Research

Gender and Human Rights

(2025) E. F. Kammerer Jr and M. Och. “Understanding CEDAW Cities. A descriptive Analysis.” Human Rights Review 25: 443–462.
(2022) Och, M. “Moral Urbanism and the Cities for CEDAW campaign in the United States.” Journal of Human Rights Practice: 1–22
(2018) Och, M. “The local diffusion of international human rights norms – understanding the cities for CEDAW campaign.” International Feminist Journal of Politics 20(3): 425–443
(2021) Och, M. & S. Zwingel. “International Law and Human Rights.” In Political Science is for Everyone. An Intersectional Introduction, ed. Amy Atchison. University of Toronto Press.

(2021) Och, M. & R. Williams. “Feminism, Identities, and the Substantive Representation of Women on the Right – Crafting a Global Dialogue.” Politics, Groups, Identities 10(1): 135–138
(2021) Och, M. “Squaring the Feminist Circle. Feminist Labels vs. Feminist Behavior in the German Christian Democratic Union.” Politics, Groups, and Identities 10(1): 157–160
(2020) Shames, S.; M. Och; R. Cooperman. “Sell-Outs or Warriors for Change? A Comparative Look at Rightist, Political Women in Democracies.” Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy 40(1): 1–6
(2019) Och, M. “Conservative Feminists? An Exploration of Feminist Arguments in Parliamentary Debates of the Bundestag.” Parliamentary Affairs 72(4): 353–378
(2018) Och, M. & L. Hasunuma. “Womenomics under Abe’s Leadership: Signs of Feminisation of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party?” Representation 54(2): 177–193

Edited books

(2023) Och, M., S. L. Shames, R. Cooperman. Sell-Outs or Warriors for Change? A Comparative Look at Conservative Women in Politics in Democracies. Routledge
(2018) Och, M. & S. L. Shames (eds.). The Right Women: Republican Party Activists, Candidates, and Legislators. Praeger Press

Edited special issues

(2021) Och, M. & R. Williams. “Feminism, Identities, and the Substantive Representation of Women on the Right – Crafting a Global Dialogue.” Dialogue Section, Politics, Groups, Identities 10(1)
(2020) Och, M. & S. L. Shames. “Sell-Outs or Warriors for Change? A Comparative Look at Rightist, Political Women in Democracies.” Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy 40(1)

Book chapters

(forthcoming 2026) Shames, S. and M. Och. “Conservative Movements and Motherhood.” In The Elgar Encyclopedia of Gender and Politics
(2020) Och, M. “Political Ambitions, Structural Obstacles, and the Fate of Republican Woman.” In Good Reasons to Run, ed. Shames et al. Temple University Press
(2018) Och, M. “The Grand Old Party of 2016: No Longer the Party of Old White Men?” In The Right Women, ed. Och & Shames. Praeger Press

(2023) Davidson-Schmich, L., F. Jalalzai, M. Och. “Crisis, Gender Role Congruency, and Perceptions of Executive Leadership.” Politics & Gender

Monograph

(under contract) (with F. Jalalzai and L. Davidson-Schmich) Gender, Leadership, and Crisis. Possibilities and Perils for Women Leaders. Oxford University Press

(2024) Franceschet, S., M. Och, and C. Xydias. “Gender, Family Status, and Parliamentary Careers in the German Bundestag.” Politics, Groups, and Identities (2024): 1–21
(2022) Ahrens, P., G. Abels, A. Jenichen, M. Och. “The 2021 Federal German Election – a Gender and Intersectional Analysis.” Politics 42(3): 249–266
(2022) Piscopo, J., C. Xydias, A. Atchison, M. Och. “Reproducing Hierarchies at the APSA Annual Meeting: Patterns of Panel Attendance by Gender, Race, and Ethnicity.” PS: Political Science & Politics 56(1): 61–68
(2021) Joshi, D. & M. Och. “Women Representatives, Left-Right Ideology and Gendered Pathways to Parliament in Asia and Europe.” Asian International Studies Review 22: 1–18
(2021) Joshi, D. & M. Och. “Early birds, short tenures, and the double squeeze: how gender and age intersect with parliamentary representation.” Politics, Groups, and Identities 9(3): 629–645
(2020) Och, M. “Manterrupting in the German Bundestag. Gendered Opposition to Female Members of Parliament?” Politics & Gender 16(2): 388–408
(2014) Joshi, D. & M. Och. “Talking about my generation and class? Unpacking the descriptive representation of women in Asian parliaments.” Women’s Studies International Forum 47: 168–179

Edited book

Monograph

(under contract) (with Shauna L. Shames) Women in Politics. Examining the Facts. Bloomsbury Publishing

Book chapters

(2026) Och, M. “International Perspectives: Elected and Appointed Officials.” In The Sage International Encyclopedia of Politics and Gender, 771–79. SAGE Publications, Inc.
(2021) Och, M. “Women in Parliament: From Presence to Impact—Critical Actors in the Policy Making Process.” In Women, Power, and Political Representation, ed. Loewen, de Geus, & Tolley. University of Toronto Press