Major EU Grant for Research into the Political Identity of LGBTQ* People in Europe

Portraitfoto von Dr. Constantin Wurthmann. Er trägt ein weißes Hemd und ein schwarzes Sakko.

Political scientist Dr. Constantin Wurthmann from the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) of the University of Mannheim has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant in the amount of 1.5 million euros. In his project, he investigates how the identities of sexual and gender minorities develop, and how these affect political attitudes and party preferences.

Political scientist Dr. Constantin Wurthmann from the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) of the University of Mannheim has been awarded a Starting Grant in the amount of 1,5 million euros from the European Research Council (ERC). The title of his research project is “Making the Queers Visible: Partisanship and Support among Sexual and Gender Minorities in Eastern and Western Europe”. At 33, Wurthmann is one of the few to have received the prestigious grant at the earliest possible point in time after completing his doctorate.

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