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Assoz. Prof. Carolina Plescia, BA MA PhD
Carolina Plescia
T: +43-1-4277-49904
Plescia, C., Boyer, M. M., & Blais, A. (2025). Voting against or against voting? European Journal of Political Research, 1. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100364
Kittel, B., Kritzinger, S., Boomgaarden, H., Prainsack, B., Eberl, J.-M., Kalleitner, F., Lebernegg, N. S., Partheymüller, J., Plescia, C., Schiestl, D. W., & Schlögl, L. (2025). Austrian Corona Panel Project (SUF Edition): Version 7. Software or database, AUSSDA. https://doi.org/10.11587/28KQNS
Plescia, C., Boyer, M. M., Abdala, M. B., Brunetti, A. L., Kritzinger, S., Wagner, M., Tolochko, P., Le Gall, C., Zechmeister, E. J., & Blais, A. (2025). The Meanings of Voting for Citizens: A Scientific Challenge, a Portrait, and Implications. Oxford University Press (OUP). Comparative Politics https://doi.org/10.1093/9780198946335.001.0001
Plescia, C., Boyer, M. M., Brunetti, A. L., Le Gall, C., & Abdala, M. B. (2025, Jun 2). Election Survey Data on Citizen Meanings of Voting in 13 Countries (SUF edition). AUSSDA. https://doi.org/10.11587/1QQF9P
Plescia, C., Abdala, M. B., Brunetti, A. L., Boyer, M. M., & Le Gall, C. (2025, Jun 2). Panel Election Survey Data on Citizen Meanings of Voting in Hungary and the USA (SUF edition). AUSSDA. https://doi.org/10.11587/UOWEY1
Plescia, C., Boyer, M. M., Abdala, M. B., & Brunetti, A. L. (2025). Trust in Government or in Technology? What Really Drives Internet Voting. Political Research Quarterly, 78(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/10659129251321424
Partheymüller, J., Aichholzer, J., Wagner, M., Plescia, C., Kritzinger, S., Eberl, J.-M., Meyer, T., Boomgaarden, H., & Müller, W. C. (2024). AUTNES Online Panel Study 2017-2024 (SUF edition). Web publication, AUSSDA. https://doi.org/10.11587/HNUFCC, https://doi.org/10.11587/HNUFCC
Ecker, A., Meyer, T., & Plescia, C. (2024). Do voters prefer logrolling to compromise in parliamentary democracies? Electoral Studies. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2024.102889
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/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
Kritzinger, S., Plescia, C., & Spoon, J.-J. (2022). Who's to blame? How performance evaluation and partisanship influence responsibility attribution in grand coalition governments. 660-677. Paper presented at Democracy Divided? People, Politicians and the Politics of Populism, Wien, Austria. 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.

‘The Liberal World at the Crossroads’, ÖGPW roundtable discussion

Plescia, C. (Invited speaker)

25 Sept 2025

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

Presenting the working paper "What justifies voting for underperforming authoritarian leaders?", co-authored with Carolina Plescia and Sylvia Kritzinger

Brunetti, A. L. (Selected presenter), Plescia, C. (Contributor) & Kritzinger, S. (Contributor)

3 Jul 2025

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

Presenting the working paper "What justifies voting for underperforming authoritarian leaders?", co-authored with Carolina Plescia and Sylvia Kritzinger

Brunetti, A. L. (Selected presenter), Plescia, C. (Contributor) & Kritzinger, S. (Contributor)

19 Sept 2024

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

Presenting the working paper "What justifies voting for underperforming authoritarian leaders?", co-authored with Carolina Plescia and Sylvia Kritzinger

Brunetti, A. L. (Selected presenter), Plescia, C. (Contributor) & Kritzinger, S. (Contributor)

6 Jul 2024

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

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

Lasheras Mas, B. (Speaker), Partheymüller, J. (Speaker), Plescia, C. (Contributor) & Kritzinger, S. (Contributor)

2024 → …

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

When Accountability Fails: Understanding Voter Inaction in the Face of Political Scandals

Lasheras Mas, B. (Speaker), Partheymüller, J. (Speaker), Plescia, C. (Speaker) & Kritzinger, S. (Speaker)

2024

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

Inaugural Jean Blondel Lecture at the University of Essex

Plescia, C. (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

Plescia, C. (Contributor), Le Gall, C. (Contributor), Boyer, M. M. (Speaker), Abdala, M. B. (Contributor) & Brunetti, A. L. (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

Le Gall, C. (Speaker), Plescia, C. (Contributor), Abdala, M. B. (Contributor), Brunetti, A. L. (Contributor) & Boyer, M. M. (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

Plescia, C. (Speaker), Abdala, M. B. (Speaker), Zechmeister, E. J. (Invited speaker), Maloy , J. S. (Invited speaker), Brunetti, A. L. (Contributor), Boyer, M. M. (Contributor), Le Gall, C. (Contributor) & Zeberer, Z. (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

Plescia, C. (Speaker), Brunetti, A. L. (Speaker), Ventura, T. (Invited speaker), Garzia, D. (Invited speaker), Boyer, M. M. (Contributor), Abdala, M. B. (Contributor), Le Gall, C. (Contributor) & Zeberer, Z. (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

Boyer, M. M. (Speaker), Plescia, C. (Speaker) & Le Gall, C. (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

Boyer, M. M. (Contributor), Brunetti, A. L. (Selected presenter) & Plescia, C. (Contributor)

16 Sept 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

Boyer, M. M. (Speaker), Plescia, C. (Contributor) & Le Gall, C. (Contributor)

14 Sept 2022

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

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

Boyer, M. M. (Speaker), Plescia, C. (Contributor) & Le Gall, C. (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?

Partheymüller, J. (Speaker), Kritzinger, S. (Contributor), Brandl, D. (Contributor) & Plescia, C. (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

Le Gall, C. (Speaker), Abdala, M. B. (Contributor) & Plescia, C. (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?

Partheymüller, J. (Speaker), Brandl, D. (Contributor), Kritzinger, S. (Contributor) & Plescia, C. (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

Plescia, C. (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.

Plescia, C. (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?

Plescia, C. (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

Plescia, C. (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

Plescia, C. (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

Plescia, C. (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?

Plescia, C. (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

Plescia, C. (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?

Plescia, C. (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

Plescia, C. (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

Plescia, C. (Speaker)

28 May 2019

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

Citizen disenchantment with democracy in Europe

de Wilde, P. (Speaker), Plescia, C. (Speaker) & Treib, O. (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

Plescia, C. (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

Plescia, C. (Speaker), Blais, A. (Contributor) & Högström, J. (Contributor)

14 Sept 2018 → 16 Sept 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

Plescia, C. (Speaker) & Song, H. (Contributor)

6 Sept 2018 → 8 Sept 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

Plescia, C. (Speaker) & Song, H. (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

Plescia, C. (Speaker) & Eberl, J.-M. (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

Eberl, J.-M. (Speaker) & Plescia, C. (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

Eberl, J.-M. (Speaker) & Plescia, C. (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

Plescia, C. (Speaker) & Morisi, D. (Speaker)

14 Sept 2017 → 16 Sept 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

Plescia, C. (Speaker) & Staniek, M. (Speaker)

8 Sept 2017 → 10 Sept 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

Plescia, C. (Contributor), Kritzinger, S. (Speaker) & Wagner, M. (Contributor)

6 Sept 2017 → 9 Sept 2017

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

How government alternation shapes voter incentives to engage in compensational voting

Plescia, C. (Speaker) & Zucchini, F. (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

Plescia, C. (Speaker) & Kritzinger, S. (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

Plescia, C. (Speaker) & Zucchini, F. (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

Plescia, C. (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