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Dietlind Stolle

Dietlind Stolle

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Political Science
Canada
2026
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Law and Political Science
Canada
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Political Science

D-Index
51
Citations
16546
World Ranking
215
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Political Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Political Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Dietlind Stolle is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has contributed extensively to research in the social sciences, with a particular focus on political science, gender studies, and psychology. Their work frequently explores the intersections of electoral systems, political participation, gender politics, and psychological well-being.

The scientist's body of research spans several major topics, including:

  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Gender Politics and Representation
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Gender Roles and Identity Studies
  • Gender Diversity and Inequality
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

In terms of their academic subfields, Dietlind Stolle has published work across Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Gender Studies, Clinical Psychology, and Social Psychology.

The research has been disseminated through several frequent publication venues, including:

  • Canadian Journal of Political Science
  • European Journal of Politics and Gender
  • Scientific Reports
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Dietlind Stolle has collaborated repeatedly with several scholars, including:

  • Roxane de la Sablonnière
  • Éric Lacourse
  • Mathieu Pelletier-Dumas
  • Anna Dorfman
  • Jean-Marc Lina

Selected recent papers published by Dietlind Stolle include:

  • "Aiding Ukraine in the Russian war: unity or new dividing line among Europeans," 2023, European Political Science
  • "The partisan nature of support for democratic backsliding: A comparative perspective," 2021, European Journal of Political Research
  • "Pregnant under the pressure of a pandemic: a large-scale longitudinal survey before and during the COVID-19 outbreak," 2020, European Journal of Public Health
  • "Comparing self-categorisation approaches to measuring gender identity," 2020, European Journal of Politics and Gender
  • "Scriptural legitimation and the mobilisation of support for religious violence: experimental evidence across three religions and seven countries," 2020, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Best Publications

  • Politics in the Supermarket: Political Consumerism as a Form of Political Participation:

    Dietlind Stolle;Marc Hooghe;Michele Micheletti

  • The State and Social Capital: An Institutional Theory of Generalized Trust

    Bo Rothstein;Dietlind Stolle

  • Are All Associations Alike?: Member Diversity, Associational Type, and the Creation of Social Capital

    Dietlind Stolle;Thomas R. Rochon

  • When Does Diversity Erode Trust? Neighborhood Diversity, Interpersonal Trust and the Mediating Effect of Social Interactions

    Dietlind Stolle;Stuart Soroka;Richard Johnston

  • Politics, Products, and Markets: Exploring Political Consumerism Past and Present

    Michele Micheletti;Andreas Follesdal;Dietlind Stolle

  • Bowling Together, Bowling Alone: The Development of Generalized Trust in Voluntary Associations

    Dietlind Stolle

  • Ethnic Diversity and Generalized Trust in Europe : a Cross-National Multilevel Study

    Marc Hooghe;Tim Reeskens;Dietlind Stolle;Ann Trappers

  • Race and the City: Neighborhood Context and the Development of Generalized Trust

    Melissa J. Marschall;Dietlind Stolle

  • Inaccurate, Exceptional, One-Sided or Irrelevant? The Debate about the Alleged Decline of Social Capital and Civic Engagement in Western Societies

    Dietlind Stolle;Marc Hooghe

  • Generating Social Capital. Civil Society and Institutions in Comparative Perspective.

    Marc Hooghe;Dietlind Stolle

  • Social Capital, Impartiality and the Welfare State: An Institutional Approach

    Bo Rothstein;Dietlind Stolle

  • Contextual effect of positive intergroup contact on outgroup prejudice

    Oliver Christ;Oliver Christ;Katharina Schmid;Simon Lolliot;Hermann Swart

  • Political consumerism : global responsibility in action

    Dietlind Stolle;Michele Micheletti

  • Why Do Bowling and Singing Matter? Group Characteristics, Membership, and Generalized Trust

    Dietlind Stolle

  • The Sources of Social Capital

    Dietlind Stolle

  • Introduction: Social Capital in Scandinavia

    Bo Rothstein;Dietlind Stolle

  • Generating Social Capital

    Marc Hooghe;Dietlind Stolle

  • Trusting strangers - the concept of generalized trust in perspective

    Dietlind Stolle

  • Social and Political Trust

    Kenneth Newton;Dietlind Stolle;Sonja Zmerli

  • Good Girls Go to the Polling Booth, Bad Boys Go Everywhere: Gender Differences in Anticipated Political Participation Among American Fourteen-Year-Olds

    Marc Hooghe;Dietlind Stolle

  • Shifting inequalities? Patterns of exclusion and inclusion in emerging forms of political participation

    Dietlind Stolle;Marc Hooghe

  • The Roots of Social Capital: Attitudinal and Network Mechanisms in the Relation between Youth and Adult Indicators of Social Capital

    Dietlind Stolle;Marc Hooghe

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Hooghe
Marc Hooghe KU Leuven
Miles Hewstone
Miles Hewstone University of Oxford
Elisabeth Gidengil
Elisabeth Gidengil McGill University
Steven Vertovec
Steven Vertovec Max Planck Society
Bo Rothstein
Bo Rothstein University of Gothenburg
Stuart Soroka
Stuart Soroka University of California, Los Angeles
Marc Helbling
Marc Helbling University of Mannheim
Lesley K. Fellows
Lesley K. Fellows Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Oliver Christ
Oliver Christ University of Hagen

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