Empirical evidence suggests that e-voting has no measurable effects on turnout. However,
existing studies did (or could) not look at e-voting effects on the individual level. We innovate …

Polarisation is often seen as mainly negative for the functioning of democracies, but one of
its saving graces could be that it raises the stakes of politics and encourages participation …

One function of undergraduate education is supporting successful citizenship later in life.
Educational achievement is positively, if variably, related to political engagement. However …

Most nonexperimental studies of voter turnout rely on survey data. However, surveys
overestimate turnout because of (1) nonresponse bias and (2) overreporting. We investigate …

Das vorliegende Lehrbuch bietet eine Einführung in die sozialwissenschaftliche
Forschungslogik und den quantitativen Forschungsprozess. Dabei werden die …

Why does the mind matter for joint action? Contentious Minds is a comparative study of how
cognitive and relational processes allow activists to sustain their commitment. With survey …

Background While poor self-rated health is known to decrease an individual's propensity to
vote, disaggregation of the components of health on turnout has thus far received only little …

This paper offers a critical look at the promises and drawbacks of a popular, novel data
collection technique—online tracking—from the point of view of sample composition. Using …

Why do immigrants vote less in local elections when they have the right to vote? I present a
new representative survey on participation in the 2015 municipal elections in the Canton of …

Standard explanations of anti-immigrant sentiments as well as explanations of the voting
behavior of ethnic minorities would both predict voters with an immigrant background should …