Staff at the Chair of Political Science specialising in methodology conduct research into highly innovative topics in the field of political science attitude and behavioural research, employing advanced and interdisciplinary methods of data collection and analysis. For example, Dr Maximilian Grasl is investigating the extent to which Bavaria’s state parliamentary electoral law provides impetus for reforming the federal electoral law (see the teaching and research project on the 2018 state parliamentary election in Bavaria), Raphael Richter (M.A.) is conducting research into the mobilisation of non-voters based on an extensive field experiment in the city of Regensburg (see the teaching and research project on the 2023 Bavarian state election), Franziska Lambert (M.A.) is using a mixed-methods approach to analyse personalisation in the political discourse of German Bundestag election campaigns since 1990, Leonie Eckl (M.A.) focuses on the parliamentary communication of right-wing populist parties regarding gender and equality policy in Western democracies, and Jakob Berg analyses the factors influencing the effectiveness of political communication on social media (see the teaching and research project on the 2025 German parliamentary election). Below you will find the Chair’s overarching teaching and research projects. Information on the diverse research interests of our staff can be found on their profile pages.
