Since April 2023 Research Associate at the Einstein Research unit „Climate and Water under Change“ (CliWaC), Center for Political Sociology of Germany, Freie Universität Berlin

2021 – 2023 Research Associate, Institute for Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

2019 – 2021 Member of the academic council, Institute for Social Sciences, Politik II, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf

2017 – 2019 Research Associate, Institute for Social Sciences, Soziologie I, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf

2013 – 2016 Research Associate, Institute for Political Science, Universität Trier

Summer term 2023

Political Psychology

Political Attitudes

Political Socialisation

Selected Publications

• Gabriel, Oscar W., Maier, Jürgen, Masch, Lena & Renner, Anna-Maria (2023). Political Leaders, the Display of Emotions, and the Public. Baden-Baden: Nomos Publishing. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748917823

• Masch, Lena, Demel, Ronja, Schieferdecker, David, Schwander, Hanna, Hutter, Swen, & Specht, Jule (2023). Shift in Public Opinion Formations on Defense, Energy, and Migration: The Case of Russia’s War Against Ukraine. International Journal of Public Opinion Research 35(4): 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edad038

• Jedinger, A., Masch, L., & Burger, A. M. (2023). Cognitive Reflection and Endorsement of the “Great Replacement” Conspiracy Theory. Social Psychological Bulletin, 18, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.32872/spb.10825

• Masch, Lena, Rosar, Ulrich, & Gassner, Anna (2023). Physical Appearance and Vote Shares in the Irish European Parliament Elections 2019. In Kathrin Ackermann, Heiko Giebler, & Martin Elff (eds.). Europa im Umbruch. Wiesbaden: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-40884-8

• Masch, Lena, Gassner, Anna, Rosar, Ulrich & Klein, Markus (2023). Physische Attraktivität und Personalisierung des Wahlverhaltens. Ein Vergleich der Bundestagswahlen von 2002 bis 2017. In Kathrin Ackermann, Heiko Giebler, & Martin Elff (eds.). Europa im Umbruch. Wiesbaden: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-40884-8

• Masch, L., Gassner, A., & Rosar, U. (2021). Can a beautiful smile win the vote?: The role of candidates’ physical attractiveness and facial expressions in elections. Politics and the Life Sciences 40(2), 213 – 223. https://doi.org/10.1017/pls.2021.17
• Borucki, I., Masch, L., & Jakobs, S. (2021). Grundsätzlich bereit, aber doch nicht dabei-Eine Analyse der Mitarbeitsbereitschaft in Parteien anhand des Civic Voluntarism Models. Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, 31(1), 25-56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41358-021-00251-w
• Masch, Lena. 2020. Politicians’ Expressions of Anger and Leadership Evaluations. Empirical Evidence from Germany. Nomos, Baden-Baden. doi: https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748906803.
• Masch, Lena, & Gabriel, Oscar W. 2020. How Emotional Displays of Political Leaders Shape Citizen Attitudes: The Case of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. German Politics 29(2): 158–179. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2019.1657096
• Renner, Anna-Maria, & Lena Masch. 2019. Emotional woman–rational man? Gender stereotypical emotional expressivity of German politicians in news broadcasts. Communications 44 (1): 81–103. doi: https://doi.org/10.1515/commun-2017-0048
• Gabriel, Oscar W., & Lena Masch. 2017. Displays of emotion and citizen support for Merkel and Gysi: How emotional contagion affects evaluations of leadership. Politics and the Life Sciences 36(2): 80–103. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/pls.2017.15