Daniela Braun

Prof. Daniela Braun is a Professor of Political Science at Saarland University, specializing in European Integration and International Relations since 2022. Prior to this, she held positions at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (2010–2022). Her research focuses on EU politics, including European elections, party systems, citizen attitudes, and multi-level governance. She has published in leading journals such as European Union Politics and Party Politics, and led projects funded by BMBF, DFG, Horizon 2020, and Horizon Europe. Her teaching emphasizes the EU political system, multi-level challenges, and political sociology.

Her research explores voter behavior in EU elections, the role of European parties, and the impact of crises on sovereignty debates. Key themes include Euroscepticism, transnational party movements, and institutional legitimacy. Braun’s work bridges quantitative manifesto analysis with qualitative campaign studies, contributing to debates on democratic engagement and policy cohesion in Europe.

Professional grants include leadership of the ProConEU project (BMBF-funded), analyzing EU support fragmentation. She collaborates on the Euromanifesto Study, a long-term dataset on party policy evolution since 1979. Her recent articles address AI-driven voting tools, environmental policy salience, and generational shifts in EU attachment.