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Assoz. Prof. Carolina Plescia, BA MA PhD
Carolina Plescia
T: +43-1-4277-49904
Daoust, J-F., Plescia, C., & Blais, A. (2023). Are People More Satisfied with Democracy When They Feel They Won the Election? No. Political Studies Review, 21(1), 162-171. https://doi.org/10.1177/1478929921105839
Plescia, C., Kritzinger, S., & Singh, S. P. (2023). Who would vote NOTA? Explaining a ‘None of the Above’ choice in eight countries. European Journal of Political Research, 62(1), 118-134. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12497
Plescia, C., & Zucchini, F. (2023). Government alternation and proximity voting: how policy change opportunities shape electoral behaviour. West European Politics, 46(1), 148-172. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2021.1994843, https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2021.1994843
Partheymüller, J., Plescia, C., & Kritzinger, S. (2022). Misinformedness about the European Union and the Preference to Vote to Leave or Remain. Journal of Common Market Studies, 60(5), 1449-1469. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13316
Plescia, C. (2022). Voters' short-term responsiveness to coalition deals. Party Politics, 28(5), 927-938. https://doi.org/10.1177/13540688211029794
Plescia, C., Kritzinger, S., & Spoon, J-J. (2022). Who’s to Blame? How Performance Evaluation and Partisanship Influence Responsibility Attribution in Grand Coalition Governments. European Journal of Political Research, 61(3), 660-677. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12478
Plescia, C. (2022). Viktor Orban Is Set for a Fourth Term as Hungary’s Prime Minister. That Could Be a Boost for Putin. Time, (0040-781X).
Plescia, C., & Abdala, M. B. (2022). DeVOTE o qué significa votar para los ciudadanos. Heraldo De Aragón Editora.
Plescia, C., Alejandro, E., & Meyer, T. (2022). Do party supporters accept policy compromises in coalition governments? European Journal of Political Research, 61(1), 214-229. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12450
Blais, A., Sevi, S., & Plescia, C. (2022). Are voters' views about proportional outcomes shaped by partisan preferences? A survey experiment in the context of a real election. Political Science Research and Methods, 10(2), 445-451. https://doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2021.24
Kritzinger, S., Plescia, C., Partheymüller, J., & Brandl, D. (2022). The Future of the EU Post-Brexit: What do Citizens Want?. Paper presented at EPSA 2022: European Political Science Association general conference, Prague, Czech Republic.
Plescia, C., & Kritzinger, S. (2022). When marriage gets hard: Intra-coalition conflict and electoral accountability. Comparative Political Studies, 55(1), 32-59. https://doi.org/10.1177/00104140211024307
Kritzinger, S. (Author), Kittel, B. (Author), Boomgaarden, H. (Author), Prainsack, B. (Author), Eberl, J-M. (Author), Kalleitner, F. (Author), Lebernegg, N. S. (Author), Partheymüller, J. (Author), Plescia, C. (Author), Schiestl, D. W. (Author), & Schlögl, L. (Author). (2021). Austrian Corona Panel Project (OA edition): Version 4.0. Software or database, .
Kritzinger, S., Boomgaarden, H., Eberstaller, P., Forgó, N., Götsch, K., Möller, T., Müller, W. C., Paspalj, F., Plant, C., Plescia, C., Wagner, M., & Waldherr, A. (2021, Oct 12). Stellungnahme zur Urheberrechts-Novelle 2021: 31/SN-143/ME, XXVII. GP. https://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXVII/SNME/SNME_110316/index.shtml
Kritzinger, S., Foucault, M., Lachat, R., Partheymüller, J., Plescia, C., & Brouard, S. (2021). Rally 'round the Flag: The COVID-19 Crisis and Trust in the National Government. West European Politics, 44(5-6), 1205-1231. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2021.1925017
Plescia, C., Eberl, J-M., & Kritzinger, S. (2021). The Enemy Within: Campaign Attention and Motivated Reasoning in Voter Perceptions of Intra-Party Conflict. Party Politics, 27(5), 917-927. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068820906407
Plescia, C., Sevi, S., & Blais, A. (2021). Who likes to vote by mail? American Politics Research, 49(4), 381-385. https://doi.org/10.1177/1532673X211005684
Kritzinger, S. (Author), Kittel, B. (Author), Boomgaarden, H. (Author), Prainsack, B. (Author), Eberl, J-M. (Author), Kalleitner, F. (Author), Lebernegg, N. S. (Author), Partheymüller, J. (Author), Plescia, C. (Author), Schiestl, D. W. (Author), & Schlögl, L. (Author). (2021). Austrian Corona Panel Project (OA edition): Version 3. Software or database, .
Högström, J., Blais, A., & Plescia, C. (2021). Do voters prefer more parties on the ballot? Acta Politica: international journal of political science. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41269-021-00203-w
Kritzinger, S., Plescia, C., & Partheymüller, J. (2021). If elections were held during a pandemic, what type of voting would voters prefer?. Paper presented at ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, United Kingdom.

Playing Favorites: Selective Attribution and Judgement Flexibility in Scandal Perception in 15 European Countries

Beatriz Lasheras Mas (Speaker), Julia Partheymüller (Speaker), Carolina Plescia (Contributor) & Sylvia Kritzinger (Contributor)

2024 → …

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Inaugural Jean Blondel Lecture at the University of Essex

Carolina Plescia (Speaker)

16 Nov 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

What we (don’t) know about voting and why it matters: Citizen meanings of voting

Carolina Plescia (Contributor), Cal Le Gall (Contributor), Ming Manuel Boyer (Speaker), Maria Belen Abdala (Contributor) & Anna Lia Brunetti (Contributor)

9 Dec 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Meanings of voting: What we (don't) know about voting and why it matters

Cal Le Gall (Speaker), Carolina Plescia (Contributor), Maria Belen Abdala (Contributor), Anna Lia Brunetti (Contributor) & Ming Manuel Boyer (Contributor)

2 Dec 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Meanings of voting and perceptions of election integrity in US elections

Carolina Plescia (Speaker), Maria Belen Abdala (Speaker), Elizabeth J. Zechmeister (Invited speaker), Jason S. Maloy (Invited speaker), Anna Lia Brunetti (Contributor), Ming Manuel Boyer (Contributor), Cal Le Gall (Contributor) & Zita Zeberer (Contributor)

22 Nov 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Negative or positive meanings of voting, or none at all? The meanings of voting in the Italian and Brazilian 2022 elections

Carolina Plescia (Speaker), Anna Lia Brunetti (Speaker), Tiago Ventura (Invited speaker), Diego Garzia (Invited speaker), Ming Manuel Boyer (Contributor), Maria Belen Abdala (Contributor), Cal Le Gall (Contributor) & Zita Zeberer (Contributor)

25 Oct 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Negative campaign, negative votes? Political Campaigns and Citizens’ Meanings of Voting in Hungary and the US

Ming Manuel Boyer (Speaker), Carolina Plescia (Speaker) & Cal Le Gall (Speaker)

20 Oct 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

In It to Win It? The Role of Citizen Meanings of Voting in the Winner-Loser Gap of Diffuse Political Support

Ming Manuel Boyer (Contributor), Anna Lia Brunetti (Selected presenter) & Carolina Plescia (Contributor)

16 Sep 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

A Social Identity Perspective on Negative Campaigning: Effects of Positive, Negative and “Dirty” Campaigning by Ingroup and Outgroup Parties

Ming Manuel Boyer (Speaker), Carolina Plescia (Contributor) & Cal Le Gall (Contributor)

14 Sep 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Negative campaign, negative votes? How Political Campaigns Impact Citizens’ Meanings of Voting

Ming Manuel Boyer (Speaker), Carolina Plescia (Contributor) & Cal Le Gall (Contributor)

25 Aug 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

The Future of the EU Post-Brexit: What Do Citizens Want?

Julia Partheymüller (Speaker), Sylvia Kritzinger (Contributor), David Brandl (Contributor) & Carolina Plescia (Contributor)

22 Aug 2022 → 26 Aug 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

The emergence and content of citizens’ meanings of voting: An analysis of focus groups and individual interviews

Cal Le Gall (Speaker), Maria Belen Abdala (Contributor) & Carolina Plescia (Contributor)

14 Jul 2022 → 17 Jul 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

The Future of the EU Post-Brexit: What Do Citizens Want?

Julia Partheymüller (Speaker), David Brandl (Contributor), Sylvia Kritzinger (Contributor) & Carolina Plescia (Contributor)

23 Jun 2022 → 25 Jun 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Meanings of voting for ordinary citizens, their causes and consequences

Carolina Plescia (Invited speaker)

14 Jun 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

The meanings of voting for ordinary citizens, their causes and consequences.

Carolina Plescia (Invited speaker)

14 Jun 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Do voters prefer logrolling to compromise in parliamentary democracies?

Carolina Plescia (Speaker)

5 May 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Will the Orbán Regime Survive or Fall? Roundtable on the 2022 Hungarian Elections

Carolina Plescia (Invited speaker)

29 Mar 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Compromising for worldly rewards? The short-term consequences of coalition agreements on voters

Carolina Plescia (Invited speaker)

7 Dec 2020

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Compromising for worldly rewards? The short-term consequences of coalition agreements on voters

Carolina Plescia (Invited speaker)

18 Nov 2020

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

The State of the European Union: Reconnecting to European Citizens?

Carolina Plescia (Invited speaker)

9 Oct 2020

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Reconciling Europe with its Citizens through Democracy and the Rule of Law

Carolina Plescia (Invited speaker)

29 May 2020

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Do European elections enhance satisfaction with European Union democracy?

Carolina Plescia (Invited speaker)

14 May 2020

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Euroscepticism in Italy in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis

Carolina Plescia (Invited speaker)

13 May 2020

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Compromising for worldly rewards? The short-term consequences of coalition agreements on voters

Carolina Plescia (Speaker)

28 May 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Citizen disenchantment with democracy in Europe

Pieter de Wilde (Speaker), Carolina Plescia (Speaker) & Oliver Treib (Speaker)

24 Apr 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

A voting experiment on the input and output of electoral systems and democratic satisfaction

Carolina Plescia (Speaker)

12 Oct 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

A voting experiment on the input and output of electoral systems and democratic satisfaction

Carolina Plescia (Speaker), Andre Blais (Contributor) & John Högström (Contributor)

14 Sep 2018 → 16 Sep 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

The Attitudinal and Social Antecedents of Right-wing Populist Support: The Moderating Role of Cross-Cutting Exposure on Populist Vote

Carolina Plescia (Speaker) & Hyunjin Song (Contributor)

6 Sep 2018 → 8 Sep 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

The Attitudinal and Social Antecedents of Right-wing Populist Support: The Moderating Role of Cross-Cutting Exposure on Populist Vote

Carolina Plescia (Speaker) & Hyunjin Song (Contributor)

22 Aug 2018 → 25 Aug 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Against all Evidence? Voter preferences towards government formation after the elections and the role of populist attitudes

Carolina Plescia (Speaker) & Jakob-Moritz Eberl (Speaker)

21 Jun 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Coalitions in the News: How Saliency and Tone in News Coverage Influence Voters' Preferences and Expectations about Coalitions

Jakob-Moritz Eberl (Speaker) & Carolina Plescia (Speaker)

26 May 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Ill Informed? Media Bias and the Correctness of Voter Expectations of Coalition Outcomes

Jakob-Moritz Eberl (Speaker) & Carolina Plescia (Speaker)

1 Dec 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Learning from the other side: how social networks influence turnout in a referendum campaign

Carolina Plescia (Speaker) & Davide Morisi (Speaker)

14 Sep 2017 → 16 Sep 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

You can't always get what you want: Studying public opinion on multidimensional policies in the context of Brexit

Carolina Plescia (Speaker) & Magdalena Staniek (Speaker)

8 Sep 2017 → 10 Sep 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Improving Recall of Past Political Behaviour: Results from a question-wording Experiment in Austria, Germany and the UK

Carolina Plescia (Contributor), Sylvia Kritzinger (Speaker) & Markus Wagner (Contributor)

6 Sep 2017 → 9 Sep 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

How government alternation shapes voter incentives to engage in compensational voting

Carolina Plescia (Speaker) & Francesco Zucchini (Contributor)

22 Jun 2017 → 24 Jun 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Intra-cabinet and intra-party conflict and retrospective voting

Carolina Plescia (Speaker) & Sylvia Kritzinger (Speaker)

22 Jun 2017 → 24 Jun 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Voting for policy when it matters: How government alternation shapes voter incentives to engage in compensational voting

Carolina Plescia (Speaker) & Francesco Zucchini (Speaker)

22 Jun 2017 → 24 Jun 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

In the Eye of the Beholder: Voter Perceptions of Parties’ Policy Shifts

Carolina Plescia (Speaker)

18 May 2016

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

Department of Government

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T: +43-1-4277-49904

carolina.plescia@univie.ac.at