We congratulate Carolina Plescia to the approval of her project 'The consequences of coalition compromise on public opinion'. The project is approved by the Austrian Funding Agency FWF as one of the Hertha Firnberg projects. The project runs for 3 years and is investigating citizen trust and approval of the political institutions of their country. The Hertha Firnberg Post-Doc programme supports highly qualified female scientists, who have completed their university studies.