Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik is Professor of Austrian Politics in the European Context.

Research interests:

• Austrian politics
• Political parties
• Political elites
• Governments
• Welfare state & social policy

Latest publications:

• Ylisalo, Juha, Theres Matthieß, Katrin Praprotnik & Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik (forthcoming). Election pledges in multiparty governments: When do voters accept non-fulfillment? British Journal of Political Science.
• Wagner, Manuel & Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik (forthcoming). Workers' descriptive representation: mapping the diversity of pathways into politics. Journal of European Public Policy.
• Marlier, Jeanne, Matthias Kaltenegger & Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik (2025). Why do people like technocrats? European Journal of Political Research 64 (2): 872–886.
• Taschwer, Mario, Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik & Verena Reidinger (2025). Social democracy transformed? Party change and union ties. West European Politics 48 (7): 1545–72.

All publications:

• ORCID: 0000-0002-0107-5093
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Research projects:

• DIGIPARL: Showcasing the Austrian Parliament's Open Data Infrastructure. 2023–25.
• The 'de-party politicization' of Europe's political elites (DEPART). ERC Starting Grant. 2021–26.
• Fewer members, less influence? The political representation and social policy influence of trade unions in European governments. OeNB Jubiläumsfonds. 2019–22.
• Party government, patronage, and the regulatory state. FWF Erwin Schrödinger Fellowship. 2013–14.

Teaching:

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CV:

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