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Overview

Hermann Schmitt is affiliated with the University of Mannheim in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences, with a strong emphasis on political science and international relations. Additional areas of study include communication, strategy and management, as well as economics and econometrics.

The topics they have worked on cover a range of political and social phenomena, including:

  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • European Union Policy and Governance
  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Media Studies and Communication
  • Fiscal Policies and Political Economy

Hermann Schmitt's recent publications include the following papers:

  • It All Happens at Once: Understanding Electoral Behaviour in Second-Order Elections, 2020, Politics and Governance
  • Elite-public interaction on twitter: EU issue expansion in the campaign, 2020, European Journal of Political Research (authored by Zoltán Fazekas)
  • Democratic Support, Populism, and the Incumbency Effect, 2021, Journal of democracy (authored by Wouter van der Brug)
  • The reshaping of political conflict over Europe: from pre-Maastricht to post-'Euro crisis', 2020, West European Politics (authored by Constantin Schäfer)
  • Illiberal democratic attitudes and support for the EU, 2021, Politics (authored by Wouter van der Brug)

The most frequent collaborators working with Schmitt include:

  • Sebastian Adrian Popa
  • Wouter van der Brug
  • Sara B. Hobolt
  • Daniela Braun
  • Eftichia Teperoglou

Hermann Schmitt's research has been published across multiple academic venues, notably:

  • Journal of democracy
  • Politics
  • European Journal of Political Research
  • Politics and Governance
  • West European Politics

Best Publications

  • NINE SECOND‐ORDER NATIONAL ELECTIONS – A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE ANALYSIS OF EUROPEAN ELECTION RESULTS

    Karlheinz Reif;Hermann Schmitt

  • Political representation and legitimacy in the European Union

    Hermann Schmitt;Jacques J. A. Thomassen

  • The European Parliament Elections of June 2004: Still Second-Order?

    Hermann Schmitt

  • Political Leaders and Democratic Elections

    Kees Aarts;André Blais;Hermann Schmitt

  • Left–Right Orientations and Party Choice

    Cees van der Eijk;Hermann Schmitt;Tanja Binder

  • Dynamic representation : the case of European integration

    Hermann Schmitt;Jacques J. A. Thomassen

  • Party Identification and Party Choice

    Frode Berglund;Sören Holmberg;Hermann Schmitt;Jacques Thomassen

  • Political parties in decline

    Hermann Schmitt;Sören Holmberg

  • About voting and non‐voting in the European elections of June 1989

    Hermann Schmitt;Renato Mannheimer

  • Meaningful choices, political supply, and institutional effectiveness

    Bernhard Wessels;Hermann Schmitt

  • Electoral Shocks: The Volatile Voter in a Turbulent World

    Edward Fieldhouse;Jane Green;Geoffrey Evans;Jonathan Mellon

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  • Does personalization increase turnout? Spitzenkandidaten in the 2014 European Parliament elections

    Hermann Schmitt;Sara B Hobolt;Sebastian Adrian Popa

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  • Neue Politik in alten Parteien : zum Verhältnis von Gesellschaft und Parteien in der Bundesrepublik

    Hermann Schmitt

  • The 2014 European Parliament Elections in Southern Europe: Second-Order or Critical Elections?

    Hermann Schmitt;Eftichia Teperoglou

  • In conclusion: Political representation ans legitimacy in the European Union

    Jacques Thomassen;Hermann Schmitt

  • European Parliament Election Study 2014, Voter Study, First Post-Election Survey

    H Schmitt;SB Hobolt;SA Popa;E Teperoglou

  • The European Elections Study 1994

    Hendrik van der Kolk;Hermann Schmitt;Evi Scholz;Jacques J.A. Thomassen

  • On Party Attachment in Western Europe and the Utility of Eurobarometer Surveys

    Hermann Schmitt

  • Party Government in Public Opinion: A European Cross-National Comparison*

    Hermann Schmitt

  • European Parliament Elections of May 2014: Driven by National Politics or EU Policy Making?

    Hermann Schmitt;Ilke Toygür

  • Responding to the crisis: Eurosceptic parties of the left and right and their changing position towards the European Union

    Daniela Braun;Sebastian Adrian Popa;Hermann Schmitt

  • Elite-public interaction on twitter: EU issue expansion in the campaign

    Zoltán Fazekas;Sebastian Adrian Popa;Sebastian Adrian Popa;Hermann Schmitt;Hermann Schmitt;Pablo Barberá

  • Partisan Structures in the European Parliament

    Jacques J.A. Thomassen;H. Schmitt

  • Democracy and Legitimacy in the European Union

    Jacques J. A. Thomassen;Hermann Schmitt

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacques J.A. Thomassen
Jacques J.A. Thomassen University of Twente
Geoffrey M. Evans
Geoffrey M. Evans University of Newcastle Australia
Edward Fieldhouse
Edward Fieldhouse University of Manchester
Sara B. Hobolt
Sara B. Hobolt London School of Economics and Political Science
Thomas Gschwend
Thomas Gschwend University of Mannheim
Sören Holmberg
Sören Holmberg University of Gothenburg
Jeffrey A. Karp
Jeffrey A. Karp Brunel University London
Wouter van der Brug
Wouter van der Brug University of Amsterdam
André Blais
André Blais University of Montreal
Michael Marsh
Michael Marsh Trinity College Dublin

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