Publications

Monographs

  • Koenig, Pascal D. (2025). Understanding the politics of Artificial Intelligence. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. [forthcoming]
  • Koenig, Pascal D. (2016). Die Vermittlung von Reformen in Zeiten der Krise – Eine empirische Untersuchung der Regierungskommunikation in vier ausgewählten europäischen Ländern. Baden-Baden: Nomos. [dissertation]
  • Wenzelburger, Georg/Jäckle, Sebastian/Koenig, Pascal D. (2014). Weiterführende statistische Methoden für Politikwissenschaftler. München: Oldenbourg.

Peer-reviewed journal articles

Articles since 2020, for a complete list, see my Google Scholar page.

2025
  • Reisenbichler, Alexander/Koenig, Pascal D. (2025). „Not so different after all? household attitudes toward financialisation in Germany and the United Kingdom“, in: New Political Economy. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2025.2497769
2024
  • Koenig, Pascal D. (2024). “Attitudes toward Artificial Intelligence – Combining three theoretical perspectives on technology acceptance“, in: AI & Society. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-024-01987-z
  • Koenig, Pascal D. (2024). “Leveraging the digital ecosystem concept for development research and practice – potentials, limitations, and ways forward”, Information Technology for Development: 1–18.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02681102.2024.2375735.
  • Reisenbichler, Alexander/Koenig, Pascal D. (2024). “Cause for Celebration or Concern? Voter Reactions to Rising House Prices”, Comparative Political Studies: 1-37. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/00104140241269896.
  • Wenzelburger. Georg/Koenig, Pascal D. (2024). “Sending Signals or Building Bridges? Digital Sovereignty in EU Communicative and Co-ordinative Discourse“, in: Journal of Common Market Studies. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13638.
2023
  • Koenig, Pascal D., Wurster, Stefan, Siewert, Markus B. (2023). “Sustainability challenges of artificial intelligence and Citizens‘ regulatory preferences”, in: Government Information Quarterly. DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2023.101863.
  • Koenig, Pascal D. (2023). “‘Data, data, data’ – post-Brexit data governance and its relation to the UK’s economic model”, in: Policy Studies. DOI: 10.1080/01442872.2023.2214090.
2022
  • Koenig, Pascal D./Felfeli, Julia/Achtziger Anja/Wenzelburger, Georg (2022). “The Importance of Effectiveness Versus Transparency and Stakeholder Involvement in Citizens’ Perception of Public Sector Algorithms“, in: Public Management Review. DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2022.2144938
  • Wenzelburger, Georg/Koenig, Pascal D./Felfeli, Julia/Achtziger Anja (2022). “Algorithms in the Public Sector. Why context matters“, in: Public Administration. DOI: 10.1111/padm.12901
  • Wenzelburger, Georg/Koenig, Pascal D. (2022). “The liberal dream of smart detention? Algorithms and the politics of pretrial detention in the US states“, in Law & Policy. DOI: 10.1111/lapo.12197
  • Koenig, Pascal D. (2022). “Fortress Europe 4.0? Analyzing EU Data Governance Through the Lens of the Resource Regime Concept“, in: European Policy Analysis. DOI: 10.1002/epa2.1160
  • Koenig, Pascal D. (2022). “Citizen Conceptions of Democracy and Support for Artificial Intelligence in Government and Politics“, in: European Journal of Political Research. DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12570
  • Koenig, Pascal D. (2022). “Support for a populist form of democratic politics or political discontent? How conceptions of democracy relate to support for the AfD“, in: Electoral Studies. DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2022.102493.
  • Koenig, Pascal D. (2022). “Two tales about the power of algorithms in online environments. On the need for transdisciplinary dialogue in the study of algorithms and digital capitalism“, in: Media, Culture & Society. DOI: 10.1177/01634437221111893.
  • Koenig, Pascal D. (2022). “Populismus versus majoritärer Relativismus: Zu einer wichtigen Unterscheidung zwischen Demokratiekonzeptionen in der Bevölkerung“, in: Politische Vierteljahresschrift. DOI: 10.1007/s11615-022-00407-5.
  • Koenig, Pascal D. (2022). “Citizens’ Preferences for Liberal Democracy and its Deformations. Evidence from Germany“, in: European Political Science Review. DOI: 10.1017/S1755773922000194.
  • Koenig, Pascal D. (2022). “Challenges in Enabling User Control Over Algorithm-Based Services“, in: AI & Society. DOI: 10.1007/s00146-022-01395-1.
  • Koenig, Pascal D./Siewert, Markus B./Ackermann, Kathrin. (2022). “Conceptualizing and Measuring Citizens’ Preferences for Democracy – Taking Stock of Three Decades of Research in a Fragmented Field“, in: Comparative Political Studies. DOI: 10.1177/00104140211066213.
  • Koenig, Pascal D./Wurster, Stefan/Siewert, Markus B. (2022). “Consumers Are Willing to Pay a Price for Explainable, But Not for Green AI. Evidence from a Choice-Based Conjoint Analysis”, in: Big Data & Society. DOI: 10.1177/20539517211069632.
2021
  • Koenig, Pascal D./Waldvogel, Thomas (2021). “What Matters for Keeping or Losing Support in Televised Debates“, in: European Journal of Communication. DOI: 10.1177/02673231211046706.
  • Koenig, Pascal D./Waldvogel, Thomas/Wagschal, Uwe/Becker, Bernd/Feiten, Linus/Weishaupt, Samuel (2021). “The Emotional Valence of Candidate Ratings in Televised Debates“, in: Communications. DOI: 10.1515/commun-2020-0059.
  • Koenig, Pascal D. (2021). “Citizen-Centered Data Governance in the Smart City: From Ethics to Accountability“, in: Sustainable Cities and Society. DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2021.103308.*
  • Koenig, Pascal D./Wenzelburger, Georg (2021). “The legitimacy gap of algorithmic decision-making in the public sector: Why it arises and how to address it”, in: Technology in Society. DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2021.101688.*
  • Müller, Melanie/Koenig, Pascal D. (2021). “Timing in Opposition Party Support Under Minority Government“, in: Scandinavian Political Studies. DOI: 10.1111/1467-9477.12195.*
  • Siewert, Markus B./Koenig, Pascal D. (2021). “Becoming Mainstream? The Emergence of Digital Policies in German Regional Party Politics” in: German Politics. DOI: 10.1080/09644008.2021.1890040.*
  • Koenig, Pascal D./Wenzelburger, Georg (2021). “When Politicization Stops Algorithms in Criminal Justice”, in: British Journal of Criminology. DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azaa099.
  • Koenig, Pascal D./Wenzelburger, Georg (2021). “Between technochauvinism and human-centrism. Can algorithms improve decision-making in democratic politics?”, in: European Political Science. DOI: 10.1057/s41304-020-00298-3.
  • Koenig, Pascal D., Krafft, Tobias D. (2021). “Evaluating the Evidence in Algorithmic Evidence-Based Decision-Making: The Case of US Pretrial Risk Assessment Tools”, in: Current Issues in Criminal Justice. DOI: 10.1080/10345329.2020.1849932.
2020
  • Krafft, Tobias D/Zweig, Katharina A./Koenig, Pascal D. (2020). “How to regulate ADM systems. A framework for matching regulatory requirements to different applications”, in: Regulation and Governance. DOI: 10.1111/rego.12369.
  • Morris, Thomas H./Koenig, Pascal D. (2020). “Self-directed Experiential Learning to Meet Ever-changing Entrepreneurship Demands”, in: Education & Training. DOI: 10.1108/ET-09-2019-0209.
  • Koenig, Pascal D./Wenzelburger, Georg (2020). “Opportunity for renewal or disruptive force? How artificial intelligence alters democratic politics”, in: Government Information Quarterly. DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2020.101489.
  • Koenig, Pascal D. (2020). “Truth Versus Ignorance in Democratic Politics. An Existentialist Perspective on the Democratic Promise of Political Freedom”, in: Contemporary Political Theory. DOI: 10.1057/s41296-020-00436-y.
  • Koenig, Pascal D. (2020). “Why digital-era political marketing is not the death knell for democracy: On the importance of placing political microtargeting in the context of party competition”, in: Statistics, Politics and Policy. DOI: 10.1515/spp-2019-0006.
  • Koenig, Pascal D./Siewert, Markus B. (2020). “Systematizing Deformations of Liberal Democracy”, in: International Political Science Review. DOI: 10.1177/0192512120915721.
  • Koenig, Pascal D./Siewert, Markus B. (2020). “Why don’t citizens give governments credit when they deliver on electoral pledges?”, in: Policy & Politics. DOI: 10.1332/030557320X15786201228120.

Book chapters

  • Koenig, Pascal D./Wenzelburger, Georg (forthcoming). “Algorithmic risk assessments in pre-trial decision-making”, in Anthea Hucklesby/Christine Morgenstern/Nicole Myers (Eds.):  Research Handbook on Pre-trial Detention and Bail. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  • Koenig, Pascal D./Wenzelburger, Georg (forthcoming). “The potentials and limitations of Artificial Intelligence and data-driven decision-making for improved policymaking”, in Howlett, Michael/Mukherjee, Ishani (Eds.): Handbook of policy advice. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
  • Koenig, Pascal D./Siewert, Markus B. (2024). “When fulfilling promises is not enough: on the conditions for successful credit claiming”, in: Flinders, Matthew/ Dimova, Gergana/Hinterleitner, Markus/Rhodes, R.A.W./Weaver, Kent (Eds.): The Politics and Governance of Blame. Oxford University Press.
  • Wenzelburger, Georg/Koenig, Pascal D. (2024). “When Scapegoating Backfires“, in: Flinders, Matthew/ Dimova, Gergana/Hinterleitner, Markus/Rhodes, R.A.W./Weaver, Kent (Eds.): The Politics and Governance of Blame. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Nyhuis, Dominic/Koenig, Pascal D./Münchow, Felix/Shikano, Susumu (2023). “Anti-Establishment-Politik und die Wandlung des deutschen Parteienraums“ [Anti-establishment politics and change of the German party space], in: Ackermann, Kathrin, Giebler, Heike, Elff, Martin (Eds.): Deutschland und Europa im Umbruch. Wiesbaden: Springer VS: 107-132.
  • Koenig, Pascal D./Jäckle, Sebastian (2023). “The violence of the far right in Germany” in: Weisskircher, Manès (Ed.): From the streets to parliament? The fourth wave of far-right politics in Germany. London: Routledge.
  • Koenig, Pascal D./Krafft, Tobias D./Schulz, Wolfgang/Zweig, Katharina A. (2022). ”Essence of AI: What is AI?”, in: DiMatteo, Larry/Poncibò, Cristina/Sirena, Pietro/Cannarsa, Michel (Ed.): Artificial Intelligence and Private Law: Global Perspectives. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. DOI: 10.1017/9781009072168.005.
  • Siewert, Markus B./Koenig, Pascal D. (2021). ”Auf dem Weg zum digitalen Musterländle? Die Digitalpolitik der grün-schwarzen Regierung“, in: Hörisch, Felix/Wurster, Stefan (Ed.): „Kiwi im Südwesten – Die grün-schwarze „Komplementärkoalition“.
  • Wenzelburger, Georg/Koenig, Pascal D. (2019). “Law-and-order populism? Assessing the impact of right-wing populist parties on law-and-order policies in Europe”, in: Biard, Benjamin/Bernhard, Laurent/Betz, Hans-Georg (Hrsg.): Do they make a difference? The policy influence of radical right populist parties in Western Europe. Colchester: ECPR-Press.
  • Koenig, Pascal D. (2018). “Clusteranalysen“, in: Wagemann, Claudius/Goerres, Achim/Siewert, Markus (Hrsg): Handbuch Methoden der Politikwissenschaft. Berlin: Springer VS-Verlag.
  • Koenig, Pascal D. (2017). “Multidimensionale Skalierung“, in: Jäckle, Sebastian (Hrsg.): Neue Trends in den Sozialwissenschaften. Berlin: Springer VS-Verlag. König, Pascal D./Jäckle, Sebastian (2017). “Clusteranalyse“, in: Jäckle, Sebastian (Hrsg.): Neue Trends in den Sozialwissenschaften. Berlin: Springer VS-Verlag.
  • Wagschal, Uwe/Koenig, Pascal D. (2015). “Die Links-Rechts-Positionierung der Parteien bei den Bundestagswahlen 2005 bis 2013: Eine empirische Analyse anhand des Wahl-O-Mat“, in: Korte, Karl-Rudolf (Hrsg.): Die Bundestagswahl 2013. Berlin: Springer VS: 181-206.
  • Bauschke, Rafael/Jäckle, Sebastian/Koenig, Pascal D./Wagschal, Uwe/Wenzelburger, Georg (2015). “Politische Eliten: Theorien – Leadership – politische Strategien“, in: Wagschal, Uwe/Jäckle, Sebastian/Wenzelburger, Georg (Hrsg.): Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft: Institutionen – Akteure – Policies. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer.