2015, p. 259-271.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Negative issue ownership. / Wagner, Markus; Meyer, Thomas.
In: West European Politics, Vol. 38, No. 4, 38(4), 2015, p. 797-816.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The duration of government formation processes in Europe. / Ecker, Alejandro; Meyer, Thomas.
In: Research & Politics, Vol. 2, No. 4, 2015.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Testing theories of party competition – The Austrian case. / Meyer, Thomas; Müller, Wolfgang Claudius.
In: Party Politics, Vol. 20, No. 5, 09.2014, p. 802-813.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Die Sachthemen im Wahlkampf. / Kleinen-von Königslöw, Katharina; Meyer, Thomas; Vonbun, Ramona et al.
Die Nationalratswahl 2013. : Wie Parteien, Medien und Wählerschaft zusammenwirken. ed. / Sylvia Kritzinger; Wolfgang C. Müller; Klaus Schönbach. 1. ed. Wien : Böhlau Verlag, 2014. p. 39-66.Publications: Contribution to book › Chapter
Which issues do parties emphasise? Salience strategies and party organisation in multiparty systems. / Meyer, Thomas; Wagner, Markus.
In: West European Politics, Vol. 37, No. 5, 2014, p. 1019-1045.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Constraints on party policy change. / Meyer, Thomas.
Colchester : ECPR Press, 2013.Publications: Book
From Estimating to Explaining Party Movements with the Left-Right Scale. / Meyer, Thomas; Budge, Ian.
Mapping Policy Preferences from Texts: Statistical Solutions for Manifesto Analysts. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.Publications: Contribution to book › Chapter
Mainstream or niche? Vote-seeking incentives and the programmatic strategies of political parties. / Meyer, Thomas; Wagner, Markus.
In: Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 46, No. 10, 2013, p. 1246-1272 .Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Measuring error for adjacent policy position estimates: Dealing with uncertainty using CMP data. / Meyer, Thomas; Jenny, Marcelo.
In: Electoral Studies, Vol. 32, No. 1, 2013, p. 174-185.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Best Tools to Tackle the Job. / Meyer, Thomas; Budge, Ian.
Mapping Policy Preferences from Texts: Statistical Solutions for Manifesto Analysts. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.Publications: Contribution to book › Chapter
The issue agenda, party competence and popularity: An empirical analysis of Austria 1989-2004. / Meyer, Thomas; Müller, Wolfgang Claudius.
In: Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, Vol. 23, No. 4, 2013, p. 484-500.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review