Quick Look

Here you find a quick overview of important areas of my professional career. You can find a more comprehensive overview in my academic CV: EN, PT, DE.

During my academic activities, I have given international scientific presentations, as well as public lectures in which I presented scientific content/problems to a wider audience. Furthermore, I published part of my work internationaly. In particular, I expanded my interpersonal and cultural skills at conferences and stays abroad.

Recent publications

Hunklinger, M., & Kleer, P. (2024). Why do LGB vote left? Insight into left-wing voting of lesbian, gay and bisexual citizens in Austria. Electoral Studies, 87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2023.102727

Abendschön, S., & Kleer, P. (2023). Politische Informationskompetenz online. In L. Girnus, I.-C. Panreck, & M. Partetzke (Eds.), Schnittpunkt Politische Bildung : Innovative Ansätze und fächerübergreifende Perspektiven (pp. 71–99). Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-40122-1_5

Kleer, P. (2023). Grundbedingungen von Demokratie: Ungleichheit als Störfaktor der demokratischen Konsolidierung (Dissertation). Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-40854-1

Abendschön, S., Kleer, P., & Faas, T. (2022). Out-of-school learning as an effective tool of civic education in elementary school? Evidence from germany. Citizenship, Social and Economic Education, 21, 153–171. https://doi.org/10.1177/14788047221120682

Kleer, P., & Diesing, J. (2021). How to prepare teachers to teach civic education? Insights from a german university. In E. C. Matto, A. R. M. McCartney, E. A. Bennion, A. Blair, T. Sun, & D. Whitehead (Eds.), Teaching civic engagement globally (pp. 341–358). American Political Science Association.

Kleer, P., & Abendschön, S. (2020). Der Einsatz webbasierter Selbstlernangebote in der sozialwissenschaftlichen Methodenausbildung: Zwei Praxisbeispiele. In D. Lambach (Ed.), Bausteine digitaler Lehre in der Politikwissenschaft (pp. 87–99). Wochenschau Verlag.

Stays abroad

10/2023 - 03/2024: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Visiting researcher

06/2023: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Research collaboration

Conferences

2024: European Conference on Gender and Politics^P, ECPR General Conference^{C, P}

2023: IPSA World Congress^P, ECPR General Conference^{C, P}

2022: DVPW Arbeitskreis Hochschullehre^A, DVPW Sektion Politikwissenschaft und Politische Bildung^P

2021: Learning schools for democracy? Young People, Politics and Civic Education (VU Brüssel/UL Brüssel)^P

2019: ECPR General Conference^P, Joint International Teaching and Learning Conference (PSA, ECPR, BISA, APSA)^P

2018: Tagung der Jungen Osteuropa-ExpertInnen (DGO)^P, 3. Ostasiatische DAAD-Zentrenkonferenz^P, EUSA Asia Pacific^P

2017: 2. Ostasiatische DAAD-Zentrenkonferenz^P

^P Paper; ^C Chair

Talks

2023: Finding the gap: gender differences in political engagement, Lecture Series, University of Roehampton; Using continuous integration in teaching, HackyHour Giessen

2019: Das Web-Based-Training in der Praxis: Erfahrungen aus der Anwendung im Studienbeginn (Master) [Web-based training in practice: experiences from the application at the beginning of the course (Master)], Digital university teaching in the humanities and cultural sciences, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen

2018: Kinder im Landtag: nachhaltige Lernerlebnisse von Grundschulkindern [Children in parliament: sustainable learning experiences for primary school children], Lecture Series, Department of Political Science, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen; Sind die demokratischen Systeme in Ostmitteleuropa in der Krise? [Are the democratic systems in Central and Eastern Europe in crisis?], Controversies - political science debates, Department for Political Science, Justus Liebig University Giessen

2017: Inequality and its impact on political support in Central Eastern Europe, National-Dong-Hwa-University Hualien (Taiwan); Abkehr von liberalen Werten? Entwicklungen in Polen und Ungarn [Turning away from liberal values? Developments in Poland and Hungary], Controversies - political science debates, Department for Political Science, Justus Liebig University Giessen

2016: Rechtspopulismus in Ostmitteleuropa [Right-wing populism in Central Eastern Europe], Controversies - political science debates, Department for Political Science, Justus Liebig University Giessen

Grants

2024	Travel-Grant (DAAD), European Conference on Gender and Politics, ECPR Standing Group Gender and Politics (Gent, Belgium, amount: 907 Euro)
2023	Travel-Grant (DAAD), World Congress of International Political Science Association in Buenos Aires, Argentina (amount: 2,440 Euro)
2021	Statistics+: Easy start in R, together with Simone Abendschön, Teaching Innovation Grant (QSL-D), Faculty 03, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen (amount: 20,754 Euro)
2020	Travel-Grant (DAAD), World Congress of the International Council of Central Eastern Europe Studies at Concordia University Montréal (amount: 1,916 Euro; cancelled due to Covid-19-pandemic)
2018	Fostering students’ methods competence individually: Implementation of a web-based-training in MA courses, together with Simone Abendschön, Teaching Innovation Grant (QSL-D), Faculty 03, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen (amount: 23,960 Euro)