academic credentials
Ph. D. in political sciences
MA in political sciences
studied at the University of Innsbruck and Texas A&M University of Kingsville
major in political sciences with focus on the Austrian political system and comparative politics
minor in sociology, contemporary history and the law of the European Union
post-graduate credits in psychology, social psychology and communication theory
dissertation on political leadership
area of research
political leadership in democratic societies
the Austrian political system
the American presidency
political communication and new media
research projects
2018 research on “political leadership gone topsy turvy” - reassessment on the conventional wisdom of leadership in the age of Trump.
2017 research on female leadership - women as mayors - a case study: preparation stage, the project is planned for 2018.
2017 Political Leadership in Austria. How Austrians see political Leadership generally and the leadership qualities of their political party leaders in particular. A quantitative study of political leadership conducted by AuPSA in cooperation with Gallup Austria.
2017 quantitative study on political leadership and democracy - Austria 2017 - led by AuPSA/branch: political leadership in cooperation with Demokratiebefund Austria.
2016 quantitative study on political leadership and democracy - Austria 2016 - led by AuPSA/branch: political leadership in cooperation with Demokratiebefund Austria.
2016 follow-on project of the AuPSA-study on Austrian journalists and their views of political leadership - with special focus on crisis and crisis-management
2015 quantitative study on political leadership and democracy - Austria 2015 - led by AuPSA/branch: political leadership in cooperation with Demokratiebefund Austria.
2014 quantitative study on political leadership and democracy - Austria 2014 - led by AuPSA/branch: political leadership in cooperation with Demokratiebefund Austria.
2011-2013 extensive qualitative and quantitative study on Austrian Journalists and their view of political leadership led by AuPSA/branch: political leadership - as senior post-doctoral researcher. The project is sponsored by MA7/City of Vienna.
2010-2012 study on public political leadership at the university of Innsbruck: Leaders and Followers Hovering between Hope and Fears - How Political Leaderhip Might Lead to Political Integration. The research was sponsored by TWF and presented at the Austrian Day of Political Sciences 2012.
Update 2013: the project is going to be continued until the end of the Obama presidency.
1994-95 empiric study on Austrian politicians and their image led by Rainer Nick/Christian Traweger, University of Innsbruck - as junior research assistant.
publications
Ullmann Iris, David F. J. Campbell, Kilian Franer, Regina M. Jankowitsch, Jeanette Mueller, Bettina Pepek, Political Leadership aus journalistischer Sicht - am Beispiel Österreich. Eine Studie der ÖGPW-Sektion Political Leadership, final research paper, 2013.
Ullmann Iris, Barack Obama und die politische Rechte inklusiver und exklusiver Leadership-Stil, Sprache und Kommunikationsstrategien mit besonderem Blick auf Facebook & Co. Paper presented at Day of Political Sciences, 2012.
Ullmann Iris, Causa Austria. Haider - Schüssel - Vranitzky.
Eine Studie zu political Leadership. Studien zur politischen Wirklichkeit 23. Anton Pelinka (Hrsg), Braumüller 2009.
ISBN 978-3-7003-1706-7
Look at this book at
Braumüller
Werner Pramstrahler/Iris Ullmann, Deutschnationale Parteien 1918-1934. In: Österreichisches Vereins- und Parteienlexikon. Von der Aufklärung bis 1938. Anton Pelinka/Helmut Reinalter (Hrsg), Interdisziplinäre Forschungen 10, Studienverlag, p. 227 - 235.
Werner/Pramstrahler/Iris Ullmann, Die Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP). In: Österreichisches Vereins- und Parteienlexikon. Von der Aufklärung bis 1938. Anton Pelinka/Helmut Reinalter (Hrsg), Interdisziplinäre Forschungen 10, Studienverlag, 2002, p.236 - 243.
The two articles are part of a collected volume: ISBN 978-3-7065-1442-2, published by Studienverlag
affiliations and cooperations
AuPSA - Austrian Political Science Association
www.oegpw.at or
www.political-leadership.co.at and
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University of Innsbruck
WWEDU
campus.wwedu.com
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