Jasmin Sarah König

Jasmin Sarah König

Doctoral Researcher

University of Hamburg

Biography

I am a doctoral researcher in the graduate program "Collective Decision-Making" at the University of Hamburg. In 2023, I was a guest researcher at the Political Science department at Duke University.

My work focuses on the interactions between populist parties and courts. In particular, I am interested in how populist parties challenge the rule of law and the ways in which courts respond to these challenges. My research aims to provide a deeper understanding of the dynamics between populist parties and courts, and to explore the potential consequences of these interactions for the stability and integrity of democratic institutions. Recently, I have started researching attitudes among the public towards judicial power. Methodologically, I utilize computational text analysis tools and survey experiments to gain a deeper understanding of these interactions.

Interests
  • Judicial Politics
  • Populist Parties
  • Computational Text Analysis
Education
  • M.A. in Political Science, 2020

    University of Hamburg

  • B.A. in Political Science, 2017

    University of Hamburg

Publications

(2022). Do Populist Parties in Government Produce Unconstitutional Policies? Evidence from Austria, 1980--2021. European Journal of Political Research (online first).

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Working Paper

Data

Austrian Legislation
A dataset of all Austrian legislation 1990-2021. Also indicates what laws were under review and invalidated. The dataset will soon be published here.
Austrian Legislation
Judicial Review at the Austrian Constitutional Court
A dataset including all decisions by the Verfassungsgerichtshof on judicial review cases between 1980 and 2021. The dataset will soon be published here.
Judicial Review at the Austrian Constitutional Court

Moderation

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
University of Hamburg
Doctoral Researcher
University of Hamburg
Nov 2020 – Present Hamburg
 
 
 
 
 
Moderation
Freelance
Feb 2018 – Present Hamburg
I regularly moderate public events around the topics of my research, online as well as offline.
 
 
 
 
 
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Project Coordinator
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Feb 2018 – Sep 2020 Hamburg

Responsibilities included:

  • Coordination and Curation of the new exhibition “Strengthening Democracy - Fighting Right-Wing Extremism”
  • Research
  • Text editing

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