Would Europeans Accept Immigrants if they Knew them?

This paper presents a method to estimate attitudes of natives toward immigrants who hold biased beliefs toward immigrants if they were informed about the actual characteristics of immigrants.

From Weimar to Today: Mapping Populism in German Parliaments

with Paul Behler

We compare the history of the Weimar Republic and modern Germany through the lens of populism. To this end, we analyze for both states how the populist rhetoric contained in parliamentary speeches evolved over time.

Revisiting Immigration Attitudes: How Asylum Seekers Nuance Previous Findings

Recent research has shown that natives overestimate the number of immigrants in their country and that informing them makes them more accepting toward immigrants. I show that these results can be reversed by focusing on asylum seekers, the sub-group of immigrants that natives are most opposed to.

Do Political Representation Gaps Cause Populism? Evidence from the 2025 German Election

with Salvatore Nunnari

Large representation gaps exist, but do they also cause populist voting? We test this claim in an information-provision experiment conducted in the weeks leading up to the 2025 German federal election. Our estimates indicate that the representation gap regarding immigration is a first-order cause for populist support.

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