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Department of Sociology and Social Psychology (DSS)

Dr. Marcus Eisentraut

Research focuses

  • Anti-Semitism & group-focused enmity
  • Values & Ideologies
  • Quantitative-empirical methods

Curriculum vitae

  • 2015 Master of Arts Political Science, Philipps University Marburg
  • 2015-2023 Research Associate, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne
  • 2020 Doctorate in Sociology, University of Cologne, on the topic of "Attitudes towards minorities in Germany" (summa cum laude)
  • Since 2023 Akademischer Rat a.Z., University of Cologne, Chair of Methods of International Comparative Social Research

Selected publications

  • Czymara, Christian, Marcus Eisentraut, Pascal Kolkwitz-Anstötz, Eldad Davidov, Peter Schmidt (2025). Antisemitism among Muslims in Germany. European Sociological Review, 41(4), 607-625.https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf017
  • Jedinger, Alexander, Marcus Eisentraut, Lena Masch (2025).The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Search for Scapegoats: Examining the Link Between COVID-19 Conspiracy Beliefs and Ethnic Prejudice.Psychological Reports.https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941251372867
  • Heyder, Aribert, Pascal Anstötz, Marcus Eisentraut, and Peter Schmidt.2022. "20 Years After...GFE 2.0: A Theoretical Revision and Empirical Testing of the Concept of "Group-Focused Enmity" Based on Longitudinal Data."Frontiers in Political Science(4). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpos.2022.752810.
  • Czymara, Christian, Marcus Eisentraut. 2020. "A threat to the Occident? Comparing basic human values of Muslim immigrants, Christian and non-religious natives in Belgium, France, Germany, and Sweden."Frontiers in Sociology, Vol. 5 (2020). http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2020.538926
  • Jedinger, Alexander, Marcus Eisentraut. 2020. "Exploring the Differential Effects of Perceived Threat on Attitudes toward Ethnic Minority Groups in Germany."Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 10 (2020).http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02895
  • Eisentraut, Marcus. 2019. "Explaining attitudes toward minority groups with human values in Germany: What is the direction of causality?" Social Science Research, Vol. 84 (2019). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2019.06.015

contact

Phone: +49 221 470-89294

E-Mail: eisentraut(at)wiso.uni-koeln(dot)de

Postal address:
University of Cologne
Department of Sociology and Social Psychology
Albertus-Magnus-Platz
50923 Cologne

Visitor address

Universitätsstraße 24
50931 Cologne

Room 4.315

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