CV - Richard Traunmüller

CV - Richard Traunmüller Contact Information Chair of Comparative Politics Department of Politics and Management University of Konstanz P.O. Box 84 Universitätsstr. 10 78457 Konstanz Tel.: +49 (0) 7531-88-2310 Fax: +49 (0) 7531-88-4159 richard.traunmueller@uni-konstanz.de Personal Information 13. December 1980 Born in Linz/Austria, growing up in Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Thailand, amongst others. Education Spring 2011 (expected) Dr. rer. soc. (PhD in Political Science), University of Konstanz Thesis: Religion and Social Capital in Europe. Causal Heterogeneity in a Double Comparative Perspective. (Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Markus Freitag, Prof. Dr. Susumu Shikano) August 2008, 2009, 2010 October 2007-Spring 2011 May 2007 Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection, University of Essex/GB (Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Limited Dependent Variables, Hierarchical Model Specification, Bayesian Analysis in the Social Sciences) Doctoral Studies in Public Policy and Administration, University of Konstanz (Concentration on Comparative Policy and Quantitative Methods) Dipl.-Soz. (MA in Social Sciences), Humboldt-University of Berlin Thesis: The Structure of Trust. An Empirical Analysis of the Stock and Conditions of Social Trust in Germany. (Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Bernd Wegener, PD Dr. Martin Groß, Grade: 1,0 ) October 2000 May 2007 Undergraduate and Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, Humboldt- University of Berlin (Concentration on Political Theory, Social Institutions and Culture, and Research Methods) 1

Academic Positions & Professional Experience October 2010 - January 2009 - November 2007- June 2007 June 2010 Statistical Advisor, NORFACE Project: What are the Impacts of Religious Diversity?, Centre for Religious Studies, Ruhr-University Bochum Researcher, Research Centre on Social Capital and Civic Engagement, University of Konstanz Research Assistant, Chair of Comparative Politics, Department of Politics and Management, University of Konstanz Research Assistant, Cluster of Excellence Cultural Foundations of Integration, University of Konstanz (Project: Worlds of Social Capital) February 2005 February 2006 Research Associate, Report on Historic and Political Education in the German Immigration Society, commissioned by the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility, Future January 2004 August 2004 September 2002 May 2007 Spring 2002 Internship, Foundation of the German Economy (Evaluation of a Project on the Integration of Immigrant Students) Student Assistant and Teaching Assistant, Chair of Empirical Social Research, Institute for Social Sciences, Humboldt-University of Berlin Student Assistant, Chair of Demography, Institute for Social Sciences, Humboldt-University of Berlin September 2001 August 2004 Student Assistant, Humanity in Action e.v. (Transatlantic Initiative for Human and Minority Rights) Grants 2009 Grant for the participation at Essex Summer School, Cluster of Excellence Cultural Foundations of Integration 2008 Grant for the participation at Essex Summer School, Cluster of Excellence Cultural Foundations of Integration 2008 ECPR Travel Grant for the participation at Essex Summer School (declined) 2

Publications a) Articles in peer-reviewed journals Traunmüller, Richard (2011): Zur Messung von Staat-Kirche-Beziehungen. Eine vergleichende Analyse neuerer Indizes. [Measuring Church-State-Relations. A Comparison of New Indices] Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft (forthcoming) Traunmüller, Richard & Markus Freitag (2011): State Support of Religion: Making or Breaking Faith- Based Social Capital? Comparative Politics (forthcoming) Traunmüller, Richard (2010): Moral Communities? Religion as a Source of Social Trust in a Multilevel Analysis of 97 German Regions. European Sociological Review, doi:10.1093/esr/jcq011. Traunmüller, Richard (2009): Religion und Sozialintegration. Eine empirische Analyse der religiösen Grundlagen sozialen Kapitals. [Religion and Social Integration. An Empirical Analysis of the Religious Foundations of Social Capital] Berliner Journal für Soziologie 19(3): 435-468. Freitag, Markus & Richard Traunmüller (2009): Spheres of Trust. An Empirical Analysis of the Foundations of Particularised and Generalised Trust. European Journal of Political Research 48 (6): 782 803. Freitag, Markus, Nicolas Grießhaber & Richard Traunmüller (2009): Vereine als Schulen des Vertrauens? Eine empirische Analyse zur Zivilgesellschaft in der Schweiz. [Associations as Schools of Trust? An Empirical Analysis of Swiss Civil Society] Swiss Political Science Review 15(3): 463-495. Traunmüller, Richard (2009): Individual Religiosity, Religious Context, and the Creation of Social Trust in Germany. Schmollers Jahrbuch - Journal of Applied Social Science Studies 129(2): 357-365. Freitag, Markus & Richard Traunmüller (2008): Sozialkapitalwelten in Deutschland. Soziale Netzwerke, Vertrauen und Reziprozitätsnormen im subnationalen Vergleich. [Worlds of Social Capital in Germany. Social Networks, Trust, and Norms of Reciprocity in a Subnational Comparison] Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft 2(1): 221-256. b) Books Stadelmann-Steffen, Isabelle, Richard Traunmüller, Birte Gundelach & Markus Freitag (2010): Freiwilligen-Monitor Schweiz 2010. [Swiss Volunteers Monitor 2010]. Zürich: Seismo. Ohliger, Rainer, Jan Motte, Viola Georgi, Bartholomäus Figatowski, Richard Traunmüller & Joscha Legewie (2006): Integration und Partizipation durch historisch-politische Bildung. Stand Herausforderungen Entwicklungsperspektiven. [Integration and Participation through Historic-Political Education. Status Challenges Perspectives]. Berlin: Stiftung Erinngerung, Verantwortung, Zukunft. c) Book chapters and other publications Traunmüller, Richard (2011): Religion und Soziales Kapital. [Religion and Social Capital] In: 3

Lewicki, Alexander, Melanie Möller, Jonas Richter & Henriette Rösch (eds.): Religiöse Gegenwartskultur. Zwischen Integration und Abgrenzung. Münster: Lit-Verlag. (forthcoming) Traunmüller, Richard (2010): Segen oder Fluch? Zum Einfluss von Staat-Kirche-Beziehungen auf die Vitalität religiöser Zivilgesellschaften im europäischen Vergleich. [Blessing or Curse? The Impact of Church-State-Relations on the Vitality of Religious Civil Societies in European Comparison] In: Liedhegener, Antonius & Ines-Jacqueline Werkner (eds.) Religion zwischen Zivilgesellschaft und politischem System. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, 138-161. Traunmüller, Richard (2010): Book review of "Sigrid Roßteutscher: Religion, Zivilgesellschaft, Demokratie. Eine international vergleichende Studie zur Natur religiöser Märkte und der demokratischen Rolle religiöser Zivilgesellschaften". Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft 4(2): 379-381. Traunmüller, Richard (2010): Glaube und/oder Gemeinschaft? Religion und der Radius des Vertrauens in Deutschland. [Creed and/or Community? Religion and the Radius of Trust in Germany] In: Soeffner, H.-G. (ed.): Unsichere Zeiten. Herausforderungen gesellschaftlicher Transformationen. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag. (CD-Rom) Traunmüller, Richard (2010): Religion und Sozialkapital. Individuelle Religiosität, religiöser Kontext und die Entstehung von sozialem Vertrauen. [Religion and Social Capital. Individual Religiosity, Religious Context, and the Development of Social Trust] In: Grözinger, Gerd & Wenzel Matiaske (eds.): Religion@Gesellschaft. Jahrbuch Ökonomie und Gesellschaft. Marburg: Metropolis, 53-82. Gundelach, Birte & Richard Traunmüller (2010): Kulturelle Diversität und sozialer Zusammenhalt. Eine Mehrebenenanalyse zum Einfluss multikultureller Kontexte auf das Sozialkapital in den deutschen Regionen. [Cultural Diversity and Social Cohesion. A Multilevel Analysis of the Impact of Multicultural Contexts on Social Capital in the German Regions] In: Freitag, Markus & Adrian Vatter (eds.): Vergleichende subnationale Analysen für Deutschland. Institutionen, Staatstätigkeiten und politische Kulturen. Münster: Lit-Verlag, 315-343. Stadelmann-Steffen, Isabelle & Richard Traunmüller (2010): Scheckbuch-Partizipation als moderne Form des Engagements. Die Spendenkulturen in den deutschen Kreisen. [Checkbook- Participation as a Modern Form of Engagement. The Culture of Monetary Donations in the German Counties] In: Freitag, Markus & Adrian Vatter (eds.): Vergleichende subnationale Analysen für Deutschland. Institutionen, Staatstätigkeiten und politische Kulturen. Münster: Lit-Verlag, 345-368. Traunmüller, Richard (2009): Brücken bildend oder abgrenzend? Die soziale Zusammensetzung von Vereinen in der Schweiz. [Bridging or Bonding? The Social Composition of Associations in Switzerland] Revue der Schweizerischen Gemeinnützigen Gesellschaft 9: 24-26. Traunmüller, Richard (2008): Religion als Ressource sozialen Zusammenhalts? Eine empirische Analyse der religiösen Grundlagen sozialen Kapitals in Deutschland. [Religion as a Resource for Social Cohesion? An Empirical Analysis of the Religious Foundations of Socal Capital in Germany] SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 144, Berlin: German Institute for Economic Research. Traunmüller, Richard & Joscha Legewie (2006): Geschichtsbewusstsein und historisch-politische Bildung in der deutschen Einwanderungsgesellschaft: Ergebnisse einer Studie unter Schülern und Lehrern in vier Bundesländern. [Historic Consciousness and Historic-political Education in the German Immigration Society. Results from a Study of Students and Teachers in Four Federal States] Internationale Schulbuchforschung 28(4) 381-392. 4

Invited Talks 2010 Religious Pluralism and Social Capital in Europe, Cluster of Excellence Religion and Politics, University of Münster Religion and Social Networks in Germany, Cluster of Excellence Social Dependencies and Social Networks, University of Trier and University of Mainz 2009 Religion and Social Trust: Multidimensional and Multilevel Perspectives, Ersta Sköndal University College, Stockholm Religion and Social Capital, Max Weber Centre for Advanced Studies, University of Erfurt 2008 Religion and Social Capital, Religion@Society, University of Flensburg Worlds of Social Capital in Germany, Institute for Social Sciences, Humboldt- University of Berlin Presentations at Workshops & Conferences 2010 Finding Thetas in Europe. Conference on Applied Bayesian Statistics and MCMC Methods in the Social Sciences, University of Mannheim 2009 The Social Dimension of Religion in Europe. A Comparative European Perspective, Ersta Sköndal University College, Stockholm Annual Meeting of the Research Group Religion and Politics, Evangelical Academy Villigst CINEFOGO Seminar The Social Differentiation of Trust and Social Capital, Aalborg Spring Meeting of the Research Group Empirical Methods of Political Science, Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen Meeting of the Research Group Democracy Studies, University of Leipzig Annual Meeting of the Swiss Association of Political Science, St. Gallen 2008 Rational Choice Sociology: Theory and Empirical Applications, Venice International University 34. Congress of the German Sociological Society, Universiy of Jena Contemporary Religious Culture, University of Göttingen TSCF 2008 Malta Conference, Bugibba 8. International German Socio-Economic Panel User Conference, Social Science Research Centre Berlin 2007 SOEP@Campus_2007 Workshop, Universität Duisburg-Essen 5

2006 Transatlantic Security Roundtable Educating for Migrant Education, Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto Teaching Experience Winter Term 10/11 Winter Term 10/11 Summer Term 10 Winter Term 09/10 Winter Term 08/09 Winter Term 07/08 Winter Term 02/03 - Summer Term 07 The Social Logic of Politics. Social Contexts, Networks, and Political Behavior, MA course, Department of Politics and Management, University of Konstanz The Religious Factor in Politics, BA course, Department of Politics and Management, University of Konstanz Citizens and Politics. Foundations of Political Sociology, BA course, Department of Politics and Management, University of Konstanz Comparative Political Culture Research, MA course, Department of Politics and Management, University of Konstanz Cultural and Political Foundations of Social Capital, BA course, Department of Politics and Management, University of Konstanz (together with Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen) Religion and Politics, BA course, Department of Politics and Management, University of Konstanz Empirical Social Research I + II, Teaching Assistant, Institute for Social Sciences, Humboldt-University of Berlin Membership Swiss Association of Political Science Referee for Scientific Journals European Political Science Review European Union Politics (2x) Journal of Applied Social Science Studies Swiss Political Science Review Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft 6

Media Interview on the Civic Engagement of the Germans, Südkurier 19.06.2010 Interview on the Social Significance of Civic Engagement, Südkurier 05.06.2010 Interview on the Integrative Functions of Associations, Südkurier 16.12.2008 7