Dr. Matthias Mader

External fellow and project director
matthias.mader [at] uni-konstanz.de
Phone: 
+49-621-181-2842
Postal Address
Universität Konstanz
Postfach 90
78457  Konstanz
Germany
Visiting Address
Universität Konstanz
78457  Konstanz

Projects

B1 Conditions of Democratic Governance: Behaviour and Orientations of Citizens

B1.1826
Citizens’ Multidimensional National Identities and Foreign Policy Attitudes in Different Contexts

B3 Democratic Multilevel Governance and Europeanization

B3.1839
Fighting Together, Moving Apart? European Common Defence and Shared Security in an Age of Brexit and Trump

RP9 B1 Conditions of Democratic Governance: Behaviour and Orientations of Citizens

RP9
Attitudes on Foreign and Security Policy in the U.S. and Germany: A Comparison at the Mass and Elite Level

Publications

(Note: Generally, the former staff pages only feature publications that have been published at the MZES. Furthermore, the former staff pages feature publications that have been published in co-authorship with current MZES staff.)

Monographs

Mader, Matthias (2017): Öffentliche Meinung zu Auslandseinsätzen der Bundeswehr: Zwischen Antimilitarismus und transatlantischer Orientierung. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. more
Rattinger, Hans, Harald Schoen, Fabian Endres, Sebastian Jungkunz, Matthias Mader and Jana Pötzschke (2016): Old Friends in Troubled Waters: Policy Principles, Elites, and U.S.-German Relations at the Citizen Level After the Cold War. Baden-Baden: Nomos. [Studien zur Wahl- und Einstellungsforschung; 30] more

Journal Articles

Mader, Matthias, Moritz Neubert, Felix Münchow, Stephanie Hofmann, Harald Schoen and Konstantin Gavras (2024): Crumbling in the face of cost? How cost considerations affect public support for European security and defence cooperation. European Union Politics , 25, issue 3, pp. 483-503. more
Mader, Matthias, Konstantin Gavras, Stephanie Hofmann, Jason Reifler, Harald Schoen and Catarina Thomson (2024): International threats and support for European security and defence integration: Evidence from 25 countries. European Journal of Political Research, 63, issue 2, pp. 433-454. more
Steiner, Nils D., Matthias Mader and Harald Schoen (2024): Subjective losers of globalization. European Journal of Political Research, 63, issue 1, pp. 326-347. more
Mader, Matthias, and Harald Schoen (2023): No Zeitenwende (yet): Early Assessment of German Public Opinion Toward Foreign and Defense Policy After Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine. Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 64, issue 3, pp. 525–547. more
Mader, Matthias, and Harald Schoen (2023): Stability of National-Identity Content: Level, Predictors, and Implications. Political Psychology, 44, issue 4, pp. 871-891. more
Thomson, Catarina, Matthias Mader, Felix Münchow, Jason Reifler and Harald Schoen (2023): European public opinion: united in supporting Ukraine, divided on the future of NATO. International Affairs, 99, issue 6, pp. 2485–2500. more
Breznau, Nate, Eike Mark Rinke, Alexander Wuttke, Hung Nguyen, Daniel Auer, Oke Bahnsen, Paul C. Bauer, Julian Bernauer, Simon Ellerbrock, Tobias Gummer, Stefanie Heyne, Matthias Mader, Christoph Wolf, Nan Zhang and et al. (2022): Observing many researchers using the same data and hypothesis reveals a hidden universe of uncertainty. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America: PNAS, 119, issue 44, (article no. e2203150119), pp. 1-8. more
Gavras, Konstantin, Matthias Mader and Harald Schoen (2022): Convergence of European security and defense preferences? A quantitative text analysis of strategy papers, 1994-2018. European Union Politics, 23, issue 4, pp. 662 - 679. more
Mader, Matthias, Nikolay Marinov and Harald Schoen (2022): Foreign Anti-Mainstream Propaganda and Democratic Publics. Comparative Political Studies, 55, issue 10, pp. 1732-1764. more
Lindstam, Emmy, Matthias Mader and Harald Schoen (2021): Conceptions of National Identity and Ambivalence towards Immigration. British Journal of Political Science, 51, issue 1, pp. 93-114. more
Mader, Matthias, Maria Pesthy and Harald Schoen (2021): Conceptions of national identity, turnout and party preference: Evidence from Germany. Nations and Nationalism, 27, issue 3, pp. 638-655. more
Pesthy, Maria, Matthias Mader and Harald Schoen (2021): Why Is the AfD so Successful in Eastern Germany? An Analysis of the Ideational Foundations of the AfD Vote in the 2017 Federal Election. Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 62, issue 1, pp. 69-91. more
Gries, Peter, Andrew Fox, Yiming Jing, Matthias Mader, Thomas J. Scotto and Jason Reifler (2020): A new measure of the ‘democratic peace’: what country feeling thermometer data can teach us about the drivers of American and Western European foreign policy. Political Research Exchange, 2, pp. 1-13. more
Mader, Matthias, Nils D. Steiner and Harald Schoen (2020): The globalisation divide in the public mind: belief systems on globalisation and their electoral consequences. Journal of European Public Policy, 27, issue 10, pp. 1526-1545. more
Mader, Matthias, and Nils D. Steiner (2019): Party Institutionalization and Intra-Party Preference Homogeneity. Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft, 13, issue 2, pp. 199-224. more
Mader, Matthias, and Harald Schoen (2019): The European refugee crisis, party competition, and voters’ responses in Germany. West European Politics, 42, issue 1, pp. 67-90. more
Steiner, Nils D., and Matthias Mader (2019): Intra-Party Heterogeneity in Policy Preferences and Its Effect on Issue Salience: Developing and Applying a Measure Based on Elite Survey Data. Party Politics, 25, issue 3, pp. 336–348. more
Jungherr, Andreas, Matthias Mader, Harald Schoen and Alexander Wuttke (2018): Context-Driven Attitude Formation: The Difference Between Supporting Free Trade in the Abstract and Supporting Specific Trade Agreements. Review of International Political Economy, 25, issue 2, pp. 215-242. more
Mader, Matthias, Thomas J. Scotto, Jason Reifler, Peter H. Gries, Pierangelo Isernia and Harald Schoen (2018): How political are national identities? A comparison of the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany in the 2010s. Research and Politics, 5, issue 3, pp. 1-9. more
Mader, Matthias (2017): Citizens’ Perceptions of Policy Objectives and Support for Military Action: Looking for Prudence in Germany. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 61, issue 6, pp. 1290-1314. more
Mader, Matthias (2016): Stabilität und Wandel der nationalen Identität in der deutschen Bevölkerung. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 68, issue 3, pp. 435-456. more
Endres, Fabian, Matthias Mader and Harald Schoen (2015): On the Relationship Between Strategic Cultures and Support for European Defence: A Comment on Irondelle, Mérand and Foucault. European Journal of Political Research, 54, issue 4, pp. 848–859. more
Jedinger, Alexander, and Matthias Mader (2015): Predispositions, Mission-Specific Beliefs, and Public Support for Military Missions: The Case of the German ISAF Mission in Afghanistan. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 27, issue 1, pp. 90-110. more
Mader, Matthias, and Jana Pötzschke (2014): National Identities and Mass Belief Systems on Foreign and Security Policy in Germany. German Politics, 23, issue 1-2, pp. 59-77. more
Mader, Matthias (2014): The German federal election, September 2013. Electoral Studies, 34, issue June 2014, pp. 353-356. more
Mader, Matthias, and Harald Schoen (2013): Alles eine Frage des Blickwinkels? Framing-Effekte und Bevölkerungsurteile über einen möglichen Bundeswehreinsatz in Libyen. Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen, 13, issue 1, pp. 5-34. more

Book Chapters

Mader, Matthias, and Harald Schoen (2017): Ideological Voting in Context: the Case of Germany during the Merkel Era. Pp. 209-229 in: Harald Schoen, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Bernhard Weßels, Christof Wolf (Eds.) Voters and Voting in Context: Multiple Contexts and the Heterogeneous German Electorate. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Mader, Matthias, and Rüdiger Fiebig (2015): Determinanten der Bevölkerungseinstellungen zum Afghanistaneinsatz: Prädispositionen, Erfolgswahrnehmungen und die moderierende Wirkung individueller Mediennutzung. Pp. 97-121 in: Heiko Biehl, Harald Schoen (Eds.) Sicherheitspolitik und Streitkräfte im Urteil der Bürger: Theorien, Methoden, Befunde. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. more
Mader, Matthias (2015): Grundhaltungen zur Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik in Deutschland. Pp. 69-96 in: Heiko Biehl, Harald Schoen (Eds.) Sicherheitspolitik und Streitkräfte im Urteil der Bürger: Theorien, Methoden, Befunde. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. more

Papers / Reports

Gavras, Konstantin, Thomas J. Scotto, Jason Reifler, Stephanie Hofmann, Catarina Thomson, Matthias Mader and Harald Schoen (2020): NATO and CSDP: Party and Public Positioning in Germany and France. Rom [NDC Policy Brief; June 2020] more
Jungherr, Andreas, Antonin Finkelnburg, Ralf Güldenzopf, Matthias Mader, Harald Schoen and Alexander Wuttke (2016): Wirkung politischer Informationsbriefe in Unterstützung von TTIP. more

Conference Presentations

Gavras, Konstantin, Matthias Mader, Tom Scotto, Stephanie Hofmann, Jason Reifler, Catarina Thomson and Harald Schoen (2020): Neue Bedrohungen, neue Sicherheitsarchitektur? Individuelle Bedrohungswahrnehmungen und Einstellungen zur internationalen Sicherheitsarchitektur in Deutschland, Frankreich, Großbritannien und Italien. [Jahrestagung des DVPW-Arbeitskreises „Wahlen und politische Einstellungen“, (virtual conference), November 12th to November 13th, 2020] more
Gavras, Konstantin, Matthias Mader and Harald Schoen (2019): Convergence or Divergence in Strategic Cultures in Europe since the End of the Cold War? - A Quantitative Text Analysis of Strategy Papers. [CEEISA-ISA 2019 Joint International Conference, Belgrad, June 17th to June 19th, 2019] more
Mader, Matthias, Francesco Olmastroni and Pierangelo Isernia (2019): Public opinion towards European foreign and defence policy and NATO: Still wanting it both ways?. [Elections, Public Opinion and Parties (EPOP) Conference, Glasgow, September 13th to September 15th, 2019] more
Pesthy, Maria, Matthias Mader and Harald Schoen (2019): National identity conceptions, populism, and voting: Evidence from Germany. [Elections, Public Opinion and Parties (EPOP) Conference, Glasgow, September 13th to September 15th, 2019] more
Pesthy, Maria, Matthias Mader and Harald Schoen (2019): Populismus oder Nativismus? Eine vergleichende Analyse der ideellen Motive der AfD-Wahl in Ost- und Westdeutschland. [Wahlen und politische Einstellungen in Ost- und Westdeutschland: Persistenz, Konvergenz oder Divergenz?, Mannheim, May 09th to May 10th, 2019] more
Gavras, Konstantin, Matthias Mader and Harald Schoen (2018): Understanding Support for the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy. [Workshop "Understanding Policy Preferences Using Experimental Methods", ZEW, Mannheim, December 17th to December 18th, 2018] more
Jungherr, Andreas, Alexander Wuttke, Matthias Mader and Harald Schoen (2017): Advocating TTIP: Effects of Interest Groups’ Mailings in the Field. [113th APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, August 31st to September 03rd, 2017] more
Jungherr, Andreas, Alexander Wuttke, Matthias Mader and Harald Schoen (2017): The Persuasive Effects of an Interest Group Mailing: Comparing Evidence from Parallel Survey and Field Experiments. [75th Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 06th to April 09th, 2017] more
Lindstam, Emmy, Matthias Mader and Harald Schoen (2017): National Identities and Boundaries of Solidarity. The Evolution of German Citizens’ Normative Conceptions of the Nation and Attitudes towards Immigration and the Refugee Crisis. [Workshop “Immigration, European Integration and Political Psychology”, University of Copenhagen, January 25th to January 27th, 2017] more
Mader, Matthias, and Harald Schoen (2017): Foreign Core Postures and Intra-Individual Change in Attitudes toward the United States and Russia in the German Public. [45th ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, University of Nottingham, April 25th to April 30th, 2017] more
Mader, Matthias, and Harald Schoen (2017): Nationale Identität, die Bewertung politischer Akteure und die Flüchtlingskrise. [Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises Wahlen und politische Einstellungen der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft, Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, May 18th to May 19th, 2017] more
Mader, Matthias, and Nils D. Steiner (2017): Patterns of Party Institutionalization and Intra-Party Preference Homogeneity in Established European Democracies. [Workshop “Different Worlds of Political Party Development: Comparative Analysis of the Institutionalization of Political Parties in Democracies”, University of Duisburg-Essen, July 25th, 2017] more
Mader, Matthias (2017): Public Opinion Research on International Relations in Germany. [Workshop of the Las Americas y el Mundo Project, University of Denver, September 13th to September 14th, 2017] more
Mader, Matthias (2016): Many faces of chauvinism? Citizens’ sense of national superiority in a comparative perspective. [6th Annual General Conference of the European Political Science Association (EPSA), Brussels, June 23rd to June 25th, 2016] more
Mader, Matthias (2013): Coping with External Demands to Participate in Military Interventions - Does German National Identity Mediate International Relations’ Effects on Domestic Attitudes?. [41st ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, March 11th to March 16th, 2013] more
Mader, Matthias, and Harald Schoen (2013): Explaining Electoral Choice in the 2013 German Federal Election: Chancellor Merkel, the Euro Crisis, and the AfD. [Johns Hopkins University SAIS Europe Workshop “Germany after the 2013 Election”, Bologna, November 30th, 2013] more
Glantz, Alexander, and Matthias Mader (2012): Predispositions and Public Support for the War in Afghanistan: Evidence from Germany. [2nd Annual General Conference of the European Political Science Association, Berlin, June 21st to June 23rd, 2012] more
Mader, Matthias (2012): Außen- und sicherheitspolitische Einstellungen in Deutschland, 1981-2007.. [Jubiläumstagung 25 Jahre DVPW-Arbeitskreis „Wahlen und Politische Einstellungen“, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, June 28th to June 29th, 2012] more
Mader, Matthias (2012): Framingeffekte und Bevölkerungseinstellungen zu einem möglichen Bundeswehreinsatz in Libyen. [Jahrestagung des GLES Young Researcher’s Network, Mannheim, November 29th to November 30th, 2012] more
Mader, Matthias, and Harald Schoen (2012): Framingeffekte und Bevölkerungseinstellungen zu einem möglichen Bundeswehreinsatz in Libyen.. [Jahrestagung des GLES Young Researcher’s Network, Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung, November 29th to November 30th, 2012] more
Pötzschke, Jana, and Matthias Mader (2011): One Hierarchy To Rule Them All? Structures in Belief Systems on Foreign and Security Policy Attitudes in the German Public. [6th ECPR General Conference, Reykjavik, August 25th to August 27th, 2011] more