Dr. Christian Schnaudt

Postdoctoral researcher
schnaudt [at] uni-mannheim.de
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+49 621 181–2844
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+49 621 181–2866
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+49-621-181-2842
Postal Address
68131  Mannheim
Germany
Visiting Address
University of Mannheim
A5, 6
Building A
Room:A 220
68159  Mannheim

Profile/Career

In February 2024, Christian Schnaudt joined the MZES as a research associate in Research Department B. His research interests are in the broader areas of political behaviour, comparative politics, survey methodology, and quantitative methods. Specifically, his research analyses topics such as electoral integrity, political participation and support, and democratic norms and values. Prior to joining the MZES, Christian held positions at the University of Mannheim, the University of Bielefeld, and GESIS and was a visiting fellow at the University of Twente and the Czech Academy of Sciences.

Projects

B1 Conditions of Democratic Governance: Behaviour and Orientations of Citizens

B1.1822
(GLES) Campaign Dynamics of Media Coverage and Public Opinion
B1.1824
The Conversations of Democracy. Citizens' Everyday Communication in the Deliberative System

RP8 B1 Conditions of Democratic Governance

RP8
European Social Survey

Publications

Journal Articles

Schnaudt, Christian (In Press): Perceptions of Electoral Integrity and Election-Related (Non-)Compliance: Evidence from Germany. Political Studies, (publ. online before print). more
Schnaudt, Christian (2024): Conspiracy Beliefs and Perceptions of Electoral Integrity: Cross-National Evidence from 29 Countries. Public Opinion Quarterly, 88, issue SI, pp. 814-827. more
Bucher, Hannah, Anne-Kathrin Stroppe, Axel M. Burger, Thorsten Faas, Harald Schoen, Marc Debus, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Denis Cohen, Robert Huber, Michael Jankowski, Melvin John, Jan Menzner, Christian Schimpf, Christian Schnaudt, Nils D. Steiner, Richard Traunmüller, Fabienne Unkelbach, Vera Vogel, Carsten Wegscheider, Robert Welz and Alexander Wuttke (2023): Special Issue Conclusion: The GLES Open Science Challenge 2021 in Hindsight: Experiences Gained and Lessons Learned. Politische Vierteljahresschrift: PVS, 64, issue 1, pp. 207–219. more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Christian Schnaudt (2023): Everyday Political Talk with Strangers: Evidence on a Neglected Arena of the Deliberative System. Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 64, issue 3, pp. 499–523 . more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Christian Schnaudt (2023): Political Talk and the Triad of Democratic Citizenship. Journal of Deliberative Democracy, 19, issue 1, pp. 1-17. more
Schnaudt, Christian, Michael Weinhardt and Stefan Liebig (2017): Die politische Partizipation Jugendlicher und junger Erwachsener in Deutschland. Weniger teilnahmslos und politikverdrossen als gedacht. GWP - Gesellschaft • Wirtschaft • Politik, 66, issue 2, pp. 189-200. more
Schnaudt, Christian, and Michael Weinhardt (2017): Schaffen wir das? Zwischen Akzeptanz und Ablehnung von Immigration in Deutschland und Europa. ISI - Informationsdienst Soziale Indikatoren, 57, pp. 12-16. more
Popa, Sebastian Adrian, Yannis Theocharis and Christian Schnaudt (2016): From Seeing the Writing on the Wall, to Getting Together for a Bowl: Direct and Compensating Effects of Facebook Use on Offline Associational Membership. Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 13, issue 3, pp. 222-238. more
Schnaudt, Christian, Michael Weinhardt and Stefan Liebig (2016): (Um-)Fragen über (Um-)Fragen: Die Entstehung von Umfragedaten am Beispiel des European Social Survey (ESS). GWP - Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft, Politik: Sozialwissenschaften für politische Bildung, 65, issue 2, pp. 189-198. more
Schnaudt, Christian, Michael Weinhardt, Rory Fitzgerald and Stefan Liebig (2014): The European Social Survey: Contents, Design, and Research Potential. Schmollers Jahrbuch, 134, issue 4, pp. 487-506. more

Book Chapters

Schnaudt, Christian, Stefanie Walter and Sebastian Adrian Popa (2016): Subnational and National Territorial Identification. Pp. 63-92 in: Bettina Westle, Paolo Segatti (Eds.) European Identity in the Context of National Identity: Questions of Identity in Sixteen European Countries in the Wake of the Financial Crisis. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more

Thesis

Schnaudt, Christian (2017): Political Confidence and Democracy in Europe. Antecedents and Consequences of Citizens’ Confidence in Representative and Regulative Institutions and Authorities. Mannheim: University of Mannheim. [Politikwissenschaft] more

Conference Presentations

Schnaudt, Christian (2024): Do citizens disobey the law when they feel that elections are rigged? Evidence from Germany. [8th GESIS Political Science Research Roundtable, Mannheim, October 23rd, 2024] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Christian Schnaudt (2023): Everyday Political Talk with Strangers: The Missing Link in the Deliberative System. [80th Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, IL, April 13th to April 16th, 2023] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Christian Schnaudt (2023): Wie deliberativ ist die politische Alltagskommunikation?. [Invited Talk at the Institut für Sozialwissenschaften der Universität Stuttgart - Abt. für Politische Theorie und Empirische Demokratieforschung, Stuttgart, June 04th, 2023] more
Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger, and Christian Schnaudt (2022): The Missing Link in the Deliberative System: Everyday Political Talk with Strangers. [118th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Montréal, September 15th to September 18th, 2022] more
Schnaudt, Christian, and Christian Stecker (2019): Immigration and integration as ‘flash issues’: How the refugee crisis has altered electoral behavior in Europe. [9th Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association, Belfast, June 20th to June 22nd, 2019] more
Schnaudt, Christian, and Christian Stecker (2019): Immigration and integration as ‘flash issues’: How the refugee crisis has altered electoral behavior in Europe. [4th International ESS Conference “Turbulent times in Europe: Instability, insecurity and inequality", MZES, Mannheim, April 15th to April 17th, 2019] more
Schnaudt, Christian, and Sebastian Adrian Popa (2018): A matter of political sophistication? The relationship between institutional performance and political trust reconsidered. [12th ECPR General Conference, Hamburg, August 22nd to August 25th, 2018] more
Schnaudt, Christian, and Michael Weinhardt (2016): Political participation and engagement among young and adult people in Germany over time: A re-assessment using the ‘identity-equivalence procedure’. [3rd International ESS Conference “Understanding key challenges for European societies in the 21st century”, University of Lausanne, July 13th to July 15th, 2016] more