PhD Title

Fridge Experiments: Exploring the relationship between implicit attachment to the EU and trust

Qualifications

• PhD in Politics (Graduand) (University of Edinburgh, 2018)
• MSc Political Research with Distinction (University of Strathclyde, 2011)
• MA Cross-Cultural Communication and International Relations with Distinction (Newcastle University, 2010)
• BA European Studies (University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, 2008)

Supervisor

• Prof. Laura Cram and Dr. Adam Moore

Research Title

• Fridge Experiments: Exploring the relationship between implicit attachment to the EU and trust

Awards and Publications

• Cross-Cultural Communication Exceptional Award (Dissertation) 2010 from Newcastle University
• MSc Faculty Studentship Award 2010 from School of Government and Public Policy, University of Strathclyde
• School of Social and Political Science Graduate School Special Award 2013 from University of Edinburgh
• Heinrich, P. (2016). Experimental Exposure to the EU Energy Label: Trust and Implicit Identification With the EU. In V. Kaina, I. P. Karolewski, & S. Kuhn (Eds.), European Identity Revisited. New approaches and recent empirical evidence (pp. 71–83). New York: Routledge.

Research Interests

My core interests are public attachment to the European Union and the meaning of the EU to different publics.  I am also interested more generally in European identities and public attitudes to EU integration.  My main methodological focus is on experimental approaches, but I have worked with and am interested both in traditional quantitative survey-based research as well as qualitative critical discourse (CDA) approaches.