Assoz. Prof. Carolina Plescia, BA MA PhD
Carolina Plescia
T: +43-1-4277-49904










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.










Inaugural Jean Blondel Lecture at the University of Essex

Carolina Plescia (Speaker)

16 Nov 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


What we (don’t) know about voting and why it matters: Citizen meanings of voting

Carolina Plescia (Contributor), Cal Le Gall (Contributor), Ming Manuel Boyer (Speaker), Maria Belen Abdala (Contributor) & Anna Lia Brunetti (Contributor)

9 Dec 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Meanings of voting: What we (don't) know about voting and why it matters

Cal Le Gall (Speaker), Carolina Plescia (Contributor), Maria Belen Abdala (Contributor), Anna Lia Brunetti (Contributor) & Ming Manuel Boyer (Contributor)

2 Dec 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Meanings of voting and perceptions of election integrity in US elections

Carolina Plescia (Speaker), Maria Belen Abdala (Speaker), Elizabeth J. Zechmeister (Invited speaker), Jason S. Maloy (Invited speaker), Anna Lia Brunetti (Contributor), Ming Manuel Boyer (Contributor), Cal Le Gall (Contributor) & Zita Zeberer (Contributor)

22 Nov 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Negative or positive meanings of voting, or none at all? The meanings of voting in the Italian and Brazilian 2022 elections

Carolina Plescia (Speaker), Anna Lia Brunetti (Speaker), Tiago Ventura (Invited speaker), Diego Garzia (Invited speaker), Ming Manuel Boyer (Contributor), Maria Belen Abdala (Contributor), Cal Le Gall (Contributor) & Zita Zeberer (Contributor)

25 Oct 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Negative campaign, negative votes? Political Campaigns and Citizens’ Meanings of Voting in Hungary and the US

Ming Manuel Boyer (Speaker), Carolina Plescia (Speaker) & Cal Le Gall (Speaker)

20 Oct 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


In It to Win It? The Role of Citizen Meanings of Voting in the Winner-Loser Gap of Diffuse Political Support

Ming Manuel Boyer (Contributor), Anna Lia Brunetti (Selected presenter) & Carolina Plescia (Contributor)

16 Sep 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


A Social Identity Perspective on Negative Campaigning: Effects of Positive, Negative and “Dirty” Campaigning by Ingroup and Outgroup Parties

Ming Manuel Boyer (Speaker), Carolina Plescia (Contributor) & Cal Le Gall (Contributor)

14 Sep 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


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

Ming Manuel Boyer (Speaker), Carolina Plescia (Contributor) & Cal Le Gall (Contributor)

25 Aug 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The Future of the EU Post-Brexit: What Do Citizens Want?

Julia Partheymüller (Speaker), Sylvia Kritzinger (Contributor), David Brandl (Contributor) & Carolina Plescia (Contributor)

22 Aug 202226 Aug 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The emergence and content of citizens’ meanings of voting: An analysis of focus groups and individual interviews

Cal Le Gall (Speaker), Maria Belen Abdala (Contributor) & Carolina Plescia (Contributor)

14 Jul 202217 Jul 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The Future of the EU Post-Brexit: What Do Citizens Want?

Julia Partheymüller (Speaker), David Brandl (Contributor), Sylvia Kritzinger (Contributor) & Carolina Plescia (Contributor)

23 Jun 202225 Jun 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Meanings of voting for ordinary citizens, their causes and consequences

Carolina Plescia (Invited speaker)

14 Jun 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The meanings of voting for ordinary citizens, their causes and consequences.

Carolina Plescia (Invited speaker)

14 Jun 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Do voters prefer logrolling to compromise in parliamentary democracies?

Carolina Plescia (Speaker)

5 May 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Will the Orbán Regime Survive or Fall? Roundtable on the 2022 Hungarian Elections

Carolina Plescia (Invited speaker)

29 Mar 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Compromising for worldly rewards? The short-term consequences of coalition agreements on voters

Carolina Plescia (Invited speaker)

7 Dec 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Compromising for worldly rewards? The short-term consequences of coalition agreements on voters

Carolina Plescia (Invited speaker)

18 Nov 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The State of the European Union: Reconnecting to European Citizens?

Carolina Plescia (Invited speaker)

9 Oct 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Reconciling Europe with its Citizens through Democracy and the Rule of Law

Carolina Plescia (Invited speaker)

29 May 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Do European elections enhance satisfaction with European Union democracy?

Carolina Plescia (Invited speaker)

14 May 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Euroscepticism in Italy in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis

Carolina Plescia (Invited speaker)

13 May 2020

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Compromising for worldly rewards? The short-term consequences of coalition agreements on voters

Carolina Plescia (Speaker)

28 May 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Citizen disenchantment with democracy in Europe

Pieter de Wilde (Speaker), Carolina Plescia (Speaker) & Oliver Treib (Speaker)

24 Apr 2019

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


A voting experiment on the input and output of electoral systems and democratic satisfaction

Carolina Plescia (Speaker)

12 Oct 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


A voting experiment on the input and output of electoral systems and democratic satisfaction

Carolina Plescia (Speaker), Andre Blais (Contributor) & John Högström (Contributor)

14 Sep 201816 Sep 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The Attitudinal and Social Antecedents of Right-wing Populist Support: The Moderating Role of Cross-Cutting Exposure on Populist Vote

Carolina Plescia (Speaker) & Hyunjin Song (Contributor)

6 Sep 20188 Sep 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The Attitudinal and Social Antecedents of Right-wing Populist Support: The Moderating Role of Cross-Cutting Exposure on Populist Vote

Carolina Plescia (Speaker) & Hyunjin Song (Contributor)

22 Aug 201825 Aug 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Against all Evidence? Voter preferences towards government formation after the elections and the role of populist attitudes

Carolina Plescia (Speaker) & Jakob-Moritz Eberl (Speaker)

21 Jun 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Coalitions in the News: How Saliency and Tone in News Coverage Influence Voters' Preferences and Expectations about Coalitions

Jakob-Moritz Eberl (Speaker) & Carolina Plescia (Speaker)

26 May 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Ill Informed? Media Bias and the Correctness of Voter Expectations of Coalition Outcomes

Jakob-Moritz Eberl (Speaker) & Carolina Plescia (Speaker)

1 Dec 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Learning from the other side: how social networks influence turnout in a referendum campaign

Carolina Plescia (Speaker) & Davide Morisi (Speaker)

14 Sep 201716 Sep 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


You can't always get what you want: Studying public opinion on multidimensional policies in the context of Brexit

Carolina Plescia (Speaker) & Magdalena Staniek (Speaker)

8 Sep 201710 Sep 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


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 Sep 20179 Sep 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


How government alternation shapes voter incentives to engage in compensational voting

Carolina Plescia (Speaker) & Francesco Zucchini (Contributor)

22 Jun 201724 Jun 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Intra-cabinet and intra-party conflict and retrospective voting

Carolina Plescia (Speaker) & Sylvia Kritzinger (Speaker)

22 Jun 201724 Jun 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Voting for policy when it matters: How government alternation shapes voter incentives to engage in compensational voting

Carolina Plescia (Speaker) & Francesco Zucchini (Speaker)

22 Jun 201724 Jun 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


In the Eye of the Beholder: Voter Perceptions of Parties’ Policy Shifts

Carolina Plescia (Speaker)

18 May 2016

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


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