About

Franziska Maier is a doctoral researcher working on citizenship in pluralistic societies, participation, and deliberative democracy. She is enthusiastic about mixed methods and discursive research. She has formerly worked in policy evaluation for German and European labour market policy and as a facilitator for youth political education.

Research Interests

Citizenship, Civil Society, Cleavages, Comparative Politics, Democracy, European Politics, European Union, Gender, Globalisation, Governance, National Identity, Nationalism, Policy Analysis, Political Participation, Populism, Public Policy, Regionalism, Social Capital, Social Justice, Social Movements, Social Policy, Social Welfare, Political Sociology, Constructivism, Euro, Identity, Immigration, Post-Structuralism, Europeanisation through Law, Euroscepticism, Experimental Design, Field Experiments, Policy Change, Policy Implementation, Political Activism, Protests, Solidarity, Survey Research, Activism, Capitalism, Demoicracy, European Parliament, Eurozone, Political Cultures, Youth

Current/Upcoming Events

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Standing Groups and Research Networks

• Citizenship
• Democratic Innovations
• Identity
• Migration and Ethnicity
• Kantian Political Thought
• The Sciences of the Democracies