Prof Dr Melanie Walter-Rogg

Professor

Prof. Dr. Melanie Walter-Rogg

Consultation hour

Consultation hours in SS 2026:

from 15.04.26 on Wednesdays from 11-12 o'clock

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Curriculum Vitae

since 2011	University professor for political science with a focus on methods at the University of Regensburg
2009 - 2011	Lecturer at the Institute of Political Science at the Maximilian University of Munich, Chair of Prof. Dr Paul Thurner
2002 - 2009	Research assistant at the Institute for Social Sciences at the University of Stuttgart, Chair of Prof. Dr Oscar W. Gabriel
2001	Dissertation "Political power and responsiveness in the big city - A study on the attitudinal congruence of local political actors using the example of the city of Stuttgart" (summa cum laude)
1998 - 2002	Assistant professor at the Institute for Social Sciences at the University of Stuttgart, Chair of Prof. Dr Oscar W. Gabriel
1998	Assistant professor at the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Hohenheim, Chair of Prof. Dr Claudia Mast
1995 - 1997	Doctoral scholarship from the Baden-Württemberg State Graduate Fund for the political science research project "Political Power and Responsiveness in the Metropolis"
1995	Degree in political science, sport science and german language and literature at the University of Stuttgart
1988	Acquisition of the general higher education entrance qualification at Mönchsee-Gymnasium Heilbronn (Baden-Württemberg)
1988	Obtained general higher education entrance qualification at Mönchsee-Gymnasium Heilbronn (Baden-Württemberg)

Scientific offices, functions and memberships

since Dec 2025	Member of the election committee for university elections at the University of Regensburg
since Oct 2025	Managing Director of the Institute of Political Science at the University of Regensburg
July 2025 - May 2026	Chair of the appointment committee for the W3 professorship "Comparative political science with a focus on Europe"
Feb 2023	External expert in the degree programme evaluation procedure "Political Science, Sociology and Politics and Society" at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
Nov 2021 - May 2022	Chair of the appointment committee for the W3 professorship "Political Theory with a focus on democratic theories"
March - Oct 2021	Chair of the appointment committee for the W3 professorship "Sociology of Space" at the University of Regensburg
July - Oct 2020	Faculty-external member of the appointment committee W1 with tenure track "Criminal Law and Criminology"
Sept 2019 - June 2020	Member of the appointment committee for the W3 professorship for the history of philosophy at the University of Regensburg
since 2018	Member of the International Political Science Association (IPSA)
Feb - May 2017	Rapporteur in the appointment procedure for the W3 professorship for economics (public sector economics) and economics (empirical economics)
Oct 2017 - Sept 2021	Vice Dean of the Faculty PKGG at the University of Regensburg
since 2017	Member of the European Urban Research Association (EURA)
Feb 2014 - March 2015	Head of programme evaluation for the BA Political Science and MA Democracy Studies at the University of Regensburg
Oct 2013 - Sept 2015	Managing Director of the Institute of Political Science at the University of Regensburg
Sept 2013 - March 2014	External expert on the appointment committee for the W1 professorship "Political Science Research Methods" at the University of Chemnitz
since 2014	Member of the German Society for Psephology (DGfW)
Since 2013	Chair of the examination boards for the Master's programme in Democracy Studies at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Regensburg
since 2009	Member of the German Society for Political Science (DGfP)
since 2005	Member of the German University Association
since 2003	Member of the German Research Foundation and the German Political Science Association (DVPW) in the Political Sociology and Methods of Political Science sections

Publications

Monographs

2020: Environmental Performance in Democracies and Autocracies. Cham: Palgrave Pivot. Together with Romy Escher.

2002: Politische Macht und Responsivität in der Großstadt - Eine Studie zur Einstellungungskongruenz kommunalpolitischer Akteure am Beispiel der Stadt Stuttgart, electronic dissertation: elib.uni-stuttgart.de/opus/volltexte/2002/1026.

1997: Politische Responsivität - Messungsprobleme am Beispiel kommunaler Sportpolitik. Leverkusen: Deutscher Universitätsverlag 1997.

Editorship of anthologies and contributions contained therein

2027: The state election 2023 in Bavaria - Analyses of voting behaviour and political culture in the Free State of Bavaria. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. Together with Raphael Richter.

The Bavarian Election 2023 - Continuity in Times of Crisis? Together with Raphael Richter.
The influence of political support on non-voting. Together with Maximilian Czaja and Katharina Trenkle.
The state election 2023 and the consequences for the Free State of Bavaria (Freistaat Bayern). Together with Raphael Richter.
The data modules of the USBW23: Survey and representativeness.

2023: The 2018 state election in Bavaria. Analyses of voting behaviour and political culture in Bavaria. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. Together with Tassilo Heinrich. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-41392-7.

A new, more colourful politics in Bavaria?, 3-19. together with Tassilo Heinrich.
The University Study Bavarian Election 2018 (USBW18): Design and determined voter migration, 21-63. together with Paul W. Thurner, Helmut Küchenhoff, Thomas Knieper, Harry Haupt, André Klima, Ingrid Mauerer, Tassilo Heinrich, Stefan Mang and Joachim Schnurbus.
Political orientations and behaviours of Bavarian citizens - An evaluation of the SoSci online survey of the USBW18, 65-145. Together with Franziska Lambert, Leonie Eckl and Cedric Freyler.
Between protest and right-wing ideology - The AfD electorate in Bavaria, 325-367. Together with Tamara Herl.
The influence of federal political issues on the state election campaign in Bavaria 2018 - An investigation of Twitter communication by federal and state politicians, 417-452. Together with Felix Albrecht.
Conspicuous features between media use and voting decisions in the 2018 state election in Bavaria, 533-576. Together with Julian Dietlmeier, Philip Dietrich, Thomas Knieper, Stefan Mang and Joachim Schnurbus.
The 2018 state election and the consequences for the Free State of Bavaria (Freistaat Bayern), 579-598. together with Tassilo Heinrich.
The Data Modules of the USBW18: Survey and Representativeness, 599-683. Together with André Klima and Felix Albrecht.

2013: The Political Ecology of the Metropolis. Metropolitan Sources of Electoral Behaviour in Eleven Countries, Colchester: ECPR Press. Together with Jefferey M. Sellers, Daniel Kübler and R. Alan Walks.

Does Political Ecology matter? Voting Behaviour in German Metropolitan Areas. In: The Political Ecology of the Metropolis. Metropolitan Sources of Electoral Behaviour in Eleven Countries, Colchester: ECPR Press. Together with Jefferey M. Sellers, Daniel Kübler and R. Alan Walks, 227-266.
Conclusion - Metropolitan Sources of Political Behaviour , co-authored with Jefferey M. Sellers, Daniel Kübler, R. Alan Walks, Philippe Rochat, 419-478.

2004: Parties, party elites and members in a large city. Cities and Regions in Europe, vol. 11. Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. Together with Oscar W. Gabriel.

The local agenda from the perspective of party members. In: Walter-Rogg, Melanie/Gabriel, Oscar W. (eds.): Parties, party elites and members in a large city. Cities and Regions in Europe, Volume 11, Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 261-289.
Often demanded, rarely realised: Party members and the issue of party reform. In: Walter-Rogg, Melanie/Gabriel, Oscar W. (eds.): Parties, party elites and members in a large city. Cities and Regions in Europe, Vol. 11. Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 149-182. co-edited with Alexandra Mößner.
Social structural characteristics of Stuttgart party members and data report. In: Walter-Rogg, Melanie/Gabriel, Oscar W. (eds.): Parties, party elites and members in a large city. Cities and Regions in Europe, Volume 11, Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 293-312. co-edited with Kerstin Held.

Journal articles

2024: The Bavarian state election of 8 October 2023: Vote for continuity of the black-orange coalition. Journal of Parliamentary Affairs, Issue 1, 3-24. doi. org/10.5771/0340-1758-2024-1 (external link, opens in a new window)

2024: Regional election in Bavaria, 8 October 2023. Electoral Bulletins of the European Union - Elections in Europe: 2023, Issue #4, geopolitique.eu/en/articles/regional-election-in-bavaria-8-october-2023/

2022: Micromotives of Vote Switchers and Macrotransitions. Politische Vierteljahresschrift Vol. 63, No. 4, 663-684. Together with Paul W. Thurner, André Klima, Helmut Küchenhoff, Ingrid Mauerer, Stefan Mang, Tassilo Heinrich, Thomas Knieper and Joachim Schnurbus. doi.org/10.1007/s11615-022-00411-9

2018: Does the Conceptualisation and Measurement of Democracy Quality Matter in Comparative Climate Policy Research? Politics and Governance, 6(1), 117-144. Together with Romy Escher.

2018: What about metropolitan citizenship? Attitudinal attachment of residents to their city-region. Journal of Urban Affairs, 40(1), 130-148. doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2017.1355664

2007: Citizen Initiatives and Citizen Referendums - The Consequences for Local Government Decision-Making Processes. In: German Journal of Urban Studies Vol. 45' No. 2. Together with Oscar W. Gabriel. www.difu.de/index.shtml?/publikationen/dfk/en/06_2/06_2_gabriel-rogg.shtml.

2006: Bürgerbegehren und Bürgerentscheide - Folgen für den kommunalpolitischen Entscheidungsprozess. In: Deutsche Zeitschrift für Kommunalwissenschaften, 45. Jg., Heft 2, 39-56. Together with Oscar W. Gabriel.

2001: Review of: Sauer, Martina, 2000: Gesellschaftliche Steuerungschancen durch Elitenintegration? Kommunikation und Kooperation bundesdeutscher Funktionsträger vor dem Hintergrund funktionaler Differenzierung, in: Soziologische Revue, 24. Jg., Heft 3, 362-365, together with Hans-Peter Burth.

Contributions to anthologies, yearbooks, encyclopaedias, etc.

2025: Klein- und Kleinstparteien - Entwicklung, Rolle und Funktion im bayerischen Parteiensystem seit 1946. In: Straßner, Alexander/Bein, Simon (eds.) Demokratie zwischen normativem Postulat und empirischer Realität. Springer VS, Wiesbaden, 219-283. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-49216-8_11

2018: Interdependent voting behaviour? An analysis of the impact of Europe-wide crises on voting in the 2017 Bundestag Elections. In: Korte, Karl-Rudolf and Schoffs, Jan (eds.): Die Bundestag Elections 2017 - Analyses of Electoral, Party, Communication and Government Research, Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 115-143. together with Ann-Kathrin Reinl.

2013: Metropolitan Governance over Federal State Borders in Germany: The Example of the Regions Hamburg and Central Germany. In: Chattopadhyay, Rupak/Slack, Enid (eds.): Metropolitan Governance in Federal States. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 106-154.

2013: Party reforms and their effect on membership development. In: Alemann, Ulrich von/Morlok, Martin/Spier, Tim (eds.): Parties without members? Baden-Baden: Nomos, 247-269.

2010: Multiple Choice. The Persistence of Territorial Pluralism in the German Federation. In: Baldersheim, Harald/Rose, Lawrence E. (eds.): Territorial Choice. The Politics of Boundaries and Borders . Ltd. Houndmills Basingstoke Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 138-159.

2010: Political Power and Decisions in the Metropolis - A Comparison of the Spending Preferences of Citizens and Elites In: Schuster, Wolfgang/Murawski, Klaus-Peter (eds.): Die regierbare Stadt, 2nd updated edition. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 170-198.

2009: Aspects of political culture in Germany - notions of legitimacy and judgements of legitimacy: "Politische Herrschaftsträger". In: Westle, Bettina/Gabriel, Oscar W. (eds.): Politische Kultur. An introduction. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 138-199.

2008: Direct democracy. In: Gabriel, Oscar W./Kropp, Sabine (eds.): Die EU-Staaten im Vergleich: Strukturen, Prozesse, Politikinhalte. Baden-Baden: Nomos. 236-267.

2008: Social Capital and Political Trust. In: Meulemann, Heiner (ed.): Social Capital in Europe - Similarity of countries and diversity of people? Multi-level analyses of the European Social Survey 2002: Brill. 219-250. together with Oscar W. Gabriel.

2008: Réforme de la gouvernance métropolitaine en Allemagne. Collin, Jean-Pierre/Robertson, Mélanie (eds.): La gouvernance métropolitaine dépendant du contexte. 311-347. together with Martin Sojer.

2008: Metropolitan Governance Reform in Germany. in: Collin, Jean-Pierre/Robertson, Mélanie (eds.): Governing Metropolises: Profiles of Issues and Experiments on Four Continents. Québec: Presses de l'Université Laval. 283-315. Together with Martin Sojer.

2007: Legitimacy of National and Supranational Elites in Europe. In: Pähle, Katja/Reiser, Marion (eds.): Local Political Elites and Questions of Legitimacy. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 129-155.

2007: Direct Democracy at the Local Level in Germany. In: Delwit, Pascal/Pilet, Jean-Benoit/ Reynaert, Herwig/Steyvers, Kristof (eds.): Towards DIY-Politics. Participatory and Direct Democracy at the Local Level in Europe. Brugge: Vanden Broele, 155-189. Together with Oscar W. Gabriel.

2007: Les aires métropolitaines et leur impact politique en Allemagne. In: Hoffmann-Martinot, Vincent/Sellers, Jefferey (eds.): Politique et métropole - Une comparison internationale. Paris: CNRS Editions, 67-98.

2007: The Political and Cultural Context of Associational Life. In: Maloney, William/ Roßteutscher, Sigrid (eds.): Social Capital and Associations in European Democracies - A comparative Analysis. London, New York: Routledge, 244-267. Together with Hanspeter Kriesi and Laura Morales.

2005: Political trust is good - mistrust is better? The extent and spillover effects of trust in politicians and institutions in unified Germany. In: Gabriel, Oscar W./Falter, Jürgen W./Rattinger, Hans (eds.): Wächst Gemeinsam, was Gemeinsamgehört? Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 129-186.

2005: Metropolitan Areas and Political Impact in Germany , in: Sellers, Jefferey/ Hoffmann-Martinot, Vincent (eds.): Metropolitanisation and Political Change: Urban and Regional Research International Vol. 6, Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 87-117.

2004: Elites or rivets - what do citizens think about (political) leaders? In: Gabriel, Oscar W./Neuss, Beate/Rüther, Günther (eds.): Eliten in der modernen Wissensgesellschaft. Düsseldorf: Droste-Verlag, 101-123.

2003: Local self-government. In: Oscar W. Gabriel/Holtmann, Everhard (eds.): Handbuch Politisches System der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Munich, Vienna: Oldenbourg, 411-455, together with Volker Kunz and Oscar W. Gabriel.

2003: Direct Democracy in the Federal Republic of Germany and in International Comparison. In: Gabriel, Oscar W. (ed.): Politische Partizipation. www.Politikon.org/ content/.

2003: Aspects of Political Culture in Germany - Ideas of Legitimacy and Judgements of Legitimacy: Political rulers. In: Westle, Bettina (ed.): Politische Kultur. www.politikon.org/inhalt/.

2002: Politische Entscheidungen in der Großstadt, in: Schuster, Wolfgang/Murawski, Klaus-Peter (eds.): Die regierbare Stadt, Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 170-198.

2002: Municipal democracy. In: Ekkehard, Jesse/Sturm, Roland (eds.): Democracies in the 21st Century in Comparison. Historical approaches, contemporary problems, reform perspectives, Opladen: Leske + Budrich, 139-171. together with Oscar W. Gabriel.

2000: The Responsiveness of Local Councilors to Citizen Preferences in Stuttgart: The Case of Sports Policies. In: Hoggart, Keith/Clark, T. Nichols (eds.): Citizen Responsive Government, Jai Press, 149-165.

2000: The German politicians in the view of the population - value, power or functional elite? In: Falter, Jürgen W./Gabriel, Oscar W./Rattinger, Hans (eds.): Really one people? A comparison of the political orientations of East and West Germans. Opladen: Leske + Budrich, 275-317.

1997: Stuttgart councillors: Social profile, political attitudes and municipal tasks. In: Gabriel, Oscar W./Brettschneider, Frank/Vetter, Angelika: Political culture and voting behaviour in a large city. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 229-247.

Expertise:

2024: Election results of the Greens and the teaching research projects on the Bavarian state elections 2018 & 2023. Presentation at the Green parliamentary group in the Bavarian state parliament. Together with Raphael Richter.

2005: Final report on the graduate survey of the Institute of Political Science, Department of Political Science at the University of Stuttgart.

2001: Final report on the membership survey of the Stuttgart parties CDU, SPD, FDP and Bündnis90/Die Grünen. University of Stuttgart.

1999: Final report on the evaluation study of the International Office and the Student Union of the University of Stuttgart. Results of a survey of foreign students and domestic sponsors. University of Stuttgart.

1998: Final report "Media information on economic problems and approaches to solutions. A comparative analysis of topic and presentation structures in press and online media". Together with Claudia Mast, Silke Keil and Klaus Spachmann.

1997: Attitudes towards Stuttgart 21 and other local political tasks. Results of a management survey in spring 1997. University of Stuttgart.

1994: Culture in Stuttgart. Results of a population survey in autumn 1993. University of Stuttgart.

Research

Prof Dr Melanie Walter-Rogg's research activities focus on the following areas:

Analysing and comparing political systems
Empirical research on democracy and autocracy
Elite and responsiveness research
Political culture and attitudes research
Methods of empirical political and democracy research
Local political research or metropolitan politics and governance

Teaching content

Prof Dr Melanie Walter-Rogg's teaching activities focus on the following areas:

Empirical politics and psephology
Political sociology
The political system of the FRG
Comparative systems research
Local and regional political research

Lectures/major, advanced and research seminars/exercises/graduate teaching

			200 SWS
SS 2026	Democratic Backsliding - Conception, Measurement and Analyses	BA advanced module MA specialisation, profile or additional module	2
	Research colloquium	Presentation & discussion of qualification papers	2
WS 2025/26	VL Advanced Methods of Political Science	BA advanced or additional module	2
	Introduction to the measurement of democracy and autocracy	MA Introductory module	2
	Communication strategies in the social media election campaign - Quantitative and qualitative analyses of the 2025 Bundestag election campaign, together with Jakob Berg	MA specialisation, profile or additional module	2
SS 2025	Analysing the social media campaign for the 2025 Bundestag Elections, together with Jakob Berg	MA specialisation, profile or additional module	2
	Introduction to the measurement of democracy and autocracy	MA introductory module	2
	Research colloquium	Presentation & discussion of qualification papers	2
SS 2024	Introduction to the measurement of democracy and autocracy	MA introductory module	2
	Research colloquium	Presentation & discussion of qualification papers	2
WS 2023/24	Review and update of various non-election concepts for the federal level and the Free State of Bavaria (Freistaat Bayern), together with Raphael Richter	MA specialisation, profile or additional module	2
	VL Advanced methods of political science	BA Advanced or additional module	2
	Introduction to the measurement of democracy and autocracy	MA Introductory module	2
	Research colloquium	Presentation & discussion of qualification papers	2
SS 2023	Introduction to the measurement of democracy and autocracy	MA introductory module	2
	Research colloquium	Presentation & discussion of qualification papers	2
WS 2022/23	What role does the context play? Multi-level analysis in empirical policy research	BA advanced or additional module	2
	VL Advanced Methods of Political Science	BA advanced or additional module	2
	Introduction to the measurement of democracy and autocracy	MA Introductory module	2
	Research colloquium	Presentation & discussion of qualification papers	2
SS 2022	Computational Social Science - Methodology & Fields of Application in Political Science	BA advanced module MA specialisation, profile or additional module	2
	Introduction to the measurement of democracy and autocracy	MA Introductory module	2
	Research colloquium	Presentation & discussion of qualification theses	2
WS 2021/22	The Bundestag Elections 2021 - a turning point in electoral behaviour and the party system?	BA advanced module MA specialisation, profile or additional module	2
	VL Advanced methods of political science	BA advanced or additional module	2
	Introduction to the measurement of democracy and autocracy	MA Introductory module	2
	Research colloquium	Presentation & discussion of qualification theses	2
SS 2021	Complex colour games - coalitions in theory and practice using the example of the 2021 Bundestag Elections	BA advanced module MA specialisation, profile or additional module	2
	Introduction to the measurement of democracy and autocracy	MA Introductory module	2
	Research colloquium	Presentation & discussion of qualification theses	2
WS 2020/21	Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) of the electoral success of populist parties in Europe	BA advanced module MA specialisation, profile or additional module	2
	VL Advanced Methods of Political Science	BA advanced or additional module	2
	Introduction to the measurement of democracy and autocracy	MA Introductory module	2
	Research colloquium	Presentation & discussion of qualification theses	2
SUMMER SEMESTER 2020	Motives for voting in the LTW 2018 in Bavaria - Introduction to content analysis with MAXQDA	BA advanced module MA specialisation, profile or additional module	2
	Research colloquium	Presentation & discussion of qualification papers	2
WS 2019/20	VL Advanced Methods of Political Science	BA advanced module	2
	Comparative democracy research using the example of the TRU Research Unit	BA advanced module MA specialisation, profile or additional module	2
	Introduction to the measurement of democracy and autocracy	MA Introductory module	2
SS 2019	Computational Social Science - Methodology & fields of application in political science	BA advanced module MA specialisation, profile or additional module	2
	Motives for voting in the LTW 2018 in Bavaria - Introduction to content analysis with MAXQDA	BA advanced module MA specialisation, profile or additional module	2
	VL Advanced methods of political science	BA advanced or additional module	2
	Research colloquium	Presentation & discussion of qualification papers	2
WS 2018/19	Multi-method approach using the example of the teaching research project on the 2018 Bavarian state elections	BA advanced module, MA specialisation/profile module	2
SS 2018	Exit Polls - Teaching research project on the Bavarian state election 2018	BA advanced module MA specialisation, profile or additional module	2
	Research colloquium	Presentation & discussion of qualification papers	2
WS 2017/18	Theory & empiricism of transformation research using the example of Central & East Europe	MA specialisation, profile or additional module	2
	Advanced methods of political science	BA advanced module	2
	Data analysis for advanced students using the example of the 2017 Bundestag Elections	BA advanced module MA specialisation, profile or additional module	2
SUMMER SEMESTER 2017	Methods of democracy studies	MA introductory module	2
	Bundestag Elections 2017 - Methods and explanatory models of empirical psephology	BA advanced module MA specialisation, profile or additional module	2
	Research colloquium	Presentation & discussion of qualification papers	2
WS 2016/17	VL Advanced Methods of Political Science	BA advanced or additional module	2
	Regionalisation of political culture? Analysing and comparing the political-social and mental-cultural reality in the FRG	BA advanced module MA specialisation, profile or additional module	2
	VL Advanced Methods of Quantitative Political Research	BA advanced or additional module	2
SUMMER SEMESTER 2016	Theory and empiricism of transformation research using the example of east europe	MA specialisation, profile or additional module	2
	Methods of democracy studies	MA introductory module	2
	Research colloquium	Presentation & discussion of qualification papers	2
SUMMER TERM 2015	Methods of democracy studies	MA introductory module	2
	Research colloquium	Presentation & discussion of qualification papers	2
WS 2014/15	VL Advanced Methods of Political Science	BA advanced or additional module	2
	Methods of democracy studies	MA Introductory module	2
	Political Legitimation in European Metropolitan Regions	BA advanced module MA specialisation, profile or additional module	2
SS 2014	Political sociology as critical, emancipatory and practice-orientated democracy studies	BA advanced module MA specialisation, profile or additional module	2
	VL Advanced methods of quantitative political research	BA advanced or additional module	2
	Challenges and limits of survey research	BA advanced module MA specialisation, profile or additional module	2
WS 2013/14	Bundestag Elections 2013: Methods and explanatory approaches of empirical psephology	BA advanced module MA specialisation, profile or additional module	2
	Methods of democracy studies	MA introductory module	2
	Advanced methods of political science	BA Advanced or additional module	2
SS 2013	Super election year 2013 - Methods and explanatory approaches of empirical psephology	BA advanced module MA specialisation, profile or additional module	2
	Methods of democracy studies	MA introductory module	2
WS 2012/13	International comparative policy research	BA advanced module MA specialisation, profile or additional module	2
	VL Advanced Methods of Political Science	BA advanced or additional module	2
	Methods of democracy studies	MA Introductory module	2
SS 2012	Metropolitan Regions and Metropolitan Governance in Europe	BA advanced module MA specialisation, profile or additional module	2
	Data analysis with SPSS for advanced students	BA Practical module MA Practical module	2
WS 2011/12	How do citizens think and act in Europe? Concepts, theories and results of comparative attitude and behavioural research	BA advanced module MA specialisation, profile or additional module	2
	More frustration than desire? Analysing and discussing public opinion on the legitimacy and politics of the European Union	BA core module	2
	Introduction to the statistical analysis programme IBM SPSS	BA Practical module MA Practical module	2
SUMMER TERM 2011	How do citizens think and act in Europe?	BA elective specialisation in Europe or Political Theory and/or Political Systems	4
	Metropolitan Regions and Metropolitan Governance in Europe, LMU Munich	BA elective specialisation Governance or specialisation Europe	4
WS 2004/05	Online surveys in comparative policy research, together with Oscar W. Gabriel, University of Stuttgart		2
WS 2003/04	Political responsiveness in western democracies Teaching at CERVL-CNRS/IEP in Bordeaux Method of comparison using the example of the participation behaviour of European citizens		2
SS 2003	Political Trust and Political Support in Democracy: Theory and Empirical Research, together with Oscar W. Gabriel, University of Stuttgart		2
	Methodological Workshop in Political Analysis at the 8th Euroloc Summer School in Local Government Studies, University of Cork, July 16-25		20
WS 2002/03	Municipal power structures and decision-making processes in the USA and the FRG, University of Stuttgart		2
WS 2000/01 SS 2000	Party members in Stuttgart, together with Oscar W. Gabriel, University of Stuttgart		4
WS 1999/00	Municipal power structures and decision-making processes in the USA and the FRG, University of Stuttgart		2

Lectures/pro and basic seminars/exercises/undergraduate teaching

			200 SWS
SS 2026	Introduction to data analysis in political science	BA introductory module	2
	Examination colloquium social studies politics & society	Preparation for State Examination	2
WS 2025/26	Introduction to social structure analysis	Extension subject Politics and Society	2
SS 2024	Introduction to the statistical analysis programme IBM SPSS	BA Practical module MA profile or practical module	2
SUMMER SEMESTER 2023	Introduction to political science data analysis	BA introductory module	2
SS 2022	Introduction to data analysis in political science	BA introductory module	2
SUMMER SEMESTER 2021	Introduction to data analysis in political science	BA introductory module	2
SUMMER SEMESTER 2020	Introduction to data analysis in political science	BA introductory module	2
WS 2019/20	Introduction to geospatial analysis	BA Practical module MA profile or practical module	2
SS 2019	VL Introduction to the methods of political science	BA introductory module	2
	Introduction to statistical data analysis	BA introductory module	2
WS 2018/19	Introduction to Spatial Analysis using the example of the 2017 Bundestag Elections	BA practical module	2
SS 2018	VL Introduction to the methods of political science	BA introductory module	2
	Introduction to statistical data analysis	BA introductory module	2
WS 2017/18	Introduction to Spatial Analysis using the example of the 2017 Bundestag Elections	BA practical module	2
SS 2017	VL Introduction to the methods of political science	BA introductory module	2
	2 x Introduction to statistical data analysis	BA introductory module	2
WS 2016/17	Introduction to the statistical analysis programme IBM SPSS	BA/MA practical module	2
SS 2016	VL Introduction to the methods of political science	BA introductory module	2
	Introduction to statistical data analysis	BA introductory module	2
SUMMER SEMESTER 2015	VL Introduction to the methods of political science	BA introductory module	2
	Introduction to statistical data analysis	BA introductory module	2
WS 2014/15	Advanced methods of quantitative policy research	BA Practical module	2
SS 2014	VL Introduction to the methods of political science	BA introductory module	2
	Introduction to data analysis in political science	BA introductory module	2
WS 2013/14	Introduction to data analysis in political science	BA introductory module	2
SS 2013	VL Introduction to Methods and Techniques in Political Science	BA introductory module	2
WS 2012/13	Introduction to data analysis in political science	BA introductory module	2
SS 2012	VL Introduction to Methods and Techniques in Political Science	BA introductory module	2
WS 2011/12	VL Introduction to the methods of political science		2
WS 2010/11	VL Methods of Political Science I, LMU Munich		2
	Seminar Introduction to Methods in Political Science, LMU Munich	8 x 2 h	16
SUMMER TERM 2010	Methods of empirical political research II: Data analysis with STATA (3 x 2 h)	3 x 2 h	6
	Metropolitan Regions and Metropolitan Governance in the EU, LMU Munich	3 x 2 h	6
	How do citizens think and act in Europe? Theories of comparative attitude and behavioural research, LMU Munich	3 x 2 h	6
WS 2009/10	Introduction to the methods of political science, LMU Munich	9 x 2 h	18
SUMMER TERM 2006	Political Trust in European Democracies, University of Stuttgart		2
	2 x Statistics and Methods of Empirical Social Research, University of Stuttgart		4
WS 2005/06	Direct democracy in the FRG and in international comparison, University of Stuttgart		2
	Professional Skills in the BA programme: Marketing concept of the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Stuttgart		2
SUMMER SEMESTER 2005	Statistics and Methods of Empirical Social Research, University of Stuttgart		2
WS 2004/05	The Political System of the Federal Republic of Germany, University of Stuttgart		2
SUMMER TERM 2004	Statistics and Methods of Empirical Social Research, University of Stuttgart		4
SUMMER TERM 2003	Statistics and Methods of Empirical Social Research, University of Stuttgart		4
WS 2002/03	The Political System of the Federal Republic of Germany, University of Stuttgart		2
SUMMER TERM 2002	Statistics and Methods of Empirical Social Research, University of Stuttgart		4
WS 2001/02	The Political System of the Federal Republic of Germany		4
SUMMER SEMESTER 2001	Statistics and Methods of Empirical Social Research		4
WS 2000/01	Seminar at CERVL-CNRS/IEP in Bordeaux (Franco-German study programme) The political system of the Federal Republic of Germany		2
SS 2000	2 x Statistics and Methods of Empirical Social Research		8
WS 1999/00	The Political System of the Federal Republic of Germany		2
	Seminar at CERVL-CNRS/IEP in Bordeaux (Franco-German study programme) The political system of the Federal Republic of Germany		2
	Introduction to social science data analysis with SPSS		2
SEMESTER 1999	Statistics and methods of empirical social research		8
WS 1998/99	2 x The Political System of the Federal Republic of Germany		4
WS 1997/98	Statistics and Methods of Empirical Social Research		4
SS 1997	Statistics and Methods of Empirical Social Research		4
WS 1996/97	Introduction to data acquisition and analysis with SPSS		2
	Tutorial accompanying the lecture on the political system of the Federal Republic of Germany and as preparation for the intermediate examination		2
WS 1995/96	Computer-aided social science data analysis		4
	Tutorial accompanying the lecture The Political System of the Federal Republic of Germany and as preparation for the intermediate examination		2
WS 1994/95	Introduction to data acquisition and analysis with SPSS		2
SS 1994	Introduction to data acquisition and analysis with SPSS		2

Qualification level

Promotions:

2026: Three Essays on Facets of Political Polarisation in Europe, external reviewer for the dissertation of Felix Lennert (M.A.) at the École Polytechnique Paris.

2024: Alternative Discourses on the Public Sphere in Democratic Systems. A concept for the analysis of public sphere structures in the age of digitalisation. First reviewer for the dissertation of Samuel Bader (M.A.) at the University of Regensburg.

2020: Globalisation, Domestic Political Institutions, and Climate Commitment and Performance, first reviewer for the dissertation of Romy Escher (M.A.) at the University of Regensburg.

2018: Objective tests: Empirical study on the integration and contrast of direct and indirect measurement methods. First reviewer for the dissertation of Dominik Weigand (M.A.) at the University of Regensburg.

MA theses (first supervisor only):

2025

42.	Territorial perspective of the AfD's electoral success, M.A. democracy studies.
41.	Non-voter types at the federal level, M.A. democracy studies.
40.	Political effectiveness and political support among non-voters - a mixed-methods content analysis of the Bavarian election 2023, M.A. Democracy Studies.
39.	Ambivalences of a strong economy? Economic performance of rural districts and their influence on AfD vote shares in Bavarian municipalities, M.A. Democracy studies.
38.	Rethinking the EU's Rule of Law Enforcement Mechanisms: Structural Constraints in the Case of Hungary and the Rule of Law Crisis, M.A. European Studies
37.	Democracy in the digital age: The challenge of disinformation and cyberattacks within online filter bubbles for the European Union, M.A. European Studies.

2024

36.	The Bavarian state election campaign 2023 on TikTok - A content-analytical examination of the election campaign communication of the CSU and the AfD: Issue ownership on TikTok rethought?, M.A. Democracy Studies.
35.	Sexualised violence as a challenge for democracy. A qualitative content analysis using the example of the festival Monis Rache, M.A. Democracy studies.
34.	After Brexit, what are the (new) challenges for Germany and France at the Council of the European Union regarding the qualified majority vote?, M.A. European Studies.
33.	Feminist Foreign Policy and Positive Peace Theory: a Franco-German Comparison, M.A. European Studies.
32.	Es brennt wieder in Deutschland: Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) der Ätiologie rechtsextremer flüchtlingsfeindlicher Brandanschläge, 2015-2016, M.A. Criminology and Violence Studies.
31.	Violence against police officers - A criminological state analysis using the example of Berlin, M.A. Criminology and Violence Studies.

2023

30.	Gender delusion" and "gender nonsense"? Political Communication of the Alternative for Germany on Gender Equality in the German Bundestag, M.A. Democracy Studies.
29.	Der Ton macht den Unterschied - Eine sentiment- und inhaltsanalytische Untersuchung der personalisierten Presseberichterstattung über die Kanzlerkandidaten im Bundestagswahlkampf 2021, M.A. Democracy Studies.
28.	Coalition Dynamics in the Federal Republic of Germany: Exploring the Multifaceted Landscape of Coalition Formation in the 2021 Bundestag Election through Empirical Analyses, M.A. Democracy Studies.

2022

27.	Politics under Corona's banner: A content-based analysis of parliamentary debates in the German Bundestag from January to September 2020, M.A. Demokratiewissenschaft.
26.	Comparative analysis of defence spending among OECD countries for the year 2020 using an mvQCA, M.A. Democracy Studies.
25.	The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on gender relations and roles in different welfare state models - A collective case study on Swe-den and Germany, M.A. European Studies.

2021

24.	A mixed-methods analysis of AfD voters in the 2018 state election in Bavaria with a focus on Lower Bavaria and the Upper Palatinate, M.A. Democracy Studies.

2020

23.	The role of matching issue agendas between parties and voters for the electoral success of AfD and SPD in the Bavarian state election 2018, M.A. Democracy Studies.
22.	Deprivation, protest and refugees: A mixed-methods analysis of the reasons of AfD voters and the AfD's issue setting in the 2018 Bavarian election, M.A. Democracy Studies.
21.	Right-wing narratives in online social networks - An empirical study of the Twitter network of "Kontrakultur Halle", M.A. Criminology and violence studies.
20.	Higher tolerance of violence through Netflix and Co? Survey on the influence of media violence in online streaming services on individual attitudes to violence, M.A. Criminology and Violence Studies.

2019

19.	How to Defrost "Frozen Conflicts" - The Role and Potential of Multitrack-Diplomacy in Resolving Frozen Conflicts. A Case Study of Nagorno Karabakh. M.A. East-West Studies.

2018

18.	The Role of Fear in the Discourse on Terrorism: A Sociological Discourse Analysis of the Attack of 19 December 2016 in Berlin, M.A.
17.	Autocracy and Democracy in Comparative Political Science, M.A. Democracy Studies.
16.	Congruence of the Vote in the Bavarian Regions - A Comparison between the German Federal Election and the Bavarian State Election of 2013, M.A. Democracy Studies.
15.	Space and social inequality - spatial structures and their influence on school choice using the example of the district of Schwandorf, M.A. Democracy Studies.

2017

14.	Extent and determinants of political trust in the post-communist EU member states of Central and Eastern Europe, M.A. Democracy Studies.
13.	War against democratisation? The "War on Drugs" and its impact on democratic development in Latin America, M.A. Democracy Studies.

2016

12.	Rural - democratic - committed. Does membership in an organisation, especially the KLJB (Catholic Rural Youth Movement), promote political participation?
11.	"Those who have, get involved to keep it that way" Does a concentration of resources lead to a concentration of political influence? - An empirical investigation using the example of Brazil, M.A. Democracy Studies.
10.	Right-wing cultures in Germany - A subnational analysis of right-wing orientated political-cultural patterns, M.A. Democracy Studies.
9.	Regional identity in the administrative district of Upper Palatinate, M.A. Democracy Studies.

2015

8.	The planned EU Women's Quota Directive and its effects in Germany and Poland even before its actual introduction, M.A. Democracy Studies.
7.	Reasons for the withdrawal of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) from the Bundestag in 2013, M.A. Democracy Studies.
6.	Merkel vs. Steinbrück - how do viewers and the media evaluate the 2013 TV duel, M.A. Democracy Studies.
5.	Fear as a determinant of the AfD vote, M.A. Democracy studies.

2014

4.	Political legitimacy in a united Germany: Utopia or reality?", M.A. East-West Studies.
3.	Effects of corruption on the average evaluation of the political system: a quantitative analysis using the example of the Baltic countries, M.A. East-West Studies.
2.	Metropolitan Governance and Political Parties: Comparison of European Metropolitan Regions
1.	Munich and Frankfurt/Rhine-Main, M.A. East-West Studies.

BA theses (only first reports):

2025

39.	Affective resonance in digital election campaigns. How fear rhetoric influences the visibility of party political content on Instagram.
38.	Non-voting and protest voting. An approach to related phenomena.
37.	The influence of parties in coalition negotiations on government policy.
36.	Issues, candidates or performance? - Factors influencing the appeal of conservative parties in the Bavarian state election 2023.
35.	Between foreigners and fears of decline. A multilevel analysis of individual and regional influences on the AfD vote.
34.	How do Bündnis 90/Die Grünen elected representatives assess the process and results of the reform of the Common European Asylum System? An analysis focussing on the Asylum Procedure Regulation, the Asylum and Migration Management Regulation and the Screening Regulation as well as on internal party dynamics, B.A. German-French studies.
33.	The aftershock of a political scandal: The impact of the Aiwanger scandal on the results of the Bavarian state election 2023.
32.	Person or party? Causes of the rise of the Free Voters in the 2023 state election in Bavaria.

2024

31.	Criticism of democracy and populism among non-voters in Bavaria - a qualitative analysis of the mobilisation potential of non-voters for populist parties
30.	The SPD's security policy in the 2021 Bundestag Elections: continuities and changes.
29.	Building trust through internal crisis communication: An analysis of the influences on employee trust in companies.
28.	Regional disparities as a booster for the AfD? Electoral geographic factors influencing the AfD election in Bavaria.

2023

27.	Conflict line between cosmopolitans and communitarians: A macro-analysis of the 2018 state election results of the Greens in Bavaria
26.	Sentiment analysis in political science - theory and practice
25.	Health policy in times of the corona pandemic - a change?

2022

24.	The Influence of Modernisation and Democratisation on Environmental Outcome.
23.	Finland and Sweden's decision to join NATO - proof of the final obsolescence of neutrality as the primary institution of Western regional society.
22.	Why so negative? Analysing negative campaigning prior to the German parliamentary election 2021 on Twitter.
21.	Conditions for the success of citizens' petitions in a comparison of the German federal states - An analysis using the fsQCA method.
20.	Factions in the U.S. Democratic Party and the Class and Race of their Supporters.

2021

19.	Silent majority? An Analysis of the Representativeness of the Political Expression Process in Social Media.

2020

18.	The Persistence of Intra-Democratic Civil Wars: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of the Length of Intra-State Armed Conflicts in Democracies.
17.	Democracy or not: what do investors prefer? An empirical analysis based on the Varieties of Democracy Project.
16.	Student mobility - A mixed methods analysis of the use of sustainable forms of mobility by students.
15.	The importance of issues in the 2018 Bavarian state elections.

2019

14.	Voting behaviour in times of dealignment processes under consideration of voter heterogeneity - An empirical study of the German BTW 2017 based on the socio-psychological approach.
13.	Voter turnout in the 2018 state election in Bavaria: Social and political inequality under the consideration of spatial differences.

2018

12.	Facing 'Jamaica' - Analysing the Twitter Behaviour of German Politicians during the Exploratory Talks.
11.	Switching voters in the 2013 Bundestag Elections.
10.	Political knowledge in Germany.
9.	Economic voting in the 2015 election year in Poland.
8.	(Not) an alternative for women? The emergence of the gender gap among voters of the right-wing populist AfD.

2016

7.	The influence of federal politics on voting behaviour in state elections. An analysis of the 2016 state elections in Baden-Württemberg.
6.	What parties are doing to win over women as voters, party members and office holders.

2015

5.	Young people and political participation. A quantitative study on young people's attitudes towards political participation.
4.	Party identification revisited. A regression-based analysis of the determinants of different types of party identification.

2013

3.	A German attitude towards the European Union as an institution? The extent and determinants of East and West Germans' trust in political institutions using the example of the European Parliament.
2.	Trust in the European Union. A comparative analysis of the explanatory approaches 'satisfaction with the functioning of democracy' and 'cost-benefit calculation'.
1.	Is there a political crisis of confidence in Spain? An analysis of the years 2007 to 2012, B.A. German-spanish studies.

Research

Research activities Prof. Dr Melanie Walter-Rogg

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