Dr. Prisca Jöst-Brenneis

Prisca Jöst-Brenneis is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the “Politicians, Policies, and the Reproduction of Wealth” Project. Prisca holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and an M.A. in International Politics and Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Tübingen.

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  Survey Methods
  Social Inequality
  Political Participation
  Local Governance

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  Since 01/2024
  Postdoc "Politicians, Policies and the Reproduction of Wealth“ Project, University of Marburg
  
  10/2021-12/2023
  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality", University of Konstanz
  
  09/2017-10/2021
  Ph.D. Candidate, Governance and Local Development Institute (GLD) and Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg (Sweden)
  
  10/2014-03/2017
  MA "International Politics and Peace and Conflict Research", University of Tuebingen
  
  10/2010-11/2014
  BA "Political Science" & "Sociology" (Double Degree), University of Frankfurt

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  Jöst, Prisca/ Krönke, Matthias/ Lockwood, Sarah and Ellen Lust (2023). “Drivers of Political Participation: The Role of Partisanship, Identity, and Incentives in Mobilizing Zambian Citizens”, Comparative Political Studies (Online first).

  Jöst, Prisca (2023). “Where do the Less Affluent vote? The Effect of Neighborhood Social Context on Individual Voting Intentions in England”, Political Studies 71(2): 518-541.

  Jöst, Prisca and Ellen Lust (2022). “Receiving more, expecting less? Social ties, clientelism, and the poor’s expectations of future service provision”, World Development 158.

  Jöst, Prisca (2020). “Mobilization without Organization. Grievances and Group Solidarity of the Unemployed in Tunisia”, Mobilization: An International Quarterly, 25(2), pp. 265-283.

  Jöst, Prisca and Jan-Philipp Vatthauer (2020). “Socioeconomic Contention in Post-2011 Egypt and Tunisia: A Comparison” in I. Weipert-Fenner and J. Wolff (eds.) Socioeconomic Protests in MENA and Latin America. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 71-103.

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  10/2023 Ethnic Diversity, Economic Deprivation, and Outgroup Perceptions in Africa, Research Institute Social Cohesion, Hanover

  09/2023: Unpacking the Power of Local Mobilizers in Zambia, European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Annual Conference, Prague

  12/2022: Authority & Participation around Election Time in Zambia, Conference "Frontiers in Political Economy: Clientelism, Corruption and Social Policy", University of Zurich, Zurich

  11/2022: Authority & Participation around Election Time in Zambia, African Studies Association (ASA) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia

  09/2022: Leadership, Community Ties and Participation of the Poor: Evidence from Kenya, Malawi and Zambia, American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Conference, Montreal

  04/2022: Leadership, Community Ties and Participation of the Poor: Evidence from Kenya, Malawi and Zambia, Inequality Conference, Cluster of Excellence "The Politics of Inequality", Konstanz

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  M.A. level course “Development and Conflict” (with Anna-Lena Hönig), University of Konstanz, Fall 2023.

  Undergraduate course on “Swedish Politics in Comparative Perspective” (with Jonas Hinnfors), seminar on “Populist Radical Right Parties in Europe” , seminar leader and teaching assistant, University of Gothenburg, Spring 2018-Fall 2019.

  Undergraduate course on “Delegation to the Executive: Dilemmas and Institutional Solutions” (with Marina Nistotskaya and Stephen Dawson), seminar leader and teaching assistant, University of Gothenburg, Spring 2020-Spring 2021.