Univ.-Prof. Markus Wagner, PhD
Markus Wagner







Gangl, K., Juen, B. H., Kirchler, E., König, T., Korunka, C., Prinz, W., Schmidt, A., Schober, B., Stagl, S., Stamm, T., König, T., Kritzinger, S., & Wagner, M. (2022). Polarisierung in Österreich während der COVID-19-Pandemie: wie kann Solidarität gestärkt werden. Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS).


Kritzinger, S., & Wagner, M. (2022). Wähler*innen und Wahlverhalten. In Das Politische System Österreichs. Basiswissen und Forschungseinblicke (pp. 387-412). Böhlau Verlag.








Kitschelt, H., Haeusermann, S., Wagner, M., Abou-Chadi, T., Ares, M., Mitteregger, R., Bischof, D., Kurer, T., & van Ditmars, M. (2021). Der Weg zu einer Transformation der Linken : Der Mythos vom Stimmenverlust an die radikale Rechte. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/id/ipa/17947.pdf


Jessen, J., Kühnle, D., & Wagner, M. (2021). Downstream Effects of Voting on Turnout and Political Preferences: Long-Run Evidence from the UK. Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). IZA Discussion Paper

Affective polarization and identity politics

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

2023

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Coalition signals and affective polarization

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

2023

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Conceptual debates and approaches

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

2023

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Do left-wing governments fuel far-right success?

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

2023

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Ideological identities and affective polarization

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

2023

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Ideological identities and affective polarization

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

2023

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Ideological identities and affective polarization

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

2023

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Reducing affective polarization: The effect of challenging stereotypes

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

25 Oct 2022

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Affective polarization and coalition signals

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

10 Dec 2021

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Social Democratic Voting in a Pluralized Issue Space: Identifying Strategic Trade-Offs across 6 European Countries

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

9 Dec 2021

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Affective polarization and coalition signals

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

6 Dec 2021

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Affective polarization and political stereotypes

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

7 Oct 2021

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Why do people dislike some parties more than others

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

23 Jun 2021

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Voters and the IMF: Experimental Evidence From European Crisis Countries

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

25 Mar 2021

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Why do people dislike some parties more than others

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

4 Dec 2020

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Why do people dislike some parties more than others

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

13 Nov 2020

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Xenophobic hate crimes in Germany

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

6 Nov 2020

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Why do people dislike some parties more than others

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

21 Oct 2020

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Does austerity cause political polarization?

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

2 Mar 2020

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Does austerity cause political polarization?

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

20 Feb 2020

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Affective Polarization in Multiparty Democracies

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

16 Dec 2019

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Does Austerity Cause Political Polarization

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

4 Dec 2019

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Losing the Middle Ground: The electoral decline of Social Democratic parties since 2000

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

29 Nov 2019

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Affective Polarization in Multiparty Democracies

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

31 Aug 2019

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Experiments on Social Norms and Democracy

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

23 Aug 2019

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Mainstream Party Decline in Europe

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

8 Aug 2019

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How parties compete: how positional and issue change affect political con ict in modern democracies

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

26 Jul 2019

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Elections as information: evidence from Google Trends

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

21 Jun 2019

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Learning Facts about Migration: Politically Motivated Learning of Polarizing Information about Refugees

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

20 Jun 2019

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Affective Polarization in Multiparty Systems

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

9 May 2019

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Electoral Fortunes of Social Democratic Parties: Do Second Dimension Positions matter?

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

7 May 2019

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Closer to the Elites? How emotions and information influence populist attitudes

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

15 Feb 2019

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Mainstream Party Decline in Europe

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

4 Feb 2019

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Social Democratic Party Strategies: What Works?

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

29 Nov 2018

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Information, Emotions and Populism

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

21 Sept 2018

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When do parties politicize new issues? The Impact of Losing Power

Markus Wagner (Speaker), Tarik Abou-Chadi (Speaker) & Daniel Bischof (Speaker)

20 Apr 2018

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When do parties politicize new issues?

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

22 Mar 2018

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When do parties politicize new issues?

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

15 Mar 2018

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Abgrenzen oder Annähern – Wie sollen etablierte Parteien den Populismus schwächen?

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

2018

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Conjoint experiment: welfare, immigration & deservingness

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

2018

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Emotions and populism

Markus Wagner (Speaker) & Davide Morisi (Speaker)

2018

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Voter responses to fiscal austerity

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

2018

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Flawed elections and young voters' trust in democracy

Jakob-Moritz Eberl (Speaker), Konstantin Glinitzer (Speaker), Veronika Heider (Speaker), Sylvia Kritzinger (Speaker) & Markus Wagner (Speaker)

1 Dec 2017

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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 Sept 20179 Sept 2017

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Does social distance decrease support for politicians? Evidence from conjoint experiments in three countries

Nick Vivyan (Speaker), Markus Wagner (Speaker), Konstantin Glinitzer (Speaker) & Jakob-Moritz Eberl (Speaker)

24 Jun 2017

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Flawed elections and young voters’ trust in democracy: The case of the 2016 Austrian presidential election

Jakob-Moritz Eberl (Speaker), Konstantin Glinitzer (Speaker), Veronika Heider (Speaker), Sylvia Kritzinger (Speaker) & Markus Wagner (Speaker)

22 Jun 2017

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Does social distance decrease support for politicians? Evidence from conjoint experiments in three countries

Konstantin Glinitzer (Speaker), Markus Wagner (Contributor), Jakob-Moritz Eberl (Contributor) & Nick Vivyan (Contributor)

25 Apr 2017

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Why do people dislike some parties more than others?

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

30 Sept 2016

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Fear, anger and enthusiasm about the EU: Effects of emotional reactions on public preferences towards European integration

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

Jun 2016

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Who gets into the papers? Media attention to party communication in election campaigns

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

Sept 2015

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Explaining Voter Preferences for Local Legislators: Evidence from a Conjoint Analysis Survey Experiment

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

Jun 2015

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Immigrants, Political Parties, and Motivated Reasoning: How Political Attitudes Shape Inaccurate Evaluations

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

2015

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Selective exposure and the decision to watch televised debates

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

2015

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How parties move: shifting policy or emphasis?

Markus Wagner (Invited speaker)

2014

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How parties move: shifting policy or emphasis?

Markus Wagner (Invited speaker)

2014

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How parties move: shifting policy or emphasis?

Markus Wagner (Invited speaker)

2014

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Immigrants, Political Parties, and Motivated Reasoning. How Political Attitudes Shape Inaccurate Evaluations

Markus Wagner (Invited speaker)

2014

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Negative issue ownership

Markus Wagner (Invited speaker)

2014

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Partisanship and corruption: evidence from a survey experiment

Markus Wagner (Invited speaker)

2014

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What do voters expect from their MP?

Markus Wagner (Invited speaker)

2014

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Why do voters like independent-minded MPs?

Markus Wagner (Invited speaker)

2014

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The dynamics of issue engagement in multiparty systems

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

30 Nov 2012

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Sequencing Effekte: Links‐Rechts‐Positionierung und weitere Instrumententests in AUTNES

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

9 Nov 2012

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Questions about party competence: insights from cognitive interviews

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

7 Sept 2012

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Party issue competition in Austria: Party competence, voter issue importance and the moderating role of party popularity

Markus Wagner (Contributor)

14 Jul 2012

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Fear and anger in Great Britain: blame assignment and emotional reactions to the financial crisis

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

21 Jun 2012

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The dynamic effects of politician misconduct on satisfaction with democracy: evidence from the UK Expenses Scandal

Markus Wagner (Contributor)

21 Jun 2012

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The narcissism of small differences? Distinguishing between spatial models of vote choice and the role of political sophistication

Markus Wagner (Contributor)

21 Jun 2012

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Competence or Relevance? Explaining party programmatic profiles

Markus Wagner (Contributor)

15 Apr 2012

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Explaining parties’ salience strategies: the moderating role of party popularity

Markus Wagner (Contributor)

12 Apr 2012

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How are they different? Comparing supporters of the radical right and mainstream parties in Austria

Markus Wagner (Contributor)

2 Dec 2011

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Instrumententest Wahlbeteiligungsreporting

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

24 Nov 2011

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Instrumententests mit kognitiven Pretest Interviews

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

24 Nov 2011

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Voting at 16: Turnout and the Quality of Vote Choice

Markus Wagner (Contributor)

20 Oct 2011

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Voting at 16: Turnout and the Quality of Vote Choice

Markus Wagner (Contributor)

17 Oct 2011

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Representative misconduct, voter perceptions and accountability: evidence from the 2009 House of Commons expenses scandal

Markus Wagner (Contributor)

10 Sept 2011

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Explaining party positions on decentralization

Markus Wagner (Contributor)

26 Aug 2011

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Do knowledgeable voters take more complex decisions? The compensatory vote and political knowledge

Markus Wagner (Contributor)

25 Aug 2011

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Mainstream or niche? Vote-seeking incentives and the programmatic strategies of political parties

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

25 Aug 2011

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Representative misconduct, voter perceptions and accountability: evidence from the 2009 House of Commons expenses scandal

Markus Wagner (Contributor)

20 Jun 2011

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Zum Politikverständnis der ÖsterreicherInnen

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

6 May 2011

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Left-Authoritarian Citizens in Europe: Seeking Policy Representation across Issue Dimensions?

Markus Wagner (Contributor)

12 Apr 2011

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Explaining perceptions of party polarization: the effects of politicization and information

Markus Wagner (Contributor)

9 Apr 2011

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Mainstream or niche? Vote-seeking incentives and the programmatic strategies of political parties

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

31 Mar 2011

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Die politische Partizipation von Migranten in Österreich

Markus Wagner (Speaker)

17 Mar 2011

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Do voters reward rebellion?

Markus Wagner (Contributor)

10 Sept 2010

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Voting at 16

Markus Wagner (Contributor)

11 Jun 2010

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Do voters reward rebellion?

Markus Wagner (Contributor)

13 May 2010

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Do MPs reward rebellion?

Markus Wagner (Contributor)

29 Mar 2010

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Issue voting in Austria

Markus Wagner (Contributor)

22 Mar 2010

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Department of Government

Deputy Head

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markus.wagner@univie.ac.at