Research

Publications in peer-reviewed journals

Ehmes, Sven, Nils Teichler, Jean-Yves Gerlitz, and Simon Bienstman. Forthcoming. Boulevard of Broken Promises: Non-Voting and Far-Right Support among the Working Poor. European Sociological Review.

Ehmes, Sven, and Markus Gangl. 2026. The paradox of inequality that isn’t: rising economic inequality depresses and polarizes citizens’ belief in meritocracy. Socio-Economic Review 24 (3): 1643-1663. doi:10.1093/ser/mwag016 [🔓 open access]

• Media coverage: Alpha Galileo, idw, Phys.org

Working papers

Traini, Claudia, Sven Ehmes, and Markus Gangl. 2026. Climbing the Ladder or Falling Behind: How Social Mobility Shapes Perceptions of Meritocracy in the Wake of Rising Inequality. Revise & Resubmit at Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. Preprint