I am a PhD candidate in political science with the European Politics research group at the Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS), ETH Zurich. In my doctoral studies, I am mainly working on citizen attitudes and behavior in political systems experiencing democratic backsliding.
My research interests are broadly focused on political sociology, financing of political parties, and electoral behavior. I am furthermore interested in the interaction between institutions and public opinion in Germany and post-communist Mongolia. I have recently co-authored a paper on the effect of partisanship on trust in Mongolian institutions in Democratization.
I am teaching undergraduate courses on international relations and European politics at the University of Lucerne and ETH Zurich. During my undergraduate studies, I worked as a student research assistant at the Center of Political Sociology of Germany, Berlin and the Institute of Political Science, Leipzig.
MA Political Science, 2020
FU Berlin, Germany
MSc Politics by Research, 2019
The University of Edinburgh, UK
BA in Political Science, 2016
Leipzig University, Germany
BA in Study of Religion, 2016
Leipzig University, Germany
In a new paper published in Democratization, Greta Schenke and I analyze the determinants of trust in Mongolian institutions. Find out more about the paper at https://www.marc-s-jacob.com/publication/2020_dem/.