Dr. Carsten Wegscheider

Current affiliations

Institute of Political Science (IfPol)
Scharnhorststr. 100, 48151 Münster
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Academic profiles

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Research Focus

Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
Demokratieforschung
Parteien- und Wahlforschung
Populismus und Euroskeptizismus

Academic Education
2018 - 2022	Promotion in Politikwissenschaft – Universität Salzburg, Österreich
2019	Visiting Researcher – EUROLAB, GESIS – Leibniz Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Köln, Deutschland
2016 - 2017	Erasmus+ Visiting Student in M.A. Research Design and Social Data Analysis – Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Rumänien
2014 - 2017	M.A. in Theorie und Vergleich politischer Systeme im Wandel – Universität Duisburg-Essen, Deutschland
2011 - 2014	B.A. in Politikwissenschaft – Universität Duisburg-Essen, Deutschland
Work Experience
since 10/2022	Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Universität Münster, Deutschland
2018 - 2022	Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Universität Salzburg, Österreich
2014 - 2018	Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft am Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Deutschland

Publications

Gendered dynamics in representation: Examining candidates' policy congruence with parties and voters Lefkofridi, Zoe; Wegscheider, Carsten; Zwiener-Collins, Nadine (2026) In: Party Politics, 32(2), 259-273. doi:10.1177/13540688251332188 Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
More social, less material, more influenced by family ties: Why young women join political parties Ammassari, Sofia; McDonnell, Duncan; Werner, Annika; Heinisch, Reinhard; Valbruzzi, Marco; Wegscheider, Carsten (2026) In: European Journal of Political Research, 65, 1-21. doi:10.1017/S1475676526100978 Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Capable but Not Empowered? How Emancipative Values Affect Protest Participation Across Different Contexts Wegscheider, Carsten; Mauk, Marlene (2025) In: Political Studies, 73(1), 391-411. doi:10.1177/00323217241247377 Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Inside party youth wings: The YOUMEM project McDonnell, Duncan; Ammassari, Sofia; Valbruzzi, Marco; Bolin, Niklas; Werner, Annika; Heinisch, Reinhard; Jungar, Ann-Cathrine; Wegscheider, Carsten (2025) In: Party Politics, 31(6), 1049-1063. doi:10.1177/13540688241310349 Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published
Young radicals, moderates and aligned: Ideological congruence and incongruence in party youth wings McDonnell, Duncan; Ammassari, Sofia; Werner, Annika; Bolin, Niklas; Valbruzzi, Marco; Lopes, Hugo Ferrinho; Heinisch, Reinhard; Jungar, Ann-Cathrine; Wegscheider, Carsten (2025) In: European Journal of Political Research, 64(4), 1759-1782. doi:10.1111/1475-6765.70000 Research article (journal) \| Peer reviewed \| Published

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Projects

Mapping (Anti-)Globalization Attitudes (MAGA): An Exploratory Geo-Coded Survey Analysis

Duration: 01/01/2024 - 31/12/2025

Funded by: Uni Münster-internal funding - Ideas Lab

Type of project: Internally at the University of Münster funded project