Martin Dolezal

Martin Dolezal is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Political Science at the University of Salzburg, Austria. He holds concurrent affiliations with the Institute of Public Law and Political Science at the University of Graz and is a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) in Vienna. His career spans institutions including the University of Vienna, Technical University of Munich (TUM), and Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU).

• Education: PhD in Political Science (University of Vienna, 2000); Habilitation (LMU Munich, 2011).
• Research Focus: Political participation, party competition, populism, and conspiracy theories, particularly in Austrian and European contexts.
• Projects: Led FWF-funded research on political protest, co-investigator in Horizon 2020 PaCE project, and current co-investigator in FWF project on populism and conspiracies during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Publications include analyses of Austrian regional elections, conspiracy narratives, and referendum support dynamics. His work connects empirical political research with theoretical frameworks, emphasizing ideology, media consumption, and civic behavior.

Scientific Awards:

• Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) in Vienna