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Melanie Dietz, M.A.

Research Associate

Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
Department 03
Social Sciences
Chair of Sociology with Focus on Social Conflict and Social Change

Address
Goethe University Frankfurt a. M. • FB 03 •
Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 6 • Hauspostfach 15
60323 Frankfurt am Main
  Room: 3 G.094
Tel: +49 69 / 798 36620

E-Mail: M.Dietz@soz.uni-frankfurt.de
 


Office Hours
By appointment. Please write an E-Mail.


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BIOGRAPHY  |  RESEARCH  |  TEACHING  |  PUBLICATIONS

Biography

Employments
since 5/2021                      Research Fellow
Research Institute Social Cohesion
Project "Wertekonflikte, Arbeitsteilung und gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt im Geschlechterverhältnis"
Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main
since 10/2017   Research Fellow
German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES)
Institute for Sociology, Chair of Sociology with Focus on Social Conflict and Social Change 
Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
since 7/2017   Research Associate
Institute for Sociology, Chair of Sociology with Focus on Social Conflict and Social Change
Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
04/2016–09/2016     Tutor
Seminar “Electoral Studies” („Wahlforschung“) led by Ina Bieber and Philipp Scherer
Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main
04/2015–07/2017   Student Assistant
Institute for Sociology, Chair of Sociology with Focus on Social Conflict and Social Change
Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
09/2011–05/2012   Student Assistant
University Library Mannheim of Psychology, Linguistics, Media, Literary Studies, Philosophy, Theology and Pedagogy
University of Mannheim
     

Academic Education
05/03/18–09/03/18  

ECPR Winter School in Methods and Techniques 2018
“Multilevel Regression Modelling”
Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
10/2012–03/2017  

Master of Arts: Sociology with concentration in political Sociology
Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main
09/2009–06/2012   Bachelor of Arts: Sociology and Political Sciences
University of Mannheim

 

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Research

Political Sociology

Gender and Political Attitudes and Behavior

Quantitative Methods of Empirical Social Research

Public Opinion on the European Integration

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Teaching

Winter 2020/21

Summer 2020

Winter 2019/20

Winter 2018/19

Summer 2018

Winter 2017/18

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Publications

Edited book
 

Dietz, Melanie & Kreckel, Nicole (eds.) (forthcoming). Politische Bilder lesen. Ein Werkzeugkasten zur Bildanalyse. (Reading Political Images. A toolbox for image analysis.) Bielefeld: transcript.
          
Articles in edited books
 

Stövsand, Lars-Christopher; Dietz, Melanie; Roßteutscher, Sigrid and Scherer, Philipp (2022). Issue Salience and Vote Choice: A Cultural Turn? in: Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger; Roßteutscher, Sigrid; Schoen, Harald; Weßels, Bernhard und Wolf, Christof (eds.): The Changing German Voter. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 78–93.
        

Dietz, Melanie; Roßteutscher Sigrid (2019): Von Bruchlandungen und Höhenflügen. Das Ergebnis der Bundestagswahl 2017, in: Roßteutscher, Sigrid; Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger; Schoen, Harald; Weßels, Bernhard; Wolf, Christof (eds.): Zwischen Polarisierung und Beharrung: Die Bundestagswahl 2017, Wiesbaden: Nomos, 123–143.

Peer Reviewed Journals
        

Dietz, Melanie, Roßteutscher, Sigrid, Scherer, Philipp & Stövsand, Lars-Christopher (2021). Rally Effect in the Covid-19 Pandemic. The Role of Affectedness, Fear, and Partisanship, German Politics, DOI: 10.1080/09644008.2021.2016707

Presentations
 

Dietz, Melanie (2022). Who Wants Gender Equality? Determinants of Attitudes Towards Gender Equality and its Relevance for Electoral Behaviour. European Political Science Association (EPSA) 2022 – 12th Annual Conference in Prague, 24th June 2022.
 

Dietz, Melanie (2022). Who Wants Gender Equality? Determinants of Attitudes Towards Gender Equality and its Relevance for Electoral Behaviour. European Conference on Politics and Gender (ECPG) 2022 in Ljubljana, 7th July 2022.
 

Braacke, Mirko & Dietz, Melanie (2022). The socio-economic and socio-cultural foundations and consequences of conflicting gender and family ideologies. Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC) 2nd Annual Conference 2022 in Bremen, 15th July 2022.
 

Dietz, Melanie (2021). Same Same But Different. Political Participation and Gender Norms. 28th Scientific Congress of the German Political Science Assosciation (GPSA), 15th September 2021.
 

Dietz, Melanie; Roßteutscher, Sigrid; Scherer, Philipp; Stövsand, Lars-Christopher (2021). Rally Effect in the COVID-19 Pandemic? The Role of Affectedness, Fear and Partisanship. Virtual Annual Conference of the Research Institute Social Cohesion 2021, 9th July 2021.
 

Dietz, Melanie (2021). ‘German Angst’ oder ‘German Rainbow’? Gender Issue als neue politische Konfliktlinie. Virtual Annual Conference of the German Political Science Association (DVPW/GPSA), working group „Wahlen und politische Einstellungen“ 2021, 21st May 2021.
 

Dietz, Melanie (2021). Fear of and Affectedness by COVID-19 and Government Approval. A Longitudinal Perspective. European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Joint Sessions of Workshop, 18th May 2021.
 

Dietz, Melanie; Roßteutscher, Sigrid; Scherer, Philipp; Stövsand, Lars-Christopher (2020). Levels of Corona Experience. What causes Government Approval? Virtual Annual Conference of the German Political Science Association (DVPW/GPSA), working group „Wahlen und politische Einstellungen“ 2020, 13th November 2020.
 

Dietz, Melanie (2020). Same Same But Different. Gender Differences and Gender Norms in Political Participation in Germany. European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Virtual General Conference, 28th August 2020.
        

Dietz, Melanie; Scherer, Philipp; Stövsand, Lars-Christopher (2018). Party-issue collocation, competence issue ownership and vote choice. 27th Scientific Congress of the German Political Science Association (DVPW/GPSA), Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, September 27th 2018.

Datasets
GLES: Longterm-Online-Tracking
 

GLES (2021): GLES Tracking April 2021, T49. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA7707 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13739
 

GLES (2021): GLES Tracking January 2021, repeatedly questioned respondents T46W2 T47W. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA7706 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13728.
 

GLES (2021): GLES Tracking January 2021, T48. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA7705 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.13727.
 

GLES (2020): GLES Tracking September 2020, repeatedly questioned respondents T46W. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA6842 Data file Version 1.0.0, doi.org/10.4232/1.13627.
 

GLES (2020): GLES Tracking September 2020, T47. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA6841 Data file Version 1.0.0, doi.org/10.4232/1.13626.
 

GLES (2020): GLES Tracking Mai 2020, T46. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA6840 Data file Version 2.0.0, doi.org/10.4232/1.13625.
 

GLES (2020): GLES Tracking Januar 2020, T45. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA6839 Data file Version 1.1.0, doi.org/10.4232/1.13609.
 

GLES (2020): GLES Tracking September 2019, T44. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA6837 Data file Version 1.0.0, doi:10.4232/1.13522.
 

GLES (2020): Longterm-Online-Tracking, T43 (GLES). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA6833 Data file Version 1.0.0, doi:org/10.4232/1.13442.
 

Roßteutscher, Sigrid; Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger; Schoen, Harald ; Weßels, Bernhard; Wolf, Christof; Bauer, Irina; Chalupa, Julia; Dietz, Melanie; Kratz, Sophia; Kühn, Marie; Roßmann, Joss; Scherer, Philipp; Stövsand, Lars-Christopher (2019): Longterm-Online-Tracking, T40 (GLES). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA6824 Data file Version 1.0.0, doi:10.4232/1.13013.
 

Roßteutscher, Sigrid; Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger; Schoen, Harald; Weßels, Bernhard,Wolf, Christof; Bauer, Irina; Dietz, Melanie; Kratz, Sophia; Kühn, Marie; Roßmann,Joss; Scherer, Philipp; Stövsand, Lars-Christopher (2019): Longterm-Online-Tracking, T39 (GLES). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA6823 Data file Version 1.0.0, doi:10.4232/1.13012.
 

GLES (2018): Longterm-Online-Tracking, T42 (GLES). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA6826 Data file Version 1.0.0, doi:10.4232/1.13015.
 

Roßteutscher, Sigrid; Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger; Schoen, Harald; Weßels, Bernhard; Wolf, Christof; Dietz, Melanie; Scherer, Philipp; Stövsand, Lars-Christopher (2018): Longterm-Online-Tracking T38 (GLES). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA6818 Data file Version 1.0.0, doi:10.4232/1.13009.
 

Roßteutscher, Sigrid; Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger; Schoen, Harald; Weßels, Bernhard; Wolf, Christof; Dietz, Melanie; Bieber, Ina; Scherer, Philipp (2017): Longterm-Online-Tracking T37 (GLES). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA6817 Data file Version 1.0.0, doi:10.4232/1.12917.
        

Roßteutscher, Sigrid; Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger; Schoen, Harald; Weßels, Bernhard; Wolf, Christof; Henckel, Simon; Bieber, Ina; Dietz, Melanie; Scherer, Philipp (2017): Longterm-Online-Tracking, T36 (GLES). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA6816 Data file Version 1.0.0, doi:10.4232/1.12872.
GLES: Pre- and Post-election Cross Section
 

Roßteutscher, Sigrid; Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger; Schoen, Harald; Weßels, Bernhard; Wolf, Christof; Bieber, Ina; Stövsand, Lars-Christopher; Dietz, Melanie; Scherer, Philipp; Wagner, Aiko; Melcher, Reinhold; Giebler, Heiko (2018): Pre- and Post-election Cross Section (Cumulation) (GLES 2017). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA6802 Data file Version 2.0.0, doi:10.4232/1.13081.
 

Roßteutscher, Sigrid; Schmitt-Beck, Rüdiger; Schoen, Harald; Weßels, Bernhard; Wolf, Christof; Bieber, Ina; Stövsand, Lars-Christopher; Dietz, Melanie; Scherer, Philipp (2017): Pre-election Cross Section (GLES 2017). GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA6800 Data file Version 2.0.0, doi:10.4232/1.12927.

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