Clint Claessen

Clint Claessen is a researcher within the INCONEX project at the Salzburg Centre of European Union Studies (SCEUS) under the University of Salzburg's Faculty of Social Sciences. His work focuses on measuring representative absence in political speech across Austria, Germany, Spain, and the European Parliament, while analyzing political careers through sequence analysis, machine learning, and text-as-data methodologies.

Research Interests

• Quantitative analysis of political discourse
• Political career trajectories
• Text-as-data approaches in European politics
• Comparative parliamentary representation

Clint collaborates with the Text-As-Data Reading Group and participates in monthly Political Career Enthusiasts meetings. He previously pursued doctoral studies at the Institute of Political Science, University of Basel.