Marco Fölsch

Marco Fölsch is a Research Fellow at the Department of Political Science and Sociology, University of Salzburg. He has been affiliated with the university since March 2019 as part of the Horizon 2020 project „Populism and Civic Engagement“ (PaCE). He holds a BA in Political Science from TU Dresden and an MA in Political Science from the University of Vienna. His research focuses on political participation, political psychology, and party competition, with a particular emphasis on populism and electoral behavior. He contributes to projects analyzing referendums, affective polarization, and quantitative methodologies in political research.

• Education:
• BA in Political Science, TU Dresden
• MA in Political Science, University of Vienna
• Research Interests:
• Populism and its impact on civic engagement
• Electoral behavior and party competition mechanisms
• Quantitative methods in political analysis
• Grants/Projects:
• Horizon 2020 Project PaCE (2020-2023)
• Labs/Teams:
• Member of the Department of Political Science and Sociology research group