Anton Könneke

Doctoral Student in Political Science researching representation and mobilisation at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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I am a Mres/PhD student at the Department of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Broadly, I want to understand how interest aggregation and feelings of powerlessness are related and how they can be decoupled. My supervisors are Florian Foos and Mathias Poertner.

My PhD thesis focuses on political representation and direct interactions between citizens and representatives. I explore whether face-to-face interactions between citizens and agents of the representative system facilitate mutual learning and increases in perceived system responsiveness. My research draws on field experiments, survey research and causal inference more generally. I enjoy collecting, analysing and visualising all kinds of data including survey, text, and spatial data.

During my undergraduate and graduate studies in Berlin worked as a research assistant to Thorsten Faas at the Center for Political Sociology of Germany, where I co-authored several publications.

Education

  • London School of Economics and Political Science | MRes/PhD Political Science | Since Sept. 2024

  • London School of Economics and Political Science | MSc Political Science (Political Behaviour) | Sept. 2023 - Sept. 2024

  • Humboldt University Berlin | M.A. Social Science | Oct. 2021 - Sept. 2023

  • Freie University Berlin | B.A. Political Science | Oct. 2018 - Sept. 2021