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Eva-Maria Trüdinger serves as an Academic Staff Member at the Department of Political Theory and Empirical Democracy Research within the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Stuttgart. Holding the qualification of Privatdozentin (PD) following her 2019 habilitation, she specializes in empirical democracy research with emphasis on federalism dynamics, political trust mechanisms, and civil liberties tolerance in German-speaking contexts.
Her educational milestones include:
- Habilitation in Political Science, University of Stuttgart (2019)
- Ph.D. in Social Sciences, University of Stuttgart (2011) with distinction; dissertation: "Reform Scenarios in the German Welfare State from the Public's Perspective. Values as a Reform Corridor?"
Trüdinger's research program investigates how political trust mediates policy acceptance during crises (notably pandemic responses), examines regional identity formation in federal systems, and explores tolerance boundaries regarding extremism through experimental methodologies. Her work consistently bridges theoretical frameworks with practical democratic challenges, particularly in German and Swiss institutional contexts.
Analysis of her 2020-2025 publications reveals three dominant trajectories: federalism studies utilizing comparative German-Swiss survey data, experimental investigations of trust erosion during democratic stress points, and tolerance research focusing on civil liberties under extremist threats. She demonstrates methodological versatility through survey experiments, longitudinal public opinion analysis, and multi-level deliberative approaches.
Her research portfolio includes significant grant leadership:
- DFG-SNF project "Attitudes towards Federalism in Germany and Switzerland" (2022–present)
- H2020 project "M4D2: Developing Participatory Spaces" (2021–2022)
- DFG project on civil liberties and internal security preferences (2015–2019)
- European Social Survey/National Study Germany management (2012–2013)
Trüdinger teaches specialized courses including "Empirical Democracy Research with Experiments" (Winter 2023/2024) and previously served as Acting Professor of Comparative Politics at LMU Munich (2019–2020), demonstrating active engagement in academic knowledge transfer.
