Panel on “Freedom, Pluralism, Civil Society” September 23, 2012 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
New book chapter on Religious Pluralism and Social Capital in Europe April 12, 2012 9:08 pm Published by richard Comments Off on New book chapter on Religious Pluralism and Social Capital in Europe In this chapter in an edited book I investigate the consequences of religious pluralism for the social capital (i.e. civic... View Article
Call for Papers: Quantitative Research on Religion and Socialisation March 20, 2012 9:08 pm Published by richard Comments Off on Call for Papers: Quantitative Research on Religion and Socialisation Call for papers for the 4th Workshop of the AK Quantitative Religionsforschung on “Religion and Socialisation” in Leipzig, Okober 26/27.... View Article
Two talks at the Annual Congress of the Swiss Political Science Association in Lucern January 31, 2012 9:07 pm Published by richard Comments Off on Two talks at the Annual Congress of the Swiss Political Science Association in Lucern
New journal article on the religious factor in family policy December 22, 2011 5:00 pm Published by richard Comments Off on New journal article on the religious factor in family policy In this article Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen and I test classic versus new hypotheses on the religious factor in family policy in... View Article