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Dr. Alexander Held

Assistant Professor (Political Science)

 helda@tcd.ie

 


Research Tags

  Political Participation

Representations

Details Date
Chair and discussant of panel on Polarization and Populism, 2021 European Political Science Association (EPSA) Annual Meeting June 2021
Reviewer for American Political Science Review (x2), Bloomsbury Publishing, Electoral Studies, Journal of Experimental Political Science, Journal of Politics (x3), Oxford University Press, Political Behavior (x3), Political Science Research and Methods, SAGE 2020 - present
Discussant of panel on Political Populism, 2024 European Political Science Association (EPSA) Annual Meeting, Cologne, Germany July 2024
Paper presenter at 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024 American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting, USA 2018 - present
Paper presenter at 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA 2018 - present
Paper presenter at 2020 (cancelled due to COVID-19), 2021, 2024 European Political Science Association (EPSA) Annual Meeting 2020 - present
Paper presentation at Yale University (2018, American Politics and Public Policy Workshop), University of Mannheim (2019, Chair of Political Sociology), Trinity College Dublin (2019, Department of Political Science), University of Oxford (2019, Nuffield College) 2018 - present
Poster presentation at the 2019 CESS Experimental Political Science Conference, New York University 2019

Languages

Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
French Fluent Fluent Fluent
German Fluent Fluent Fluent
Italian Medium Medium Medium
Spanish Medium Medium Medium

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details Date From Date To
American Political Science Association (APSA) 01/03/2018 present
European Political Science Association (EPSA) 01/03/2020 present
Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) 01/01/2018 present
Held, Alexander, Am I Eligible to Register? Registration Rules, Eligibility Uncertainty, and Youth Voter Turnout, Political Behavior, 2025, p1-20 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Held, Alexander, Compulsory Voting, Turnout, and Support for Left-Wing Parties: The Case of Australia, Electoral Studies, 81, 2023, p102569 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Held, Alexander, and Pauliina Patana, Rents, Refugees, and the Populist Radical Right, Research and Politics, 10, (2), 2023, p1-9 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Held, Alexander, The Effect of Socioeconomic Policy and Competence Messages on Populist Radical Right Support: Evidence from a Pre-Election Survey Experiment, Electoral Studies, 2023, p102619 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Kam, Christopher, Anthony M. Bertelli, and Alexander Held, The Electoral System, the Party System and Accountability in Parliamentary Government, American Political Science Review, 114, (3), 2020, p744-760 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
  


  

Awards and Honours

Award Date
Arts and Social Sciences Benefactions Fund, Trinity College Dublin 10/02/2025
Research Boost Programme 2024 Award 08/07/2024
TRiSS Academic Research Fellowship 04/07/2024
Enterprise Ireland ERC Support Scheme 08/04/2024
Arts and Social Sciences Benefactions Fund, Trinity College Dublin 02/02/2024
Enterprise Ireland ERC Support Scheme 26/04/2022
Arts and Social Sciences Benefactions Fund, Trinity College Dublin 28/01/2022
Charlemont Grant, Royal Irish Academy 16/02/2021
Arts and Social Sciences Benefactions Fund, Trinity College Dublin 30/01/2020
FAHSS Visiting Professorships Fund, Trinity College Dublin (declined due to COVID-19) 08/01/2020
Postdoctoral Fellowship, BES and Nuffield College, University of Oxford (declined) 30/01/2019
Postdoctoral Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship, ETH Zurich (declined) 31/05/2019
Fox International Fellowship, Yale University 15/04/2018
APSA Travel Award 2018, 2019
Institute for European Studies (IES) Travel Award, University of British Columbia 15/09/2018
Faculty of Graduate Studies Research Grant, University of British Columbia 15/03/2018
Departmental Dissertation Research Fund, University of British Columbia 30/06/2018
Public Scholars Initiative (PSI) Grant, University of British Columbia 2017, 2018
Clifford, C. Clogg Scholarship, ICPSR Summer Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 15/05/2016
Four Year Doctoral Fellowship, University of British Columbia 15/02/2013
Baden-Wuerttemberg Scholarship, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany 01/06/2005
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Scholarship, Germany 01/05/2003