Dr. Simon Richter

Dr. Simon Richter

I am a political researcher and consultant, currently dealing with economic affairs, climate action and energy policy as an policy officer. From time to time, I still do political science, mostly focused on elections, campaigns, quantative empirical methods and experiments.

Research

I do research on citizens interaction with politics in (mostly) democratic political systems and its consequences. How people learn about politics, how they form their political attitudes and eventually act as part of a larger political system fascinates me. My research is focused on quantitative empirical methods, survey research and experimental research designs. Also I presented my research on several national and international scientific conferences, e.g. at the Annual Conferences of MPSA (2018, Chicago, USA), EPSA (2022, Prague, Czech Republic and 2019, Vienna, Austria), ECPR (2019, Hamburg, Germany) and GOR (2018, Cologne, Germany).

Working Papers

  • Through the Eyes of Others - Social Opinion Monitoring in a televised debate, Working Paper (single authored), presented at AK PolKomm (DVPW, DGPuK & SGKM), February 2019. Link to Preprint
  • Social Media and the Perception of a TV Debate, Working Paper (with Prof. Dr. Thorsten Faas).
  • How Anti-lockdown Protests Affect Public Opinion, Working Paper (with Dr. Sebastian Hellmeier).