I am a Researcher at the Institute of Comparative Politics. My research is positioned at the nexus of political behavior, political representation, and political economy. Generally, I am interested in how demography affects elections and policy, with a focus on youth's political participation and the politicalrepresentation of young and future generations' interests. I have specific expertise in the empirical analysis of the causes and effects of electoral reforms, such as electoral quotas and youth enfranchisement, and have researched these topics across Western Europe and North Africa.

In 2023, I was awarded a Trond Mohn Starting Grant for my project "Representing the Future in an Aging Europe. The Politics of Demographic Change". The project will run from June 2024 to May 2028.

 

Recent Publications:

Belschner, Jana, Raimondas Ibenskas, and Florian Weiler (2024): When do voters reveal candidate gender preferences? Evidence from individual-level ballot data. European Journal of Political Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12679

Belschner, Jana (2024): Too Young to Win? Exploring the sources of age-related electoral disadvantage. Electoral Studies. Vol. 88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2024.102748.

Sipinen Josefina, Jana Belschner, and Brit Anlar (2024): Age gaps in political representation: Comparing local and national elections. Electoral Studies. Vol.88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2024.102763.

Belschner, Jana (2023) Youth Advantage Versus Gender Penalty: Selecting and Electing Young Candidates. Political Research Quarterly, 76(1), 90-106. https://doi.org/10.1177/10659129211072559.

Belschner, Jana. (2022) Electoral Engineering in New Democracies. Strong Quotas and Weak Parties in Tunisia. Government & Opposition,57(1), 108-125. https://doi.org/10.1017/gov.2020.34 

Vitenskapelig artikkel

• Sipinen, Josefina; Belschner, Jana Birke; Anlar, Brittany (2024). Age gaps in political representation: Comparing local and national elections. (ekstern lenke)
• Belschner, Jana Birke (2024). Too young to win? Exploring the sources of age-related electoral disadvantage. (ekstern lenke)
• Belschner, Jana Birke; Ibenskas, Raimondas; Weiler, Florian (2024). When do voters reveal candidate gender preferences? Evidence from individual-level ballot data. (ekstern lenke)
• Belschner, Jana Birke (2022). Youth Advantage Versus Gender Penalty: Selecting and Electing Young Candidates. (ekstern lenke)
• Belschner, Jana Birke (2021). Electoral Engineering in New Democracies: Strong Quotas and Weak Parties in Tunisia. (ekstern lenke)
• Belschner, Jana Birke; Marta Garcia, de Paredes (2020). Hierarchies of Representation: The Re-distributive Effects of Gender and Youth Quotas. (ekstern lenke)
• Belschner, Jana Birke (2018). The adoption of youth quotas after the Arab uprisings. (ekstern lenke)

Vitenskapelig foredrag

• Belschner, Jana Birke; Aars, Jacob; Saglie, Jo (2023). Does suffrage increase representation? Voting age reforms and the recruitment of young politicians. (ekstern lenke)
• Belschner, Jana Birke (2023). The Cost of Doing Politics Online: Sources, Types, and Consequences of Online Political Violence. (ekstern lenke)
• Muriaas, Ragnhild Louise; Belschner, Jana Birke; Bjånesøy, Lise Lund et al. (2023). Violence within Parties: Why young men and women react differently . (ekstern lenke)
• Wang, Vibeke; Muriaas, Ragnhild Louise; Belschner, Jana Birke et al. (2023). Project workshop Cost of Politics. (ekstern lenke)
• Wang, Vibeke; Belschner, Jana Birke; Bjånesøy, Lise Lund et al. (2023). Who cares? The acceptability of aggressive behavior in politics. (ekstern lenke)
• Belschner, Jana Birke (2023). Critique or Exclusion? Exploring Group Inequality in Exposure to Online Political Toxicity. (ekstern lenke)
• Belschner, Jana Birke (2022). The Cost of Doing Politics Online: Gender Aspects of Political Toxicity. (ekstern lenke)
• Belschner, Jana Birke (2022). The Cost of Doing Politics Online: Gender Aspects of Political Violence. (ekstern lenke)
• Wang, Vibeke; Belschner, Jana Birke; Bjarnegård, Elin et al. (2022). Project workshop Cost of Politics. (ekstern lenke)
• Belschner, Jana Birke (2018). "The adoption of electoral quotas after the Arab uprisings" (paper presentation). (ekstern lenke)
• Belschner, Jana Birke (2018). “Political recruitment of young men and women. The importance of resources”. (ekstern lenke)
• Belschner, Jana Birke (2018). “Political recruitment of young people. The importance of resources”. (ekstern lenke)
• Belschner, Jana Birke (2017). The adoption of electoral quotas after the Arab spring. (ekstern lenke)
• Belschner, Jana Birke (2017). Les quotas des jeunes en Afrique. (ekstern lenke)
• Belschner, Jana Birke (2017). Barriers to political recruitment at the intersection of age and gender. (ekstern lenke)
• Belschner, Jana Birke (2017). The intersectional impact of gender and youth quotas. (ekstern lenke)

Briefs

• Belschner, Jana Birke; Muriaas, Ragnhild Louise; Wang, Vibeke (2023). Stortingskandidaters møter med vold: Er norsk politikk et trygt rom? . (ekstern lenke)

Faglig foredrag

• Belschner, Jana Birke (2021). Junge Frauen in die Politik - Barrieren und Chancen für generations- und geschlechtergerechte politische Repräsentation. (ekstern lenke)
• Belschner, Jana Birke (2021). Politiker*innen als Ziel von Online Hate Speech. Umfang, Folgen, mögliche Gegenmassnahmen. (ekstern lenke)
• Belschner, Jana Birke (2018). "The effect of quotas enforced by financial sanctioning mechanisms". (ekstern lenke)
• Belschner, Jana Birke (2018). "Gender quota regulations in Europe". (ekstern lenke)
• Belschner, Jana Birke (2018). the determinants for youth’s participation in politics. (ekstern lenke)

Anmeldelse

• Belschner, Jana Birke (2020). [Book Review] Petra Ahrens, Katja Chmilewski, Sabine Lang, Birgit Sauer: Gender Equality in Politics. Implementing Party Quotas in Germany and Austria. (ekstern lenke)

Vitenskapelig Kapittel/Artikkel/Konferanseartikkel

• Belschner, Jana Birke (2020). Empowering Young Women? Gender and Youth Quotas in Tunisia. (ekstern lenke)

Populærvitenskapelig foredrag

• Muriaas, Ragnhild Louise; Belschner, Jana Birke (2018). Democracy, gender equality, and economic development. (ekstern lenke)

Se en full oversikt over publikasjoner i Cristin

Belschner, Jana (2016): Kommunalpolitische Führung. Bürgermeister_innen im Fokus, in: Wiechmann, Elke (ed.). Genderpolitik. Konzepte, Analysen und Befunde aus Wirtschaft und Politik. Baden-Baden: Nomos, p.159-86.

Wiechmann, Elke / Belschner, Jana (2016, upcoming): Organization & Gendered Democracy. Institutional bases and practical outcomes of equality policies, in: Funder, Maria (ed.): The Gender Cage – revisited. Baden-Baden: Nomos. 

Lukoschat, Helga/Belschner, Jana (2014): Frauen führen Kommunen. Eine Untersuchung zu Bürgermeisterinnen und Bürgermeistern in Ost und West, Berlin: EAF Berlin.