Research

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Working Paper / Work in Progress


Mind the Gap: Local Decline in Train Service Provision and Electoral Support for the Far-Right

Presented at the AK Wahlen in Berlin 2025. Draft available on request.

Campaigning Will Not Stop The Far Right: Quasi-Experimental Evidence From Saxony

joined work with Daniel Kuhlen, Andreas Küpfer and Christian Stecker. Presented at the IASGP Conference 2024.

On the Right Track? Improving Local Transport Provision and Its Political Consequences

joined work with Charlotte Kuberka.

Mitigating Far-Right Support Through Rental Market Interventions? Evidence from Berlin’s Tenant-Protection Policies

joined work with Susanna Wirtghen.

Can Democracy Defend Itself? The 1929 Stahlhelm Ban and Electoral Consequences in Weimar Germany

joined work with Mark Kayser.

No Divergence, but a Realignment? Electoral Urban Rural Divides in Germany between 1980 to 2021

Presented at DVPW Conference 2024 in Göttingen.

Publications


Industrial Employment and Populism in Germany—Exploring the Effect of Actual and Looming Decline

German Political Science Quarterly

Recommended citation: Bayerlein, Michael, Julius Kölzer, and Anne Metten. "Industrial Employment and Populism in Germany—Exploring the Effect of Actual and Looming Decline." Politische Vierteljahresschrift (2025): 1-32.

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Geography of Shrinkage: Local Population Decline and Electoral Support for the Anti-establishment Parties AfD and BSW in East German State Elections

German Politics

Recommended citation: Höhne, Benjamin, Julius Kölzer, and Hendrik Träger. "Geography of Shrinkage: Local Population Decline and Electoral Support for the Anti-establishment Parties AfD and BSW in East German State Elections." German Politics (2025): 1-29.

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Alte Wurzeln, neue Wurzeln? Zum Einfluss früherer rechtsradikaler Unterstützung auf den AfD-Wahlerfolg bei der Europawahl 2024

German Political Science Quarterly

Recommended citation: Kölzer, Julius, Marc Debus, and Christian Stecker. "Alte Wurzeln, neue Wurzeln? Zum Einfluss früherer rechtsradikaler Unterstützung auf den AfD-Wahlerfolg bei der Europawahl 2024." Politische Vierteljahresschrift (2025): 1-19.

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