Elena Schulz-Ruhtenberg
Doctoral Researcher
Research Training Group "DYNAMICS"
Hertie School and
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Email:e.schulz-ruhtenberg@phd.hertie-school.org
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First Supervisor: Prof. Mark Kayser, PhD
Second Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Heike Klüver
Profile
Elena Schulz-Ruhtenberg is a PhD candidate at the Research Training Group “The Dynamics of Demography, Democratic Processes and Public Policy” (DYNAMICS), jointly organized by the Hertie School and the Department of Social Sciences at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin since September 2022.
She obtained her BA in Political Science from Freie Universität Berlin, before pursuing her MA in Public Policy at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, commonly known as “Sciences Po Paris”. Interested in interdisciplinary research, she completed studies abroad in Management at a Parisian business school (HEC Paris) as well as in International Relations at Tallinn University and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Boston.
Her current research interest lies in the field of comparative electoral behaviour and vote modelling.
Specifically, she studies how the public support for post-material issues like climate protection develops in times in which material security is compromised, for instance due to an economic crisis or war. Her work examines how the cyclic nature of support for post-material concerns affects voting behaviour and party competition around green issues. She aims to contribute to the literature on the ‘luxury goods voting model’, which was introduced by her supervisor Mark Kayser (Hertie School) and Cassandra Grafström (University of Michigan).
Dissertation Title
"It’s the climate, stupid: The role of climate policy preferences in voting and party competition"
(working title)