About

I am a Research Fellow at the MZES, University of Mannheim. I am also a Co-PI of the research project Democratic Values of Immigrants from Authoritarian Regimes funded by the BMFSFJ. I completed my PhD in Political Science in the Research Training Group DYNAMICS and the Hertie School in Berlin.

My research interests focus on migration, comparative politics and political behaviour using quasi-experimental and experimental methods. Most of my research addresses a central question for contemporary democracies: What shapes attitudes and political behaviour in times of diversity? More precisely, my research seeks to 1) understand the dynamics of the political behaviour of immigrants with a particular focus on cultural transmission and 2) the political behaviour of the broader public - often, but not exclusively, through the lens of immigration. Some of my work is published or accepted at Political Science Research and Methods and Electoral Studies.

Please feel free to contact me if you are interested in these about projects or common interests at korinna.lindemann@uni-mannheim.de!

News

• Jan. 2026: I’m presenting our project of the public support for national border controls at the Swiss Political Science Conference
• Nov. 2025: I’m giving a presentation on intergenerational social mobility and political participation of immigrants (project w/ Iva Srbinovska) at the Forum sur l’intégration in Montréal
• Oct. 2025: Our paper Political Socialization and Immigrants’ Support for Progressive Politics: The Case of Green Parties (w/ António Valentim) got conditionally accepted at Political Science Research and Methods!