“#nzvotes – Social Media Campaigning and Monitoring in New Zealand Elections”, Invited Talk, European New School of Digial Studies, Frankfurt/Oder (Germany)/Słubice (Poland), 23 January 2024.
“Left for Dead in Far-Right Times or how Green became the New Red”, Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association (SPSA), New Orleans (LA), USA, 10-13 January 2024.
“Meet the Editor – Tipps und Tricks rund um das Publizieren in peer-reviewed Journals” [“Meet the editor – tips and tricks about publishing in peer-reviewed journals”], Invited Talk, University of Mainz, Germany, 15 December 2023.
“#nzvotes2023 – Results from the New Zealand Social Media Study”, Spotlight Lecture, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 6 October 2023.
“Mis- and Disinformation on Social Media in New Zealand -Results from the NZSMS”, Invited Talk to the Advisory Panel to the Department of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet on Dis- and Misinformation, 23 August 2023.
“Left for Dead in Far-Right Times or how Green became the New Red”, Invited Talk at the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia, 20 August 2023.
“The Infodemic: Mis- and Disinformation on Social Media, Invited Talk at the New Zealand Institute of Foreign Affairs, Nelson, New Zealand, 20 July 2023.
“Disinformation and the Impact on Public Trust”, Invited Talk at the workshop “Public Leadership and Anti-Corruption for Vietnam Officials, Wellington Uni Professionals, Wellington, New Zealand, 7 July 2023.
“Campaign Watch: How Campaign Monitoring Can Influence Social Media Campaigning during an election”, Invited Talk, University of Mainz, Germany, 25 May 2023 (together with Julius Lagodny, Cornell University/ Hertie School of Governance).
“Keynote: Challenges and Opportunities for Research on Difficult to Collect Data.” COMPTEXT – Computational Text Analysis, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 12-13 May 2023.
“Born in the USA: US Public Opinion in Popular Music, 1958-2020.”. COMPTEXT – Computational Text Analysis, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 12-13 May 2023. (together with Thomas B. Pepinsky, Cornell University).
“Left for Dead in Far-Right Times? The Decline of Social Democracy and the Rise of the Far-Right”. Invited Talk, Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca (NY), USA, 23 March 2023.
“Born in the USA: US Public Opinion in Popular Music, 1958-2020.” Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association (SPSA), St Petersburg (FL), USA, January 11– 14, 2023. (together with Thomas B. Pepinsky).
“New Zealand’s Covid 19 Discourse on Facebook: Saliency, Content, Informational Value, Tone and Disinformation”, Invited Talk, Department of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet (DPMC), September 28, 2022.
“Born in the USA: US Public Opinion in Popular Music, 1958-2020.” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Toronto, Canada September 15– 18, 2022. (together with Thomas B. Pepinsky).
“#nzvotes: The Role of Social Media in Election Campaigns. Training of Electoral Officers”, Invited Talk, Taituarā – Local Government Professionals Aotearoa, via Zoom, June 14, 2022.
“#nzvotes: The dynamics of political communication on social media in campaign times. Training of Foreign Policy Officers”, Invited Talk, Public Policy Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, via Zoom, June 8, 2022.
“#nzvotes: The dynamics of campaign communication on Facebook in the 2020 New Zealand election (and beyond)”, Invited Talk, Media & Communication (COMS) Research Seminar, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, via Zoom, March 6, 2022.
“Campaign Watch: How Campaign Monitoring Can Influence Social Media Campaigning during an election”, New Zealand Political Studies Association, Auckland, New Zealand, via Zoom, February 8-10, 2022 (together with Julius Lagodny).
“Der Bundestagswahlkampf 2021 – Pleiten, Pech und Pannen” [The German General Election Campaign 2021 – Flops, Misfortunes and failures], Autorenkonferenz (Book conference), University Duisburg-Essen, Germany, via Zoom, November 26, 2021.
“Corona Sprechstunde mit Maybrit Illner, Anne Will & Frank Plasberg: Parteilich & oberflächlich oder ausgewogen & informativ? Erste Ergebnisse einer Analyse der Qualität der Diskussion über die Covid-19 Pandemie in ausgewählten Polit-Talkshows” [Corona Clinic with Maybrit Illner, Anne Will & Frank Plasberg: Partisan & superficial or well-balanced and informativ? First results of an analysis of the quality of the discussion about the Covid-19 pandemic in selected political talkshows], Conference “Follow the Science – Aber wohin? Welche Schlüsse ziehen Medien, Wissenschaft und Politik aus der Corona-Krise” [Follow the Science – But where to? Which conclusions do Media, Science and Politics draw from the Corona Crisis?] of the Rudolf-Augstein Foundation, Berlin, Germany, via Zoom, November 8, 2021 (together with Thorsten Faas).
“Campaign Watch: How Campaign Monitoring Can Influence Social Media Campaigning during an election”, Invited Talk, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, Norway, via Zoom, October 19, 2021. (together with Julius Lagodny).
“Campaign Watch: How Campaign Monitoring Can Influence Social Media Campaigning during an election”, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Seattle, USA, via Zoom, September 28 – October 3, 2021. (together with Julius Lagodny).
“#nzvotes: The dynamics of campaign communication on Facebook in the 2020 New Zealand election”, Invited Talk, Media & Communication (COMS) Research Seminar, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, March 9, 2021.
#nzvotes: Erfahrungen mit Social Media Fragen in der New Zealand Election Study (NZES)” [#nzvotes: Experiences with Social Media Questions in the New Zealand Election Study (NZES)], Invited Talk, GESIS Mannheim, via Zoom, January 22, 2021.
“#nzvotes: The dynamics of campaign communication on Facebook in the 2020 New Zealand election”, Invited Talk, Free University of Berlin, Germany, via Zoom, December 10, 2020. (together with Jack Vowles, Victoria University of Wellington).
“#nzvotes: The dynamics of campaign communication on Facebook in the 2020 New Zealand election”, New Zealand Political Science Association (NZPSA), Political Communication Network Workshop, University of Waikato, Tauranga, New Zealand, November 26-27, 2020. (together with Jack Vowles, Victoria University of Wellington).
“The Battle over America”, Public Lecture, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, November 6, 2020.
“Voter-Attachment, Room for Maneuver, and the Demise of Social Democracy”, Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association (SPSA), San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 9 – 11 2020. (together with Christian Martin, New York University).
“How do campaigns shape candidate image? Dynamics of Candidate Traits in the 2005 and 2009 German Bundestag elections”, Invited Talk at the PSAC Colloquium, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA, March 1, 2019. (together with Julia Partheymüller, University of Essex, and Richard Johnston, University of British Columbia).
“Inhalte und Wirkungen von fiktionalen und non-fiktionalen politischen Unterhaltungsangeboten in vergleichender Perspektive” [Content and Effects of fictional and non-fictional entertaining political media offers in a comparative perspective], at the “Zentrum für Medien and Interaktivität“ at the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany, November 23-24, 2018. (together with Simone Abendschön).
“Voter-Attachment, Room for Maneuver, and the Demise of Social Democracy”, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Boston, USA, August 30 – September 2, 2018. (together with Christian Martin, New York University).
“Voter-Attachment, Room for Maneuver, and the Demise of Social Democracy”, Workshop “European Elections in Times of Crisis” at the Munk School for Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, May 17-18, 2018. (together with Christian Martin, New York University).
“Voter-Attachment, Room for Maneuver, and the Demise of Social Democracy”, Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, USA, April 5-8, 2018. (together with Christian Martin, New York University).
“How do campaigns shape candidate image? Dynamics of Candidate Traits in the 2005 and 2009 German Bundestag elections”, Invited Talk at the Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany, November 23, 2017. (together with Julia Partheymüller, University of Essex, and Richard Johnston, University of British Columbia).
“Looking Back at the German General Election – All you need to know about the outcome of the Bundestag election”, Invited Talk at the Department of German Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA, October 12, 2017.
“Memory Politics and the Resurgence of Nationalism in Germany and Beyond”, DAAD German Studies Professors Roundtable, co-sponsored by the Memory Studies Network, German Studies Association, Atlanta, USA, October 6, 2017.
“Looking Back at the German General Election – All you need to know about the outcome of the Bundestag election”, Invited Talk at the Department of Political Science, the Department of History, the Department of German, and the European Studies Center of the University of Pittsburgh within the ESC’s Participation and Democracy Series, Pittsburgh, USA, October 3, 2017.
“Germany at the polls – All you need to know about the German General Election on September 24”, Invited Talk at the University of Rhode Island, Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA, September 21, 2017.
“Germany at the polls – All you need to know about the German General Election on September 24”, Invited Talk at the Department of German Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA, September 19, 2017.
“How do campaigns shape candidate image? Dynamics of candidate traits in the 2005 and 2009 German Bundestag elections”, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Hilton, San Francisco, USA, August 31– September 3, 2017. (together with Julia Partheymüller, University of Essex, and Richard Johnston, University of British Columbia).
“How do campaigns shape candidate image? Dynamics of candidate traits in the 2005 and 2009 German Bundestag elections”, Invited Talk at the Department of Political Science and the “Mainzer Zentrum für Empirische Demokratieforschung“, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany, June 7, 2017. (together with Julia Partheymüller, University of Essex, and Richard Johnston, University of British Columbia).
“French Election Round-Table”, Panel Discussion of the Cornell Institute for European Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA, April 27, 2017.
“How do campaigns shape candidate image? Dynamics of candidate traits in the 2005 and 2009 German Bundestag elections”, Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, USA, April 6-9, 2017. (together with Julia Partheymüller, University of Essex, and Richard Johnston, University of British Columbia).
“Eine komplexe Dreiecksbeziehung: Politik – Medien – Bürger_innen und ihre wechselseitigen Einflüsse“ [A complex triangle relationship: Politics – The Media – The Citizens and their reciprocal influences], FES-Fachgespräch, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Berlin, Germany, January 19, 2017. (together with Thorsten Faas, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz).
“U.S. Foreign Policy – Now What?”, Round-Table of the Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA, November 10, 2016.
“Is the Brexit the Beginning of the End of the European Union?”, Invited Talk at the Cornell Political Union, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA, October 18, 2016.
“Campaign Dynamics of Leader Popularity: Causes and Effects“, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, USA, September 1-4, 2016. (together with Julia Partheymüller, University of Essex).
“Media Coverage and the Short-Term Dynamics of Candidate Popularity“, Dean’s Speakers Series at Suny Binghamton, Binghamton (NY), USA, May 13, 2016. (together with Julia Partheymüller, University of Mannheim).
“Persuasion or Priming? The Effects of Candidate Related News Coverage on Candidate Popularity and Party Choice“, Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, USA, April 7-10, 2016. (together with Julia Partheymüller, University of Mannheim).
“Media Coverage and the Short-Term Dynamics of Candidate Popularity“, Invited Talk at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook (NY), USA, March 23, 2016. (together with Julia Partheymüller, University of Mannheim).
“Media Coverage and the Short-Term Dynamics of Candidate Popularity“, Invited Talk at the PSAC Colloquium, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA, February 19, 2016. (together with Julia Partheymüller, University of Mannheim).
“Media Coverage and the Short-Term Dynamics of Candidate Popularity“, Workshop ”Campaigning and voting in Europe: new challenges, new perspectives“, Sciences-Po, Audencia Business School and University Panthéon-Assas, Paris, France, December 14-16, 2015. (together with Julia Partheymüller, University of Mannheim).
“Decision Europe: Assessing the Greek Election and what it means for Austerity in Europe”, Round-Table of the Cornell Institute for European Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA, October 15, 2015.
“Media Coverage and the Short-Term Dynamics of Candidate Popularity“, Invited Talk at the Institut for Social Sciences, University of Kiel, Germany, June 23, 2015. (together with Julia Partheymüller, University of Mannheim).
“Media Coverage and the Short-Term Dynamics of Candidate Popularity“, 68th Annual Conference “The Networks of Public Opinion: New Theories, New Methods” of the World Association of Public Opinion Research (WAPOR), Universidad de Tres de Febrero, Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 16-19, 2015. (together with Julia Partheymüller, University of Mannheim).
“Introduction to Electoral Research and a look back on the German General Election Campaign 2013“, Guest Lecture at the Department of Communication Science, University of Mainz, Germany, January 13, 2014.
“Responsive Elections: The Effect of Public Opinion on Political Campaigns”, 6th Annual Conference of the Comparative Policy Agendas Project (CAP), University of Antwerp, Belgium, June 27-29, 2013. (together with Shaun Bevan, University of Mannheim).
“Responsive Elections: The Effect of Public Opinion on Political Campaigns”, 66th Annual Conference “Revolutions in the Measurement of World Public Opinion” of the World Association of Public Opinion Research (WAPOR), Boston University, USA, May 14-16, 2013. (together with Shaun Bevan, University of Mannheim).
“Responsive Elections: The Effect of Public Opinion on Political Campaigns”, 71st Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, USA, April 11-14, 2013. (together with Shaun Bevan, University of Mannheim).
“Rethinking the Level of Analysis – A Call for Shifting the Perspective of Campaign Effects Research to Multi-Level Analysis”, RC33 Eight International Conference on Social Sciences Methodology, University of Sydney, Australia, July 9-13, 2013. (together with Julia Partheymüller, University of Mannheim).
“Campaign Coverage on Candidates and Its Effect on Candidate Evaluations and Vote Choice”, XXIInd World Congress of Political Science of the International Political Science Association (IPSA), Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, July 8-12, 2013. (together with Julia Partheymüller, University of Mannheim).
“CAPing the GLES”, 5th Annual Conference of the Comparative Policy Agendas Project (CAP), Science Po Reims, France, June 14-16, 2012. (together with Shaun Bevan, University of Mannheim).
“Campaign Coverage on Candidates and its Effect on Voting Decisions”, Kick-off meeting GLES Young Researchers’ Network, University of Frankfurt, Germany, November 25-26, 2010. (together with Julia Partheymüller, University of Mannheim).
“Massenkommunikation in der German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES)” [Mass Communication within the German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES)], Empirical Colloquium of the Department of Communication Science, University of Mainz, Germany, October 26, 2010. (together with Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, University of Mannheim).
“Medien- und Kampagnenanalysen im Rahmen von Wahlstudien am Beispiel der German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES)” [Media- and Election Campaign Analysis within the Framework of Election Studies. The Example of the German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES)], Workshop “Election Studies in Germany, Austria, Switzerland”, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, October 18-19, 2010.
“Is it the economy, stupid?“ Effekte der wirtschaftlichen Lage und ökonomischer Einstellungen auf Parteipräferenzen und Wahlabsichten“ [Is it the Economy, Stupid? Effects of the Economic Situation and Economic Attitudes on Party Preferences and Voting Intensions], PVS Special Issue Conference “Voting in Germany“,University of Mannheim, Germany, September 16-18. (together with Markus Steinbrecher, Northwestern University, and Nils Steiner, University of Mainz).
“The Campaign and its Dynamics at the 2009 German General Election”, International Conference of Europeanists” of the Council for European Studies (CSES), Montreal, Canada, April 15-17, 2010. (together with Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck and Ansgar Wolsing, University of Mannheim).
“Historical Research on Elections. The Example of a Study on the Election Campaign for the 1961 Federal Parliamentary Elections. A Turning Point in Election Campaign Communication?”, Guest Lecture, Research Colloquium, University of Mannheim, Germany, February 18, 2010.
“The Council of Europe and the ‘Transplantation’ of the Western Public Service Broadcasting Concept to Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)”, “Beyond East and West. Two Decades of Media Transformation after the Fall of Communism” Conference, Central European University (CEU), Budapest, Hungary, June 25-27, 2009.
“European Public Broadcasting Policy at the Council of Europe: A Guarantor for PSB in the light of new challenges for nearly 60 years”, 26th Annual Research Conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Stockholm University, Sweden, July 20-25, 2008.
“Der Bundestagswahlkampf 1961: Wendepunkt der politischen Kampagnenkommunikation?” [The 1961 German General Election: A Turning Point in Campaign Communication?], Research Colloquium, University of Frankfurt, Germany, May 13, 2008.
“Wahlkampfkommunikation im intertemporalen Vergleich. Forschungsdesiderata und Perspektiven bei der Untersuchung von Prozessen des Wandels in Wahlkämpfen“ [Election Campaign Communication in Time-Series Comparison. Desiderata and Perspectives of Research Concerning the Analysis of Change Processes in Electoral Campaigns], Düsseldorf Forum Political Communication, University of Düsseldorf, Germany, April 13-15, 2007.
“Die Rundfunkpolitik des Europarats“ [The Council of Europe’s Broadcasting Policy], DGPuK Standing Group ‘Communication and Politics‘/ DVPW Standing Group ‘Politics and Communication‘, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany, April 15-17, 2007.