Katrin Praprotnik is a Post-doc at the University of Graz in Austria and scientific employee at the Institute of Strategic Analyses. Her research interests are political competition, party systems and new political parties, multilevel governance, political participation and the Austrian political system. She is editor of the textbook “The Austrian Political System. Basic Knowledge and Research Insights” (2023, Böhlau). She was the principal investigator of the projects “Austrian Democracy Lab” (ADL) and “Scientific Assessment of the Austrian Climate Citizen’ Assembly” (SACCA). Her work is published in journals such as the American Journal of Political Science, Regional Studies, Party Politics and the Austrian Journal of Political Science.