Publications

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

Partheymüller, J., & Kritzinger, S. (2026). When populists win but are excluded from power: Explaining post-electoral dynamics of democratic satisfaction. Politics and Governance, 14, Article 11828.

Scharrer, M. E., Gahn, C., Bernhard-Harrer, J., Stecker, M., & Partheymüller, J. (2026). From crisis governance to electoral normality and the longest coalition negotiations: The 2024 Austrian parliamentary election. West European Politics, 49(2), 570–589.

Partheymüller, J., Kritzinger, S., & Wagner, M. (2025). The AUTNES Online Panel Study 2017–2024: A dataset of Austrian voter attitudes and behavior. Scientific Data, 12, Article 1487.

Lebernegg, N. S., Partheymüller, J., Eberl, J.-M., & Boomgaarden, H. G. (2025). Not a bioweapon, or is it? The role of perceived threats and media use in COVID-19 misperceptions. International Journal of Press/Politics.

Partheymüller, J., Eberl, J.-M., & Bogner, A. (2025). Perceptions of science and politics in the COVID-19 pandemic in Austria: Technocratic overreach or blame deflection? Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 50, Article 33.

Graf, E., Partheymüller, J., Bronner, L., & Kritzinger, S. (2024). Revisiting eligibility effects of voting at 16: Insights from Austria based on regression discontinuity analyses. Electoral Studies, 92, Article 102870.

Stamm, T. A., Partheymüller, J., Mosor, E., Ritschl, V., Kritzinger, S., Alunno, A., & Eberl, J.-M. (2023). Determinants of COVID-19 vaccine fatigue. Nature Medicine, 29, 1164–1171.

Böhm, R., Sprengholz, P., Betsch, C., & Partheymüller, J. (2023). Filter questions in symptom assessment affect the prevalence of (a)symptomatic COVID-19 cases. Medical Decision Making, 43(4), 530–534.

Partheymüller, J., Kritzinger, S., & Plescia, C. (2022). Misinformedness about the European Union and the preference to vote to leave or remain. Journal of Common Market Studies, 60(5), 1449–1469.

Partheymüller, J., Müller, W. C., Rabitsch, A., Lidauer, M., & Grohma, P. (2022). Participation in the administration of elections and perceptions of electoral integrity. Electoral Studies, 77, Article 102474.

Stamm, T., Partheymüller, J., Mosor, E., Ritschl, V., Kritzinger, S., & Eberl, J.-M. (2022). Coronavirus vaccine hesitancy among unvaccinated Austrians: Assessing underlying motivations and the effectiveness of interventions based on a cross-sectional survey with two embedded conjoint experiments. The Lancet Regional Health – Europe, 17, Article 100389.

Walcherberger, C., Eberl, J.-M., Partheymüller, J., Paul, K. T., & Stamm, T. A. (2022). COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and gender. European Journal of Politics and Gender, 5(2), 270–274.

Kritzinger, S., Foucault, M., Lachat, R., Partheymüller, J., Plescia, C., & Brouard, S. (2021). Rally ’round the flag: The COVID-19 crisis and trust in the national government. West European Politics, 44(5–6), 1205–1231.

Paul, K. T., Eberl, J.-M., & Partheymüller, J. (2021). Policy-relevant attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination: Associations with demography, health risk, and social and political factors. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, Article 671896.

Kittel, B., Kritzinger, S., Boomgaarden, H., Prainsack, B., Eberl, J.-M., Kalleitner, F., Lebernegg, N. S., Partheymüller, J., Plescia, C., Schiestl, D. W., & Schlogl, L. (2021). The Austrian Corona Panel Project: Monitoring individual and societal dynamics amidst the COVID-19 crisis. European Political Science, 20(2), 318–344.

Schmitt-Beck, R., & Partheymüller, J. (2016). A two-stage theory of discussant influence on vote choice in multiparty systems. British Journal of Political Science, 46(2), 321–348.

Partheymüller, J., & Faas, T. (2015). The impact of online versus offline campaign information on citizens’ knowledge, attitudes and political behaviour: Comparing the German federal elections of 2005 and 2009. German Politics, 24(4), 507–524.

Partheymüller, J., & Schmitt-Beck, R. (2012). A “social logic” of demobilization: The influence of political discussants on electoral participation at the 2009 German federal election. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties, 22(4), 457–478.

Schmitt-Beck, R., Partheymüller, J., & Faas, T. (2012). Einflüsse politischer Gesprächspartner auf Parteipräferenzen: Zur „sozialen Logik“ des politischen Verhaltens bei der Bundestagswahl 2009. Politische Vierteljahresschrift, Special Issue 45, 465–488.

Schmitt-Beck, R., & Partheymüller, J. (2012). Why voters decide late: A simultaneous test of old and new hypotheses at the 2005 and 2009 German federal elections. German Politics, 21(3), 299–316.

Editorial Work

Adamus, M., Chen, S., & Partheymüller, J. (2026). Knowing without knowing: How false confidence shapes the world [Article collection]. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications.

Partheymüller, J., Viskupič, F., & Wiltse, D. L. (2024). Popular attitudes toward vaccination in the “post”-COVID-19 period [Article collection]. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications.

Book Chapters

Kritzinger, S., Partheymüller, J., Voith, V., & Plescia, C. (2026). Who is misinformed about the EU? In J. Wouters, J. Smith, K. Raube, & B. Crum (Eds.), The promise of EU democracy: Reconnecting European citizens? (pp. 165–188). Oxford University Press.

Partheymüller, J. (2024). Do election campaigns tighten the margin of victory? A cross-national analysis. In A. Bittner, J. S. Matthews, & S. Soroka (Eds.), Foundations of Canadian political behaviour: Stability and change in the twenty-first century (pp. 213–231). University of Toronto Press.

Partheymüller, J., Eberl, J.-M., Kritzinger, S., & Bogner, A. (2023). Fallstudie 5: Wissenschaftsskepsis. In A. Bogner (Ed.), Nach Corona: Reflexionen für zukünftige Krisen (pp. 88–116). Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften.

Partheymüller, J., & Walter, S. (2023). Voting for the populist radical-right in Austria and Germany: A comparative analysis. In T. Faas, S. Huber, M. Krewel, & S. Roßteutscher (Eds.), Informationsflüsse, Wahlen und Demokratie: Festschrift für Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (pp. 533–558). Nomos Verlag.

Partheymüller, J., & Huber, L. M. (2023). Wahlkampf. In K. Praprotnik & F. Perlot (Eds.), Das politische System Österreichs (pp. 391–414). Böhlau Verlag.

Partheymüller, J., & Johnston, R. (2022). Plus ça change? Stability amid volatility in German campaigns. In R. Schmitt-Beck, S. Roßteutscher, H. Schoen, B. Weßels, & C. Wolf (Eds.), The changing German voter (pp. 282–310). Oxford University Press.

Berk, N., Eberl, J.-M., & Partheymüller, J. (2021). Die Nationalratswahl 2017 unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Silberstein-Affäre. In B. Weßels & H. Schoen (Eds.), Wahlen und Wähler: Analysen aus Anlass der Bundestagswahl 2017 (pp. 503–520). Springer VS.

Kritzinger, S., Kalleitner, F., & Partheymüller, J. (2021). Das Austrian Corona Panel Project (ACPP). In A. Khol, G. Ofner, B. Rausch, S. Karner, & W. Sobotka (Eds.), Österreichisches Jahrbuch für Politik 2020 (pp. 27–40). Böhlau.

Partheymüller, J., Schlipphak, B., & Treib, O. (2020). The 2019 EP election in Germany: Between migration and the climate crisis. In S. Kritzinger, C. Plescia, K. Raube, J. Wilhelm, & J. Wouters (Eds.), Assessing the 2019 European Parliament elections. Routledge.

Partheymüller, J. (2017). Agenda-setting dynamics during the campaign period. In H. Schoen, S. Roßteutscher, R. Schmitt-Beck, B. Weßels, & C. Wolf (Eds.), Voters and voting in context: Multiple contexts and the heterogeneous German electorate (pp. 13–42). Oxford University Press.

Partheymüller, J., & Schäfer, A. (2016). Sind Bundestagswahlen noch Hauptwahlen? Die Wahlkampfexposition im Zeitraum von 2009 bis 2014. In J. Tenscher & U. Rußmann (Eds.), Vergleichende Wahlkampfforschung: Studien anlässlich der Wahlen in Deutschland (pp. 177–204). Springer VS.

Partheymüller, J. (2014). Die Dynamik von Mobilisierung und Meinungswandel im Wahlkampf. In R. Schmitt-Beck, H. Rattinger, S. Roßteutscher, B. Weßels, C. Wolf, et al. (Eds.), Zwischen Fragmentierung und Konzentration: Die Bundestagswahl 2013 (pp. 73–87). Nomos.

Johnston, R., Partheymüller, J., & Schmitt-Beck, R. (2014). Activation of fundamentals in German campaigns. In B. Weßels, H. Rattinger, S. Roßteutscher, & R. Schmitt-Beck (Eds.), Voters on the move or on the run? (pp. 217–237). Oxford University Press.

Partheymüller, J., & Schmitt-Beck, R. (2013). Eine „soziale Logik“ der Demobilisierung: Einflüsse politischer Gesprächspartner auf Wahlbeteiligung und -enthaltung bei der Bundestagswahl 2009. In B. Weßels, H. Schoen, & O. W. Gabriel (Eds.), Wahlen und Wähler: Analysen aus Anlass der Bundestagswahl 2009 (pp. 496–513). Springer VS.

Faas, T., & Partheymüller, J. (2011). Aber jetzt?! Politische Internetnutzung in den Bundestagswahlkämpfen 2005 und 2009. In E. J. Schweitzer & S. Albrecht (Eds.), Das Internet im Wahlkampf (pp. 119–135). VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.

Scientific Reports and Working Papers

Bogner, A., Kirchner, A., Miko-Schefzig, K., Partheymüller, J., Pfadenhauer, M., & Trimmel, M. (2025). Wie lässt sich konstruktiv mit verhärteten Wissenskonflikten umgehen? Eine quantitativ-qualitative Studie zur Wissenschaftsskepsis (ITA-manu:scripts No. ITA-25-02). Institut für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften.

Kritzinger, S., Pfaff, K., Gschwandtner, M., & Partheymüller, J. (2025). Probability-based vs. non-probability online panel surveys: Assessing accuracy, response quality, and survey professionalism. SocArXiv Papers.

Lechner, C., Völkl, Y., Dorner, J., Boczy, T., Part, F., Müller, S., Wilker, S., & Partheymüller, J. (2025). The employment situation of the Mittelbau at Austrian universities. SocArXiv Papers.

Lebernegg, N. S., Partheymüller, J., Eberl, J.-M., & Boomgaarden, H. G. (2024). Not a bioweapon, or is it? How threat perceptions and media use influenced COVID-19 misperceptions. OSF Preprints.

Partheymüller, J., & Dannecker, P. (2024). Zur Beschäftigungssituation im Mittelbau an der Universität Wien: Ergebnisse der Befragung. SocArXiv Papers.

Partheymüller, J., Müller, W. C., Rabitsch, A., Lidauer, M., & Grohma, P. (2021). Forschungsprojekt: Wahlbeisitz in Österreich. Vienna Center for Electoral Research.

van der Eijk, C., Kritzinger, S., Partheymüller, J., Kaltenböck, M., Ahmeti, A., & Karampatakis, S. (2021). Design and planning of knowledge graph in electoral studies (SSHOC Deliverable 9.7). Social Sciences & Humanities Open Cloud.

Kritzinger, S., Partheymüller, J., Plescia, C., Schüberl, T., & Wilhelm, J. (2021). Discussions about the European Union among its citizens (RECONNECT Deliverable 9.1). RECONNECT.

Partheymüller, J., Schmitt-Beck, R., & Hoops, C. (2013). Kampagnendynamik bei der Bundestagswahl 2013: Die Rolling Cross-Section-Studie im Rahmen der German Longitudinal Election Study 2013. MZES Working Paper, 154.

Datasets

Partheymüller, J., Aichholzer, J., Kritzinger, S., Wagner, M., Plescia, C., Eberl, J.-M., Meyer, T., Boomgaarden, H., & Müller, W. C. (2024). AUTNES Online Panel Study 2017–2024 (SUF Edition) [Data set]. AUSSDA.

Pfaff, K., Kritzinger, S., Partheymüller, J., Conte, L., Duschek, B., & Walcherberger, C. (2024). Digitize! Comparative Study of Electoral Systems Post-Election Survey 2024 (SUF Edition) [Data set]. AUSSDA.

Kittel, B., Kritzinger, S., Boomgaarden, H., Prainsack, B., Eberl, J.-M., Kalleitner, F., Lebernegg, N., Partheymüller, J., Plescia, C., Schiestl, D., & Schlogl, L. (2020). Austrian Corona Panel Project (SUF edition) [Data set]. AUSSDA.

Plescia, C., Wilhelm, J., Kritzinger, S., Schüberl, T., & Partheymüller, J. (2020). RECONNECT 2019 European Parliament Election Panel Survey (SUF edition) [Data set]. AUSSDA.

Aichholzer, J., Partheymüller, J., Wagner, M., Kritzinger, S., Plescia, C., Eberl, J.-M., Meyer, T., Berk, N., Büttner, N., Boomgaarden, H., & Müller, W. C. (2020). AUTNES Online Panel Study 2017–2019 (SUF Edition) [Data set]. AUSSDA.

GLES. (2019). Rolling Cross-Section-Wahlkampfstudie mit Nachwahl-Panelwelle, Kumulation 2009–2017 (GLES) [Data set]. GESIS Data Archive.

GLES. (2019). Rolling Cross-Section-Wahlkampfstudie mit Nachwahl-Panelwelle (GLES 2013) [Data set]. GESIS Data Archive.

Software and Digital Resources

von der Thannen, P., Partheymüller, J., & Kritzinger, S. (2025). AUTNES Online Panel Study: Data dashboard [Data dashboard].

Staudt, A., Krewel, M., & Partheymüller, J. (2013). HOLSTI: Stata module to compute Holsti intercoder reliability coefficients [Computer software]. RePEc.

Policy Briefs and Public Scholarship

Walcherberger, C., Partheymüller, J., & Kritzinger, S. (2023). Presidential election in Austria, 9 October 2022. Electoral Bulletins of the European Union, 2023(3).

Partheymüller, J., Müller, W. C., Rabitsch, A., Lidauer, M., & Grohma, P. (2022). Wahlbeisitz in Österreich: Ergebnisse des Forschungsprojekts und Stand der Reformdiskussion. ÖGZ: Das Magazin des Österreichischen Städtebundes, 2022(7–8), 52–54.

Partheymüller, J., Plescia, C., Wilhelm, J., & Kritzinger, S. (2019). Let’s talk about Europe! Political discussion during the EP 2019 election campaign. ÖGfE Policy Briefs.

Partheymüller, J., & Schäfer, A. (2013). Das Informationsverhalten der Bürger im Bundestagswahlkampf 2013. Media Perspektiven, 2013(12), 574–588.

Blog Posts

Walcherberger, C., Holl, F., Pollak, M., & Partheymüller, J. (2023). Chronology on the Corona crisis in Austria—Part 8: The end of the vaccine mandate, a summer wave, the death of Dr. Lisa-Maria Kellermayr, new crises and new vaccines. Corona-Blog of the Austrian Corona Panel Project (ACPP).

Walcherberger, C., Holl, F., Pollak, M., Kowarz, N., & Partheymüller, J. (2022). Chronology on the Corona crisis in Austria—Part 7: The Delta lockdown, the Omicron wave and the “spring awakening.” Corona-Blog of the Austrian Corona Panel Project (ACPP).

Pollak, M., Kowarz, N., & Partheymüller, J. (2021). Chronology of the Corona crisis in Austria—Part 6: A “summer like it used to be,” the way to the fourth wave, another lockdown and a vaccine mandate. Corona-Blog of the Austrian Corona Panel Project (ACPP).

Pollak, M., Kowarz, N., & Partheymüller, J. (2021). Chronology of the Corona crisis in Austria—Part 5: Third wave, regional lockdowns and the vaccination campaign. Corona-Blog of the Austrian Corona Panel Project (ACPP).

Pollak, M., Kowarz, N., & Partheymüller, J. (2021). Chronology of the Corona crisis in Austria—Part 4: Lockdowns, mass testing and the launch of the vaccination campaign. Corona-Blog of the Austrian Corona Panel Project (ACPP).

Pollak, M., Kowarz, N., & Partheymüller, J. (2020). Chronology of the Corona crisis in Austria—Part 3: A calm summer and the beginning of the second wave. Corona-Blog of the Austrian Corona Panel Project (ACPP).

Pollak, M., Kowarz, N., & Partheymüller, J. (2020). Chronology of the Corona crisis in Austria—Part 2: From the first easing of measures towards restoring normality. Corona-Blog of the Austrian Corona Panel Project (ACPP).

Pollak, M., Kowarz, N., & Partheymüller, J. (2020). Chronology of the Corona crisis in Austria—Part 1: Background, the way to the lockdown, the acute phase and economic consequences. Corona-Blog of the Austrian Corona Panel Project (ACPP).

Gahn, C., & Partheymüller, J. (2020). Zurück zu den Grünen? VieCER-Blog.

Partheymüller, J., Gahn, C., Aichholzer, J., Reidinger, V., & Huber, L. M. (2020). Wähler:innen-Wanderungen in Österreich: Ein Rückblick. VieCER-Blog.