Christoph Arndt
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Associate Professor
- Director of Undergraduate Studies
- Module Convenor of Introduction to Contemporary Democracy (PO1ICD) and The Study of Politics (PO2SOP)
- Library Rep of Department
Areas of interest
Voting behaviour, party politics, public opinion, welfare state, public policy, comparative politics, German politics, Scandinavian politics.Postgraduate supervision
I am interested in supervising students on the topics of:
- voting behaviour
- political parties
- welfare state and social policy
- public policy
- comparative politics.
And on the topics of:
- Western Europe
- Scandinavia.
Background
I received my PhD in Political Science from the Department of Political Science, Aarhus University in 2011, following a master's degree in sociology.
Prior to arriving at the University of Reading I was a postdoc and assistant professor at Aarhus University. During this time, I worked on a project on how new cultural issues such as immigration, law and order and national identify have reshaped electoral alignments and party politics in Denmark since 1968.
Another now finished comparative project with myself as Co-investigator further examined how welfare state reforms affect support for the incumbent government and how policymakers strategically act to hide the consequences of unpopular decisions and policies.
I am currently working on a comparative project that investigates popular support for climate change policies and energy policy. Another current area of interest is how populist parties can break the cordon sanitaire that is put around them.
Academic qualifications
- PhD, Political Science, Aarhus University 2011
- MS Sociology (Diplom-Soziologe), University of Bremen 2007
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), 2018
- Advanced quantitative methods, hierarchical statistical models, STATA, survey methodology, case study research.
Awards and honours
- Postdoctoral Grant for project 'The Micro Foundation of Issue Voting and Issue Competition', DKK 1,198642, granted by The Danish Council for Independent Research, 2011–2014.
- Publication Grant for 'The Electoral Consequences of Welfare State Reforms', published at Amsterdam University Press, DKK 12,200, granted by Aarhus University Research Foundation, 2013.
- Prize for the best article in the Danish political science journal Politica in Volume 44 (2012), 2013.
- Nominated for the Jean Blondel PhD Prize awarded by the European Consortium for Political Research, 2012.
- The German Sociological Association's (DGS) prize for an outstanding diploma thesis in sociology in 2008, prize handed out at the DGS congress 2008, Jena, Germany.
Professional bodies/affiliations
- Aarhus University (2008–2017)
- University of Bremen (2002–2008)
Websites/blogs
Christoph Arndt's CV
Publications
- Arndt, C. (2023) Climate change vs energy security? The conditional support for energy sources among Western Europeans. Energy Policy , 174 ISSN: 0301-4215 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113471
- Arndt, C. , Halikiopoulou, D. , Vrakopoulos, C. (2023) The centre-periphery divide and attitudes towards climate change measures among Western Europeans. Environmental Politics , 32 (3). pp. 381-406. ISSN: 1743-8934 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2022.2075155
- Arndt, C. and Christiansen, F. (2022) Is disloyalty rewarded? The electoral consequences of bloc changes of Scandinavian centre parties 1977-2019. Scandinavian Political Studies , 45 (4). pp. 548-575. ISSN: 1467-9477 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9477.12241
- Arndt, C. (2022) Dansk Folkeparti: vom reellen Machtfaktor zur Krisenpartei. In: Decker, F. , Henningsen, B. , Lewandowsky, M. , Adorf, P. , (eds.) Aufstand der Außenseiter: Die Herausforderung der europäischen Politik durch den neuen Populismus. International Studies on Populism NOMOS (6). , Berlin. ISBN: 9783848756247
- Arndt, C. and Jensen, C. (2021) Limits of welfare. How the family remains pivotal for work attitudes in the “youth enabling” welfare state of Denmark. In: Tosun, J. , Pauknerová, D. , Kittel, B. , (eds.) Intergenerational Transmission and Economic Self-Sufficiency. Palgrave Macmillan , Berlin. pp. 107-127. ISBN: 9783030174972
- Arndt, C. , Jensen, C. , Wenzelburger, G. (2021) Voters’ wrath? Policy change and government popularity. Governance , 34 (1). pp. 147-169. ISSN: 1468-0491 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gove.12483
- Arndt, C. (2020) Die Folketingswahl in Dänemark vom 6. Juni 2019: Klarer Sieg des linken Lagers. Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen , 50 (4). pp. 777-790. ISSN: 0340-1758, | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.5771/0340-1758-2019-4-777
- Wenzelburger, G. , Jensen, C. , Lee, S. , Arndt, C. (2020) How governments strategically time welfare state reform legislation: empirical evidence from five European countries. West European Politics , 43 (6). pp. 1285-1314. ISSN: 1743-9655 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2019.1668245
- Lee, S. , Jensen, C. , Arndt, C. , Wenzelburger, G. (2020) Risky business? Welfare state reforms and government support in Britain and Denmark. British Journal of Political Science , 50 (1). pp. 165-184. ISSN: 1469-2112 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007123417000382
- Arndt, C. and Thomsen, J. (2019) Ethnicity coding revisited: right-wing parties as catalysts for mobilization against immigrant welfare rights. Scandinavian Political Studies , 42 (2). pp. 93-117. ISSN: 1467-9477 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9477.12145
- Wenzelburger, G. , Arndt, C. , Jensen, C. (2018) Sozialstaatliche Kürzungspolitik in Deutschland: Nur eine Mär? Eine quantitative Gesetzgebungsanalyse 1974–2014. Politische Vierteljahresschrift , 59 (4). pp. 681-712. ISSN: 1862-2860 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11615-018-0109-5
- Arndt, C. (2018) White-collar unions and attitudes towards income inequality, redistribution, and state-market relations. European Sociological Review , 34 (6). pp. 675-693. ISSN: 1468-2672 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcy033
- Jensen, C. , Arndt, C. , Lee, S. , Wenzelburger, G. (2018) Policy instruments and welfare state reform. Journal of European Social Policy , 28 (2). pp. 161-176. ISSN: 1461-7269 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0958928717711974
- Arndt, C. (2018) An empirical model of issue evolution and partisan realignment in a multiparty system. Political Research Quarterly , 71 (1). pp. 59-74. ISSN: 1938-274X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1065912917722234
- Arndt, C. and Jensen, C. (2017) Partivalg og Holdninger til Velfærdsstaten. In: Møller Hansen , K. and Stubager, R. , (eds.) Oprør fra Udkanten : Folketingsvalget 2015. Studier i Dansk Politik Jurist- og økonomforbundets Forlag , København. pp. 245-263. ISBN: 9788757437577
- Arndt, C. and Rennwald, L. (2017) Workplace characteristics and working class vote for the old and new right. British Journal of Industrial Relations , 55 (1). pp. 137-164. ISSN: 0007-1080 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjir.12143
- Arndt, C. (2017) Public policy-making and risk profiles: Scandinavian centre-right governments after the turn of the millennium. European Political Science Review , 9 (4). pp. 495-518. ISSN: 1755-7739 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1755773916000072
- Arndt, C. (2016) Die Wahlen zum dänischen Folketing vom 18. Juni 2015: knapper bürgerlicher Sieg bei erdrutschartigen Wählerwanderungen. Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen , 47 (4). pp. 771-782. ISSN: 0340-1758 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.5771/0340-1758-2016-4-771
- Jensen, C. , Lee, S. , Arndt, C. , Wenzelburger, G. (2016) Hvordan reagerer vælgerne på velfærdsforringelser?. Politica: Tidsskrift for politisk videnskab , 48 (3). pp. 303-319.
- Arndt, C. (2016) Issue evolution and the remaking of partisan alignments in a European multiparty system: elite and mass repositioning in Denmark 1968-2011. European Union Politics , 17 (4). pp. 660-682. ISSN: 1741-2757 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1465116516658359
- Arndt, C. and Rennwald, L. (2016) Union members at the polls in diverse trade union landscapes. European Journal of Political Research , 55 (4). pp. 702-722. ISSN: 1475-6765 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12157
- Arndt, C. and Kersbergen, K. (2015) Social democracy after the Third Way: restoration or renewal?. Policy and Politics , 43 (2). pp. 203-220. ISSN: 1470-8442
- Arndt, C. (2014) Social democracy’s mobilization of new constituencies: the role of electoral systems. Party Politics , 20 (5). pp. 778-790. ISSN: 1460-3683 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354068812453372
- Arndt, C. (2014) Beating social democracy on its own turf: issue convergence as winning formula for the centre-right in universal welfare states. Scandinavian Political Studies , 37 (2). pp. 149-170. ISSN: 1467-9477 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9477.12018
- Arndt, C. (2013) The electoral consequences of third way welfare state reforms: social democracy's transformation and its political costs. Changing Welfare States Amsterdam University Press , Amsterdam. pp 277. ISBN: 9789089644503
- Arndt, C. (2012) Die Folketingswahl in Dänemark vom 15. September 2011: Abwahl einer Regierung ohne klaren Sieg der Opposition.. Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen , 43 (1). pp. 142-152. ISSN: 0340-1758, | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.5771/0340-1758-2012-1-142