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Personal profile
Research interests
I am Professor of Comparative Austrian Politics at the Department of Political Science and Sociology at the University of Salzburg, which I have chaired since 2009. Previously, I was a faculty member of the University of Pittsburgh (1994-2009) where I have remained an affiliate of the Center of European Studies. I received my PhD from Michigan State University in 1994 and my MA from Virginia Tech in 1987.
My main research interests are centered on comparative populism, Euroscepticism, political parties, the radical right and democracy. My research has appeared in journals such as The Journal of Common Market Studies, Party Politics, West European Politics, and Democratization among many others. Recently, I co-edited a special issue of Comparative European Politics on the territorial dimension in party-based populism. My book publications in English include The People and the Nation: Populism and Ethno-Territorial Politics in Europe (Routledge 2019), Political Populism; A Handbook (Nomos 2017), and Understanding Populist Organization: The West European Radical Right (Palgrave, 2016).
Several grants have supported my research including a Marie Curie grant (2012-2016) and most recently a Horizon 2020 grant by the EU. In this project called Populism and Civic Engagement (PaCE), I serve as the leader of the Salzburg Team. Our goal is to study supply and demand side factors facilitating radical populism and examine effective civic countermeasures by using an array methods ranging from traditional survey research to computer simulation, and survey experiments. An interesting experience was also our collaboration with the Brookings foundation on a project about Islam in Europe.
My work has been recognized by different prizes such as in 2017 the Austrian Science Prize (“Wissenschaftspreis”) by the Lupac Foundation of the Austrian Parliament.
External positions
faculty Affiliate University of Pittsburgh Center of European Studies, European Union Center of Excellence; University Pittsburgh
2001 → …
Fields of Science and Technology Classification 2012 (Level 2, 3-digit codes).
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Network
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JDP-OÖ: Jugend Digitalisierung und Partizipation-Oberösterreich (Yough Digitalization and Participation -- Upper Austria
15/12/20 → 30/09/22
Project: Research
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MTLA: Making Tomorrow’s Leaders: Youth Movements of Right Wing Populist Parties/Austria
Heinisch, R. K. & Wegscheider, C.
1/03/20 → 1/07/20
Project: Research
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MLiA: Muslim life in Austria: Explore the multi-faceted lives of Muslims in Austria and thus bringing Islam into the framework of academic analysis
Heinisch, R. K. & Hafez, F.
18/11/19 → 31/10/21
Project: Research
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Muslim Youth Movements in Europe. Mobilization and Identity Construction
Heinisch, R. K. & Hafez, F.
1/11/17 → 1/11/19
Project: Research
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An Evidence-Driven Model of Voting and Party Competition
Meyer, R., Fölsch, M., Dolezal, M. & Heinisch, R. K., 2022, Advances in Social Simulation. Czupryna, M. & Kaminski, B. (eds.). Springer Nature Switzerland, p. 261-273Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding/Legal commentary › Chapter in Book › Research
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Austria
Heinisch, R. K., Fallend, F. & Habersack, F., 2021, Populism and New Patterns of Political Competition in Western Europe. Albertazzi, D. & Vampa, D. (eds.). Abingdon/New York: Routledge, p. 73-91 (Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding/Legal commentary › Chapter in Book › Research › peer-review
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Austria: Tracing the Austrian Christian Democrats’ Adaptation to the Silent Counter-Revolution
Heinisch, R. K. & Werner, A., 2021, Riding the Populist Wave: : Europe's Mainstream Right in Crisis. Cambridge: Cambridge University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding/Legal commentary › Chapter in Book › Research › peer-review
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Der neue Rechtspopulismus in Österreich: Die Freiheitliche Partei
Heinisch, R. K., 2021, Aufstand der Außenseiter : Die Herausforderung der europäischen Politik durch den neuen Populismus. Nomos VerlagResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding/Legal commentary › Chapter in Book › Research › peer-review
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Die Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik der neuen US-Administration
Heinisch, R. K., 2021, Sicher. Und Morgen? : Sicherheitspolitische Jahresvorschau. Vienna: Bundesministerium für Landesverteidigung, p. 254 262 p.Translated title of the contribution :The Foreign and Security Policy of the new US Administration Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding/Legal commentary › Chapter in Book › Research
Prizes
Activities
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In from the Cold: The Mainstreaming of American and European Populism
Reinhard K. Heinisch (Speaker)
19 Nov 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › science to science / art to art
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Expert Roundtable
Reinhard K. Heinisch (Speaker)
15 Nov 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lecture › science to public / art to public
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Die USA Nach Trump
Reinhard K. Heinisch (Speaker)
8 Nov 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lecture › science to public / art to public
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Sovereignty and Populism-Conceptualizing the reletionship between two concepts
Reinhard K. Heinisch (Speaker) & Klaudia Koxha (Presenter)
5 Nov 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › science to science / art to art
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Corona Verstehen, Understanding Corona/Take 2
Reinhard K. Heinisch (Speaker)
21 Oct 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lecture › science to public / art to public
Press / Media
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Wie die Republikaner ihren Coup planen/How the Republicans may be planning their Coup
28/01/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media
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