Research

Busemeyer, M., Schönhage, N. L. & Schwerdt, G. (2025). Who supports tuition fees? How information provision and policy design shapes public preferences for higher education financing. Journal of European Social Policy.

Schönhage, N. L., Wieland, T., Bellani, L., & Spilker, G. (2024). Can the court bridge the gap? Public perception of economic vs. generational inequality in climate change mitigation policies. Environmental Research Letters.
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Schönhage, N. L. & Geys, B. (2024). Partisanship, blame avoidance behaviours and voter reactions to allegations of political misconduct. Electoral Studies, Volume 87.
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Schönhage, N. L.; Bækgaard, M. & Geys, B. (2023). The politics of Distributing Blame and Credit: Evidence from a Survey Experiment with Norwegian Local Politicians. European Journal of Political Research.
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Schönhage, N. L. & Geys, B. (2022). Politicians’ Reactions to Scandals that Damage the Party Brand. Legislative Studies Quarterly.
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Schönhage, N. L. & Geys, B. (2021). Partisan Bias in Politicians’ Perception of Scandals. Party Politics.
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Schönhage, N. L. & Geys, B. (2021). Party cues and incumbent assessments under multilevel governance. Electoral Studies, 69.
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De Witte, K., Geys, B., & Schönhage, N. L. (2018). Strategic Public Policy around Population Thresholds. Journal of Urban Economics, 106: 46–58.
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Busemeyer, M., Schönhage, N. L., Baute, S., Bellani, L. & Schwerdt, G. (2023). Policy Paper No. 12: Gloomy prospects: The Konstanz Inequality Barometer shows that inequality is perceived to have increased (English version) / Deutsche unterschätzen ungleiche Verteilung von Einkommen und Vermögen erheblich (German version, in cooperation with Das Progressive Zentrum).

Süddeutsche Zeitung: “Nein, ihr gehört nicht zur Mittelschicht”
Die Zeit: “Reiche Menschen unterschätzen, wie gut es ihnen geht”

Schönhage, N. L. (2024). Candidate Ethnicity, Party Identification and Vote Choice in Britain.

Bastias, F., Jäger, F., Schönhage, N. L. & Zanotto, S. (2024). Types of Inequality: What Matters to Whom?

Baute, S., (Bellani, L.), Busemeyer, M., (Schönhage, N. L.), & Schwerdt, G. (2021–2026). Inequality Barometer: A Repeated Representative Opinion Survey on Inequality and Social Mobility. Still affiliated.