I am an Assistant Professor in Political Psychology and Political Communication in the Department of Political Science at Leiden University. I hold a PhD in Political Science from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook and a MA in Political Science and English Studies from the University of Mannheim, Germany. My research is focused on motivated information processing and political decision making, in particular how voters select and are affected by political information. Two specific applications are the effects of negative campaign information and strategic coalition voting in multiparty systems.

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Forthcoming publications:

Meffert, Michael F., and Thomas Gschwend. Forthcoming. "Experimental 'Triangulation': Varying Designs, Converging Results." In Experimental Political Science: Principles and Practices, eds. Bernhard Kittel, Wofgang J. Luhan, and Rebecca B. Morton. Palgrave-Macmillan.

Federer-Shtayer, Hila, and Michael F. Meffert. Forthcoming. "The Block-Weighted Cleavage Salience Index." Party Politics.

New and recent publications:

Chung, Sungeun, Edward L. Fink, Leah Waks, Michael F. Meffert, and Xiaoying Xie. 2012. "Sequential Information Integration and Belief Trajectories: An Experimental Study Using Candidate Evaluations." Communication Monographs 79 (2): 160-180. doi:10.1080/03637751.2012.673001.

Meffert, Michael F., Sascha Huber, Thomas Gschwend, and Franz Urban Pappi. 2011. "More than Wishful Thinking: Causes and Consequences of Voters' Expectations about Election Outcomes." Electoral Studies 30 (4): 804-815. doi:10.1016/j.electstud.2011.08.001.

Meffert, Michael F., and Thomas Gschwend. 2011. "Polls, Coalition Signals, and Strategic Voting: An Experimental Investigation of Perceptions and Effects." European Journal of Political Research 50 (5): 636-667. doi:10.1111/j.1475-6765.2010.01986.x.

Contact Information

Michael F. Meffert
Department of Political Science
Leiden University
Wassenaarseweg 52
2333 AK Leiden
Netherlands

Phone: +31-71-527-3862
Fax: +31-71-527-3815

mmeffert (at) gmail (dot) com
www.michaelmeffert.net

Last Update: 4/17/2012