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My name is Theres Matthieß and I am an Assistant Professor of Empirical Democracy Research at the Institute for Democracy Research (IfDem) at the Georg August University of Göttingen. I previously held positions as an Assistant Professor at the University of Trier, as a post-doc fellow at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) and as a research fellow at the DFG funded research project “Manifesto Research on Political Representation” (MARPOR) at the WZB, and received my PhD from the Humboldt-University of Berlin.

My research interests include Comparative Politics, Political Parties, Voting, Politcal Inequality, Democratic Representation and Legitimacy. I rely upon a variety of methodological approaches, such as text analysis, survey, and experimental research. My work has been published in peer-reviewed journals, edited volumes and various (media) formats. I am also the scientific supervisor of various studies on the fulfillment of election and coalition pledges in Germany in cooperation with the Bertelsman Foundation. As a political educator collaborating with the Sächsische Landeszentrale für Politische Bildung, I also deliver public talks and engage in discussions with citizens.

Please find further information about myself and my research on this website.