Clara Peckelhoff, MA

Contact

Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg 
Institut für Politische Wissenschaft
Bergheimer Straße 58 | 69115 Heidelberg
Office: 03.003

Research Associate 
Student Advisor

Phone: +49 6221 / 54-3099
E-Mail student advisor: pruefung[at]ipw.uni-heidelberg.de
E-Mail research & teaching: clara.peckelhoff[at]ipw.uni-heidelberg.de

Office Hours

Opening Hours: 
Monday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Tuesday: 2 – 5 p.m.
Wednesday: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Thursday: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Office Hours:
Thursday 10:30 a.m.  – 11:30 a.m.

Please register via the link opposite and note the information regarding registration and format.

Research Profile

Clara Peckelhoff studied Political Science, Public Law and Slavic and Eastern European Studies at Heidelberg University and University of Oslo and graduated with a Master of Arts in March 2024. She has been a research associate at the IPW since October 2024 and a doctoral candidate under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Croissant since April 2025.

Her research interests lie in the field of (quantitative) peace and conflict studies. She is particularly interested in protest movements, state repression, autocratization and democratization as well as the role of gender in conflict and transformation contexts. In her doctoral project, she is investigating the interplay between gender and protest dynamics. In particular, she is analyzing how gender-specific dynamics affect the intensity, participation and escalation of protests.

Selected Publications

  • Peckelhoff, C., & Schulte, F. (2023). Grievances, Policies or Clientelism? The Different Logics behind Ethnic Voting in Democracies and Autocracies. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 29(3), 275–293. 

    https://doi.org/10.1080/13537113.2023.2235174

Curriculum Vitae

Table

Since 04/2025
PhD candidate, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Aurel Croissant, Heidelberg University
Since 10/2024
Research Associate and Student Advisor, Heidelberg University
01/2023 – 06/2023
Exchange Semester, University of Oslo (UiO)
04/2021 – 03/2024
M.A. in Political Science & Slavic and Eastern European Studies, Heidelberg University
10/2017 – 03/2021
B.A. in Political Science & Public Law, Heidelberg University
Ausführlicher Lebenslauf

Teaching

  • Winter Semester 2025/26: Academic Writing (MA level)
  • Summer Semester 2025: Academic Writing (MA level)