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Major EU Grant for Research into the Political Identity of LGBTQ+ People in Europe
Political scientist Dr. Constantin Wurthmann from the Mannheim Centre for European
Social Research (MZES) of the University of Mannheim has been awarded an ERC Starting
Grant in the amount of 1.5 million euros. In his project, he investigates how the identities
of sexual and gender minorities develop, and how these affect political attitudes and party
preferences.
Political scientist Dr. Constantin Wurthmann from the Mannheim Centre for European Social
Research (MZES) of the University of Mannheim has been awarded a Starting Grant in the
amount of 1,5 million euros from the European Research Council (ERC). The title of his
research project is “Making the Queers Visible: Partisanship and Support among Sexual and
Gender Minorities in Eastern and Western Europe”. At 33, Wurthmann is one of the few to
have received the prestigious grant at the earliest possible point in time after completing his
doctorate.
Dr. Constantin Wurthmann 