Jessica Kuhlmann M.A.
Forschungsprofil
- Politische Einstellungs- und Verhaltensforschung
- Empirische Demokratieforschung
- Integrationsforschung
- Quantitative und qualitative Methoden
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Latest publications
Between Socioeconomic Decline and Lack of Political Competition: What Explains the Success of the AfD in North Rhine-Westphalia’s 2025 Integration Council Elections?
Between Socioeconomic Decline and Lack of Political Competition: What Explains the Success of the AfD in North Rhine-Westphalia’s 2025 Integration Council Elections?
Understanding trust among German citizens with migrant backgrounds – a latent profile approach
Understanding trust among German citizens with migrant backgrounds – a latent profile approach
“They are paying taxes.” Local politicians’ attitudes toward noncitizen voting in Maryland and Washington, D.C.
“They are paying taxes.” Local politicians’ attitudes toward noncitizen voting in Maryland and Washington, D.C.
“They Don’t Have the Time for That, Participating in Politics”—How Local Politicians Interpret Political Integration in the USA
“They Don’t Have the Time for That, Participating in Politics”—How Local Politicians Interpret Political Integration in the USA
Further information
09/2025: Visiting Fellow at the Mannheim Center for European Social Research (MZES).
08/2024 - 09/2024: NRW Fellow at the American-German Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in Washington, D.C.
Since January 01, 2024: Research Associate at the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Siegen.
10/2021 - 12/2023: Social Sciences (M.A.) in the program Methods of Social Research at the Ruhr-University Bochum.
02/2023 - 07/2023: ERASMUS stay at the Radboud University in Nijmegen (Netherlands).
10/2021 - 12/2023: Student assistant in the working group for empirical political science at the University of Duisburg-Essen.
10/2018 - 09/2021: Political Science (B.A.) with honors at the University of Duisburg-Essen.
10/2020 - 12/2023: Student assistant at the professorship for practice-oriented social science, especially family and housing, at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Collaboration in the PITCH project of the University of Duisburg-Essen for the conception of digital exams.
10/2019 - 03/2023: Tutor for the lectures "Grundlagen der Politikwissenschaft", "Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung" and "Statistik für PolitologInnen" at the University of Duisburg-Essen.
M.A. Seminar "Party Politics in the Netherlands and Germany" - since summer semester 2026 (in German)
B.A. Seminar "Political Reforms and Democratic Innovations" - since winter semester 2025/26 (in German)
Previous semesters:
M.A. Seminar "Fragmentation and Stability: Party Politics in the Netherlands and Germany" - winter semester 2025/26 (in English)
B.A. seminar "The (supposed) crisis of German democracy" - winter semester 2023/24 up to and including summer semester 2025 (in German)
B.A. Seminar "Migration and Integration" - summer semester 2024 up to and including summer semester 2025 (in German)
Claassen, J., Höhne, J. K., & Kuhlmann, J. (2025). Asking for Feedback: Innovating Final Comment Questions in Self-Administered Web Surveys. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology, smaf018. https://doi.org/10.1093/jssam/smaf018
Hillen, S., & Kuhlmann, J. (2026). Blocking the Radical Right: Evidence from Strategic Candidate Voting Against the AfD in Germany's 2025 Federal Election. Politische Vierteljahresschrift. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11615-026-00648-8
Kuhlmann, J. (2025). "They Don't Have the Time for That, Participating in Politics"-How Local Politicians Interpret Political Integration in the USA. International Journal of Migration and Integration. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-025-01280-y
Kuhlmann, J., & Ziller, C. (2026). Between Socioeconomic Decline and Lack of Political Competition: What Explains the Success of the AfD in North Rhine-Westphalia's 2025 Integration Council Elections? Politische Vierteljahresschrift. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11615-026-00651-z
Presentations at scientific conferences
Kuhlmann, J., & Lang, A. (2025). Ethnic Diversity, Deprivation, and Populist Radical Right Voting: A Rural-Urban Perspective on AfD support in Germany. Annual Conference of the Working Group "Elections and Political Attitudes" 2025, Berlin. 18.-19.09.2025.
Kuhlmann, J., & Ackermann, K. (2025). Multi-level Democracy and Political Inclusion: Public Attitudes Toward Noncitizen Voting in Germany. ECPR General Conference, Thessaloniki (Greece). 26.-29.08.2025.
Kuhlmann, J. (2025). 'They are paying taxes. Local Politicians' Attitudes Toward Noncitizen Voting in Maryland and Washington, D.C. ECPR General Conference, Thessaloniki (Greece). 26.-29.08.2025.
Kuhlmann, J. (2025). Political Efficacy in Motion: Comparing Immigrant and Non-Immigrant Trajectories Over Time. Q-Conference of the Standing Group "Democracy Research", online. 01.08.2025
Kuhlmann, J. (2025). Understanding Trust among German Citizens with Migrant Backgrounds - A Latent Profile Approach. European Political Science Association (EPSA), Madrid (Spain). 26.-28.06.2025.
Kuhlmann, J. (2025). "They are paying taxes" - Local Politicians' Attitudes Toward Noncitizen Voting in Maryland and Washington, D.C. DVPW Section Conference on Comparative Politics, Saarbrücken. 27.-28.03.2025.
Kuhlmann, J. (2025). Understanding Trust among German Citizens with Migrant Backgrounds - A Latent Profile Approach. Conference on Political Trust, Amsterdam (Netherlands). 13.-14.03.2025.
Kuhlmann, J. (2024). The Link between Integration and Political Trust Among German Citizens with Migrant Backgrounds. Workshop: Political Sociology and Political Psychology, Berlin. 09.12.2024.
Kuhlmann, J. (2024). The Link between Integration and Political Trust Among German Citizens with Migrant Backgrounds. Current Directions in Research on Political Support, Duisburg. 21.-22.11.2024.
Kuhlmann, J. (2024). The Relationship between Social Identity and Political Knowledge Among Germans with Immigrant Backgrounds. Annual Conference of the Working Group "Elections and Political Attitudes" 2024, Siegen. 06-07.06.2024.
Kuhlmann, J. (2024). The Relationship between Social Identity and Political Knowledge Among Germans with Immigrant Backgrounds. IMEBESS 2024, Riga (Latvia). 23-25.05.2024.
Further presentations
04.02.2025: Keynote. Youth Democracy Summit of the District Student Council Siegen Wittgenstein. Topic: Democracy and threats to democracy.
Blog posts
Kuhlmann, J. (2024). Die Wirkung deliberativer Verfahren – Bürgerräte in Deutschland. politik-wissenschaft.org, 11.03.2024.
Kuhlmann, J. (2024). Diversity in Parteien: umkämpft, ignoriert, priorisiert. Portal für Politikwissenschaft, 07.10.2024.
Kuhlmann, J. (2024). Kongresssplitter: Zusammenhalt und demokratische Teilhabe innerhalb und außerhalb des Staatsgebietes in Zeiten der Krise. Theorieblog.de, 09.10.2024.
Kuhlmann, J. (2024). "The Trash Collection Affects Everyone". Regierungsforschung.de, 25.11.2024.
Kuhlmann, J., & Hillen, S. (2026). Blockieren Wähler*innen die AfD mit der Erststimme? Strategisches Wählen bei der Bundestagswahl 2025. DVPW Blog, 16.02.2026.
Kuhlmann, J., & Ziller, C. (2026). Paradoxe Erfolge: Warum die AfD bei den Integrationsratswahlen 2025 punkten konnte. politik-wissenschaft.org, 12.01.2026