Christian Welzel

Prof. Dr.

  1. Journal articles › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. Published

    Human Empowerment and Trust in Strangers: The Multilevel Evidence

    Almakaeva, A., Welzel, C. & Ponarin, E., 01.10.2018, In: Social Indicators Research. 139, 3, p. 923-962 40 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Islam and Patriarchy: How Robust is Muslim Support for Patriarchal Values?

    Welzel, C. & Alexander, A. C., 07.2011, In: International Review of Sociology. 21, 2, p. 249-276 28 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Kooperation und Bestrafung

    Schefczyk, M. & Welzel, C., 2013, In: Agora42. 5, 2, p. 83 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Leveraging the macro-level environment to balance work and life: an analysis of female entrepreneurs’ job satisfaction

    De Clercq, D., Brieger, S. A. & Welzel, C., 01.04.2021, In: Small Business Economics. 56, 4, p. 1361-1384 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Life Satisfaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Human, Economic, Social, and Psychological Capital

    Delhey, J., Hess, S., Boehnke, K., Deutsch, F., Eichhorn, J., Kühnen, U. & Welzel, C., 10.2023, In: Journal of Happiness Studies. 24, 7, p. 2201-2222 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Meanings of democracy: mapping lay perceptions on scholarly norms

    Welzel, C., 12.03.2021, In: Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft. 15, 1, p. 107-118 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Measuring Effective Democracy: The Human Empowerment Approach

    Alexander, A. C. & Welzel, C., 2011, In: Comparative Politics. 43, 3, p. 271-289 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Measuring Effective Democracy: a Defense

    Alexander, A. C., Inglehart, R. & Welzel, C., 01.2012, In: International Political Science Review. 33, 1, p. 41-62 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Misconceptions of Measurement Equivalence: Time for a Paradigm Shift

    Welzel, C. & Inglehart, R. F., 01.07.2016, In: Comparative Political Studies. 49, 8, p. 1068-1094 27 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Non-invariance? An Overstated Problem With Misconceived Causes

    Welzel, C., Brunkert, L., Kruse, S. & Inglehart, R. F., 08.2023, In: Sociological Methods and Research. 52, 3, p. 1368-1400 33 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Personal Values and Political Activism: A Cross-national Study

    Vecchione, M., Schwartz, S. H., Caprara, G. V., Schoen, H., Cieciuch, J., Silvester, J., Bain, P., Bianchi, G., Kirmanoglu, H., Baslevent, C., Mamali, C., Manzi, J., Pavlopoulos, V., Posnova, T., Torres, C., Verkasalo, M., Lönnqvist, J. E., Vondráková, E., Welzel, C. & Alessandri, G., 01.02.2015, In: British Journal of Psychology. 106, 1, p. 84-106 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Pitfalls in the Study of Democratization: Testing the Emancipatory Theory of Democracy

    Welzel, C., Inglehart, R. & Kruse, S., 01.04.2017, In: British Journal of Political Science. 47, 2, p. 463-472 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  14. Politikverdrossenheit und der Wandel des Partizipationsverhaltens

    Welzel, C., 1995, In: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen. 26, 1, p. 141-149 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  15. 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

  16. Regime Changes as an Outcome of the Global Systems Competition

    Welzel, C., 1994, In: Law and State. 49/50, p. 44-75 32 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  17. E-pub ahead of print

    Rethinking Measurement Equivalence in Comparative Political Research

    Zhirkov, K. & Welzel, C., 23.03.2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Political Research Quarterly. 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. The China puzzle: falling happiness in a rising economy

    Brockmann, H., Delhey, J., Welzel, C. P. & Yuan, H., 08.2009, In: Journal of Happiness Studies. 10, 4, p. 387-405 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    The Diffusion of Values among Democracies and Autocracies

    Deutsch, F. & Welzel, C., 01.11.2016, In: Global Policy. 7, 4, p. 563-570 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    The impact of genes, geography, and educational opportunities on national cognitive achievement

    Minkov, M., Welzel, C. P. & Bond, M. H., 01.04.2016, In: Learning and Individual Differences. 47, p. 236-243 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    The Myth of Asian Exceptionalism: Response to Bomhoff and Gu

    Welzel, C., 10.2012, In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 43, 7, p. 1039-1054 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    The Radius of Trust Problem Remains Resolved

    Delhey, J., Newton, K. & Welzel, C., 25.12.2014, In: American Sociological Review. 79, 6, p. 1260-1265 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    The roots of female emancipation: Initializing role of Cool Water

    Santos Silva, M., Alexander, A. C., Klasen, S. & Welzel, C., 01.03.2023, In: Journal of Comparative Economics. 51, 1, p. 133-159 27 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    The shadow of the family: Historical roots of social trust in Europe

    Kravtsova, M., Oshchepkov, A. & Welzel, C., 12.02.2024, In: PLoS ONE. 19, 2, 26 p., e0295783.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    The Values in Crisis Project: A Three-Wave Panel Study in Germany and the United Kingdom

    Welzel, C., Boehnke, K., Delhey, J., Deutsch, F., Eichhorn, J., Kühnen, U., Dragolov, G., Hess, S. & Larsen, M., 02.04.2024, In: Journal of Open Psychology Data. 12, 1, 11 p., 1.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Values and Corruption: Do Postmaterialists Justify Bribery?

    Kravtsova, M., Oshchepkov, A. & Welzel, C., 01.02.2017, In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 48, 2, p. 225-242 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  30. Volkserziehung oder Institutionenreform? ein Kommentar zu Werner Patzelts Bürgerschelte in der PVS 4/1998

    Welzel, C. P., 01.06.2000, In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift. 41, 2, p. 316-326 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  31. Vom Konsens zum Dissens? Politische Ordnungspräferenzen von Eliten und Bürgern im ost-westdeutschen Vergleich

    Welzel, C., 06.1998, In: Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie. 50, 2, p. 238-262 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  32. What Do We Know About Modernization Today?

    Inglehart, R. & Welzel, C., 2009, In: Foreign Affairs. 88, 2, p. 33-48 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Why the future is democratic

    Welzel, C., 04.2021, In: Journal of Democracy. 32, 2, p. 132-144 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Why the Future Is (Still) Democratic

    Welzel, C., Kruse, S. & Brunkert, L., 01.01.2022, In: Journal of Democracy. 33, 1, p. 156-162 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  35. Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
  36. Published

    Correction to: Emancipating Sexuality: Breakthroughs into a Bulwark of Tradition (Social Indicators Research, (2016), 129, 2, (909-935), 10.1007/s11205-015-1137-9)

    Alexander, A. C., Inglehart, R. & Welzel, C., 01.02.2020, In: Social Indicators Research. 148, 1, p. 349-349 1 p.

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

  37. 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

  38. Scientific review articles › Research
  39. Published

    Clashing Values: Supranational Identities, Geopolitical Rivalry and Europe’s Growing Cultural Divide

    Akaliyski, P. & Welzel, C., 01.10.2020, In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 51, 9, p. 740-762 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  40. Democratization as an emancipative process: the neglected role of mass motivations

    Welzel, C. P., 01.10.2006, In: European Journal of Political Research. 45, 6, p. 871-896 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  41. How development leads to democracy: what we know about modernization

    Inglehart, R. & Welzel, C. P., 04.2009, In: Foreign Affairs. 88, 2, p. 33-48 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  42. Published

    On “Nationology”: The Gravitational Field of National Culture

    Akaliyski, P., Welzel, C., Bond, M. H. & Minkov, M., 10.2021, In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 52, 8-9, p. 771-793 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  43. Political culture and democracy: analyzing crosslevel linkages

    Inglehart, R. & Welzel, C. P., 01.10.2003, In: Comparative Politics. 36, 1, p. 61-79 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  44. The role of ordinary people in democratization

    Welzel, C. P. & Inglehart, R., 01.2008, In: Journal of Democracy. 19, 1, p. 126-140 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  45. The theory of human development: a cross-cultural analysis

    Welzel, C., Inglehart, R. & Klingemann, H-D., 05.2003, In: European Journal of Political Research. 42, 3, p. 341-379 39 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  46. Working papers › Research
  47. Published

    A Tale of Culture-Bound Regime Evolution: The Centennial Democratic Trend and Its Recent Reversal.

    Welzel, C. P., 10.2017, 7 ed., Gothenburg (Sweden): Göteborgs universitet, p. 1-30, 30 p. (V-Dem Working Papers Series; vol. 2017, no. 11).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  48. Published

    A virus of distrust? existential insecurity and trust during the coronavirus pandemic

    Delhey, J., Steckermeier, L. C., Boehnke, K., Deutsch, F., Eichhorn, J., Kühnen, U. & Welzel, C., 14.09.2021, Magdeburg: Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, 31 p. (DSS Working Paper; vol. Nr. 80).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  49. Published

    Corruption and Social Values: Do Postmaterialists Justify Bribery?

    Kravtsova, M., Oshchepkov, A. & Welzel, C., 2014, Moskau: National Research University Higher School of Economics, 36 p. (National Research University Higher School of Economics Research Paper Series; no. WP BRP 34/SOC/2014).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  50. Evidencing and Explaining Democratic Congruence

    Welzel, C. & Klingemann, H-D., 2008, World Values Survey Association, p. 57-94, 38 p. (World Values Research; vol. 1, no. 3).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  51. Published

    Evolution, Empowerment and Emancipation: How Societies Ascend the Utility Ladder of Freedoms

    Welzel, C., 2013, World Values Survey Association, p. 1-42, 43 p. (World Values Research; vol. 6, no. 1).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  52. Published

    Generalizing Trust: How Out-Group Trust Grows Beyond In-Group Trust

    Delhey, J. & Welzel, C., 2012, p. 49-74, 26 p. (World Values Research; vol. 5, no. 3).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  53. Human development and the "explosion" of democracy: variations of regime change across 60 societies

    Welzel, C. & Inglehart, R., 06.2001, Berlin: WZB - Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung , 32 p. (Veröffentlichungsreihe der Abteilung Institutionen und Sozialer Wandel des Forschungsschwerpunkts Sozialer Wandel, Institutionen und Vermittlungsprozesse des Wissenschaftszentrums Berlin für Sozialforschung; no. FS III 01-202).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  54. Human development as a general theory of social change: a multi-level and cross-cultural perspective

    Welzel, C., Inglehart, R. & Klingemann, H-D., 2001, Berlin: WZB - Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung , 36 p. (Veröffentlichungsreihe der Abteilung Institutionen und Sozialer Wandel des Forschungsschwerpunkts Sozialer Wandel, Institutionen und Vermittlungsprozesse des Wissenschaftszentrums Berlin für Sozialforschung; no. FS III 01-201).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers