Christina Gahn
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Welcome!
I am a pre-doctoral research fellow at the Chair of Comparative Politics of Thomas M. Meyer at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and a PhD candidate in political science at the Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences (BGSS). I will join the Department of Government (University of Vienna) as pre-doctoral research fellow in March 2022.
I hold BA and MA degrees in Political Science by the University of Vienna and a BSc (WU) degree in Business, Economics and Social Sciences by the Vienna University of Economics and Business.
From 2016 to 2019 I worked as a research and teaching assistant at the Austrian National Election Study (AUTNES) and the Department of Government (University of Vienna).
My research interests include political parties and party competition, electoral campaigns and political communication.
You can find my current CV here.
Research
In Progress
Dissertation
On target – The success and use of targeting issue messages in election campaigns.
Supervised by Prof. Thomas M. Meyer, PhD
and Prof. Heike Klüver, PhD
Current projects / Working Papers
How much targeting is `too much'? Voters' punishment of highly targeted campaign messages.
First dissertation paper
Will be presented at MPSA 2022
Are highly targeted campaign ads more successful in election campaigns?
Second dissertation paper
Reporting Margins of Error in public opinion polls and voting
Project with Werner Krause
Published
Peer-reviewed Publication
Does social media enhance party responsiveness? How user engagement shapes parties’ issue attention on Facebook. Party Politics. 2021 - onlinefirst.
with Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik, Anita Bodlos & Martin Haselmayer
Data
AUTNES Content Analysis of Party Press Releases: Cumulative File (SUF edition). 2021. AUSSDA, V1.
with Wolfgang C. Müller, Anita Bodlos, Martin Dolezal, Nikolaus Eder, Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik, Elisabeth Graf, Martin Haselmayer, Teresa Haudum, Lena Maria Huber, Matthias Kaltenegger, Thomas M. Meyer, Katrin Praprotnik, Verena Reidinger & Anna Katharina WinklerAUTNES Content Analysis of Party Manifestos: Cumulative File (SUF edition). 2020. AUSSDA, V1.
with Wolfgang C. Müller, Anita Bodlos, Martin Dolezal, Nikolaus Eder, Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik, Elisabeth Graf, Martin Haselmayer, Teresa Haudum, Lena Maria Huber, Matthias Kaltenegger, Thomas M. Meyer, Katrin Praprotnik, Anna Katharina Winkler & Katharina Wurzer
Teaching
Courses developed and taught:
Comparative Politics and International Relations
Instructor, BA level
Winter 2021/22, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Winter 2020/21 (digital), Humboldt Universität zu BerlinPolitical parties and party communication
in comparative perspective
Instructor, BA level
Summer 2020 (digital), Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Summer 2021 (digital), Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Teaching assistant:
Introduction to comparative politics
Teaching assistant (Wolfgang C. Müller), BA level
Summer 2019, University of ViennaQuantitative methods of political science
Teaching assistant (Markus Wagner), BA level
Winter 2018/19, University of Vienna
Public Outreach
Zurück zu den Grünen? [Back to the Greens?]
Vienna Center for Electoral Research (VieCER) Blog. 2020.
with Julia PartheymüllerWähler*innen-Wanderungen in Österreich: Ein Rückblick. [Looking back on shifts of votes in Austria.]
Vienna Center for Electoral Research (VieCER) Blog. 2020.
with Julia Partheymüller, Julian Aichholzer, Verena Reidinger & Lena M. Huber
Gekaufte Aufmerksamkeit: Facebook-Werbung im Nationalratswahlkampf 2019. [Paid attention: Facebook ads in the Austrian national election campaign 2019.]
Vienna Center for Electoral Research (VieCER) Blog. 2020.
with Lena M. HuberDie Zukunft der europäischen Integration ist untrennbar mit dem Thema Zuwanderung verknüpft. [The Future of European Integration is Linked to Immigration.]
ÖGfE Policy Brief, 18. 2018.
with Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik
Contact Information
Christina Gahn
Chair of Comparative Politics -
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Universitätsstraße 3b, Room 416
10117 Berlin
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