RESEARCH & ONGOING WORK

My research interests lie at the intersection of political behaviour, research methods, and comparative politics, specialising in civic education, political socialization, and democratic engagement. In my research, I examine how political attitudes form and evolve, how education can foster democratic resilience, and how authoritarian legacies shape contemporary political behaviour. Through the generation of interdisciplinary datasets and experimental research, I have advanced our understanding of how citizens learn about, engage with, and sustain democracy.

AUTHORITARIAN POLITICS & LEGACIES

Democratic transitioning: The legacy of authoritarian regimes on democratic attitudes

POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION & CIVIC EDUCATION

How do political attitudes form and change over the life course? How can civic education offset weak parental socialization? Political generations differ in redistribution preferences, immigration attitudes, and support for female leadership.

SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY AND AUTOCRACY

What drives support for different forms of political regimes? How to measure support for democracy or autocracy?

Book projects on authoritarian legacies and nostalgia

Authoritarian Imprinting: Explaining the Challenges of Democratic Consolidation (with Natasha Lindstead). Book manuscript under contract with Oxford University Press. In progress. [Proposal]

Nostalgia and the threat to democracy (with Natasha Lindstead). Book manuscript under contract with Cambridge University Press, Elements Series in Comparative Political Behavior. In progress.

WORKING PAPERS

Papers on civic education

Promoting democracy online: Experimental evidence from 33 countries (with Steven Finkel, Aykut Öztürk, Ericka Rascón Ramírez). Invited R&R [Working paper]

Mobilizing for Democracy Under Authoritarianism: The Power of Social Media Campaigns (with Aykut Öztürk, Steve Finkel, and Ericka Rascón Ramírez). Under review [Working paper]

Adult Civic Education and Support for Democratic Values: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (with Steven Finkel, Junghyun Lim, Aykut Öztürk, and Daniel Shephard). In progress [Registration][working paper]

Prospect Theory and Reference Points in Civic Education Campaigns: Cross-National Experimental Evidence(with Ericka Rascón Ramírez, Steven Finkel, and Aykut Öztürk). In progress [Registration]

Educating Citizens: The Structure and Content of Civic Education and Students’ Political Attitudes (with Susanne Garritzmann and Wooseok Kim). In progress.

Prebunking for Democracy: Experimental Evidence on Modes of Civic Reasoning Training (with Florian Foos, Aykut Öztürk, Ericka Rascón Ramírez, and Souleymane Yameogo). In progress.

Papers on authoritarian legacies

Autocratic and democratic imprinting: The long-term impact of education on democratic support (with Natasha Ezrow, Johannes Gerschewski, Roman-Gabriel Olar, and Rosalind Shorrocks). Invited to R&R [W orking paper]

Papers on authoritarian indoctrination and autocratic ruling strategies

Strategies of Political Control and Regime Survival in Autocracies (with Katerina Tertytchnaya, Ksenia Northmore-Ball, Eugenia Nazrullaeva, and Wooseok Kim). Invited to R&R [Working paper]

Power Personalization and Indoctrination in Dictatorships (with Katerina Tertytchnaya, Wooseok Kim, Ksenia Northmore-Ball, and Eugenia Nazrullaeva). Invited to R&R [Working paper]

Democracy and the Politicization of Education (with Agustina Paglayan and Wooseok Kim). In progress [Working paper]

Rallying'Round the School House: The Politicization of Education in Times of Conflict (with Ksenia Northmore-Ball, Katerina Tertytchnaya, Eugenia Nazrullaeva, and Wooseok Kim). In progress. [Working paper]

Papers on democratic and authoritarian support

Regional Deprivation, Individual Prospects, and Political Resentment (with Giovanni Facchini, Sergi Pardos-Prado, and Cecilia Testa). Under review [working paper]