I am a researcher and author on failing representation, the relation of citizens and politics, party politics and inequality with a focus on Europe; France and Germany in particular.

I am currently Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics at the American University of Paris. I am also an Associate Researcher at Sciences Po Paris and at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB, Center for Civil Society Research).

Previously, I worked as a Lecturer at Freie Universität Berlin (Department of Social and Political Science). I hold a PhD from Sciences Po Paris. While completing my PhD, I was awarded a Max Weber Fellowship at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence and was an OxPo Fellow at the University of Oxford, Nuffield College & Department of Politics and International Relations. I was also chercheuse invitée at the Paris School of Economics (invited by Jean-François Laslier and Thomas Piketty). 

I have an interdisciplinary background, holding degrees in Political Science, Economics and Empirical Social and Political Analysis.

My current research includes three research clusters:
(1) Failing representation in Europe - citizens' perspective
(2) The conflict on human values in Europe
(3) Collaborative projects with Political Scientists (e.g. Sciences Po, Freie Universität Berlin/WZB, University of Stockholm/Copenhagen) and Economists (e.g. Paris School of Economics/Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris), member of the Democracy Forum (European University Institute, Florence)
Most recent publications - lectures - outreach:

Dageförde, Mirjam (2024): Do they get close? Party shifts and changes in parliamentary congruence on multiple issue dimensions in the wake of the crises. In: Representation 60 (3): 507-533. 

Jérôme Lang, Jean-François Laslier, Mirjam Dageförde (2025): Élections : pourquoi la proportionnelle à l’allemande devrait inspirer la France. In: The Conversation France. 20 février 2025.

"The conflict of human values in Europe", lecture on invitation of the Fondation Saint Omer Valeurs Transatlantiques, AUP, February 2025.

Dageförde, Mirjam (2024): Repräsentation und das Verhältnis von Bürgern und Politik in Deutschland und Frankreich. In: Die Gesellschaften Europas und ihre Zukunft. Ein Blick auf die Herausforderungen unserer Zeit. Frankreich Jahrbuch 2023. Eds: Deutsch-Französisches Institut Ludwigsburg; Stefan Seidendorf. Baden-Baden: Nomos, S. 185-204.