(In Press):
Koalitionen mit der AfD? Determinanten der Präferenzbildung in Ost- und Westdeutschland vor der Bundestagswahl 2021.
Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft, (publ. online before print).
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Dr. Constantin Wurthmann

Lorenz-von-Stein Research Fellow
Deputy of MZES equal opportunities representative
constantin.wurthmann [at] uni-mannheim.de
Phone:
+49-621-181-2854
Fax:
+49 621 181–2866
Phone:
+49-621-181-2842Postal Address
University of Mannheim, MZES
68131
Mannheim
Germany
Visiting Address
University of Mannheim, MZES
A5, 6 Building A
Room:A215
68159
Mannheim
Profile/Career
Dr. Constantin Wurthmann joined the MZES as a Lorenz-von-Stein Research Fellow in October 2024.
His research focusses on voting behaviour, political attitudes, parties and political representation, and political communication. Before joining the MZES, he was a substitute professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, a postdoctoral researcher at the German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES) at GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, and a research associate at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf.
Publications
Journal Articles
Wurthmann, Constantin, and Alberto López Ortega
(In Press):
Bisexual Erasure and Homophobia – Attitudinal Patterns Under Consideration of Sexual Identity.
European Journal of Politics and Gender, (publ. online before print).
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Wurthmann, Constantin, and Sarah Wagner
(In Press):
On the Association of Attitudes Toward NATO and Weapon Deliveries for Ukraine with Vote Intentions in Germany.
German Politics, (publ. online before print).
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Wurthmann, Constantin
(In Press):
Political Attitudes and Sexual Identity in Germany: Examining the Sexuality Gap.
Swiss Political Science Review, (publ. online before print).
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Heckmann, Leon, Constantin Wurthmann and Sarah Wagner
(2025):
Who’s afraid of Sahra – Understanding the shift in votes towards Germany’s Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht.
Research & Politics, 12, issue 1, pp. 1-7.
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Kurz, Kira Renée, Constantin Wurthmann and Martin Gross
(2025):
The Influence of Age on Citizens’ Preferences for Age‐Related Descriptive Representation.
Politics and Governance, 13, (Article no. 9251), pp.1-18.
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Debus, Marc, and Constantin Wurthmann
(2024):
LGB+ identity and its implications for the policy positions of parliamentary candidates.
European Political Science Review, 16, issue 4, pp. 483-502.
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Wurthmann, Constantin
(2024):
Black–Blue or Bahamas? Explaining CDU, CSU, FDP and AfD Voter Attitudes Towards a Common Governmental Coalition Before the 2017 German Federal Election.
German Politics, 33, issue 1, pp. 110-132.
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Wurthmann, Constantin, and Svenja Krauss
(2024):
The closer, the better – How perceived ideological proximity between parties affects the emergence of coalition preferences.
Political Research Exchange, 6, issue 1, (article no. 2303130) pp. 1-22.
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Wurthmann, Constantin
(2024):
The German Transgender Self-Determination Law: Explanatory Factors for Support within the Population.
European journal of politics and gender, 7, issue 1, pp. 135-139.
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Wurthmann, Constantin, Michael Angenendt and Jan Philipp Thomeczek
(2024):
The “Free Voters”: A Decent Alternative for Conservatives?.
Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 65, issue 1, pp. 99-122.
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Conference Presentations
Berz, Jan, and Constantin Wurthmann
(2024):
No laughing matter? How damaging are inappropriate emotional displays by political leaders?.
[Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association, Köln, July 04th to July 06th, 2024]
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Birkenmaier, Lukas, Constantin Wurthmann and Marius Sältzer
(2024):
The distance divide - geographic representation on social media in a mixed member system.
[14th Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association, Köln, July 04th to July 06th, 2024]
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Gross, Martin, and Constantin Wurthmann
(2024):
Wählerinnen und Wählern auf den Mund schauen: Dialekte als eine Dimension von Repräsentation?.
[29. Wissenschaftlicher Kongress der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft, Göttingen, September 24th to September 27th, 2024]
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Hagemann, Daniel, Henrik Domansky, Stefan Marschall and Constantin Wurthmann
(2024):
A Better Way of Mapping Political Landscapes? Estimating Party Positions by Using Voting Advice Application Data.
[ECPR General Conference, Dublin, August 12th to August 15th, 2024]
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Wagner, Sarah, and Constantin Wurthmann
(2024):
Sahra Wagenknecht, the Left and a Left-Authoritarian Party for Germany.
[120th APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Philadelphia,PA, September 05th to September 08th, 2024]
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Wagner, Sarah, and Constantin Wurthmann
(2024):
Strategy or Vacuum – Sahra Wagenknecht, The Left and a Left-Authoritarian Party for Germany.
[ECPR General Conference, Dublin, August 12th to August 15th, 2024]
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Wurthmann, Constantin, and Marius Sältzer
(2024):
Issue Responsiveness in Time and Space.
[29. Wissenschaftlicher Kongress der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft, Göttingen, September 24th to September 27th, 2024]
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Wurthmann, Constantin, Daniel Hagemann and Stefan Marschall
(2024):
Low education, high effects? The impact of Voting Advice Applications on an underexposed segment of users.
[ECPR General Conference, Dublin, August 12th to August 15th, 2024]
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Wurthmann, Constantin, and Sigrid Roßteutscher
(2024):
Solidarity among the marginalised?.
[29. Wissenschaftlicher Kongress der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft, Göttingen, September 24th to September 27th, 2024]
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Hetzer, Lukas, Constantin Wurthmann and Frauke Riebe
United behind the science or the people? Regime support in face of the climate crisis.
[29. Wissenschaftlicher Kongress der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft, Göttingen, September 24th to September 27th, 2024]
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