Dr. Katrin Praprotnik Department of Political Science, esp. Comparative Politics University of Hamburg Allendeplatz 1 (Room 251) 20146 Hamburg, Germany +49 40 42838-4912 katrin.praprotnik@uni-hamburg.de CURRENT POSITION Researcher (post-doc) since June 2015 Department of Political Science, esp. Comparative Politics University of Hamburg, Germany RESEARCH INTERESTS Political Parties, Party Competition, Coalition Research, Austrian Politics, Models of Political Representation, Political Process of Reform-making PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE University Assistant (pre-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 December 2009 - December 2013 (AUTNES) Department of Government TEACHING EXPERIENCE Lecturer Bachelor Programme in Political Science at the University of Hamburg, Germany: Parties and candidates in electoral competition (taught in German) Summer term 2016 Party systems: Continuity and change (taught in German) Legislatures in comparative perspective (taught in English) Political representation: Theoretical concepts and empirical results Winter term 2015/16 (taught in German) 1
Coalition governments in European democracies (taught in English) Media-oriented and Politically Alienated? A Study on the Relationship Between Summer term 2015 Political Orientations and (New) Media Use (taught in German) Bachelor Programme in Political Science at the : Comparative Analysis of Politics (taught in German) Summer term 2015 Comparative Analysis of Politics (taught in German) Summer term 2014 Introduction to Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (taught in German) Winter term 2013/14 Introduction to Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (taught in German) Winter term 2012/13 Teaching Assistant ECPR Winter School in Methods and Techniques. February 2012 European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR): Introduction to the Statistic Software Stata (taught in English) 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 General Qualification for University 2004 Entrance with Distinction PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 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 2
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 Statistical Software Advanced knowledge of Stata, knowledge of R and SPSS Software L A T E X, Microsoft Office PUBLICATIONS 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, Jenny, Marcelo & Wolfgang C. Müller. Forthcoming. Sozialpartnerschaftliche Politikberatung: Das Auslaufen eines Modells. Zeitschrift für Politikberatung. 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. 3
CONFERENCE PAPERS 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 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), 4
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. AWARDS 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). REVIEWER British Journal of Political Research, Comparative Political Studies, East European Journal of Society and Politics, 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. Hamburg, August 2016 5