Research
Below I present an overview of publications, my thesis project and conference presentations.
PUBLICATIONS
Kira Renée Kurz, Felix Ettensperger
European Political Science, preprint, 2023
Kira Renée Kurz
ZParl, vol. 54(2), 2023, pp. 440-451
Introducing a New Dataset: Age Representation in Parliaments on the Party-level
Kira Renée Kurz, Felix Ettensperger
Statistics, Politics and Policy, preprint, 2023
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ONGOING WORK
Papers:
- Title ommitted for review purposes - under review (joint work with students)
- The looming Loser’s Consent Problem of Ageing Democracies (single author)
- The Influence of Party Youth Wings on Campaign Strategy and Candidate Selection - Lessons from Case Studies in Germany and France (single author)
Please reach out if you are interested in getting a draft version.
Book: Youth Political Representation (editing with Brit Anlar)
Book: Youth Political Representation (editing with Brit Anlar)
- Introduction: Conceptual challenges in the field of youth political representation (chapter written with Brit Anlar)
- The nexus of voting age, turnout and youth representation- a multilevel analysis of Germany. Entwurf bis September 2024 (single author chapter)
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THESIS PROJECT
My thesis project consists of a german-language monography on intergenerational/age-based conflicts and political parties in Germany and France.
Supervisors:
Prof. Dr. Uwe Wagschal (Uni Freiburg)
Dr. Jay Rowell (Directeur de recherche CNRS)
If you are interested in the topic, don't hesitate to get in touch, I'd love to meet other people working on similar questions!
My thesis project consists of a german-language monography on intergenerational/age-based conflicts and political parties in Germany and France.
Supervisors:
Prof. Dr. Uwe Wagschal (Uni Freiburg)
Dr. Jay Rowell (Directeur de recherche CNRS)
If you are interested in the topic, don't hesitate to get in touch, I'd love to meet other people working on similar questions!
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2024
2024
- The influence of Youth Organizations on Election Campaign Design in Germany and France (15th Düsseldorf Graduate Conference on Party Research, February 2024)
- Age Representation on the Party Level – A new Dataset and first insights (IParl Kolloquium, 18.01.2024, Berlin)
2023
- Exploring the Conditions for Youth Representation: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Party Parliamentary Groups (ECPR General Conference, September 2023, Prag)
- Exploring the Conditions for Youth Representation: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Party Parliamentary Groups (EPSA Annual Conference, June 2023, with Felix Ettensperger)
- Under which conditions do parties promote young candidates? - A qualitative comparative analysis (14th Düsseldorf Graduate Conference on Party Research, Februar 2023, co-authored by Felix Ettensperger)
- Parteien und Generationenkonflikte in Deutschland und Frankreich - Dissertationskapitel (Rencontre interdisciplinaire de la jeune recherche franco-allemande du CIERA, Januar 2023, Paris)
2022
- Voting Patterns in Ageing Societies - Age and Cohort Effects in Germany and France (Popfest 2022, The 28th Annual Population Postgraduate Conference, October 2022, Florenz).
