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Thomas Gschwend is a researcher affiliated with the University of Mannheim in Germany, focusing primarily on social sciences with a strong emphasis on political science and related subfields. Their scholarly work spans various dimensions of political science, law, sociology, strategy, and communication.

The research contributions of Thomas Gschwend include publications on electoral systems, political participation, political influence, corporate strategies, and judicial studies. Their research topics cover:

  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Judicial and Constitutional Studies
  • Gender Politics and Representation
  • Public Administration and Political Analysis
  • Comparative and International Law Studies

Their recent publications feature diverse themes in political science and electoral behavior. Selected papers include:

  • "Coalition Policy Perceptions," 2020, The Journal of Politics
  • "How do coalition signals shape voting behavior? Revealing the mediating role of coalition expectations," 2020, Electoral Studies
  • "The importance of personal vote intentions for the responsiveness of legislators: A field experiment," 2020, European Journal of Political Research
  • "The Zweitstimme Model: A Dynamic Forecast of the 2021 German Federal Election," 2021, PS Political Science & Politics
  • "Scaling Court Decisions with Citation Networks," 2021, Journal of Law and Courts

Thomas Gschwend frequently collaborates with several scholars, including:

  • Oliver Rittmann
  • Lukas F. Stoetzer
  • Marcel Neunhoeffer
  • Roni Lehrer
  • Sebastian Juhl

The researcher has published extensively across prominent venues in political science. The main publication venues where their work appears include:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • The Journal of Politics
  • Electoral Studies
  • European Journal of Political Research
  • PS Political Science & Politics

Thomas Gschwend's academic focus covers interdisciplinary aspects of political science connected to law, sociology, strategic management, and communication, reflecting a broad analytical approach to social sciences. Their body of work is relevant for understanding electoral behavior, legislative responsiveness, coalition dynamics, and judicial decision-making.

Best Publications

  • Ticket-splitting and strategic voting under mixed electoral rules: Evidence from Germany

    Thomas Gschwend

  • Individualised Constituency Campaigns in Mixed-Member Electoral Systems: Candidates in the 2005 German Elections

    Thomas Zittel;Thomas Gschwend

  • Strategic coalition voting: evidence from Austria

    Michael F. Meffert;Thomas Gschwend

  • Zur statistischen Analyse von Vollerhebungen

    Andreas Broscheid;Thomas Gschwend

  • Polls, coalition signals and strategic voting: An experimental investigation of perceptions and effects

    Michael F. Meffert;Thomas Gschwend

  • Split-Ticket Patterns in Mixed-Member Proportional Election Systems: Estimates and Analyses of Their Spatial Variation at the German Federal Election, 1998

    Thomas Gschwend;Ron Johnston;Charles Pattie

  • More than wishful thinking: Causes and consequences of voters' electoral expectations about parties and coalitions

    Michael F. Meffert;Sascha Huber;Thomas Gschwend;Franz Urban Pappi

  • A Common Left-Right Scale for Voters and Parties in Europe

    James Lo;Sven-Oliver Proksch;Thomas Gschwend

  • Should I stay or should I go? An experimental study on voter responses to pre‐electoral coalitions

    Thomas Gschwend;Marc Hooghe

  • Do constituency candidates matter in German Federal Elections? The personal vote as an interactive process

    Thomas Gschwend;Thomas Zittel

  • Research design in political science : how to practice what they preach

    Thomas Gschwend;Frank Schimmelfennig

  • Strategic voting in mixed electoral systems

    Thomas Gschwend

  • Issues, Party and Character: The Moderating Role of Ideological Thinking on Candidate Evaluation

    Howard G Lavine;Thomas Gschwend

  • Individualisierte Wahlkämpfe im Wahlkreis. Eine Analyse am Beispiel des Bundestagswahlkampfes von 2005

    Thomas Zittel;Thomas Gschwend

  • Forschungsdesign in der Politikwissenschaft: ein Dialog zwischen Theorie und Daten

    Thomas Gschwend;Frank Schimmelfennig

  • The chancellor model: Forecasting German elections

    Helmut Norpoth;Thomas Gschwend

  • Introduction: Designing Research in Political Science — A Dialogue between Theory and Data

    Thomas Gschwend;Frank Schimmelfennig

  • Multi-Level Electoral Politics

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  • Weighting Parties and Coalitions: How Coalition Signals Influence Voting Behavior

    Thomas Gschwend;Michael F. Meffert;Lukas F. Stoetzer

  • It Is Not Only What You Say, It Is Also How You Say It: The Strategic Use of Campaign Sentiment

    Charles Crabtree;Matt Golder;Thomas Gschwend;Indridi H. Indridason

  • Methoden der Politikwissenschaft : Neuere qualitative und quantitative Analyseverfahren

    Joachim Behnke;Thomas Gschwend;Delia Schindler;Kai-Uwe Schnapp

  • What drives rental votes? How coalitions signals facilitate strategic coalition voting

    Thomas Gschwend;Lukas F. Stoetzer;Steffen Zittlau

  • Chancellor Model Picks Merkel in 2013 German Election

    Helmut Norpoth;Thomas Gschwend

  • Chancellor model predicts a change of the guards

    Helmut Norpoth;Thomas Gschwend

  • Strategic Defection across Elections, Parties, and Voters

    André Blais;Thomas Gschwend

  • Research Design in Political Science

    Thomas Gschwend;Frank Schimmelfennig

Frequent Co-Authors

Helmut Norpoth
Helmut Norpoth Stony Brook University
Hermann Schmitt
Hermann Schmitt University of Mannheim
Ron Johnston
Ron Johnston University of Bristol
André Blais
André Blais University of Montreal
Charles Pattie
Charles Pattie University of Sheffield
Marc Hooghe
Marc Hooghe KU Leuven
Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck
Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck University of Mannheim
Herbert Bless
Herbert Bless University of Mannheim
Thomas Bräuninger
Thomas Bräuninger University of Mannheim

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