Talk on “Religious Diversity and Social Integration in Cross-National Comparison” February 4, 2013 9:24 pm Published by richard Comments Off on Talk on “Religious Diversity and Social Integration in Cross-National Comparison” This week I will give a talk on “Religious Diversity and Social Integration in Cross-National Comparison.” This paper was invited... View Article
Talk on “Institutional Determinants of the Discrimination of Religious Minorities in the EU” January 11, 2013 9:17 pm Published by richard Comments Off on Talk on “Institutional Determinants of the Discrimination of Religious Minorities in the EU” Next week I will give a talk on the “Institutional Determinants of the Discrimination of Religious Minorities. A Bayesian Multilevel... View Article
Bayes Workshop “Finding Thetas in Europe” November 8, 2012 9:17 pm Published by richard Comments Off on Bayes Workshop “Finding Thetas in Europe” Next week we will have our little Bayes Workshop “Finding Thetas in Europe” in Berne, Switzerland. When? November 16-17th. Where?... View Article
Article on Diversity and Social Capital Accepted for Publication! September 23, 2012 9:15 pm Published by richard Comments Off on Article on Diversity and Social Capital Accepted for Publication! My joint work with Birte Gundelach “Beyond Generalized Trust: Norms of Reciprocity as an Alternative Form of Social Capital in an... View Article
Panel on “Freedom, Pluralism, Civil Society” 9:12 pm Published by richard Comments Off on Panel on “Freedom, Pluralism, Civil Society” The working group “Politics and Religion“ will organize a panel at this year’s general conference of the German Political Science... View Article
New journal article on “Measuring Church-State-Relations” out now! July 21, 2012 9:12 pm Published by richard Comments Off on New journal article on “Measuring Church-State-Relations” out now! My article on measuring church-state-relations just got published online first. Here’s the abstract: The renewed interest in the religious factor... View Article
New book on “Religion and Social Capital” out now! July 13, 2012 9:11 pm Published by richard Comments Off on New book on “Religion and Social Capital” out now! My dissertation on religion and social capital in Europe is now out in book form! The role of religion in... View Article
Talk at the Annual Conference of the EPSA June 21, 2012 9:11 pm Published by richard Comments Off on Talk at the Annual Conference of the EPSA This saturday I will give a talk on “The Dynamics of Social Context on Political Preferences in Germany” at the... View Article
Call for Papers: “Finding Thetas in Europe — Applied Bayesian Statistics and MCMC Methods in the Social Sciences” June 5, 2012 9:09 pm Published by richard Comments Off on Call for Papers: “Finding Thetas in Europe — Applied Bayesian Statistics and MCMC Methods in the Social Sciences” We are pleased to announce the second conference “Finding Thetas in Europe — Applied Bayesian Statistics and MCMC Methods in... View Article
New book on “Civil Society in Switzerland” out now! May 12, 2012 9:09 pm Published by richard Comments Off on New book on “Civil Society in Switzerland” out now! In this new book my colleagues and I provide the first Swiss-wide survey of civic engagement on the local level.... View Article