Pascal Siegers
Biographic Data
| ID | 358602 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pascal Siegers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pascal |
| FAMILY NAME | Siegers |
| SIGNATURE | SIEGERS P |
| AFFILIATIONS | GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7899-6045 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 108 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A Community Data Trustee for Sensitive Data Sharing in Far-Right Online Research
Data sharing poses a major challenge for digital media and communication research, particularly in sensitive areas such as far-right online studies. This article introduces the innovative concept of a “community data trustee” (CDT), a research infrastructure aimed at fostering collaboration and the sharing of research data, such as digital account lists. Compiling these lists is a critical yet labor-intensive step in many research projects; shari…
Rising Secularism After Secularization? The Determinants of Transcendent and Immanent Worldviews in Germany 1982–2023
This paper investigates whether transcendent worldviews—those oriented toward a beyond—decline while immanent worldviews—those oriented toward this world—increase. We draw on an inventory spanning positions from theism and deism to naturalism and existentialism, administered seven times in West Germany (1982–2023) and six times in East Germany (1992–2023). In West Germany, existentialist worldviews ranked first, followed by naturalist, theist, an…
The politics of the paranormal: The relationship between paranormal beliefs and right-wing ideology
1,139). We also explored whether individual differences in intuitive versus analytical cognitive styles explain these relationships. Results indicated that higher scores on right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and social dominance orientation (SDO), but not right-wing identity, were positively associated with paranormal beliefs. However, both right-wing ideology and intuitive versus analytical thinking independently contributed to paranormal belief …
Who shall live and who shall die? A factorial survey experiment on prioritizing Covid-19 patients under medical triage conditions
During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic expert commissions developed ethical guidelines for prioritizing assistance in the event of insufficient resources (triage). However, ethical principles may deviate from laypeople′s moral standards. Our study aims to investigate which factors help laypeople justify for prioritizing a COVID-19 patient and which respondent characteristics–among them for the first time also values–moderate their impact on prioritizi…
Radical right populism and the media: Evidence from the supply side and demand side of political information in Germany
Hostile stances towards journalists and perceptions of media bias have become cornerstones of populist radical right identity formation. Despite a lively scholarly and public debate about the relation between populism and the media, a comprehensive account of the supply side of political information-radical right populist parties' (RRPPs) communication-and the demand side-citizens' information selection-is still missing. Focusing on the RRPP Alte…
Religion, spirituality, and susceptibility to conspiracy theories: Examining the Role of Analytic Thinking and Post-Critical Beliefs
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the political and scholarly attention on conspiracy theories. Among other predictors, religious and spiritual influences on conspiracy beliefs have been widely discussed in the literature. We suggest analyzing the relationship between religion and spirituality on the one hand and conspiracy beliefs on the other hand from the perspective of religious information processing. Based on the Post-Critical Beliefs Sca…
A Re-evaluation of Online Pornography Use in Germany: A Combination of Web Tracking and Survey Data Analysis
Several researchers have questioned the reliability of pornography research's findings. Following a recent call to use more reliable data sources, we conducted two analyses to investigate patterns and predictors of online pornography use (OPU). Our analyses were based on data from a large-scale German online web tracking panel ( N = 3018) gathered from June 2018 to June 2019. The study we present here has two parts: In the first part, we looked a…
More benefit or harm? Moral contextualism shapes public attitudes towards social egg freezing
Medical treatments at the beginning and end of human life are highly contested in public discourse. Our study reveals factors shaping the acceptance of social egg freezing (or oocyte cryopreservation) as an assisted reproduction technology (ART) in the general public. Based on the theory of moral contextualism and the literature on medical ethics, we deduce potential factors influencing attitudes toward cryopreservation (for example, the number o…
Sozialdaten als Quellen der Zeitgeschichte: Zur Einführung
Social research, qualitative and quantitative, has long been the preferred means of selfobservation in industrial societies. The social science data generated in the process are therefore rewarding sources for many fields of contemporary history. A large-scale integration of both quantitative and qualitative social science data into the contemporary historian’s practice will aid a fuller reconstruction of the agency of ordinary people and the rel…
Alte Frauen in der Bundesrepublik am Beispiel der Bolsa-Sozialdaten: Eine Korrespondenzanalyse nach Bourdieu
In the historiography, older women in post-war West Germany have predominantly been depicted as passive, as embodiments of a contaminated past and hindrances to cultural change. This paper challenges these stereotypical narratives by investigating quantitative and qualitative social data from the Bonn Longitudinal Study of Aging (BOLSA) in the framework of Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of social inequality. The results of our correspondence analysis s…
(In)Toleranz in der Einwanderungsgesellschaft?: Einstellungen zu Migranten in Deutschland und Europa
Religious Immunity to Populism: Christian Religiosity and Public Support for the Alternative for Germany
European research has largely ignored the role that religion has played in the recent growth of right-wing populist (RWP) parties. In this paper we focus on how religiosity affects electoral support for RWP parties in Germany. Based on a tripartite concept of religiosity (religious practice, religious affiliation, and religious beliefs), we assume that the effect of religiosity is mediated by two intervening determinants of RWP support, namely, a…
Einstellungen und Verhalten der deutschen Bevölkerung: Analysen mit dem ALLBUS
Is the Influence of Religiosity on Attitudes and Behaviors Stronger in less Religious or more Religious Societies? A Review of Theories and Contradictory Evidence
Integrating Survey Data and Digital Trace Data: Key Issues in Developing an Emerging Field
While survey research has been at the heart of social science for decades and social scientific research with digital trace data has been growing rapidly in the last few years, until now, there are relatively few studies that combine these two data types. This may be surprising given the potential of linking surveys and digital trace data, but at the same time, it is important to note that the collection and analysis of such linked data are chall…
The religious and spiritual underpinnings of party choice in christian Europe
Many studies have shown that individual religiosity is related to a Christian Democratic vote. Recently, studies from sociology of religion have reported the rise of holistic spirituality. This paper is the first to examine the effects of holistic spirituality on party choice. In addition, it critically assesses the assertion that conventional religiosity prevents individuals from affiliating with Green parties. Our results show that spirituality…
Sangam House, résidence d'écrivains: Du collectif éphémère au commun nomade
Cet article reflète un travail ethnographique en cours effectué dans le cadre d'une recherche sur les espaces de production artistique contemporaine dans la région de Bangalore (Inde). Il se penche sur le cas de Sangam House, une résidence d'écrivains et s'articule autour de trois moments : l'accès à l'espace, l'exister ensemble des écrivains et la sortie de l'espace. Cette étude examine la manière dont une communauté éphémère se construit et peu…
Spiritualität - Sozialwissenschaftliche Perspektiven
Spirituality is a contentious concept in the social sciences. This is above all due to the increasing number of different definitions of spirituality that are used in the field. Some scholars argue that given this heterogeneity, spirituality is not an analytic concept. Scholars use the concept to denote forms of belief that are not part of conventional religiosity. Therefore, spirituality refers to transformations of religion in modern societies.…
Integrating Survey Data and Digital Trace Data: Key Issues in Developing an Emerging Field
While survey research has been at the heart of social science for decades and social scientific research with digital trace data has been growing rapidly in the last few years, until now, there are relatively few studies that combine these two data types. This may be surprising given the potential of linking surveys and digital trace data, but at the same time, it is important to note that the collection and analysis of such linked data are chall…
Religious Immunity to Populism: Christian Religiosity and Public Support for the Alternative for Germany
European research has largely ignored the role that religion has played in the recent growth of right-wing populist (RWP) parties. In this paper we focus on how religiosity affects electoral support for RWP parties in Germany. Based on a tripartite concept of religiosity (religious practice, religious affiliation, and religious beliefs), we assume that the effect of religiosity is mediated by two intervening determinants of RWP support, namely, a…
The religious and spiritual underpinnings of party choice in christian Europe
Many studies have shown that individual religiosity is related to a Christian Democratic vote. Recently, studies from sociology of religion have reported the rise of holistic spirituality. This paper is the first to examine the effects of holistic spirituality on party choice. In addition, it critically assesses the assertion that conventional religiosity prevents individuals from affiliating with Green parties. Our results show that spirituality…
Religion, spirituality, and susceptibility to conspiracy theories: Examining the Role of Analytic Thinking and Post-Critical Beliefs
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the political and scholarly attention on conspiracy theories. Among other predictors, religious and spiritual influences on conspiracy beliefs have been widely discussed in the literature. We suggest analyzing the relationship between religion and spirituality on the one hand and conspiracy beliefs on the other hand from the perspective of religious information processing. Based on the Post-Critical Beliefs Sca…
A Re-evaluation of Online Pornography Use in Germany: A Combination of Web Tracking and Survey Data Analysis
Several researchers have questioned the reliability of pornography research's findings. Following a recent call to use more reliable data sources, we conducted two analyses to investigate patterns and predictors of online pornography use (OPU). Our analyses were based on data from a large-scale German online web tracking panel ( N = 3018) gathered from June 2018 to June 2019. The study we present here has two parts: In the first part, we looked a…
Spiritualität - Sozialwissenschaftliche Perspektiven
Spirituality is a contentious concept in the social sciences. This is above all due to the increasing number of different definitions of spirituality that are used in the field. Some scholars argue that given this heterogeneity, spirituality is not an analytic concept. Scholars use the concept to denote forms of belief that are not part of conventional religiosity. Therefore, spirituality refers to transformations of religion in modern societies.…
Spiritualität - Sozialwissenschaftliche Perspektiven
Spirituality is a contentious concept in the social sciences. This is above all due to the increasing number of different definitions of spirituality that are used in the field. Some scholars argue that given this heterogeneity, spirituality is not an analytic concept. Scholars use the concept to denote forms of belief that are not part of conventional religiosity. Therefore, spirituality refers to transformations of religion in modern societies.…
The religious and spiritual underpinnings of party choice in christian Europe
Many studies have shown that individual religiosity is related to a Christian Democratic vote. Recently, studies from sociology of religion have reported the rise of holistic spirituality. This paper is the first to examine the effects of holistic spirituality on party choice. In addition, it critically assesses the assertion that conventional religiosity prevents individuals from affiliating with Green parties. Our results show that spirituality…
Sangam House, résidence d'écrivains: Du collectif éphémère au commun nomade
Cet article reflète un travail ethnographique en cours effectué dans le cadre d'une recherche sur les espaces de production artistique contemporaine dans la région de Bangalore (Inde). Il se penche sur le cas de Sangam House, une résidence d'écrivains et s'articule autour de trois moments : l'accès à l'espace, l'exister ensemble des écrivains et la sortie de l'espace. Cette étude examine la manière dont une communauté éphémère se construit et peu…
Einstellungen und Verhalten der deutschen Bevölkerung: Analysen mit dem ALLBUS
Is the Influence of Religiosity on Attitudes and Behaviors Stronger in less Religious or more Religious Societies? A Review of Theories and Contradictory Evidence
Integrating Survey Data and Digital Trace Data: Key Issues in Developing an Emerging Field
While survey research has been at the heart of social science for decades and social scientific research with digital trace data has been growing rapidly in the last few years, until now, there are relatively few studies that combine these two data types. This may be surprising given the potential of linking surveys and digital trace data, but at the same time, it is important to note that the collection and analysis of such linked data are chall…
(In)Toleranz in der Einwanderungsgesellschaft?: Einstellungen zu Migranten in Deutschland und Europa
Religious Immunity to Populism: Christian Religiosity and Public Support for the Alternative for Germany
European research has largely ignored the role that religion has played in the recent growth of right-wing populist (RWP) parties. In this paper we focus on how religiosity affects electoral support for RWP parties in Germany. Based on a tripartite concept of religiosity (religious practice, religious affiliation, and religious beliefs), we assume that the effect of religiosity is mediated by two intervening determinants of RWP support, namely, a…
More benefit or harm? Moral contextualism shapes public attitudes towards social egg freezing
Medical treatments at the beginning and end of human life are highly contested in public discourse. Our study reveals factors shaping the acceptance of social egg freezing (or oocyte cryopreservation) as an assisted reproduction technology (ART) in the general public. Based on the theory of moral contextualism and the literature on medical ethics, we deduce potential factors influencing attitudes toward cryopreservation (for example, the number o…
Sozialdaten als Quellen der Zeitgeschichte: Zur Einführung
Social research, qualitative and quantitative, has long been the preferred means of selfobservation in industrial societies. The social science data generated in the process are therefore rewarding sources for many fields of contemporary history. A large-scale integration of both quantitative and qualitative social science data into the contemporary historian’s practice will aid a fuller reconstruction of the agency of ordinary people and the rel…
Alte Frauen in der Bundesrepublik am Beispiel der Bolsa-Sozialdaten: Eine Korrespondenzanalyse nach Bourdieu
In the historiography, older women in post-war West Germany have predominantly been depicted as passive, as embodiments of a contaminated past and hindrances to cultural change. This paper challenges these stereotypical narratives by investigating quantitative and qualitative social data from the Bonn Longitudinal Study of Aging (BOLSA) in the framework of Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of social inequality. The results of our correspondence analysis s…
A Re-evaluation of Online Pornography Use in Germany: A Combination of Web Tracking and Survey Data Analysis
Several researchers have questioned the reliability of pornography research's findings. Following a recent call to use more reliable data sources, we conducted two analyses to investigate patterns and predictors of online pornography use (OPU). Our analyses were based on data from a large-scale German online web tracking panel ( N = 3018) gathered from June 2018 to June 2019. The study we present here has two parts: In the first part, we looked a…
Religion, spirituality, and susceptibility to conspiracy theories: Examining the Role of Analytic Thinking and Post-Critical Beliefs
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the political and scholarly attention on conspiracy theories. Among other predictors, religious and spiritual influences on conspiracy beliefs have been widely discussed in the literature. We suggest analyzing the relationship between religion and spirituality on the one hand and conspiracy beliefs on the other hand from the perspective of religious information processing. Based on the Post-Critical Beliefs Sca…
Who shall live and who shall die? A factorial survey experiment on prioritizing Covid-19 patients under medical triage conditions
During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic expert commissions developed ethical guidelines for prioritizing assistance in the event of insufficient resources (triage). However, ethical principles may deviate from laypeople′s moral standards. Our study aims to investigate which factors help laypeople justify for prioritizing a COVID-19 patient and which respondent characteristics–among them for the first time also values–moderate their impact on prioritizi…
Radical right populism and the media: Evidence from the supply side and demand side of political information in Germany
Hostile stances towards journalists and perceptions of media bias have become cornerstones of populist radical right identity formation. Despite a lively scholarly and public debate about the relation between populism and the media, a comprehensive account of the supply side of political information-radical right populist parties' (RRPPs) communication-and the demand side-citizens' information selection-is still missing. Focusing on the RRPP Alte…
A Community Data Trustee for Sensitive Data Sharing in Far-Right Online Research
Data sharing poses a major challenge for digital media and communication research, particularly in sensitive areas such as far-right online studies. This article introduces the innovative concept of a “community data trustee” (CDT), a research infrastructure aimed at fostering collaboration and the sharing of research data, such as digital account lists. Compiling these lists is a critical yet labor-intensive step in many research projects; shari…
Rising Secularism After Secularization? The Determinants of Transcendent and Immanent Worldviews in Germany 1982–2023
This paper investigates whether transcendent worldviews—those oriented toward a beyond—decline while immanent worldviews—those oriented toward this world—increase. We draw on an inventory spanning positions from theism and deism to naturalism and existentialism, administered seven times in West Germany (1982–2023) and six times in East Germany (1992–2023). In West Germany, existentialist worldviews ranked first, followed by naturalist, theist, an…
The politics of the paranormal: The relationship between paranormal beliefs and right-wing ideology
1,139). We also explored whether individual differences in intuitive versus analytical cognitive styles explain these relationships. Results indicated that higher scores on right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and social dominance orientation (SDO), but not right-wing identity, were positively associated with paranormal beliefs. However, both right-wing ideology and intuitive versus analytical thinking independently contributed to paranormal belief …
Political science (8 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (4 works) · Religiosity (4 works)