Professorship for Research of Political Culture

Organisational unit: Professoship

Organisation profile

Die Professur für Politische Kulturforschung beschäftigt sich mit Modernisierung, sozialer Wandel, und Human Empowerment; Demokratisierung, Demokratiemessung und Qualität von Governance; Werteformation, kultureller Wandel und öffentliche Meinung; Protestbeteiligung und soziale Bewegungen sowie Zivilgesellschaft und Sozialkapital.

Main research areas

  • Modernisation, Social Change, and Human Empowerment
  • Democratization, Democratization Rating and Quality of Governance
  • Value Formation, Cultural Change and Public Opinion
  • Protest Involvement and Social Transactions
  • Civil Society and Social Capital
  1. Published

    Prosociality in Business: A Human Empowerment Framework

    Brieger, S. A., Terjesen, S. A., Hechavarría, D. M. & Welzel, C., 01.10.2019, In: Journal of Business Ethics. 159, 2, p. 361-380 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Recht und Kultur

    Ausberg, I., Welzel, C., Jamme, C., Reimer, F. & Leeb, S. (Contributor), 2022, Rechtsgespräche: Recht im Kontext von Innovation | Entrepreneurship Nachhaltigkeit | Kultur | Europa. Terhechte, J. (ed.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, p. 39-62 24 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  3. Published

    Rethinking Measurement Equivalence in Comparative Political Research

    Zhirkov, K. & Welzel, C., 09.2024, In: Political Research Quarterly. 77, 3, p. 696-712 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Ronald F. Inglehart

    Welzel, C., 01.01.2022, In: Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft. 15, 4, p. 667-669 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  5. Accepted/In press

    Social cohesion and the inclination towards conspiracy mentality: comparing Germany and the Visegrad countries

    Hartz, C., Deutsch, F., Boehnke, K., Klicperova-Baker, M., Brezina, I., Šrol, J., Čavojová, V. K., Jakab, Z., Przybylski, W., Maftean, M. R. & Turska-Kawa, A., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Subverting Autocracy: Emancipative Mass Values in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes

    Zavadskaya, M. & Welzel, C., 19.09.2015, In: Democratization. 22, 6, p. 1105-1130 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Survey Response and Observed Behavior: Emancipative and Secular Values Predict Prosocial Behaviors

    Kistler, D., Thoni, C. & Welzel, C., 01.05.2017, In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 48, 4, p. 461-489 29 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    The Asian Values Thesis Revisited: Evidence from the World Values Surveys

    Welzel, C., 04.2011, In: Japanese Journal of Political Science. 12, 1, p. 1-31 31 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    The Civic Culture Transformed: From Allegiant to Assertive Citizens

    Dalton, R. (Editor) & Welzel, C. (Editor), 01.01.2015, New York: Cambridge University Press. 355 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  10. Published

    The Cool Water Effect: The Geo-Climatic Source of Western Exceptionalism

    Welzel, C., Kruse, S., Brunkert, L. & Brieger, S. A., 21.07.2025, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. 483 p. (Palgrave Studies in Maritime Politics and Security)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review