My research is situated at the intersection of political sociology, educational research, social stratification, and peace and conflict studies.
Drawing on large-scale primary data collected in Germany, I examine how social inequalities shape stratified experiences of recognition, belonging, and self-understanding. My work seeks to advance theoretical clarity and empirical depth in the study of symbolic exclusion and unequal opportunities for social participation.
The title of my PhD project is "it's me, not them...!?" Exploring Issues of Identity Related to the Impostor Phenomenon in Light of the Reconfiguration of Social Structures. A summary was published in Issue 53 of The European Sociologist: Between Social Mobility and Internalized Self-Doubt - Rethinking the Impostor Phenomenon Through a Lens of Social Theory. A short version in German is available on the website of the "Dialectics of Participation" doctoral program at the Institute for Social Research: "it's me, not them..!?"
Building on this, my postdoctoral project extends this line of inquiry by investigating how status-related identity conflicts unfold over time and across diverse international contexts. The project aims to more fully integrate longitudinal and intersectional perspectives into the analysis of inequality, recognition, and participation.
I am committed to open and accessible science. Wherever possible, my research is published as open-access or made available as preprints. For full texts or PDFs, please see the list below.
Publications
Garritzmann, Susanne; Roßteutscher, Sigrid; Becker, Birgit; Jansen, Max P. (2026): “People like me”? Introducing Group Political Efficacy. Political Behavior. DOI: 10.1007/s11109-026-10137-8
Jansen, Max P.; Yaffe, Yosi (2025): A Tool for Examining the Role of Social Context: Cross-National Validation of the Impostor Phenomenon Short Scale (IPSS-3). Social Sciences 14 (10). DOI: 10.3390/socsci14100569
Garritzmann, Susanne; Roßteutscher, Sigrid; Leininger, Arndt; Becker, Birgit; Faas, Thorsten; Jansen, Max P. ; Schäfer, Armin (2025): Unequal Turnout Among the Newly Enfranchised: The Role of Political Efficacy. Politics and Governance (13). DOI: 10.17645/pag.9196
Alsaad, Saad M.; Almuhaideb, Abdulrahman A.; Alswailem, Ahmed; Jansen, Max P. ; AbuDujain, Nasser M. ; Alsadhan, Khalid F. ; Almutairi, Joud S. ; Alrasheed, Abdullah A.; Almigbal, Turky H (2025): Development and Validation of the Arabic Short Assessment of Patient Satisfaction (Ar-SAPS) in General Practice Clinics of a Tertiary Academic Hospital. Healthcare 13 (19). DOI: 10.3390/healthcare13192505
Jansen, Max P.; Becker, Birgit; Salikutlok, Zerrin; Garritzmann, Susanne; Roßteutscher, Sigrid (2024): I (don't) need to know that I can make it. Socioeconomic differences in the link between students' academic self-efficacy and their educational decisions. Cogent Education. DOI: 10.1080/2331186X.2024.2355006
Jansen, Max P. (2024): Impostor Phenomenon Short Scale (IPSS-3): A Novel Measure to Capture Impostor Feelings in Large-scale and Longitudinal Surveys. Frontiers in Psychology. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1358279
Kuehn, Philipp; Riebe, Thea; Apelt, Lynn; Jansen, Max P.; Reuter, Christian (2020): Sharing of Cyber Threat Intelligence between States. Sicherheit und Frieden (S+F) – Security and Peace 38 (1), pp. 22–28. DOI: 10.5771/0175-274X-2020-1-22
Max P. Jansen: Between Socialist Transformation and Capitalist Incorporation (2018): A Feminist Critique on Work and Care in Polyamorous Relationships. Working Paper Series 19/2018 "Gender, Diversity, and Migration", Faculty of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, access link