Die Bundestagswahl 2021: Perspektiven und Daten aus der deutschen Wahlstudie

July 1, 2022·
Frauke Riebe
Lukas Hetzer
Lukas Hetzer
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Constantin Wurthmann
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Abstract
To what extent do issues such as climate change or place of residence influence voting decisions and attitudes? How do candidates present themselves on Twitter and to what extent do they represent the electorate both in terms of content and socio-demographics? The upcoming issue of easy is dedicated to the 2021 German federal election. Eight articles deal with research questions from the field of electoral research, with a particular focus on data from the German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES).
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Lukas Hetzer
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Doctoral Researcher

I am a doctoral researcher in Political Science at the University of Cologne, where I work on political behavior, political communication, and public opinion in Europe.

My research focuses on how citizens and political actors respond to crises and to political and technological change. A recurring emphasis of my work is on democratic politics under pressure, with particular interests in crisis governance, political representation, digital policy, and the communication of political conflict.

Methodologically, I work at the intersection of political science and computational social science. I use large-scale text data, quantitative computational methods, advanced survey designs and (quasi-)experiments to study political discourse, public opinion, and political behavior.

I hold a M.Sc. degree in Social Sciences Research from the University of Amsterdam and a B.Sc. degree in Social Sciences from Humboldt University Berlin. Before joining the University of Cologne, I worked at GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences on election research and data-based knowledge transfer, and held research assistant positions at the University of Amsterdam, Ghent University, and Humboldt University Berlin. I also teach courses on quantitative methods, EU digital policy, and crisis politics.

Please feel free to explore my work and get in touch.