Political Representation

Current Projects

Citizen-centered democratic innovation: Understanding citizen preferences for participatory budgeting algorithms (Citizen-PB)

Period: 15.10.2024 14.10.2025

Sponsor: WWTF

The 'de-party politicization' of Europe's political elites (DEPART) - ERC Starting Grant 

Period: 2021 - 2026

Sponsor: European Research Council

The meanings of `voting`for ordinary citizens, their causes and consequences (DeVOTE) - ERC Starting Grant

Period: 2021 - 2025

Sponsor: European Research Coucil

Multidimensional Representation: Enabling An Alternative Research Agenda on the Citizen-Politician Relationship (MULTIREP) - ERC Starting Grant

Period: 2023-2028

Sponsor: European Research Coucil

Completed Projects

• CONNEX
• ESF-Eurocores HumVIB REPCONG
• Fewer member, less influence
• Politische Repräsentation in Mehrebenensystemen am Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts – Die Perspektive der Österreichischen Abgeordneten im Europäischen Vergleich (OeNB)
• Die Präferenzen von Bürgerinnen und Bürgern über die parlamentarischen Aktivitäten von Abgeordneten (OeNB)
• RECONNECT
• "Strong" vs. "weak" governments and the challenge of economic reforms (SFB 884)

Research Groups

• VieCER (Vienna Center for Electoral Research)