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Prof. Dr. Thomas Zittel

Professor for Comparative Politics

Goethe-University Frankfurt
Department of Social Sciences
Campus Westend - PEG, Room 3.G108
Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 6
60323 Frankfurt am Main

Voice: +49 69 798-36678
E-Mail: zittel(at)soz.uni-frankfurt.de

Postal address:
Department of Social Sciences
Postbox 40
60629 Frankfurt am Main

  • Just Published: Schakel, Wouter, Baumann, Markus, Bolet, Diane, Campbell, Rosie und Zittel, Thomas. 2025. How political and social constituent traits affect the responsiveness of legislators. A comparative field experiment. European Journal of Political Research 64: 229 - 250. .
  • Just Published: Hoffeller, Lucca and Steiner, Nils D. 2024. Sympathies for Putin Within the German Public: A Consequence of Political Alienation?, Politische Vierteljahresschrift 65: 667-690.
  • Just Published: Steiner, Nils D., Hoffeller, Lucca, Gutheil, Yanick and Wiesenfeldt, Tobias. 2024. Class Voting for Radical-Left  Parties in Western Europe. The Libertarian vs. Authoritarian Trade-off. Party Politics 30(4): 579-591.
  • New Project: "When and why do citizens distrust politicians. The role of the representative function (TRUPOL)". Funded by the German Research Association (DFG) within the Weave Lead Agency-Procedure in cooperation with Stefanie Bailer (University Basel) funded by the Swiss Research Association (SNF). The duration of the project is 2023 - 2025.
  • Just Published: Zittel, Thomas, Louwerse, Tom, Pedersen, Helene Helboe and Schakel, Wouter. 2023. Should we conduct correspondence study field experiments with political elites? International Political Science Review 44(4): 449-470. .
  • Just Published: Pedersen, Helene Helboe, Louwerse, Tom und Zittel, Thomas. 2022. Ethics audits in cross-national research: Experiences from correspondence study field experiments with national politicians in four European democracies. Political Studies Review 20(2): 184-191.
    • Arrangements for the supervision of Bachelor- or Masters theses, and for taking other exams: Please take advantage of our office hours to discuss your plans. Arrangements via E-Mail are not possible. Please read the Information leaflets concerning this issue that are available under "Lehre" (in German) on this website prior to arranging a meeting during office hours.

    鈥� Current syllabi

    鈥� Examination Results

    • Thomas Zittel presents paper about the role of the descriptive representation of women in facilitating trust in politicians (co-authored with Manuel Diaz Garcia, Stefanie Bailer, Jana Boukemia und Daniel H枚hmann) at the 9th bi-annual conference of the ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments, 2. 鈥� 4. July 2025, Barcelona. 
    • Thomas Zittel presents paper about the promises and constraints of descriptive representation as a means to facilitate trust in politicians (co-authored with Manuel Diaz Garcia, Stefanie Bailer, Jana Boukemia und Daniel H枚hmann) at the 15th Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association, 26 鈥� 28 June 2025, Madrid.
    • Lucca Hoffeller presents paper about the meaning of group-based substantive representation for citiziens' political support (co-authored with Nils D. Steiner) at the 15th Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association, 26 鈥� 28 June 2025, Madrid.
    • Thomas Zittel delivers guest lecture about trust in politicians at the Center for the Study of Democracy, 29 April, 4:15 鈥� 5:45 pm, Leuphana University L眉neburg.
    • Thomas Zittel presents paper about the promises and constraints of descriptive representation as a means to facilitate trust in politicians (co-authored with Manuel Diaz Garcia, Stefanie Bailer, Jana Boukemia und Daniel H枚hmann) at the 82nd Midwest Political Science Association Conference, 3. 鈥� 6. April 2025, Chicago, Ill (USA). 
    • Thomas Zittel presents paper about the beliefs of citizens on political representation (co-authored with Manuel Diaz Garcia, Stefanie Bailer, Jana Boukemia and Daniel H枚hmann) at the 29th DVPW-Congress, 24-27 September, University of G枚ttingen.
    • Thomas Zittel presents paper about the conditions of political trust (co-authored with Manuel Diaz Garcia, Stefanie Bailer, Jana Boukemia and Daniel H枚hmann) at the ECPR General Conference, 12-15 August, University College Dublin.
    • Thomas Zittel co-directs ECPR Summer School on Parliaments (with Jan Berz, Andreas K眉pfer, Christian Stecker), 18-29 August, Goethe-University Frankfurt (co-hosted TU Darmstadt).
    • Just Published: Schakel, Wouter, Baumann, Markus, Bolet, Diane, Campbell, Rosie und Zittel, Thomas. 2025. How political and social constituent traits affect the responsiveness of legislators. A comparative field experiment. European Journal of Political Research 64: 229 - 250. .
    • Just Published: Hoffeller, Lucca and Steiner, Nils D. 2024. Sympathies for Putin Within the German Public: A Consequence of Political Alienation?, Politische Vierteljahresschrift 65: 667-690.
    • Just Published: Steiner, Nils D., Hoffeller, Lucca, Gutheil, Yanick and Wiesenfeldt, Tobias. 2024. Class Voting for Radical-Left  Parties in Western Europe. The Libertarian vs. Authoritarian Trade-off. Party Politics 30(4): 579-591.
    • New Project: "When and why do citizens distrust politicians. The role of the representative function (TRUPOL)". Funded by the German Research Association (DFG) within the Weave Lead Agency-Procedure in cooperation with Stefanie Bailer (University Basel) funded by the Swiss Research Association (SNF). The duration of the project is 2023 - 2025.
    • Just Published: Zittel, Thomas, Louwerse, Tom, Pedersen, Helene Helboe and Schakel, Wouter. 2023. Should we conduct correspondence study field experiments with political elites? International Political Science Review 44(4): 449-470. .
    • Just Published: Pedersen, Helene Helboe, Louwerse, Tom und Zittel, Thomas. 2022. Ethics audits in cross-national research: Experiences from correspondence study field experiments with national politicians in four European democracies. Political Studies Review 20(2): 184-191.
      • Arrangements for the supervision of Bachelor- or Masters theses, and for taking other exams: Please take advantage of our office hours to discuss your plans. Arrangements via E-Mail are not possible. Please read the Information leaflets concerning this issue that are available under "Lehre" (in German) on this website prior to arranging a meeting during office hours.

      鈥� Current syllabi

      鈥� Examination Results

      • Thomas Zittel presents paper about the role of the descriptive representation of women in facilitating trust in politicians (co-authored with Manuel Diaz Garcia, Stefanie Bailer, Jana Boukemia und Daniel H枚hmann) at the 9th bi-annual conference of the ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments, 2. 鈥� 4. July 2025, Barcelona. 
      • Thomas Zittel presents paper about the promises and constraints of descriptive representation as a means to facilitate trust in politicians (co-authored with Manuel Diaz Garcia, Stefanie Bailer, Jana Boukemia und Daniel H枚hmann) at the 15th Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association, 26 鈥� 28 June 2025, Madrid.
      • Lucca Hoffeller presents paper about the meaning of group-based substantive representation for citiziens' political support (co-authored with Nils D. Steiner) at the 15th Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association, 26 鈥� 28 June 2025, Madrid.
      • Thomas Zittel delivers guest lecture about trust in politicians at the Center for the Study of Democracy, 29 April, 4:15 鈥� 5:45 pm, Leuphana University L眉neburg.
      • Thomas Zittel presents paper about the promises and constraints of descriptive representation as a means to facilitate trust in politicians (co-authored with Manuel Diaz Garcia, Stefanie Bailer, Jana Boukemia und Daniel H枚hmann) at the 82nd Midwest Political Science Association Conference, 3. 鈥� 6. April 2025, Chicago, Ill (USA). 
      • Thomas Zittel presents paper about the beliefs of citizens on political representation (co-authored with Manuel Diaz Garcia, Stefanie Bailer, Jana Boukemia and Daniel H枚hmann) at the 29th DVPW-Congress, 24-27 September, University of G枚ttingen.
      • Thomas Zittel presents paper about the conditions of political trust (co-authored with Manuel Diaz Garcia, Stefanie Bailer, Jana Boukemia and Daniel H枚hmann) at the ECPR General Conference, 12-15 August, University College Dublin.
      • Thomas Zittel co-directs ECPR Summer School on Parliaments (with Jan Berz, Andreas K眉pfer, Christian Stecker), 18-29 August, Goethe-University Frankfurt (co-hosted TU Darmstadt).

      Administration

      Melanie Wolf

      Campus Westend - PEG

      Room 3.G145
      Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 6
      60323 Frankfurt am Main
      Phone: +49 69 798-36685
      Mail: vergleichende-politikwissenschaft(at)soz.uni-frankfurt.de


      Postal adress:
      Department of Social Sciences
      Postbox 40
      60629 Frankfurt am Main

      Office hours:
      Tuesdays, 10-10:30am and Thursdays, 10-12am



      Office Hours

      Prof. Dr. Thomas Zittel
      Office hours in Winter 2025/26 on Tuesdays, 12 - 1:30 pm. To schedule an appointment, send E-Mail under zittel(at)soz.uni-frankfurt.de.

      Jan Berz, Ph.D.
      Please schedule appointments by sending an e-mail to berz(at)soz.uni-frankfurt.de

      Manuel Diaz Garcia
      Please schedule appointments by sending an e-mail to DiazGarcia(at)soz.uni-frankfurt.de

      Lucca Hoffeller
      Please schedule appointments by sending an e-mail to Hoffeller(at)soz.uni-frankfurt.de