Dr. Katrin Praprotnik Department of Political Science, esp. Comparative Politics University of Hamburg Von-Melle-Park 9 (Room A308) 20146 Hamburg, Germany +49 40 42838-4912 katrin.praprotnik@uni-hamburg.de www.katrin-praprotnik.com CURRENT POSITION Researcher (post-doc) since June 2015 Department of Political Science, esp. Comparative Politics University of Hamburg, Germany RESEARCH INTERESTS Political Parties, Coalition Research, Austrian Politics, Models of Political Representation, Social Policy, Non-Voting, and Political Processes of Reform-making PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE University Assistant (prae-doc) Department of Government January 2014 - May 2015 Research assistant Project: SFB 884 Political Economy of Reforms June 2010 - December 2013 C1: Legislative Reforms and Party Competition University of Mannheim, Germany Project: Austrian National Election Study (AUTNES) December 2009 - December 2013 Department of Government TEACHING EXPERIENCE Master Programme in Political Science at the University of Hamburg, Germany: Winter term 2017/18 Seminar: Research Design for Comparative and Area Studies (Teaching language: German, together with Claudia Wiesner)
Bachelor Programme in Political Science at the University of Hamburg, Germany: Winter term 2017/18 Seminar: Parties and candidates in electoral competition (Teaching language: German) Lecture: Introduction to Political Science (Teaching language: German; together with Olaf Asbach, Olga Herzog, Cord Jakobeit, Philip Liste, Kamil Marcinkiewicz, Peter Niesen, Kai-Uwe Schnapp, Andreas von Staden, Claudia Wiesner) Winter term 2016/17 Lecture series: Between Integration and Right-Wing Populist Movements. The EU after the British Referendum (Teaching language: English and German; together with Olga Herzog, Philip Liste, Kamil Marcinkiewicz and Kai-Uwe Schnapp) Seminar: Political representation: Theoretical concepts and empirical results (Teaching language: German) Summer term 2016 Seminar: Parties and candidates in electoral competition (Teaching language: German) Seminar: Party systems: Continuity and change (Teaching language: German) Seminar: Legislatures in comparative perspective (Teaching language: English) Winter term 2015/16 Seminar: Political representation: Theoretical concepts and empirical results (Teaching language: German) Seminar: Coalition governments in European democracies (Teaching language: English) Summer term 2015 Seminar: Media-oriented and Politically Alienated? A Study on the Relationship Between Political Orientations and (New) Media Use (Teaching language: German) Bachelor Programme in Political Science at the : Summer term 2015 Seminar: Comparative Analysis of Politics (Teaching language: German) Summer term 2014 Seminar: Comparative Analysis of Politics (Teaching language: German) Winter term 2013/14 Software course: Introduction to Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (with Stata; Teaching language: German) Winter term 2012/13 Software course: Introduction to Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (with Stata; Teaching language: German) ECPR Winter School in Methods and Techniques. European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR): February 2012 Software course: Introduction to the Statistic Software Stata (Teaching assistant; Teaching language: English) 2
EDUCATION PhD of Social Sciences March 2010 - September 2015 Thesis: Pledge Fulfilment in Austria. A Test of Mandate Theory. Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang C. Müller Magister of Political Science October 2004 - October 2009 Thesis: European Communication Policy. The European Parliament Elections 2009 Supervisor: Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Otmar Höll Bakkalaureat of Journalism & Communication Science October 2004 - January 2008 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HUL - Good Teaching Practice February 2016 Workshop: Supervising and supporting students term papers Hamburg, Germany Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis August 2012 Summer School University of Essex Colchester, United Kingdom Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM) June 2011 Summer School University of Mannheim Mannheim, Germany Short-term grant abroad (KWA) Mai 2009 Brussels, Belgium Erasmus February - June 2007 Grande École Sciences Po Paris, France ADDITIONAL SKILLS Language Native German speaker; fluent written and verbal skills in English; knowledge of French Software L A T E X, Microsoft Office, advanced knowledge of Stata, knowledge of R and SPSS 3
PUBLICATIONS Praprotnik, Katrin. 2017. Issue clarity in electoral competition. Insights from Austria. Electoral Studies 48: 121-130. Thomson, Robert, Royed, Terry, Naurin, Elin, Artés, Joaquín, Costello, Rory, Ennser-Jedenastik, Laurenz, Ferguson, Mark, Kostadinova, Petia, Moury, Catherine, Pétry, François & Katrin Praprotnik. 2017. The fulfillment of parties election pledges: A comparative study on the impact of power sharing. American Journal of Political Science 61(3): 527-542. Praprotnik, Katrin. Forthcoming. Jurisdiction, Time, and Money. The Role of Resources in Pledge Fulfilment. Party Politics. Dolezal, Martin, Ennser-Jedenastik, Laurenz, Müller, Wolfgang C., Praprotnik, Katrin & Anna Katharina Winkler. Forthcoming. Beyond salience and position-taking: How political parties communicate through their manifestos. Party Politics. Praprotnik, Katrin. 2017. Parteien und ihre Wahlversprechen. Einblicke in die Politikgestaltung in Österreich. Wiesbaden: Springer Verlag. Praprotnik, Katrin, Jenny, Marcelo & Wolfgang C. Müller. 2015. Sozialpartnerschaftliche Politikberatung: Das Auslaufen eines Modells. Zeitschrift für Politikberatung 7(3): 79-90. Praprotnik, Katrin. 2015. Die Policy-Bilanz der Regierung Faymann I. Eine Studie zur Anwendbarkeit der Mandatstheorie. Austrian Journal of Political Science 44(2): 1-14. Eberl, Jakob-Moritz, Glantschnigg, Christian, Johann, David & Katrin Schermann. 2014. Koalitionen: Festlegungen, Spekulationen und Wünsche. In: Sylvia Kritzinger, Wolfgang C. Müller, Klaus Schönbach (eds.) Die Nationalratswahl 2013. Wie Parteien, Medien und Wählerschaft zusammenwirken. Vienna: Böhlau, 147-158. Glinitzer, Konstantin, Jacobi, Carina, Kleinen-von Königslöw, Katharina, Schermann, Katrin & Anna Katharina Winkler. 2014. Die politische Bilanz im Wahlkampf: Der Record. In: Sylvia Kritzinger, Wolfgang C. Müller, Klaus Schönbach (eds.) Die Nationalratswahl 2013. Wie Parteien, Medien und Wählerschaft zusammenwirken. Vienna: Böhlau, 133-146. Schermann, Katrin & Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik. 2014. Coalition Policy Making under Constraints: Examining the Role of Preferences and Institutions. West European Politics 37(3): 564-583. Schermann, Katrin & Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik. 2014. Explaining Coalition Bargaining Outcomes: Evidence from Austria, 2002-2008. Party Politics 20(5): 791-801. CONFERENCE PAPERS Praprotnik, Katrin, Ecker, Alejandro, Jenny, Marcelo & Wolfgang C. Müller. Crossvalidating Party Position Estimates from Experts and Manifestos. New Insights from the IntUne Elite Survey. Paper presented at the 3-Länder Tagung, Heidelberg, Germany, September 2016. Praprotnik, Katrin. New Parties in Electoral Competition: Examining the Formation of New Political Actors. Paper presented at the IPSA Annual Conference, Poznań, Poland, July 2016. Praprotnik, Katrin. Examining Parties Policy Supply. A Step Towards an Understanding of the Pledge 4
Puzzle. Paper presented at the EPSA Annual Conference, Brussels, Belgium, June 2016. Praprotnik, Katrin. New Parties in Electoral Competition: Examining the Formation and Success of New Political Actors. Paper presented at the MPSA Annual Conference, Chicago, USA, April 2016. Thomson, Robert, Royed, Terry J., Naurin, Elin, Artés, Joaquín, Costello, Rory, Duval, Dominic, Ferguson, Mark J., Kostadinova, Petia, Moury, Catherine, Petry, François & Katrin Praprotnik. Out of Government But Not Out of Touch: When Governments Fulfill Opposition Parties Pledges. Paper presented by co-author at MPSA Annual Conference, Chicago, USA, April 2016. Katrin Praprotnik, Ecker, Alejandro, Jenny, Marcelo & Wolfgang C Müller. Crossvalidating Party Position Estimates from Experts and Manifestos. New Insights from the IntUne Elite Survey. Paper presented at the IPSA Conference on Methods in Political Science: A Rainbow of Challenges, Antwerp, Belgium, September 2015. Winkler, Anna Katharina & Katrin Praprotnik. Parties Answer to Voter Dealignment: The Record. Paper presented at the 5th Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association (EPSA), Vienna, Austria, June 2015. Winkler, Anna Katharina & Katrin Praprotnik. Parties Answer to Voter Dealignment: The Record. Paper presented by co-author at the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Warsaw, Poland, March/April 2015. Praprotnik, Katrin. Die Umsetzung von Wahlversprechen. Eine Analyse der SPÖ-ÖVP Regierung Faymann I. Paper presented at the Tag der Politikwissenschaft (ÖGPW), Vienna, Austria, November 2014. Thomson, Robert, Royed, Terry J., Naurin, Elin, Artés, Joaquín, Ennser-Jedenastik, Laurenz, Ferguson, Mark J., Moury, Catherine, Petry, François & Katrin Schermann. The Program-to-Policy Linkage: A Comparative Study of Election Pledges and Government Policies in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Ireland, Sweden, Spain, Italy, Bulgaria, Germany, Portugal, Austria and Canada. Paper presented by co-author at the 110th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Washington DC, USA, August 2014. Schermann, Katrin, Jenny, Marcelo & Wolfgang C. Müller. Scientific expertise: A catalyst of political reforms? Paper presented at the Dreiländertagung 2013 (SVPW, DVPW, ÖGPW), Innsbruck, Austria, September 2013. Ennser-Jedenastik, Laurenz & Katrin Schermann. The Dynamics of Policy Implementation in Coalition Governments. Paper presented at the ECPR General Conference, Bordeaux, France, September 2013. Schermann, Katrin. Election manifestos in political competition: A contribution to voter-rationality? Paper presented at the Graduate Conference Innovative Demokratieforschung, Vienna, Austria, June 2013. Dolezal, Martin, Ennser-Jedenastik, Laurenz, Müller, Wolfgang C., Schermann, Katrin & Anna Katharina Winkler. Beyond salience and position-taking: How political parties communicate through their manifestos. Paper presented at the 84th SPSA Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, January 2013. Schermann, Katrin, Jenny, Marcelo & Wolfgang C. Müller. Sozialpartnerschaftliche Strukturpolitik durch Politikberatung: Das Auslaufen eines Modells. Paper presented at the Tag der Politikwissenschaft (ÖGPW), Graz, Austria, November 2012. Schermann, Katrin & Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik. Linking election pledges to policy outcomes: the Austrian case. Paper presented at the 4th ECPR Graduate Conference, Bremen, Germany, July 2012. 5
AWARDS Doc.Award 2016 for an excellent dissertation awarded by the University of Vienna and the City of Vienna (C 1,500). Gordon Smith and Vincent Wright Memorial Prize for one of the two best papers published in West European Politics in 2014, together with Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik for Coalition Policy Making under Constraints: Examining the Role of Preferences and Institutions ( 250). Hans Daalder Prize 2012 for best paper at the ECPR Graduate Conference, together with Laurenz Ennser- Jedenastik for: Linking election pledges to policy outcomes the Austrian case ( C 1,000). THIRD-PARTY FUNDS Project: Democratic stability in Europa. Effects of new party formation on political representation. 2017. Supported by the University of Hamburg s Center for a Sustainable University ( C 4,120). Comparative Participation Project (COMPAS). 2016. Funding programme ( C 1,125). Supported by the University of Hamburg s CARE- Lecture series: Between Integration and Right-Wing Populist Movements. The EU after the Britisch Referendum. 2016. Supported by Hamburgische Wissenschaftliche Stiftung ( C 1,000). REVIEWER British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, East European Journal of Society and Politics, European Journal of Political Research, Irish Political Studies, Political Research Quarterly, Politische Psychologie, Politische Vierteljahresschrift. COMMITTEES Debuty board member of the Graduate School at the University of Hamburg s Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences. Member of the local organiser team for the ECPR (European Consortium for Political Research) General Conference 2018 at the University of Hamburg (together with Peter Niesen, Kai-Uwe Schnapp and Andreas von Staden). Hamburg, September 2017 6