Mannheim Centre for European Social Research

Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung Research on Politics and Societies

About the MZES

Project news Do citizens’ assemblies strengthen trust in democracy? Funding awarded to Dr. Antonia May and colleagues

Other news EASP Early Career Award for Dr. Jana Berkessel

Media Coverage "They feel they have no significance" DIE ZEIT interview with Prof. Marc Helbling

Migration and Integration

Social Inequality

Citizens and Democracy

Social Data and Methods

Communication and Digitalisation

New Publications

Sabine C. Carey, Mark Gibney, Anita R. Gohdes

The Politics of Human Rights: The Quest for Dignity in the 21st Century

Journal referenced in the SSCI

Marlene Hilgenstock, Antonia May

How integration policies relate to perceptions of discrimination and feelings of belonging among immigrants and children of immigrants. A multilevel perspective.

Ethnic and Racial Studies, pp. 1-27

Journal referenced in the SSCI

Christopher Klamm, Simone Paolo Ponzetto, Ines Rehbein, Sarah Wagner

Issue Ownership in Times of Crisis: Dynamics of Party Issue Ownership during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Party Politics

Journal referenced in the SSCI

Michael Imre, Hanna Bäck

The Cost of Compromise: How Coalition Participation Shapes Party Membership

Party Politics

Events

Sun 19.07.2026

Workshop

Summer School for Women* in Political Methodology

Tue 08.09.2026

MZES Speaker Series

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Tiziano Zgaga (LMU München)

Tue 15.09.2026

MZES Speaker Series

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Gideon Rahat (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Tue 22.09.2026

MZES Speaker Series

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Jeyhun Alizade (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin)

Tue 22.09.2026

MZES Speaker Series

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Oscar Stuhler (Northwestern University)

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Publications

News Highlights

Sandra Morgenstern by Sarah Haenle Fotografie

Sonstige Meldungen

Bojanovsky Research Prize goes to Dr. Sandra Morgenstern

Information campaigns to reduce irregular migration

Stellenangebote

Doctoral researcher (75%) (all genders)

Sonstige Meldungen

Freedom of Speech in Germany: Subjective Perceptions and Actual Experiences.

GIP Policy Brief by Prof. Richard Traunmüller

Sonstige Meldungen

Lorenz-von-Stein Award for Dr. Leah von der Heyde

Dissertation on Large Language Models (LLMs)

Sonstige Meldungen

Prof. Bernhard Ebbinghaus: presentation on pensions in front of EU parliamentary committee