This project focuses on the personal foundations of political behavior. In particular, the importance of personality traits is evaluated. To capture personality traits conceptually and empirically, the five-factor model ("Big Five") has become established within the psychological discipline. These five character traits represent basic orientations which, although they cannot be observed directly, are reflected in a person's (political) behavior and (political) attitudes.
New Papers
- Direct Democracy, Personality, and Political Interest in Comparative Perspective, in: Politics, 2022 (together with Alina Zumbrunn), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/02633957221074897.
- The Personality of Stealth Democrats. How traits shape attitudes towards expert-based governments, in: West European Politics, 42(3), 573–592, 2019 (together with Maya Ackermann und Kathrin Ackermann)
- Opting for an Open Society? Personality Traits and Attitudes toward the Openness of Switzerland, in: Comparative European Politics, 16(3), 413–433, 2018, (together with Kathrin Ackermann und Maya Ackermann).
- Personality and Voting for a Right-Wing Populist Party – Evidence from Switzerland, in: Swiss Political Science Review, 24(4), 545–564, 2018 (together with Kathrin Ackermann und Eros Zampieri).
