HEY THERE!
I’M MANUEL
DIAZ GARCIA
I’m a political scientist working as a research associate at Goethe-University Frankfurt and University of Duisburg-Essen. My research focuses on the political representation, attitudes, and behavior of immigrant-origin individuals as well as on broader questions of political trust in diverse societies.
But most importantly, I’m just excited to learn new things.
What’s new?
Take a look at my latest publications, presentations and other stuff.
Latest Journal Article
“Surveying Immigrant-Origin Voters in a Post-Migrant Society: The First Immigrant German Election Study, 2017”
in: Electoral Studies
Latest Presentation
“Conceptions of political representation in mass publics. Who values social representation, why, and with what consequences?”
at: ECPR General Conference 2024, University College Dublin
My path.
Education
2023 - Today
PhD Candidate in Political Science
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Thesis: “Beyond the Individual? – Assessing the Role of the Social Context for the Relationship Between Descriptive Representation of Immigrant-Origin Citizens and Political Trust in Western European Democracies“
2020 - 2022
MA in Political Management, Public Policy, and Public Administration
University of Duisburg-Essen
Thesis: “The Social Identities of Biden and Trump Sympathizers - A Multilevel-Analysis of the Candidate Preference in the U.S. Presidential Election 2020“
2015 - 2020
BA in Political Science
University of Duisburg-Essen
Thesis: “From Dictatorship to Democracy? A Qualitative Content Analysis of Individual Interviews on Political Integration with People of Spanish, Portuguese and Greek Origin“
My path.
Research Experience
2023 - Today
Research Associate in the DFG Project “Trust in Politicians: The Role of Representation“
Goethe-University Frankfurt
PIs: Prof Thomas Zittel and Prof Stefanie Bailer
2023 - Today
Research Associate in the DFG Project “Immigrant German Election Study II“
University of Duisburg-Essen
PIs: Prof Achim Goerres and Prof Sabrina J. Mayer
2021 - 2022
Research Assistant for the PhD program “The Political Economy of Inequality”
University of Duisburg-Essen
2017 - 2022
Research Assistant at the Working Group of Empirical Political Science
University of Duisburg-Essen
Let’s have some fun with data.
Numbers can be endlessly boring. But they don’t have to be. We can still show cool stuff with it.
Surname Diversity in the City of Duisburg.
Blog Article with Jonas Elis: Diversität von Nachnamen als Maß für soziale Offenheit - Was sagt uns die Verteilung von Nachnamen in einer deutschen Großstadt?
How Germans of Turkish Descent Voted in Germany and Turkey in 2017.
Working Paper with Achim Goerres, Sabrina J. Mayer and Jonas Elis: The Political Behaviour of a Large and Fast-Growing Group of Immigrant-Origin Voters in a Reluctant Country of Immigration: Germans of Turkish Descent between 1999 and 2021
Ethnic Diversity, Unemployment Rate, and Partisan Lean in U.S. States in 2020.
Master’s Thesis: The Social Identities of Biden and Trump Sympathizers – A Multilevel-Analysis of the Candidate Preference in the U.S. Presidential Election 2020
Want to get in touch?
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