Prof. Dr. Thorsten Faas

Principal Investigator

Research Stream: Berlin Polarization Monitor

Research Stream: Civil Society Interventions Lab

Tel:
+49 30 838 64131

Mail:
thorsten.faas@fu-berlin.de

Website:
www.polsoz.fu-berlin.de
www.thorstenfaas.de

Short Vita

I am a Full Professor of Political Science with emphasis on the Political Sociology of Germany at the Otto-Suhr-Institute of Political Science at Freie Universität Berlin. My research focuses on political attitudes and political behavior of citizens, especially in the context of elections. In my recent work, I have looked at the political attitudes and voting behavior of young voters (in the context of the debate about lowering the voting age), but also patterns of affective polarization in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. I am also interested in the interaction of electoral systems and patterns of political representation.

Fünf Schlüsselpublikationen

  • Thorsten Faas, Oscar W. Gabriel, Jürgen Maier (Hrsg.): Politikwissenschaftliche Einstellungs- und Verhaltensforschung: Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Studium, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2020.

  • Thorsten Faas: Arbeitslosigkeit und Wählerverhalten: Direkte und indirekte Wirkungen auf Wahlbeteiligung und Parteipräferenzen in Ost- und Westdeutschland, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2010.

  • Nicole Loew, Thorsten Faas: Between Thin- and Host-ideologies: How Populist Attitudes Interact with Policy Preferences in Shaping Voting Behaviour, in: Representation, 55, 2019, S. 493–511.

  • David Schieferdecker, Philippe Joly, Thorsten Faas: Affective Polarization Between Opinion-Based Groups in a Context of Low Partisan Discord: Measuring its Prevalence and Consequences, in: International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 36, 2024, edae009, DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/edae009.

  • Arndt Leininger, Marie-Lou Sohnius, Thorsten Faas, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Armin Schäfer: Temporary disenfranchisement: negative side effects of lowering the voting age, in: American Political Science Review, 117, 2023, S. 355-361, DOI: 10.1017/S000305542200034X.

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