Prof. Dr. Achim Goerres

The following publications are listed in the online university bibliography of the University of Duisburg-Essen. Further information may also be found on the person's personal web pages.

Journal articles

Goerres, Achim; Eicheler, Jakob

Do voters on the left show more solidarity behaviour? : Novel behavioural evidence from interactive surveys in Austria, West and East Germany

In: Electoral Studies, Vol. 97, 2025, 102980

DOI (Open Access)
Vierus, Paul; Elis, Jonas; Goerres, Achim; Ziller, Conrad; Karem Höhne, Jan

Following Political Science Students Through Their Methods Training : Statistics Anxiety, Student Satisfaction, and Final Grades in the COVID Year 2021/22

In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift (PVS), Vol. 66, 2025, Nr. 4, pp. 867 – 884

DOI (Open Access)
Goerres, Achim; Elis, Jonas; Mayer, Sabrina J; Spies, Dennis C

Integration in the Host Country, Mean Political Interest and Focus Shift towards Host Country Politics : Patterns of Transnational Political Interest among Germans from Turkey

In: Political Studies, Vol. 73, 2025, Nr. 4, pp. 1654 – 1674

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Goerres, Achim

Rot, grün, wechselnd

In: Rotary: Magazin für Deutschland und Österreich, 2025, Nr. 10, pp. 40 – 42

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Goerres, Achim; Elis, Jonas; Mayer, Sabrina Jasmin

The political life cycle and electoral mobilisation among immigrant-origin and native citizens during the 2021 German election

In: West European Politics (WEP), 2025, in press

DOI (Open Access)
Elis, Jonas; Mayer, Sabrina Jasmin; Goerres, Achim

Are charitable donations a luxury good of the rich? : Evidence from a survey and actual behavior in a superdiverse metropolis

In: Social Science Quarterly, Vol. 105, 2024, Nr. 5, pp. 1505 – 1514

DOI (Open Access)
Elis, Jonas; Goerres, Achim; Mayer, Sabrina J.; Spies, Dennis C.

Comparing the mobilising effects of in-person canvassing to postal reminders : Experimental evidence from a longitudinal election study

In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology, Vol. 27, 2024, Nr. 5, pp. 605 – 611

DOI (Open Access)
Goerres, Achim; Vail, Mark I.

How national models of solidarity shaped public support for policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis in 2020–2021

In: Frontiers in Political Science, Vol. 6, 2024, 1273824

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Höhne, Jan Karem; Goerres, Achim

Question order effects : How robust are survey measures on political solidarities with reference to Germany and Europe?

In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology, Vol. 27, 2024, Nr. 2, pp. 249 – 254

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Mayer, Sabrina Jasmin; Goerres, Achim; Spies, Dennis Christopher; Diaz Garcia, Manuel; Elis, Jonas

Surveying immigrant-origin voters in a post-migrant society : The first Immigrant German Election Study, 2017

In: Electoral Studies, Vol. 89, 2024, 102773

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Goerres, Achim; Höhne, Jan Karem

Evaluating the response effort and data quality of established political solidarity measures : a pre-registered experimental test in an online survey of the German adult resident population in 2021

In: Quality and Quantity, Vol. 57, 2023, Nr. 6, pp. 5431 – 5447

DOI (Open Access)
Goerres, Achim; Mayer, Sabrina Jasmin; Spies, Dennis Christopher

A New Electorate? : Explaining the Party Preferences of Immigrant-Origin Voters at the 2017 Bundestag Election

In: British Journal of Political Science (BJPS), Vol. 52, 2022, Nr. 3, pp. 1032 – 1054

DOI (Open Access)
Spies, Dennis Christopher; Mayer, Sabrina; Elis, Jonas; Goerres, Achim

Why do immigrants support an anti-immigrant party? : Russian-Germans and the Alternative for Germany

In: West European Politics (WEP), Vol. 46, 2022, Nr. 2, pp. 275 – 299

DOI (Open Access)
Goerres, Achim; Mayer, Sabrina; Spies, Dennis C.

Immigrant voters against their will : a focus group analysis of identities, political issues and party allegiances among German resettlers during the 2017 bundestag election campaign

In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Vol. 46, 2020, Nr. 7, pp. 1205 – 1222

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Busemeyer, Marius R.; Goerres, Achim

Policy feedback in the local context : Analysing fairness perceptions of public childcare fees in a German town

In: Journal of Public Policy, Vol. 40, 2020, Nr. 3, pp. 513 – 533

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Spies, Dennis C.; Mayer, Sabrina J.; Goerres, Achim

What are we missing? : Explaining immigrant-origin voter turnout with standard and immigrant-specific theories

In: Electoral Studies, Vol. 65, 2020, 102103

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Goerres, Achim; Arens, Robin; Rabuza, Florian

Fußball und die Bundestagswahl 2013 : Der kausale Einfluss von ursprünglich nicht-politischen Emotionen auf Wahlen

In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift (PVS), Vol. 60, 2019, Nr. 3, pp. 561 – 586

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Goerres, Achim; Siewert, Markus B.; Wagemann, Claudius

Internationally Comparative Research Designs in the Social Sciences : Fundamental Issues, Case Selection Logics, and Research Limitations

In: Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie (KZfSS), Vol. 71, 2019, Nr. Suppl. 1, pp. 75 – 97

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Goerres, Achim; Kumlin, Staffan; Karlsen, Rune

Pressure without Pain : What Politicians (Don't) Tell You about Welfare State Change

In: Journal of Social Policy, 2019

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Goerres, Achim; Funk, Evelyn

Who Counts, Counts : An Exploratory Analysis of How Local Authorities Organise the Electoral Count in Germany’s Most Populous State

In: German Politics, Vol. 28, 2019, Nr. 1, pp. 61 – 79

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Fischer, Anne-Kathrin; Goerres, Achim

Die politische Psychologie des Risikos : Die Bedeutung von Politik für die Konstruktion und Wahrnehmung von Risiken im 21sten Jahrhundert

In: Unikate: Berichte aus Forschung und Lehre, 2018, Nr. 52 : Risikoforschung - Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven und neue Paradigmen, pp. 50 – 57

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Lambach, Daniel; Kärger, Caroline; Goerres, Achim

Inverting the large lecture class : Active learning in an introductory international relations course

In: European Political Science, Vol. 16, 2017, Nr. 4, pp. 553 – 569

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Goerres, Achim; Krause, Sebastian

Wie Wahlhelfer rekrutiert werden : Befunde aus den Kommunen Nordrhein-Westfalens

In: KommunalPraxis Wahlen, Vol. 8, 2017, Nr. 2, pp. 122 – 125

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Goerres, Achim

GRÜNE NRW-Räte : Soziales Zerrbild der Gesellschaft?

In: Forum Kommunalpolitik, 2016, Nr. 3, Die digitale Kommune, pp. 26 – 27
Goerres, Achim; Walter, Stefanie

The political consequences of national crisis management : Micro-level evidence from German voters during the 2008/09 global economic crisis

In: German Politics, Vol. 25, 2016, Nr. 1, pp. 131 – 153

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Goerres, Achim; Kärger, Caroline; Lambach, Daniel

Aktives Lernen in der Massenveranstaltung : Flipped-Classroom-Lehre als Alternative zur klassischen Vorlesung in der Politikwissenschaft

In: Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft (ZPol), Vol. 25, 2015, Nr. 1, pp. 135 – 152

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Goerres, Achim; Prinzen, Katrin

Die Sicht der Bürgerinnen und Bürger auf Sozialstaat und Generationenverhältnisse in einer alternden Gesellschaft : eine Analyse von Gruppendiskussionen

In: Zeitschrift für Sozialreform, Vol. 60, 2014, Nr. 1, pp. 83 – 107

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Goerres, Achim; Höpner, Martin

Polarizers or landscape groomers? : an empirical analysis of party donations by the 100 largest German companies in 1984 - 2005

In: Socio-Economic Review, Vol. 12, 2014, Nr. 3, pp. 517 – 544

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Tepe, Markus; Goerres, Achim

Für die Kleinen ist uns nichts zu teuer? : Kindergartengebühren und ihre Determinanten in Deutschlands 95 bevölkerungsreichsten Städten zwischen 2007 und 2010

In: Der moderne Staat (dms), Vol. 6, 2013, Nr. 1, pp. 169 – 190

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Goerres, Achim; Prinzen, Katrin

Can we Improve the Measurement of Attitudes towards the Welfare State? : A Constructive Critique of Survey Instruments with Evidence from Focus Groups

In: Social Indicators Research, Vol. 109, 2012, Nr. 3, pp. 515 – 534

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Goerres, Achim; Tepe, Markus

Doing it for the kids? : The determinants of attitudes towards public childcare in unified Germany

In: Journal of Social Policy, Vol. 41, 2012, Nr. 2, pp. 349 – 372

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Goerres, Achim; Prinzen, Katrin

Using mixed methods for the analysis of individuals : a review of necessary and sufficient conditions and an application to welfare state attitudes

In: Quality and Quantity, Vol. 46, 2012, Nr. 2, pp. 415 – 450

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Allam, Miriam S.; Goerres, Achim

Economics, politics or identities? : Explaining individual support for the Euro in new EU member states in Central and Eastern Europe

In: Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 63, 2011, Nr. 8, pp. 1399 – 1424

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Breunig, Christian; Goerres, Achim

Searching for electoral irregularities in an established democracy : applying Benford’s Law tests to Bundestag elections in Unified Germany

In: Electoral Studies, Vol. 30, 2011, Nr. 3, pp. 534 – 545

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Goerres, Achim; Tepe, Markus

Age-based self-interest, intergenerational solidarity and the welfare state : a comparative analysis of older people's attitudes towards public childcare in 12 OECD countries

In: European Journal of Political Research, Vol. 49, 2010, Nr. 6, pp. 818 – 851

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Goerres, Achim

Das Wahlverhalten älterer Menschen : Forschungsergebnisse aus etablierten Demokratien

In: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen (ZParl), Vol. 41, 2010, Nr. 1, pp. 102 – 120

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Goerres, Achim

Die soziale Norm der Wahlbeteiligung : Eine international vergleichende Analyse für Europa

In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift (PVS), Vol. 51, 2010, Nr. 2, pp. 275 – 296

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Busemeyer, Marius R.; Goerres, Achim; Weschle, Simon

Attitudes towards redistributive spending in an era of demographic ageing : the rival pressures from age and income in 14 OECD countries

In: Journal of European social policy, Vol. 19, 2009, Nr. 3, pp. 195 – 212

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Goerres, Achim

Einstellungen zu umverteilender Politik : Babyboomer in Großbritannien und Westdeutschland im Vergleich

In: Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, Vol. 19, 2009, Nr. 2, pp. 205 – 235

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Goerres, Achim; Tiemann, Guido

Kinder an die Macht? : die politischen Konsequenzen des stellvertretenden Elternwahlrechts

In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift (PVS), Vol. 50, 2009, Nr. 1, pp. 50 – 74

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Goerres, Achim

The grey vote : determinants of older voters' party choice in Britain and West Germany

In: Electoral Studies, Vol. 27, 2008, Nr. 2, pp. 285 – 304

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Goerres, Achim

Can we reform the welfare state in times of ”grey“ majorities? : The myth of an electoral opposition between younger and older voters in Germany

In: MPIfG Working Paper, Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung, Vol. 07, 2007, Nr. 5, pp. 1 – 20

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Goerres, Achim

Why are older people more likely to vote? : The impact of ageing on electoral turnout in Europe

In: The British journal of politics & international relations, Vol. 9, 2007, Nr. 1, pp. 90 – 121

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Goerres, Achim; Warntjen, Andreas

Requiem for a Dream? : Academic career opportunities for young political scientists in Germany

In: European political science : EPS, Vol. 5, 2006, Nr. 3, pp. 253 – 263

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Articles

Goerres, Achim; Karlsen, Rune; Kumlin, Staffan

What Makes People Worry about the Welfare State? : A Three-Country Experiment

In: British Journal of Political Science (BJPS). London: Cambridge University Press, Vol. 50, 2020, Nr. 4, pp. 1519 – 1537

DOI (Open Access)
Goerres, Achim; Spies, Dennis C.; Kumlin, Staffan

The electoral supporter base of the alternative for Germany

In: Swiss Political Science Review. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell - SSH, Vol. 24, 2018, Nr. 3, pp. 246 – 269

DOI (Open Access)
Goerres, Achim

Grey or Silver Politics in Europes Ageing Democracies? : Report for the Open Society Foundations and the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona

2017

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Goerres, Achim; Hamidou, Hayfat; Baudisch, Alexander; Schmelzer, Maximilian; Tegeler, Shari; Rabuza, Florian

Die soziale, wirtschaftliche und politische Herkunft lokaler politischer Eliten in Nordrhein-Westfalen im Jahr 2015 : Ergebnisse einer telefonischen Befragung von Mitgliedern aus zehn Gemeinde- und Stadträten [Arbeitspapier]

2016

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Prefaces/Postfaces

Goerres, Achim; Vanhuysse, Pieter

Preface

In: Global Political Demography: The Politics of Population Change / Goerres, Achim; Vanhuysse, Pieter (Eds.). Cham: Springer, 2021, pp. vi – x

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Blog entries

Goerres, Achim

Der Tod der Treuen : Wie die westdeutsche Adenauer-Generation der CDU und CSU wegstirbt

In: Über Politik aus der Wissenschaft / Goerres, Achim (Eds.). Duisburg, Essen: DuEPublico, 2025

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Vail, Mark; Goerres, Achim

Eine gewaltige Krise und zwei politische Lösungen in Deutschland und den USA

In: Über Politik aus der Wissenschaft / Goerres, Achim (Eds.). Duisburg, Essen: DuEPublico, 2025

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Goerres, Achim

Fünf politische Neuheiten mit dramatischen Folgen : ein erster Kommentar zu den Landtagswahlen in Thüringen und Sachsen im Jahr 2024

In: Über Politik aus der Wissenschaft / Goerres, Achim (Eds.). Duisburg, Essen: DuEPublico, 2025

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Goerres, Achim; Diaz Garcia, Manuel; Mayer, Sabrina J.

Sie prägen wirklich das Stadtbild. : Kioske in NRW-Großstädten und die Kommunalwahl 2025

In: Über Politik aus der Wissenschaft / Goerres, Achim (Eds.). Duisburg, Essen: DuEPublico, 2025

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Reviews

Goerres, Achim

The Well-being of Older People in Ageing Societies by Asghar Zaidi

In: Czech sociological review, Vol. 45, 2009, Nr. 3

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Goerres, Achim

‘The Well-being of Older People in Ageing Societies’ by Asghar Zaidi

In: Sociologický Časopis / Czech Sociological Review. New York: JSTOR, Vol. 45, 2009, Nr. 3, pp. 619 – 622

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Goerres, Achim

'Race Politics in Britain and France : ideas and policymaking since the 1960's' by Erik Bleich

In: Political Studies Review (PSR). San Francisco: SAGE Publications, Vol. 3, 2005, Nr. 1, pp. 159

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Goerres, Achim

Foundations of Comparative Politics by Kenneth Newton and Jan van Deth

In: Political Studies Review (PSR). San Francisco: SAGE Publications, Vol. 3, 2005, Nr. 1, pp. 151

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Preprints

Goerres, Achim; Tepe, Markus S.; Kemper, Jakob

Costly Solidarity Behavior and the Identity of Others : The Novel Identity-Solidarity Game in a Large Panel Survey of the German Resident population

2024

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Goerres, Achim; Spies, Dennis C.; Mayer, Sabrina

Deutsche mit Migrationshintergrund bei der Bundestagswahl 2017 : Erste Auswertungen der Immigrant German Election Study zu Deutschtürken und Russlanddeutschen

2018

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Book chapters / Proceedings papers

Goerres, Achim

Age and generation

In: Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Sociology / Grasso, Maria; Giugni, Marco (Eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023, pp. 1 – 4

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Ziller, Conrad; Goerres, Achim

Migrations- und Integrationspolitik

In: Handbuch Policy-Forschung / Wenzelburger, Georg; Zohlnhöfer, Reimut (Eds.): Springer, 2022, pp. 1 – 25

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Goerres, Achim

Reformen der Sozialpolitik in modernen Wohlfahrtsstaaten

In: Handbuch Regierungsforschung / Korte, Karl-Rudolf; Florack, Martin (Eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien, 2022, pp. 275 – 285

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Vanhuysse, Pieter; Goerres, Achim

Introduction : Political Demography as an Analytical Window on Our World

In: Global Political Demography: The Politics of Population Change / Goerres, Achim; Vanhuysse, Pieter (Eds.). Cham: Springer, 2021, pp. 1 – 27

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Kumlin, Staffan; Goerres, Achim; Spies, Dennis C.

Public attitudes

In: The Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State: Second Edition / Béland, Daniel; Leibfried, Stephan; Morgan, Kimberly J.; Obinger, Herbert; Pierson, Christopher (Eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021, pp. 329 – 345

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Mayer, Sabrina Jasmin; Hamidou, Hayfat; Goerres, Achim

Der Zusammenhang zwischen nicht-politischer Integration und politischer Teilhabe von Bürger/innen mit Migrationshintergrund : Befunde von der Bundestagswahl 2017 auf Basis der Immigrant German Election Study

In: Handbuch Integration / Pickel, Gert; Decker, Oliver; Kailitz, Steffen; Röder, Antje; Schulze Wessel, Julia (Eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien, 2020, pp. 1 – 22

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Hamidou-Schmidt, Hayfat; Goerres, Achim

Statistik kontaktfrei : Ihre Grundlagen und softwaregestützte Anwendung unterrichten

In: Bausteine digitaler Hochschullehre in der Politikwissenschaft / Lambach, Daniel (Eds.). Frankfurt a.M.: Wochenschau Verlag, 2020

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Goerres, Achim

Alt gegen Jung? : Die Wahrnehmung eines Alterskonflikts in Deutschland zwischen 1978 und 2010

In: Lebensbedingungen in Deutschland in der Längsschnittperspektive / Gießelmann, Marco; Golsch, Katrin; Lohmann, Henning; Schmidt-Catran, Alexander (Eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2018, pp. 133 – 148

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Fischer, Anne-Kathrin; Goerres, Achim

Das Groß-N-Design

In: Handbuch Methoden der Politikwissenschaft / Wagemann, Claudius; Goerres, Achim; Siewert, Markus (Eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2018, pp. 1 – 20

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Goerres, Achim

Klassenanalyse, latente

In: Methoden-Lexikon für die Sozialwissenschaften / Diaz-Bone, Rainer (Eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer, 2015, pp. 211 – 212

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Goerres, Achim

Regression, gewichtete

In: Methoden-Lexikon für die Sozialwissenschaften / Diaz-Bone, Rainer (Eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer, 2015, pp. 344 – 345

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Busemeyer, Marius R.; Goerres, Achim

Varieties of capitalism, education and inequalities in political participation

In: How welfare states shape the democratic public: policy feedback, participation, voting and attitudes / Kumlin, Staffan (Eds.). Cheltenham [u.a.]: Elgar, 2014, pp. 63 – 92
Goerres, Achim

Welfare State attitudes

In: Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research / Michalos, Alex C. (Eds.). Dordrecht [u.a.]: Springer, 2014, pp. 7037 – 7041

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Goerres, Achim; Tiemann, Guido

Älter werden sie von allein : die Verteidigung eines Wahlrechts mit Altersgrenze

In: Wahlrecht für Kinder?: Politische Bildung und die Mobilisierung der Jugend / Hurrelmann, Klaus; Schultz, Tanjev (Eds.). Weinheim [u.a.]: Beltz Juventa, 2014, pp. 188 – 200
Goerres, Achim

Gordische Knoten im Akkord : Einflussfaktoren und Strategien sozialpolitischer Reformen in modernen Wohlfahrtsstaaten

In: Handbuch Regierungsforschung / Korte, Karl-Rudolf; Grunden, Timo (Eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2013, pp. 187 – 196

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Goerres, Achim; Vanhuysse, Pieter

Mapping the field : Comparative generational politics and policies in ageing democracies

In: Ageing Populations in Post-Industrial Democracies: Comparative Studies of Policies and Politics / Goerres, Achim; Vanhuysse, Pieter (Eds.). London [u.a.]: Routledge, 2012, pp. 1 – 22
Goerres, Achim; Tepe, M.

The family and the welfare state : The impact of public provision for families on young people’s demand for public childcare across 21 nations

In: Ageing Populations in Post-Industrial Democracies: Comparative Studies of Policies and Politics / Vanhuysse, Pieter; Goerres, Achim (Eds.). London [u.a.]: Routledge, 2012, pp. 178 – 205
Goerres, Achim

Von der Selbsthilfeorganisation zur Partei : wie aus dem erfolgreichen Senioren Schutzbund Graue Panther die erfolglose Partei DIE GRAUEN wurde

In: Grenzen der Zivilgesellschaft: empirische Befunde und analytische Perspektiven / Fraune, Cornelia; Schubert, Klaus (Eds.). Münster [u.a.]: Waxmann, 2012, pp. 93 – 113
Goerres, Achim

Participation politique non institutionnalisée : l'écart se réduit entre les générations

In: La politique au fil de l'âge / Muxel, Anne; Bantigny, Ludivine (Eds.). Paris: Presses de la Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, 2011, pp. 197 – 212
Goerres, Achim

Qu'est-ce qui pousse les personnes âgées à manifester?

In: La politique au fil de l'âge / Muxel, Anne (Eds.). Paris: Presses de Sciences Po, 2011, pp. 197 – 212
Goerres, Achim

Being less active and outnumbered?

In: A young generation under pressure?: The financial situation and the "Rush Hour" of the cohorts 1970 - 1985 in a generational comparison ; [many articles of this book were originally presented at the Smyposium "Easing the Rush-Hour of Life" in July 2008 in Berlin] / Tremmel, Jörg (Eds.). Heidelberg [u.a.]: Springer, 2010, pp. 207 – 224
Goerres, Achim

Das Wahlverhalten älterer Menschen : ein Beitrag über die Unterschiede zwischen älteren und jüngeren Wählern

In: Altern: Familie, Zivilgesellschaft und Politik / Kocka, Jürgen (Eds.). Stuttgart: Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft, 2009, pp. 299 – 322

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Books, Collections, Proceedings

Kumlin, Staffan; Goerres, Achim

Election Campaigns and Welfare State Change : Democratic Linkage and Leadership Under Pressure

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022
(Oxford scholarship online)

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Goerres, Achim; Vanhuysse, Pieter (Eds.)

Global Political Demography : The Politics of Population Change

Cham: Springer, 2021

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Siewert, Markus; Goerres, Achim; Wagemann, Claudius (Eds.)

Handbuch Methoden der Politikwissenschaft

Wiesbaden: Springer, 2018
(Springer Reference Sozialwissenschaften)

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Vanhuysse, Pieter; Goerres, Achim (Eds.)

Ageing populations in post-industrial democracies : comparative studies of policies and politics

London [u.a.]: Routledge [u.a.], 2012
(Routledge ECPR studies in European political science)
Goerres, Achim

The political participation of older people in Europe : the greying of our democracies

Basingstoke [u.a.]: Palgave Macmillan, 2009
Allam, Miriam S.; Goerres, Achim

Adopting the Euro in post-communist countries : an analysis of the attitudes toward the single currency

Köln: Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung, 2008
(MPIfG Discussion Paper)

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Research report

Goerres, Achim; Mayer, Sabrina J.; Hoffmann, Philipp; Diaz Garcia, Manuel

Politische Einstellungen und Präferenzen von Menschen mit familiärer Migrationsgeschichte in Deutschland

Berlin, 2024
(FES diskurs)

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Goerres, Achim; Mayer, Sabrina J.; Elis, Jonas

Die Wahlbeteiligung von Bürgerinnen und Bürgern mit familiärer Migrationsgeschichte. Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Förderung : Expertise im Rahmen des Projekts „Wissenschaftstransfer zur Unterstützung der Wahlbeteiligung Deutscher mit türkischer Einwanderungsgeschichte“

2022

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Working papers

Goerres, Achim; Mayer, Sabrina Jasmin; Spies, Dennis; Elis, Jonas

Wählerinnen und Wähler mit Einwanderungsgeschichte im Bundestagswahlkampf : Erste Ergebnisse der Immigrant German Election Study II (IMGES II) aus Duisburg von Mai bis November 2021

2022

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Goerres, Achim; Elis, Jonas; Mayer, Sabrina; Spies, Dennis

How to Increase Survey Response and Manage the Postal and Face-to-Face Field Work of Participant Recruitment during the COVID-19 Pandemic : A Note with Preliminary Evidence from Immigrant-Origin and Native Voters in a German Metropolis in Spring 2021

2021

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Goerres, Achim; Hamidou, Hayfat; Baudisch, Alexander; Schmelzer, Maximilian; Tegeler, Shari

Die soziale, wirtschaftliche und politische Herkunft lokaler politischer Eliten in NRW im Jahr 2015 : Ergebnisse Einer telefonischen Befragung von Mitgliedern aus zehn Gemeinde- und Stadträten

2017

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Goerres, Achim; Hamidou, Hayfat

Survival of the Fittest? : An Exploratory Analysis of Reported Health Among Political Elites and Ordinary Citizens in Germany in the 2010s
European Political Science Association Annual Conference, 22-24 June 2017, Milano, Italy,

2017

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Langer, Ruben; Fischer, Anne-Kathrin; Fischbach, Björn; Goerres, Achim

Overcoming Theoretical Divisions in Risk Analysis : Expanding the Idea of Integration in the Social Amplification of Risk Framework

Essen, 2016
(Big Risks Working Paper)

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Reports

Elis, Jonas; Goerres, Achim

Survey Weights of the Immigrant German Election Study II Data Set

Washington, 2023

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Goerres, Achim; Hamidou, Hayfat; Baudisch, Alexander; Schmelzer, Maximilian; Tegeler, Shari

Politik Als Berufung? : Die politische Selbstwahrnehmung lokaler politischer Eliten in NRW im Jahr 2015 ; Ergebnisse einer telefonischen Befragung von Mitgliedern aus zehn Gemeinde- und Stadträten

2017

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Lectures

Goerres, Achim

Wie wählten Deutsche mit Migrationshintergrund? : Ergebnisse der ersten Migrantenwahlstudie zur Bundestagswahl 2017
Die kleine Form, 06. Juni 2018, Essen,

2018
(Die kleine Form 2018)

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Series / Blogs

Goerres, Achim (Eds.)

Über Politik aus der Wissenschaft

Duisburg, Essen

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Research data

Goerres, Achim; Vanhuysse, Pieter; Hamidou-Schmidt, Hayfat; Elis, Jonas

Global Political Demography

2023

DOI (Open Access)

By appointment via email: achim.goerres@uni-due.de

About me

2021	W3 Professorship for Empirical Political Science at the University of Duisburg-Essen
2021	Two-month visiting professorship at the Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Cologne (GESIS)
2021	Offer of a W3 chair for Political Sociology at the University of Bamberg, Accepted UDE's counteroffer to stay
2018-2020	Managing Director of the Institute of Political Science
2016 - 2017	Fellow of the Open Society Initiative for Europe at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
2016	6-month visiting professorship at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne
2014 - 2018	Spokesperson for the interdisciplinary research focus area "Change in Contemporary Societies" at UDE, coordinating, networking, and supporting interdisciplinary collaborative grant proposals
2013	6 months of parental leave
2012	Offer of a professorship for Methods of Political Science at Justus Liebig University Giessen and acceptance of UDE's counteroffer to stay
Since 2011	Professor in Duisburg-Essen
2008 - 2011	Temporary Academic Councilor (Akademischer Rat auf Zeit) at the Chair of Empirical Social and Economic Research, University of Cologne (including 6 months of parental leave)
2010	Habilitation in Political Science
2006 - 2008	Postdoctoral Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne
2003 - 2006	PhD in the Government Department at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), various scholarships including from the DAAD and the Economic and Social Research Council
1998 - 2003	B.A. and M.A. in European Studies and M.Sc. in Comparative Politics at the University of Osnabrück, Leiden University, and LSE, scholarships from the ERASMUS program and the DAAD

You can find Prof. Dr. Goerres's current CV here.

Research

For more information about Achim Goerres's research, please visit his personal website.

Knwoledge transfer

Here you will find an overview of all media appearances, blog posts, talks, or other activities by members of the research group outside of academic research operations since 2024.

Knowledge Transfer Activities 2026

26.06.2026: Achim Goerres spoke with the WAZ about the appearance of an Imperial War Flag (Reichskriegsflagge) in Mülheim.

23.06.2026: Conrad Ziller spoke with WDR about "Führer" jerseys at a public viewing event in Duisburg.

16.06.2026: Achim Goerres spoke with the WAZ about Imperial flags (Reichsflaggen) in allotment garden associations.

08.06.2026: Conrad Ziller, together with Aya Alali, wrote a blog post about statistics anxiety and statistics videos on social media.

18.05.2026: Paul Gies wrote a blog post about scraping cafeteria (Mensa) data.

27.04.2026: Jakob Eicheler wrote a blog post about the stability and change of European solidarity.

24.03.2026: Manuel Diaz Garcia spoke with WDR aktuell about the new mayor of Munich.

19.03.2026: Paul Gies took part in a talk on loneliness and socioeconomic status for Ruhrpott für Europa.

16.03.2026: Manuel Diaz Garcia wrote a blog post on synthetic voting districts for improving the spatial precision of electoral statistical analyses.

25.01.2026: Achim Goerres spoke with Deutschlandfunk about ethnic German repatriates from the former Soviet Union (Russlanddeutsche).

12.01.2026: Conrad Ziller wrote a blog post on the AfD's success in the 2025 integration council elections.

Knowledge Transfer Activities 2025

01.12.2025: Philipp C. Kemper wrote a blog post about recruiting study participants in the field.

18.11.2025: Achim Goerres spoke with the Tagesspiegel about how a generational conflict between young and old cannot be substantiated from a political science perspective.

12.11.2025: Achim Goerres spoke with the Rheinische Post about a field experiment at kiosks aimed at increasing voter turnout in the 2025 local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia.

12.11.2025: Achim Goerres spoke with the Rheinische Post about the causes of anti-democratic attitudes.

20.10.2025: Adriana Cassis wrote a blog post about conducting qualitative interviews.

01.10.2025: Achim Goerres wrote an article in the Rotary Magazine about the German pension system.

29.09.2025: Teresa Hummler wrote a blog post about the potential of neighborhoods for integration.

26.09.2025: Conrad Ziller spoke on Deutschlandfunk about the 2025 integration council election in North Rhine-Westphalia.

18.09.2025: Paul Gies gave a talk on bias in AI systems for the PD Academy.

15.09.2025: Conrad Ziller spoke with the Swiss broadcaster SRF about the 2025 local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia.

14.09.2025: Conrad Ziller spoke on Deutschlandfunk about the AfD's electoral success in the 2025 local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia.

12.09.2025: Manuel Diaz Garcia spoke with the Turkish newspaper Perspektif about the political participation of Muslims in Germany.

08.09.2025: Achim Goerres spoke with WDR about the voting behavior of migrants in the 2025 local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia.

07.09.2025: Conrad Ziller spoke with the Duisburger Rundschau about the 2025 integration council election.

27.08.2025: Achim Goerres was cited with his study in the Spanish newspaper El Periódico on why people with a migration background in Germany vote less often. The article was also published in the following Spanish newspapers: Diario de Mallorca, Faro de Vigo, Información, La Nueva España, La Opinión de Murcia, La Opinión de Málaga, La Provincia, Levante

25.08.2025: Achim Goerres was cited with his study on Deutschlandfunk Nova on why people with a migration background in Germany vote less often.

18.08.2025: Manuel Diaz Garcia wrote a blog post about the voting behavior of voters with international roots in the 2025 local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia.

05.08.2025: Conrad Ziller spoke with Welt about the 2025 local election in Cologne.

28.07.2025: Johanna Plenter wrote a blog post about the role of social class as a category in the social sciences.

24.07.2025: Paul Gies was interviewed on the Politischer Pausen Podcast about the dangers of loneliness for democracy.

07.07.2025: Paul Gies wrote a blog post about the dangers of loneliness for democracy.

22.06.2025: Conrad Ziller spoke with the New York Times about the AfD in West Germany.

16.06.2025: Philipp Kemper wrote a blog post about the potential of video games for data collection in political science.

05.05.2025: Conrad Ziller wrote an article in Makronom on the role of migration policy in the 2025 federal election.

05.05.2025: Philipp Chapkovski wrote a blog post about the welfare attitudes of people in war zones.

24.04.2025: Conrad Ziller spoke in the Surplus Magazine about the AfD's electoral success in Duisburg in the 2025 federal election as a consequence of deindustrialization.

14.04.2025: Conrad Ziller wrote a blog post on the role of migration policy in the 2025 federal election.

24.03.2025: Paul Gies wrote a blog post on political bias in AI.

25.02.2025: Conrad Ziller spoke with the British news broadcaster BBC about the AfD's electoral success in the 2025 federal election and the future of the "firewall" (Brandmauer) against cooperation with the party.

24.02.2025: Conrad Ziller spoke with Radio Essen about the 2025 federal election results in Essen.

24.02.2025: Achim Goerres spoke with the French newspaper Le Monde about the 2025 federal election results.

24.02.2025: Achim Goerres spoke with the Tagesspiegel about the voting behavior of different generations in the 2025 federal election.

23.02.2025: Conrad Ziller spoke with the British news broadcaster BBC about the AfD's electoral success in the 2025 federal election.

22.02.2025: Conrad Ziller spoke with the Spanish broadcaster rtve about the AfD in the 2025 federal election.

20.02.2025: Manuel Diaz Garcia spoke with Hessischer Rundfunk about newly naturalized first-time voters in the 2025 federal election.

20.02.2025: Achim Goerres spoke in the French magazine Les Echos about the voting behavior of different generations in the context of the 2025 federal election.

18.02.2025: Conrad Ziller spoke with the wa about socioeconomic factors influencing voter turnout.

18.02.2025: Achim Goerres spoke on Tagesschau about the voting behavior of different generations in the context of the 2025 federal election.

18.02.2025: Achim Goerres spoke with the Süddeutsche Zeitung about the voting behavior of different generations in the context of the 2025 federal election.

16.02.2025: Achim Goerres spoke in the WirtschaftsWoche about the AfD's potential voter base among migrants.

14.02.2025: Conrad Ziller took part in a panel discussion at the Aldegrever-Gymnasium in Soest about the emotionalization of politics in times of crisis.

14.02.2025: Achim Goerres spoke with the FAZ about the voting behavior of migrants in the 2025 federal election.

10.02.2025: Conrad Ziller spoke in the Italian newspaper Panorama about the AfD's role in the 2025 federal election.

10.02.2025: Achim Goerres spoke on a Munich local radio station about the voting behavior of different generations in the context of the 2025 federal election.

10.02.2025: Adriana Cassis shared her personal experience of voting from abroad in the Ecuadorian elections in a blog post.

09.02.2025: Achim Goerres spoke on Deutschlandfunk about the voting behavior of different generations in the context of the 2025 federal election.

06.02.2025: Conrad Ziller spoke with the WAZ about the AfD's rising support in polls among poor and migrant populations.

05.02.2025: Achim Goerres spoke with the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger about the lowering of the voting age for the early 2025 federal election.

04.02.2025: Achim Goerres spoke with RND about the voting behavior of different generations in the context of the 2025 federal election.

04.02.2025: Achim Goerres spoke with msn about the voting behavior of different generations in the context of the 2025 federal election.

25.01.2025: Achim Goerres was interviewed by the online magazine Islam IQ about the voting behavior of migrants.

24.01.2025: Achim Goerres spoke on Tagesschau about the voting behavior of migrants in Germany.

21.01.2025: Jakob Eicheler was interviewed by WDR Lokalzeit about the early 2025 federal election.

20.01.2025: Manuel Diaz Garcia and Jonas Elis spoke with the Stadtpost about their field experiment on increasing voter turnout in the 2024 European elections.

Knowledge Transfer Activities 2024

30.12.2024: Teresa Hummler and Paul Vierus wrote a blog post about pupils' perspectives on politics and their trust in it.

26.12.2024: Manuel Diaz Garcia and Jonas Elis spoke with the WAZ about their field experiment on increasing voter turnout in the 2024 European elections.

20.12.2024: Conrad Ziller spoke with the Portuguese news broadcaster Observador about politically motivated acts of violence.

09.12.2024: Manuel Diaz Garcia and Jonas Elis wrote a blog post about their field experiment on increasing voter turnout in the 2024 European elections.

19.11.2024: Achim Goerres spoke with Welt am Sonntag about the phenomenon of economic voting.

18.11.2024: Teresa Hummler wrote a blog post about the impact of rising rents in major cities.

28.10.2024: Adriana Cassis wrote a blog post about the challenges of data availability and accessibility.

07.10.2024: Hayfat Hamidou-Schmidt wrote a blog post about a scientific approach to racism.

23.09.2024: Achim Goerres was interviewed by Bayerischer Rundfunk about the political attitudes of ethnic German repatriates from Russia (Russlanddeutsche).

12.09.2024: Achim Goerres was interviewed by WDR Lokalzeit about border controls at the German-Dutch border.

05.09.2024: Achim Goerres spoke with ZDF about electoral fraud in Germany.

04.09.2024: Achim Goerres spoke with the Bulgarian newspaper Capital about the AfD's role in Germany.

02.09.2024: Achim Goerres wrote a blog post about the results of the 2024 state elections in Thuringia and Saxony.

27.08.2024: Conrad Ziller spoke with the Tagesspiegel about the 2024 state elections in Thuringia and Saxony.

05.08.2024: Achim Goerres reflected in a blog post with his colleague Mark Vail on their paper about the political crisis in Germany and the USA.

31.07.2024: Manuel Diaz Garcia spoke with Die Zeit about migrant communities in Duisburg.

15.07.2024: Jakob Eicheler wrote a blog post about the differences in voter turnout in East and West Germany in the 2024 European election.

05.06.2024: Conrad Ziller spoke with the Glocke about the role of migration policy in the 2024 European election.

03.06.2024: Patric Clasen wrote a blog post about cross-border solidarity in Europe.

06.05.2024: Achim Goerres was interviewed by NDR about the AfD's potential voter base among migrants.

22.04.2024: Johanna Plenter wrote a blog post about the gig economy.

18.04.2024: Conrad Ziller was interviewed by WDR Lokalzeit about the findings of the domestic intelligence agency's (Verfassungsschutz) report on extremism.

02.04.2024: Achim Goerres and Jonas Elis were cited by ZDF with their study on the AfD's potential voter base among migrants.

01.04.2024: Patrick Clasen wrote a blog post about the influence of the welfare state on solidarity among EU citizens.

25.03.2024: Achim Goerres spoke with the Süddeutsche Zeitung about the AfD's potential voter base among migrants.

19.02.2024: Manuel Diaz Garcia and Jonas Elis wrote a blog post about what the distribution of surnames in major German cities can reveal.

19.02.2024: Achim Goerres was cited in the Welt regarding his research findings on the AfD's potential voter base among migrants.

15.02.2024: Achim Goerres spoke with Deutschlandfunk about the AfD's potential voter base among migrants ahead of the 2024 European elections.

29.01.2024: Jonas Elis, Jakob Eicheler, Johanna Plenter, and Paul Vierus wrote a blog post about Python in the social sciences.

08.01.2024: Adriana Cassis wrote a blog post about the political participation of migrants.

Social Media and Blog

In August 2023, the research group's blog "Politik-Wissenschaft.org" was relaunched.

What contributions can the social sciences make to current political debate? What do the social sciences learn from current political developments? The posts on the new blog offer answers to these questions. Through regular posts, the authors build a bridge between public discussion and the social sciences, aiming to create scholarly added value for public debates.

On Bluesky, the research group shares updates via the account @emppolitikwiss.bsky.social.

The research group also maintains a Facebook presence and an Instagram presence (@empirischepowi_ude), where news, study places, internship positions, and other announcements are shared.

There is also a LinkedIn profile for the research group, which can be found here.

Publications