Antonia May

Dr. Antonia May serves as a Researcher at the University of Mannheim's School of Social Sciences within the Department of Sociology, specifically contributing to the Chair of Sociology with a Focus on Migration and Integration. Based in Building B, room 109, Mannheim, she maintains active consultation hours by appointment and can be contacted at antonia.may@uni-mannheim.de.

Her academic foundation includes:

• Doctorate in Social Sciences from Otto-Friedrich University of Bamberg (2018-2024)
• Master of Arts in Social Sciences from Humboldt University of Berlin (2013-2017), featuring a visiting semester at the University of Bologna (2015-2016)
• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Public Administration & Sociology from the University of Potsdam (2009-2013)

May's research program critically examines how national identity constructs influence political behavior, particularly regarding far-right voting patterns and media effects. She integrates political psychology frameworks with advanced data harmonization methodologies to analyze cross-national social datasets, emphasizing migration dynamics and integration processes. Her work bridges theoretical nationalism studies with empirical quantitative analysis.

Her publication trajectory since 2023 reveals consistent investigation into identity boundaries and political choice mechanisms, with increasing focus on elite discourse manipulation of national identity markers. The 2024-2025 articles demonstrate methodological sophistication in linking survey data with discourse analysis to explain voting anomalies.

May has directed significant research initiatives at GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, including 'NexCiCo' (2024-2025) developing citizen councils for local political participation, 'LORDpilot' (2022-2023) advancing open research data infrastructure, 'HaSpaD' (2021-2022) synthesizing partnership histories, and 'ONBound' (2017-2020) analyzing national identity-religion intersections. These projects establish her as a key collaborator in European social science data infrastructure development.