Conference Papers
(with L. Davidson-Schmich and F. Jalalzai) “Who Can Do What: Gender, Leadership and Crisis” to be presented at the 2021 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Seattle, September 2021
(with S. Franceschet and C. Xydias) “Having It All? Reconciling Parliamentary Careers and Motherhood in the German Bundestag” to be presented at the 2021 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Seattle, September 2021
“CEDAW Ordinances & the Inclusion of Women’s Interest in Municipal Policies” presented at the Human Rights on the Edge: The Future of International Human Rights Law and Practice Conference at Arizona State University
(with E. Kammerer) “Macro-Structures and Local Human Rights Diffusion – A Case Study of the Cities for CEDAW Campaign” presented at the 2021 Meeting of the International Studies Association
(with Devin Joshi) “Gendered pathways to parliament – a longitudinal analysis of the German Bundestag from 1990-2017” to be presented at the Political Science Association Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, April 2020
(with Devin Joshi) “Conservative Women and Parliamentary Representation: Comparing Austria, Germany, Japan, and South Korea,” presented at the 2019 European Gender and Politics Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 2019
“Political Career Pathways, Gender, and Party Ideology in Western Europe,” presented at the 2018 Northeastern Political Science Association Conference, Montreal, Canada, November 2018
“Ikumen and Hausmänner – Gender Equitable Parental Leave Reform in Japan and Germany,” presented at the 2018 Japan-America Women Political Scientists Symposium, Boston, August 2018
(with Devin Joshi) “Diversity and Inclusion of Women in Parliament – A cross-regional analysis,” presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, August 2018
(with Devin Joshi) “Descriptive Representation beyond the Numbers: An Intersectional Assessment of Women in Parliament across 103 parliaments of Asia, Europe, the Anglosphere, and the Middle East,” presented at the 25th World Congress of Political Science, Brisbane, Australia, July 2018
“Christian Democratic Parties – Reluctant Feminist Allies?” presented at the 25th World Congress of Political Science, Brisbane, Australia, July 2018
(with Shane Gleason and Krystoff Kissoon) “Descriptive Representation beyond the Numbers: An Intersectional Assessment of Women across European Parliaments,” Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL, April 2018
“The Diffusion of CEDAW in the Municipal Context - A Case Study of the Cities for CEDAW Campaign,” European Conference on Gender and Politics, Lausanne, Switzerland, June 2017
(with Farida Jalalzai) “Cracking the (Conservative) Glass Ceiling. Why do Some Conservative Women become the First Executive Leader of a Country?” European Conference on Gender and Politics, Lausanne, Switzerland, June 2017
"Manterrupting in Parliamentary Debates: Gendered Micro-Aggressions in the German Parliament," Resisting Women’s Political Leadership: Theories, Data, Solutions Conference, Eagleton Institute, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, Conference, May 25, 2017
"The Local Diffusion of International Human Rights Norms - Understanding the UNA's Cities for CEDAW Campaign," Presented at the International Studies Association Meeting, Baltimore, MD, February 2017
(with S. Pavlovska-Hillaeil) "Mapping Social Networks for Gender Equality in the European Union - the Case of the European Corporate Board Quota," Presented at the International Studies Association Meeting, Baltimore, MD, February 2017
“Conservative Feminists in Sheep’s Clothing? Angela Merkel & Ursula von der Leyen.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 2016
“Female Bullies? Speech Interruption, Men, and the Representation of Women.” Presented at the 24th World Congress of the International Political Science Association, Poznan, Poland, July 2016
“Womenomics under Abe's Leadership: Signs of Feminization of the Liberal Democratic Party in Japan?” Presented at the 2016 Western Political Science Association Meeting, San Diego, March 24-26, 2016
“The Expression of Male Representation – A Study of Parliamentary Speech Interruptions in Germany.” Presented at the Men and Masculinities and Politics workshop, University of Bristol, United Kingdom, February 3rd, 2016