Upcoming Courses Lecture: Introduction to Working Scientifically (BA lecture, University of Mannheim, Fall Term 2024) Censorship (BA course, University of Mannheim, Fall Term 2024) CDSS Workshop (PhD course, CDSS, University of Mannheim, Fall Term 2024) BA Colloquium Political Sociology (BA course, University of Mannheim, Spring Term 2025) Lecture: Authoritarian Politics (BA lecture, University of Mannheim, Spring Term 2025) Measurement in Political Science: An Applied Perspective (BA course, University of Mannheim, Spring Term 2025, with Piotr Koc, GESIS) Sex and Gender in Politics (BA course, University of Mannheim, Spring Term 2025, with Clara Husson) New Perspectives in Economics and Politics (MA & PhD course, University of Mannheim, with Oliver Spalt, Spring Term 2025) CDSS Workshop (PhD course, CDSS, University of Mannheim, Spring Term 2025) Bayesian Statistics for the Social Sciences (PhD course, CDSS, University of Mannheim, Spring Term 2025) Past Courses Lecture: Authoritarian Politics (BA lecture, University of Mannheim, Spring Term 2024) Free Speech (BA course, University of Mannheim, Spring Term 2024) Sexual Violence in Conflict and Humanitarian Settings (BA course, University of Mannheim, Spring Term 2024) BA Colloquium Political Sociology (BA course, University of Mannheim, Spring Term 2024) Hot Topics in Economics and Politics (MA & PhD course, University of Mannheim, with Oliver Spalt, Spring Term 2024) Introduction to Data Visualization (International Program in Survey and Data Science) Lecture: Introduction to Working Scientifically (BA lecture, University of Mannheim, Fall Term 2023) Free Speech and Censorship (BA course, University of Mannheim, Fall Term 2023) Political Polarization (BA course, University of Mannheim, Fall Term 2023) Lecture: Authoritarian Politics (BA lecture, University of Mannheim, Spring Term 2023) Hot Topics in Economics and Politics (MA & PhD course, University of Mannheim, with Oliver Spalt, Spring Term 2023) Theory Building and Causal Inference (PhD course, University of Mannheim, Spring Term 2023) Introduction to Data Visualization (Mannheim Business School & International Program in Survey and Data Science) Lecture: Introduction to Political Science (BA lecture, University of Mannheim, Fall Term 2022) Free Speech and Censorship (BA course, University of Mannheim, Fall Term 2022) Political Bias in Science (MA course, University Mannheim, Fall Term 2022) Evidence-based Political Science for a Globalizing World: Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Approaches (EITM Europe in Oslo, 4.7.-6.7.2022) Introduction to Data Visualization (Mannheim Business School & International Program in Survey and Data Science) New Perspectives on Economics and Politics (MA & PhD course, University of Mannheim, with Oliver Spalt, Spring Term 2022) Lecture: Authoritarian Politics (BA lecture, University of Mannheim, Spring Term 2022) Data Visualization Using R (Data Science Summer School, Hertie Data Science Lab) Introduction to Data Visualization (Mannheim Master of Applied Data Science & Measurement, Mannheim Business School) Advanced Topics in Comparative Politics: Free Speech and Censorship (MA course, University of Mannheim, Spring Term 2021) Introduction to Comparative Politics: Empirical Democracy Research (BA course, University of Mannheim, Spring Term 2021) Introduction to Comparative Politics: Political Polarization (BA course, University of Mannheim, Spring Term 2021) Selected Topics in International Relations: Resilience – How People and States React to Crisis and Disaster (BA course, University of Mannheim, Spring Term 2021) Theory Building and Causal Inference (Graduate course, CDSS, University of Mannheim, Fall Term 2020) Advanced Topics in Comparative Politics: Free Speech and Censorship (MA course, University of Mannheim, Fall Term 2020) Introduction to International Relations: Empirical Democracy Research (BA course, University of Mannheim, Fall Term 2020) Introduction to International Relations: Resilience – How People, Groups and Nations Deal with Shocks, Trauma and Crises (BA course, University of Mannheim, Fall Term 2020) The Politics of Free Speech and Censorship (BA course, University of Mannheim, Spring Term 2020) Sexual Violence in Conflict and Humanitarian Settings (BA Course, University of Mannheim, Spring Term 2020) International Political Economy (MA course, University of Mannheim, Spring Term 2020) Data Visualization (Online course, IPSDS, April 2020) Introduction to Bayesian Statistics (GESS Summer School, October 2019) Experiments in International Relations (MA Course, University of Mannheim, Fall Term 2019) Political Polarization (BA Course, University of Mannheim, Fall Term 2019) The Political Economy of Migration (BA Course, University of Mannheim, Fall Term 2019) Methods in International Relations (BA Course, University of Mannheim, Fall Term 2019) Theory Building and Causal Inference (Graduate course, CDSS, University of Mannheim, Fall Term 2019) Survey Experiments: Design, Analysis and Applications (EITM 2019 in Torino, July 2019) Data Visualization (Online course, IPSDS, April 2019) International Political Economy (MA lecture, University of Mannheim, Spring Term 2019) The Politics of Free Speech and Censorship (MA course, University of Mannheim, Spring Term 2019) Sexual Violence in Conflict and Humanitarian Settings (BA Course, University of Mannheim, Spring Term 2019) Methods in International Relations (BA course, University of Mannheim, Spring Term 2019) Data Visualization (Warwick Q-Step Masterclass, February 2019) Theory Building and Causal Inference (Graduate course, CDSS, University of Mannheim, Fall Term 2018) Bayesian Statistics for the Social Sciences (Graduate course, CDSS, University of Mannheim, Fall Term 2018) Quantitative Methods in Political Science/Multivariate Analyses (MA Political Science & MA Data Science, University of Mannheim, Fall Term 2018) The Politics of Free Speech and Censorship (BA course, University of Mannheim, Spring Term 2018) Bayesian Statistics for the Social Sciences II (Graduate course, CDSS, University of Mannheim, Spring Term 2018) Survey Experiments (Graduate course, CDSS, University of Mannheim, Spring Term 2018) Robustness Analysis (Graduate course, CDSS, University of Mannheim, Spring Term 2018) Theory Building and Causal Inference (Graduate course, CDSS, University of Mannheim, Fall Term 2017) Bayesian Statistics for the Social Sciences (Graduate course, CDSS, University of Mannheim, Fall Term 2017) Data Visualization (Graduate course, CDSS, University of Mannheim, Fall Term 2017) Data Visualisation (Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, University of Essex, July/August 2017) Democracy: Theory and Practice (BA course, Department of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Summer Term 2017) Bayesian Statistics for the Social Sciences I (Graduate Workshop, CDSS, University of Mannheim, March/April 2017) Experiments in Political Behavior (MA course, Department of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Winter Term 2016/17) Data Visualization (BA course, Department of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Winter Term 2016/17) Data Visualization (Workshop, MZES, University of Mannheim, December 16th) Data Visualization (Graduate Workshop, CUSO, University of Berne, November 3rd-5th) Theory Building and Causal Inference (Graduate Workshop, CDSS, University of Mannheim, October 5th-7th.) Data Visualisation (Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, June 25th-August 5th 2016) Introduction to Social Science Statistics (Lecture, Department of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Summer Term 2016) Visualizing Data and Statistical Models (Graduate Workshop, Department of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, May 17th 2016) Visualizing Data and Statistical Models (Workshop at the European University Institute in Florence, March 17th 2016) The Social Logic of Democratic Politics (MA course, Department of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Winter Term 2015/16) Religion and Politics in Empirical Democracy Reseach (BA course, Department of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Winter Term 2015/16) Model Specification, Estimation and Visualization, Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis 2015 Citizens in Context: Multilevel Analysis in Empirical Democracy Research (MA course, Department of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Summer Term 2015) Data Visualization for Empirical Democracy Research (Part II) (BA course, Department of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Summer Term 2015) (Tableau’s data visualization software was provided through the Tableau for Teaching program.) Data Visualization for Empirical Democracy Research (Part I) (BA course, Department of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Winter Term 2014/15) Religion and Democracy (MA course, Department of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Winter Term 2014/15) Religion and Democracy (MA course, Institute of Political Science (IPW), University of Berne, Fall Term 2014) Introduction to Statistics and Multilevel Analysis Using R (Three-day Workshop, University of Berne, June 2014) Introduction to Multilevel Models (Two-day Workshop, University of Duisburg-Essen, December 2013) Church-State Relations in Europe (MA course, Institute of Political Science (IPW), University of Berne, Fall Term 2012) Hierarchical Models (TA, Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, University of Essex, 2012) Hierarchical Models in Political Sociology (MA course, Institute of Political Science (IPW), University of Berne, Fall Term 2011) Religion and Politics (BA course, Institute of Political Science (IPW), University of Berne, Fall Term 2011) Hierarchical Models (TA, Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, University of Essex, 2011) Bayesian Analysis in the Social Sciences (TA, Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, University of Essex, 2011) Introduction to Political Behavior (BA course, Department of Politics and Management, University of Konstanz, Summer Term 2011) Graphical Data Analysis in Political Science (MA course, Department of Politics and Management, University of Konstanz, Summer Term 2011) The Social Logic of Politics. Social Contexts, Networks, and Political Behavior (MA course, Department of Politics and Management, University of Konstanz, Winter Term 2010/11) The Religious Factor in Politics (BA course, Department of Politics and Management, University of Konstanz, Winter Term 2010/11) Citizens and Politics. Foundations of Political Sociology (BA course, Department of Politics and Management, University of Konstanz, Summer Term 2010) Comparative Political Culture Research (MA course, Department of Politics and Management, University of Konstanz, Winter Term 2009/10) Cultural and Political Foundations of Social Capital (BA course, Department of Politics and Management, University of Konstanz, Winter Term 2008/09, together with Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen) Religion and Politics (BA course, Department of Politics and Management, University of Konstanz, Winter Term 2007/08) Empirical Social Research I + II (TA, Institute for Social Sciences, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Winter Term 2002/03 – Summer Term 2007)