Dr. Julian Bernauer

I'm working as Scientific Staff and Senior Researcher in the Computer Department of the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) , University of Mannheim, Germany since August 2017. I have previously worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer at the University of Bern (2012-2017) and carried out my doctoral studies (finished in 2012) at the University of Konstanz, where I have also studied Politics and Public Management (Politik- und Verwaltungswissenschaft) between 2001 and 2006.

My research focuses on political institutions, representation, political behaviour and quantitative methods:

1. One main focus is on the quantitative analysis of political texts and the measurement and politics of populism, relying on machine learning techniques and especially large language models (AI).
2. A longstanding second main area of research is the study of the character of political systems in terms of their political-institutional setup (classic comparative political science with methodological and theoretical twists).

My doctoral research analysed the role of descriptive representation in ethnic politics.