CV Richard Traunmüller Department of Government University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester, Essex CO4 3HQ United Kingdom T +44 (0)1206 873 494 r.traun@essex.ac.uk richardtraunmueller.com Current Position Research Fellow, Department of Government, University of Essex (October 2013-present) Education Dr. rer. soc. (PhD in Political Science, summa cum laude), University of Konstanz (August 2011) Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection, University of Essex (August 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) Dipl.-Soz. (MA in Social Sciences), Humboldt-University of Berlin (May 2007) Academic Positions Assistant Professor (W1-Juniorprofessor) in Empirical Democracy Research, Institute of Political Science, Goethe-University Frankfurt (starting October 2014) Postdoctoral Fellow, Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), University of Mannheim (November 2012 September 2013) Senior Researcher and Lecturer (Oberassistent), Chair of Political Sociology, Institute of Political Science, University of Berne (September 2011 October 2012) Researcher, Research Centre on Social Capital and Civic Engagement, University of Konstanz (January 2009 August 2011) Researcher and Lecturer, Chair of Comparative Politics, Department of Politics and Management, University of Konstanz (November 2007 August 2011) Researcher, Cluster of Excellence: Cultural Foundations of Integration, University of Konstanz (June 2007 June 2010) Student Assistant and Teaching Assistant, Chair of Empirical Social Research, Institute for Social Sciences, Humboldt-University of Berlin (September 2002 May 2007) 1
Student Assistant, Chair of Demography, Institute for Social Sciences, Humboldt-University of Berlin (Spring 2002) Professional Experience Statistical Consultant for the Bertelsmann Foundation (Designing and analyzing the cross-national survey project Religions Monitor 2013) (May 2012 present) Statistical Consultant for the NORFACE-Project What are the Impacts of Religious Diversity?, CERES, Ruhr-University Bochum (October 2010 February 2011) Researcher for the Report Historical and Politicial Education in the German Immigration Society, commissioned by the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility, Future (February 2005 February 2006) Internship at the Foundation of the German Economy (Evaluation of an Project of Immigrant Integration) (January 2004 August 2004) Grants Grant for organizing the methods workshop Finding Thetas in Europe: Bayesian Methods in the Social Sciences, Department of Social Sciences, University of Berne (2011) Grant for the participation at Essex Summer School, Cluster of Excellence Cultural Foundations of Integration (2009) 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) (2008) Awards SOEP-Prize for Best Publications 2011 of the German Institute of Economic Research (DIW) in the category Best Junior Publication for the best article using data of the German Socio-Economic Panel in the last two years. Publications a) Peer-reviewed journal articles in English Gundelach, B. & Traunmüller, R. (2013): Beyond Generalized Trust: Norms of Reciprocity as an Alternative Form of Social Capital in an Assimilationist Integration Regime. Political Studies DOI: 10.1111/1467-9248.12064. 2
Krech, V., Hero, M., Huber, S., Ketola. K., & Traunmüller, R. (2013): Religious Diversity and Religious Vitality: New Measuring Strategies and Empirical Evidence. Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion 9: Article 3. Traunmüller, Richard & Markus Freitag (2011): State Support of Religion: Making or Breaking Faith- Based Social Capital? Comparative Politics 43(3): 253-269. Traunmüller, Richard (2011): Moral Communities? Religion as a Source of Social Trust in a Multilevel Analysis of 97 German Regions. European Sociological Review, 27(3): 346-363. 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. 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. 3 b) Peer-reviewed journal articles in German Traunmüller, R. (2014): Nationale Pfadabhängigkeit oder internationale Konvergenz? Eine quantitativvergleichende Analyse religionspolitischer Entwicklungen in 31 europäischen Demokratien, 1990-2011. [National Path-Dependence or International Convergence? A Quantitative Comparative Analysis of Trends in Religious Policy in 31 European Democracies, 1990-2011] Zeitschrift für Politik (forthcoming) Ackermann, K. & Traunmüller, R. (2014): Jenseits von Schwerkraft und Höllenfeuer. Nicht-lineare Kontexteffekte auf das Wahlverhalten religiöser Gruppen bei fünf Bundestagswahlen. [Beyond Gravity and Hellfire. Non-linear Contextual Effects on the Voting Behavior of Religious Groups] Politische Vierteljahresschrift (forthcoming) Traunmüller, R. (2013): Religiöse Diversität und Sozialintegration im internationalen Vergleich. [Religious Diversity and Social Integration in a Cross-national Comparison] Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie 65(1): 437-465 Traunmüller, Richard (2012): Zur Messung von Staat-Kirche-Beziehungen. Eine vergleichende Analyse neuerer Indizes. [Measuring Church-State-Relations. A Comparison of New Indices] Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft/Comparative Governance and Politics 6(2): 207-231. Stadelmann-Steffen, I. & Traunmüller, R. (2011): Der religiöse Faktor in der Familienpolitik. Ein empirischer Test klassischer und neuerer Ansätze im Vergleich von 27 OECD-Ländern. [The Religious Factor in Family Policy. An Empirical Test of Classic and New Approaches in a Comparison of 27 OECD Countries] Zeitschrift für Sozialreform 57(4): 383-408. 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. (winning article of SOEP-Prize for Best Publications 2011 of the German Institute of Economic Research (DIW) in the category Best Junior Publication) 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. Freitag, Markus & Richard Traunmüller (2008): Sozialkapitalwelten in Deutschland. Soziale Netzwerke, Vertrauen und Reziprozitätsnormen im subnationalen Vergleich. [Worlds of Social Capital in Germany. 3
Social Networks, Trust, and Norms of Reciprocity in a Sub- national Comparison] Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft/Comparative Governance and Politics 2(1): 221-256. c) Books Traunmüller, R. (2012): Religion und Sozialkapital. Ein doppelter Kulturvergleich [Religion and Social Capital. A Double Cross-Cultural Comparison]. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. Traunmüller, R., Stadelmann-Steffen, I., Ackermann, K. & Freitag, M. (2012): Zivilgesellschaft in der Schweiz. Analysen zum Vereinsengagement auf lokaler Ebene [Civil Society in Switzerland. Analyses of Civic Engagement at the Local Level]. Zürich: Seismo. Stadelmann-Steffen, Isabelle, Richard Traunmüller, Birte Gundelach & Markus Freitag (2010): Freiwilligen- Monitor Schweiz 2010. [Swiss Volunteers Monitor 2010]. Zürich: Seismo. d) Book chapters and other publications Freitag, M. & Traunmüller, R. (2012): Gemeinden und Vereinsengagement. Aktuelle Befunde für die lokale Ebene der Schweiz [Communities and Civic Engagement. Recent Findings for the Local Level in Switzerland] In: Revue der Schweizerischen Gemeinnützigen Gesellschaft 4/12: 11-13. Traunmüller, Richard (2012): Religion und Soziales Kapital. [Religion and Social Capital] In: Lewicki, Alexander, Melanie Möller, Jonas Richter & Henriette Rösch (eds.): Religiöse Gegenwartskultur. Zwischen Integration und Abgrenzung. Münster: Lit-Verlag, 17-34. Traunmüller, R. (2012): Religiöser Pluralismus und soziales Kapital in Europa. Ein interkultureller Vergleich auf der Grundlage kreuz-klassifizierter Mehrebenenanalysen [Religious Diversity and Social Capital in Europe. A Cross-Cultural Comparison with Cross-Classified Multilevel Models]. in: Pollack, D., Tucci, I. & Ziebertz, H.-G. (eds.): Religiöser Pluralismus im Fokus quantitativer Religionsforschung. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 189-220. 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. 4 4
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. e) Under Review Traunmüller, R., Murr, A. & Gill, J. (2013): Modeling Latent Information in Voting Data Using Dirichlet Process Priors. (under review) Traunmüller, R., Born, D. & Freitag, M. (2013): How Civil War Experience Affects Dimensions of Social Trust in a Cross-national Comparison. (under review) Rapp, C., Traunmüller, R., Freitag, M. & Vatter, A. (2012): Moral Politics: The Religious Factor in Referenda Voting. (revise & resubmit, Politics & Religion) f) Work in Progress Ackermann, K. & Traunmüller, R. (2014): Contexts, Curves and Catholics. Non-linear Contextual Effects on the Voting Behavior of Religious Groups. Gill, J. & Traunmüller, R. (2014): Wir alle sind Bayesianer, aber nur wenige wissen es. [We re all Bayesians, some of us know it] Helbling, M. & Traunmüller, R. (2014): How State Support of Religion Shapes Attitudes Toward Muslims. Roßteutscher, S. & Traunmüller, R. (2014): The Micro-Macro Puzzle of Religion and Civil Society. 5
Vrablikova, K. & Traunmüller, R. (2014): Zero the Hero: Improving Studies of Protest Behavior by Turning Rare Cases into Variables. Traunmüller, R. (2014): The Dynamic Effects of Social Context on Political Preferences. Traunmüller, R. (2014): The Institutional Determinants of Religious Discrimination in the EU. Traunmüller, R. (2014): International Convergence or National Political Processes? The Regulation of Religion in the EU 1990-2011. Teaching Experience December 2013 Winter Term 12 August 2012 Summer Term 12 Winter Term 11 August 2011 Introduction to Multilevel Models, Two-day Workshop, University of Duisburg/Essen Church-State-Relations in Europe, MA course, Institute of Political Science, University of Berne Hierarchical Models, TA, Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, University of Essex Hierarchical Models in Political Sociology, MA course, Institute of Political Science, University of Berne Religion and Politics, BA course, Institute of Political Science, University of Berne Hierarchical Models, TA, Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, University of Essex Bayesian Analysis in the Social Sciences, TA, Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, University of Essex Summer Term 11 Introduction to Political Behavior, BA course, Department of Politics and Management, University of Konstanz Graphical Data Analysis in Political Science, MA course, Department of Politics and Management, University of Konstanz Winter Term 10/11 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 Summer Term 10 Winter Term 09/10 Winter Term 08/09 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) 6
Winter Term 07/08 Winter Term 02/03 - Summer Term 07 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 European Political Science Association (EPSA) Midwestern Political Science Association (MPSA) Swiss Political Science Association (SVPW/ASSP) Reviewer Acta Sociologica, American Journal of Political Science, Criminology, European Political Science Review, European Sociological Review (2x), European Union Politics (4x), Journal of Labour Market Research, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, Publius The Journal of Federalism, Schmollers Jahrbuch Journal of Applied Social Science Studies, Swiss Political Science Review (2x), Zeitschrift für Soziologie, Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft/Comparative Governance and Politics. References Prof. Dr. Markus Freitag Institut für Politikwissenschaft (IPW) Universität Bern Lerchenweg 36 CH-3012 Bern Tel. +41 (0)31 631 46 85 Email: markus.freitag@ipw.unib.ch Prof. Dr. Jeff Gill Department of Political Science Washington University in St. Louis One Brookings Drive, Seigle L079 St. Louis, MO 63130-4899 Tel. 314-935-9012 Email: jgill@wustl.edu 7