Kai Arzheimer

Kai Arzheimer (b. 1969) is a German professor of Political Science at the University of Mainz. Previously, he was a Lecturer in German and West European Politics at the Department of Government of the University of Essex. In 2017-2018, he held the Hannah Arendt Visiting Chair in German and European Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto.

Arzheimer works in the field of quantitative Political sociology and Political behaviour. His area focus is Western Europe, and he is chiefly interested in right-wing extremism and (radical) right-wing populism. Arzheimer also writes on attitudes towards religion, secularism, and morality policies.

Selected publications

 * Arzheimer, Kai. “Identification with an Anti-System Party Undermines Diffuse Political Support: The Case of Alternative for Germany and Trust in the Federal Constitutional Court.” Party Politics (2024, online first). 10.1177/13540688241237493
 * Arzheimer, Kai. “To Russia with love? German populist actors’ positions vis-a-vis the Kremlin.” The Impacts of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine on Right-Wing Populism in Europe. Eds. Ivaldi, Gilles and Emilia Zankina. Brussels: European Center for Populism Studies (ECPS), 2023. 156-167 10.55271/rp0020
 * Arzheimer, Kai. “The Links between Basic Human Values and Political Secularism. Evidence from Germany.” European Journal of Political Research (2023, online first). 10.1111/1475-6765.12585
 * Arzheimer, Kai and Theresa Bernemann. “‘Place’ Does Matter for Populist Radical Right Sentiment, but How? Evidence from Germany.” European Political Science Review (2023): 1-20. 10.1017/S1755773923000279
 * Arzheimer, Kai. “A short scale for measuring political secularism.” Politics and Religion 15.4 (2022): 827-840. 10.1017/S1755048322000104
 * Arzheimer, Kai. “A partial micro-foundation for the ‘two-worlds’ theory of morality policymaking: Evidence from Germany.” Research & Politics 7.2 (2020). 10.1177/2053168020917823
 * Arzheimer, Kai and Carl Berning. “How the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and Their Voters Veered to the Radical Right, 2013-2017.” Electoral Studies 60 (2019) 10.1016/j.electstud.2019.04.004
 * Arzheimer, Kai. “‘Don’t mention the war!’ How populist right-wing radicalism became (almost) normal in Germany.” Journal of Common Market Studies 57 (2019): 90-102. 10.1111/jcms.12920
 * Arzheimer, Kai. “Explaining Electoral Support for the Radical Right.” The Oxford Handbook of the Radical Right:. Ed. Rydgren, Jens. Oxford University Press, 2018. 143-165. 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190274559.013.8
 * Arzheimer, Kai, Jocelyn Evans, and Michael Lewis-Beck (Eds). The SAGE Handbook of Electoral Behaviour. Los Angeles: Sage, 2017.
 * Evans, Jocelyn, Kai Arzheimer, Rosie Campbell, and Philip Cowley. “Candidate Localness and Voter Choice in the 2015 General Election in England.” Political Geography 59 (2017): 61-71. 10.1016/j.polgeo.2017.02.009
 * Arzheimer, Kai. “The AfD: Finally a Successful Right-Wing Populist Eurosceptic Party for Germany?.” West European Politics 38 (2015): 535–556. 10.1080/01402382.2015.1004230
 * Arzheimer, Kai. Strukturgleichungsmodelle. Eine anwendungsorientierte Einführung. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2015. 10.1007/978-3-658-09609-0
 * Arzheimer, Kai and Jocelyn Evans. “A New Multinomial Accuracy Measure for Polling Bias.” Political Analysis 22.1 (2014): 31–44. 10.1093/pan/mpt012
 * Arzheimer, Kai and Jocelyn Evans. “Geolocation and voting: candidate-voter distance effects on party choice in the 2010 General Election in England.” Political Geography 31.5 (2012): 301–310. 10.1016/j.polgeo.2012.04.006
 * Arzheimer, Kai. “Working Class Parties 2.0? Competition between Centre Left and Extreme Right Parties.” Class Politics and the Radical Right. Ed. Rydren, Jens. London, New York: Routledge, 2012. 75–90.
 * Arzheimer, Kai. “Contextual Factors and the Extreme Right Vote in Western Europe, 1980–2002.” American Journal of Political Science 53.2 (2009): 259-275. 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2009.00369.x
 * Arzheimer, Kai and Elisabeth Carter. “Christian Religiosity and Voting for West European Radical Right Parties.” West European Politics 32.5 (2009): 985–1011. 10.1080/01402380903065058
 * Arzheimer, Kai. Die Wähler der extremen Rechten 1980-2002. Wiebaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2008. 10.1007/978-3-531-91009-3
 * Arzheimer, Kai and Jocelyn Evans (Eds). Electoral Behaviour Vol. I-IV. Sage Library of Political Science. Los Angeles: Sage, 2008.
 * Arzheimer, Kai. “‘Dead Men Walking?’ Party Identification in Germany, 1977-2002.” Electoral Studies 25.4 (2006): 794–818. 10.1016/j.electstud.2006.01.004
 * Arzheimer, Kai and Elisabeth Carter. “Political Opportunity Structures and Right-Wing Extremist Party Success.” European Journal of Political Research 45 (2006): 419–443. 10.1111/j.1475-6765.2006.00304.x
 * Arzheimer, Kai. Politikverdrossenheit. Bedeutung, Verwendung und empirische Relevanz eines politikwissenschaftlichen Begriffes. Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag, 2002.