Research

Lukas Thiele studies digital communication and participation in politics and administration. He focuses on the strategic use of social media by political parties in election campaigns, and by government organizations in the context of digital government communication. In addition, he deals with topics of digitalization in the public sector and in particular with e-participation processes in politics and administration. In his seminars, he teaches on topics related to political participation and voting behavior, and on political election campaigns.

Teaching

SoSe 2024

Political Campaigning in the Digital Age (Bachelor, Seminar)

Political Participation in Germany (Bachelor, Seminar)

WiSe 2023/24

Political Campaigning in the Digital Age (Bachelor, Seminar)

Elections and Electoral Behavior (Bachelor, Seminar)

SoSe 2023

Political Campaigning in the Digital Age (Bachelor, Seminar)

Political Participation in Germany (Bachelor, Seminar)

WiSe 2022/23

Political Campaigning in the Digital Age (Bachelor, Seminar)

Political Participation in Germany (Bachelor, Seminar)

WiSe 2021/22

Parties and Party Competition in Germany (Bachelor, Seminar together with Nora Carstens)

SoSe 2021

Public Policy in Germany and Europe: A Comparison of Policy Fields (Bachelor, Seminar)

WiSe 2020/21

Party Competition and Electoral Behavior (Bachelor, Seminar)

SoSe 2020

Indices in Political Science (Bachelor, Seminar)

WiSe 2019/20

Policy Analysis in Environmental and Climate Policy. An Introduction to Current Approaches in Policy Research (Bachelor, Seminar)

Publications

Thiele, L., Pruin, A. (2021). Does large-scale digital collaboration contribute to crisis management? An analysis of projects from the #WirVsVirus hackathon implemented in Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic. dms – der moderne staat – Zeitschrift für Public Policy, Recht und Management, 14(2-2021), online first, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.3224/dms.v14i2.07

Conference contributions

Thiele, L. (2024): Government communication under pressure: How German federal ministries strategically communicate to build their reputation on different social media platforms. NoPSA 2024 XX Nordic Political Science Congress, Workshop “Public Administration under Accelerating Pressure”, Bergen, 25.-26. June 2024.

Fleischer, J., Thiele, L. (2023): Party and Issue Determinants of Issue Emphasis in Online Campaigns for the 2021 German Federal Election. Jahrestagung des AK Parteienforschung zum Thema „Digitalität und Politische Parteien“, Georg-August Universität Göttingen, 12.-13. October 2023.

Fleischer J., Thiele, L. (2022): Party- and Yield-Determinants for Issue Competition in Online Campaigns of the 2021 German Federal Election. Workshop des DVPW Arbeitskreises Digitalisierung und Politik: „Platform Governance and Politics”, Universität Duisburg-Essen, 28.-29. September 2022.

Thiele, L. (2021): The Internet and political participation: Who participates online, and do governments have a role in it? Kongress der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft (DVPW), Virtual Event, 14.-16. September 2021.

Thiele, L. (2021): The Internet and political participation: Who participates online, and do governments have a role in it? Annual Conference of the European Group for Public Administration (EGPA), Brussels, 7.-10. September 2021,

Thiele, L. (2021): The many forms of e-participation? A framework for measuring e-participation adoption by local governments in the UK and Germany. 14. Jahrestagung des Forums Junge Staats-, Verwaltungs- und Policy-Forschung (FoJuS) „Chancen und Herausforderungen für Staat, Verwaltung und Policy-Prozesse in den 2020s“, Virtual Event, 25.-26. February 2021.

Thiele, L. (2020): Towards participatory policy-making? A framework for measuring e-participation adoption by local governments in the UK and Germany. EGPA Annual Conference (Virtual Event), 03.-04. September 2020.

Thiele, L. (2020): Wie demokratisch ist E-Democracy? Zur Vermessung der demokratischen Qualität digitaler Informations- und Partizipationsinstrumente auf lokaler Ebene. 13. Jahrestagung des Forum Junge Staats-, Verwaltungs- und Policy-Forschung (FoJuS) „Zukunft der Verwaltung, Verwaltung der Zukunft“, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität Hamburg, 27.-28. February 2020.