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Roman Althans is a Researcher at the Department of Sociology II, Faculty of Philosophy, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, where he has served as a scientific assistant since 2022. Previously, he was a student assistant at the same department (2019–2022). His academic trajectory includes ongoing doctoral research on sociodemographic factors in political competition, complemented by graduate studies at the University of Cologne and undergraduate training in social sciences at HHU Düsseldorf.
Research Focus: Althans specializes in sociological analyses of physical attractiveness, examining its impact across political, occupational, and social domains. His work integrates electoral behavior, gender disparities, and labor market outcomes using empirical methods and large-scale datasets (e.g., ALLBUS). Core themes include beauty premiums in politics, attractiveness-based inequalities, and methodological approaches in quantitative sociology.
Teaching:
- Physical Attractiveness and Social Inequality (Advanced Seminar, 2022–2024)
- Computer-Assisted Data Analysis with R (Exercise, 2023–2025)
- Social Effects of Physical Attractiveness (Lecture, 2024–2025)
- Physical Attractiveness in Politics (Advanced Seminar, 2025)
Publication Trends: Recent articles (2023–2025) demonstrate concentrated expertise in attractiveness research within German socio-political contexts. Dominant themes include electoral consequences of candidate appearance, gender-moderation effects in politics, and correlations between attractiveness/life satisfaction. Methodologically, studies leverage longitudinal election data and national surveys to analyze beauty-based biases in institutional settings.