Dr. Andrea Volkens

Research Fellow of the Research Unit

Research fields

Comparative studies of parties, elections, and governments

CV

2009-2016
Project director, research project "MARPOR Manifesto Research on Political Representation"

1996
Dr. phil. in political science, Freien Universität Berlin (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hans-Dieter Klingemann)

since 10 1989
Research fellow, Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB); 1989-2003 in the research unit "Institutiones and Social Change"; since 2003 in the research unit "Democracy and Democratization"

1988-1989
Teaching und research assistant, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg

1982-1989
Research fellow, Zentralinstitut für sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung (ZI 6), Freie Universität Berlin

1982
M.A. in sociology, psychology, and European ethnology, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Franz Urban Pappi)

1978-1982
Student teaching and research assistant, Institut für Soziologie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

Selected Publications

Volkens, Andrea/Bara, Judith (2013): "Presidential versus Parliamentary Representation. Extending the Manifesto Estimates to Latin America". In: Andrea Volkens/Judith Bara/Ian Budge/Michael D. McDonald/Hans-Dieter Klingemann (Eds.): Mapping Policy Preferences from Texts III. Statistical Solutions for Manifesto Analysts. Oxford: Oxford University Press, S. 277-298.

Volkens, Andrea (2007): "Strengths and Weakness of Approaches to Measuring Policy Positions of Parties". In: Electoral Studies, Vol. 26, No. 1, S. 108-120.

Klingemann, Hans-Dieter/Volkens, Andrea/Bara, Judith/Budge, Ian/Macdonald, Michael (2006): Mapping Policy Preferences II: Estimates for Parties, Electors and Governments in Central and Eastern Europe, European Union and OECD 1990-2003. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Volkens, Andrea (2004): "Policy Changes of European Social Democrats". In: Guiliano Bonoli/Martin Powell (Eds.): Social Democratic Party PoliciesRoutledge, S. 21-42.

Budge, Ian/Klingemann, Hans-Dieter/Volkens, Andrea/Bara, Judith/Tanenbaum, Eric (2001): Mapping Policy Preferences. Estimates for Parties, Electors, and Governments 1945-1998. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Projects

since 2017
Member of
MARPOR – Manifesto Research on Political Representation
Funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Project director: Bernhard Weßels
Participating scientists: Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Wolfgang Merkel, Pola Lehmann, Theres Matthieß, Nicolas Merz, Sven Regel, Andrea Volkens, Carolin Herrmann, Jirka Lewandowski
In cooperation with: Judith Bara (Queen Mary University of London), Ian Budge (Universität Essex), Simon Franzmann (University of Düsseldorf), Michael McDonald (Binghamton University), Thomas Meyer (University of Vienna), Annika Werner (Griffith University, Australia)

2009-2017
Project director
MARPOR – Manifesto Research on Political Representation
Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG)
Participating scientists: Andrea Volkens, Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Wolfgang Merkel, Pola Lehmann, Nicolas Merz, Sven Regel, Annika Werner
In cooperation with: Judith Bara (Queen Mary University of London), Ian Budge (University of Essex), Vera Tröger (University of Essex)

1989-2009
Research management of the Comparative Manifestos Project (CMP)

1984-1989
Member of the Manifesto Research Group (MRG)

Dr. Andrea Volkens

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