Staff Profile:Dr Christoph Arndt
- Name:
- Dr Christoph Arndt
- Job Title:
- Lecturer in Comparative Politics
- Responsibilities:
- Convenor of Introduction to Contemporary Democracy (PO1ICD) and The Study of Politics (PO2SOP)
- Junior Admissions Officer
Biography:
I received my PhD in Political Science from 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 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. An ongoing comparative project with myself as Co-investigator further examines how welfare state reforms affects support for the incumbent government and how policy-makers strategically act to hide the consequences of unpopular decisions and policies. I am currently working on a project that investigates popular support for climate change policies and also investigates how populist parties can break the cordon sanitaire that is put around them.
Qualifications:
- PhD, Political Science, Aarhus University 2011
- M.S. Sociology (Diplom-Soziologe), University of Bremen 2007
- Fellow of The Higher Education Academy, 2018
- Advanced quantitative methods, hierarchical statistical models, STATA, survey methodology, case study research
- Areas of Interest:
Voting Behaviour, Party Politics, Public Opinion, Welfare State, Public Policy, Comparative Politics, German Politics, Scandinavian Politics
Research Supervision:
I am interested in supervising students on the topics:
- Voting Behaviour
- Political Parties
- Welfare State and Social Policy
- Public Policy
- Comparative Politics
And on the topics:
- Western Europe
- Scandinavia
Research grants / Awards:
- Postdoc 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
Affiliations:
- Aarhus University (2008-2017)
- University of Bremen (2002-2008)
- Research groups / Centres:
- Publications:
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YNumber of items: 21.
2020
- Arndt, C., Jensen, C. and Wenzelburger, G. (2020) Voters’ wrath? Policy change and government popularity. Governance. ISSN 1468-0491 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/gove.12483
- Lee, S., Jensen, C., Arndt, C. and 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://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123417000382
- 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://doi.org/10.5771/0340-1758-2019-4-777
- Wenzelburger, G., Jensen, C., Lee, S. and 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://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2019.1668245
2019
- Arndt, C. and Thomsen, J. P. F. (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://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9477.12145
2018
- 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://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcy033
- Wenzelburger, G., Arndt, C. and 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://doi.org/10.1007/s11615-018-0109-5
- Jensen, C., Arndt, C., Lee, S. and Wenzelburger, G. (2018) Policy instruments and welfare state reform. Journal of European Social Policy, 28 (2). pp. 161-176. ISSN 1461-7269 doi: https://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://doi.org/10.1177/1065912917722234
2017
- 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://doi.org/10.1017/S1755773916000072
- 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://doi.org/10.1111/bjir.12143
2016
- 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://doi.org/10.5771/0340-1758-2016-4-771
- 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://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://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12157
- Jensen, C., Lee, S., Arndt, C. and Wenzelburger, G. (2016) Hvordan reagerer vælgerne på velfærdsforringelser? Politica: Tidsskrift for politisk videnskab, 48 (3). pp. 303-319.
2015
- Arndt, C. and Kersbergen, K. v. (2015) Social democracy after the Third Way: restoration or renewal? Policy and Politics, 43 (2). pp. 203-220. ISSN 1470-8442
2014
- 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://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://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9477.12018
2013
- 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, pp277. ISBN 9789089644503
2012
- 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://doi.org/10.5771/0340-1758-2012-1-142