Biography

Pablo is a research associate at GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences and the project coordinator of the panel study FReDA (Family Research and Demographic Analysis). His main research interests are political attitudes and survey methodology and methods.

He holds a Research Master in Political Science from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Mannheim. He has worked as a market research analyst for various private companies in Berlin, as a freelance journalist for the German newspaper Mannheimer Morgen (2004-2009) and as a research assistant at the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB). Pablo was a Ph.D. candidate at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and a Researcher at the Research and Expertise Centre for Survey Methodology (RECSM). His thesis focuses on the individual and contextual-level sources of satisfaction with democracy from a longitudinal and comparative perspective. His main research interests are political attitudes, comparative politics, electoral behaviour and survey methodology and methods.

He has published on these topics in journals such as Public Opinion Quarterly, Electoral Studies, Political Science Research and Methods, West European Politics, Journal of European Public Policy, among others.

Journal Articles (peer-review)

Christmann, Pablo and Mariano Torcal. Forthcoming. “The Political and Economic Causes of Satisfaction with Democracy in Spain - A Twofold Panel Study” West European Politics.

Christmann, Pablo and Mariano Torcal. Forthcoming. “The Effects of Government System Fractionalization on Satisfaction with Democracy” Political Science Research and Methods.

Edited Volumes

Cordero, Guillermo and Pablo Christmann. Forthcoming. “¿Podemos? Crónica de Un éxito Inesperado En Las Pasadas Elecciones Europeas de 2014.” In Los Españoles Ante Europa: Crisis Económica Y Social, Crisis Institucional Y Ciudadanía En España En 2014-15, edited by Mariano Torcal, Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Madrid.

Torcal, Mariano and Pablo Christmann. Forthcoming. “El declive de la confianza en las instituciones europeas y en la satisfacción con la Democracia en la UE en España: las claves del proceso.” In Los Españoles Ante Europa: Crisis Económica Y Social, Crisis Institucional Y Ciudadanía En España En 2014-15, edited by Mariano Torcal, Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Madrid.

Conference Papers

Christmann, Pablo. 2016. “Economic Performance, Quality of Democracy and Satisfaction with Democracy.” Paper presented at the WAPOR Regional Conference, Barcelona, 24‐25 November. https://eventum.upf.edu/_files/_event/_5261/_editorFiles/file/Pablo%20Christmann.pdf

Research projects

"Diseño y Aplicación de la Sexta Ola de la Encuesta Social Europea en España". (2012-2014). Funding: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. Ref.: AIC-A-2011-0672. PI: Dr. Mariano Torcal.

Taught Courses

Seminario, Ciència Política, Grado en Derecho, 2014-2015, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

Seminario, Análisis de Datos, Grado en Ciencias Políticas y de la Administración, 2013-2014, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

Awards & Scholarships

Beca de Formación de Profesorada Universitario, Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte (ES). Award number: FPU12/05193.

Professional and Academic Services

Reviewer for Political Science Research and Methods.

Research Stays

Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB), Department of Democracy and Democratization, 10/2015 – 3/2016.