Institute of Political Sciences
Organisational unit: Institute
- Junior Professorship of Security Policy and Peace
- Professorship for Comparative Politics
- Professorship for Political Didactics
- Professorship for Political Science, in particular Political Economy
- Professorship for Political Science, in particular Political Theory
- Professorship for Political Science, in particular Public Policy and Law
- Professorship for Political System of the Federal Republic of Germany and the EU
- Professorship for Research of Political Culture
- Professorship of International Relations
Organisation profile
The Institute of Political Science (IPW) is responsible for all matters related to research, teaching and the study of political science. As part of the School of Public Affairs, the IPW's main objective is to consistently offer high-quality teaching course for various degree programs. Moreover, the Department promotes research as well as internationally visible publications across a broad range of topics. The research activities of the Institute’s members are documented on the webpage of the Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD). For updates on public lectures and conferences, please consult the CSD`s website ZDEMO.
Main research areas
Die Forschungsaktivitäten der IPW Mitarbeiter*innen sind dabei am Zentrum für Demokratieforschung (ZDEMO) konzentriert. Aktuelle Hinweise auf Vorträge und Konferenzen in den Teilbereichen der Politikwissenschaft finden sich daher auf den Seiten des ZDEMO.
Im "Tuesday Seminar" stellen Mitglieder des Instituts und von auswärts geladene Gäste ihre aktuellen Forschungs- oder Buchprojekte vor und stellen sie zur kritischen, aber fairen Diskussion unter Kolleginnen und Kollegen. Studierende sind herzlich dazu eingeladen!
Teaching
- PHD-Summerschool
- Politikberatung
- Peer review of publicationen
European Political Science Review (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Reviewer)
16.07.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
European Political Science Review (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Reviewer)
04.12.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
European Security (Journal)
Zaun, N. (Editorial Board)
09.01.2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Global Studies Quarterly (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Editorial Board)
08.04.2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Governance. An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Reviewer)
15.06.2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
International Affairs (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Editorial Board)
15.09.2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
International Organization (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Editorial Board)
10.05.2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
International Relations (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Editorial Board)
2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
International Relations (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Editorial Board)
07.11.2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
International Studies Perspectives (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Reviewer)
21.08.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
International Studies Quarterly (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Reviewer)
22.11.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
International Studies Quarterly (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Reviewer)
28.04.2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
International Studies Quarterly (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Editorial Board)
28.12.2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
International Studies Quarterly (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Editorial Board)
16.04.2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
International Studies Review (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Reviewer)
19.04.2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
International Studies Review (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Reviewer)
22.07.2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of Common Market Studies (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Reviewer)
04.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of Common Market Studies (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Reviewer)
05.04.2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of Common Market Studies (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Editorial Board)
17.01.2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of Common Market Studies (Journal)
Zaun, N. (Editorial Board)
07.10.2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of Contemporary European Studies (Journal)
Zaun, N. (Editorial Board)
17.04.2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (Journal)
Zaun, N. (Editorial Board)
2023 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of European Integration (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Reviewer)
02.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of European Integration (Journal)
Zaun, N. (Editorial Board)
02.04.2025Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of European Integration (Journal)
Zaun, N. (Editorial Board)
21.11.2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of European Public Policy (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Reviewer)
08.06.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of International Relations & Development (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Reviewer)
24.08.2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of International Relations and Development (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Editorial Board)
28.12.2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of Peace Research (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Reviewer)
11.05.2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of Peace Research (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Editorial Board)
08.12.2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of Politics (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Editorial Board)
21.10.2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Oxford University Press (Publisher)
Lenz, T. (Reviewer)
22.10.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Oxford University Press (Publisher)
Lenz, T. (Editorial Board)
24.10.2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Oxford University Press (Publisher)
Lenz, T. (Editorial Board)
18.07.2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Political Research Exchange (Journal)
Zaun, N. (Editorial Board)
15.12.2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Political Studies (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Reviewer)
23.04.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Political Studies (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Reviewer)
15.07.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Politische Vierteljahresschrift (Journal)
Koß, M. (Reviewer)
27.01.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Review of International Organizations (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Reviewer)
04.2020 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Review of International Organizations (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Reviewer)
27.11.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Review of International Organizations (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Editorial Board)
04.11.2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Review of International Organizations (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Editorial Board)
26.06.2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Routledge Taylor & Francis Group (Publisher)
Lenz, T. (Reviewer)
30.10.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
West European Politics (Journal)
Lenz, T. (Reviewer)
03.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
- Conference Presentations
36. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Politikwissenschaft: "Persönlichkeit und Politik"
Wehrkamp, H. (Speaker)
29.06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
3rd International Conference on Democracy as Idea and Practice
Friedrich, D. (Speaker)
10.01.2013 → 11.01.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
42nd UACES Annual Conference - UACES 2012
Friedrich, D. (Speaker)
09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
42nd UACES Annual Conference - UACES 2012
Friedrich, D. (Speaker)
09.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
8. Heppenheimer Tage zur Christlichen Gesellschaftsethik
Leipold, A. (Speaker)
20.04.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Adaptation of Redistribution Preferences or Cultural Resistance. A Study of Migrants in Germany
Griaznova, O. (Speaker)
23.06.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Adoption of Preferences for Redistribution by Immigrants or Cultural Persistence. Evidence from GSOP
Griaznova, O. (Speaker)
11.04.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Affective polarizatin and the support for different types of governance. Evidence from Germany
Engler, S. (Speaker)
04.02.2025 → 05.02.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Affective polarization and the support for different forms of governance. Evidence from Germany
Engler, S. (Speaker)
10.03.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Affective polarization and the support for different forms of governance. Evidence from Germany
Engler, S. (Speaker)
28.08.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Affective polarization and the support for different forms of government. Evidence from Germany
Engler, S. (Speaker)
04.07.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Annual Meeting WPSA Conference
Kruse, S. (Speaker)
18.04.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Ausländerbehörden zwischen “Willkommen“ und Rückkehr
Münch, S. (Speaker)
18.09.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Bringing the region back in? German Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) between regional engagement and isolated business
Hufnagl, M. (Speaker) & Schulze, N. (Speaker)
25.08.2011 → 27.08.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Building trust in early childhood education and care. The role of local civil society
Münch, S. (Speaker) & Siede, A. (Speaker)
11.10.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Coalition Formation and the Sovereignty of Tax Havens: A Comparative Historical Analysis
Hakelberg, L. (Speaker)
03.07.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Corruption and Trust: A model design
Kubbe, I. (Speaker)
29.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Demokratietheoretische Konsequenzen
Saretzki, T. (Speaker)
13.03.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Detached and out of touch? Political Elites between public criticism and logic of professionalization.
Reiser, M. (Speaker)
07.09.2016 → 10.09.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Die Entwicklung der Regierungssysteme im post-sozialistischen Europa
Seha, E. (Speaker)
01.06.2012 → 03.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Die italienische Fünf-Sterne-Bewegung im europäischen Kontext
Schwörer, J. (Speaker)
02.12.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Die Lega Nord als Verteidigerin christlicher Identität?
Schwörer, J. (Speaker)
21.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Die Parteien nach der Bundestagswahl 2009 Im Schatten der Großen Koalition? Bundespolitik und Landtagswahlen unter Merkel I und Merkel II
Grotz, F. (Speaker)
14.10.2010 → 15.10.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Die Stadt und ihre Polizei; die Polizei und ihre Stadt? Stadtspezifische Polizeipraxis im Umgang mit Flucht und Migration
Jantzer, L. (Speaker), Geugjes, D. M. (Speaker) & Keitzel, S. (Speaker)
16.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Disaggregating Democracy and the Legitimization of Functionally Fragmented Governance beyond the State
Friedrich, D. (Speaker)
03.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Discovering Cooperation: A Theory of Endogenous Institutional Change in International Organizations
Lenz, T. (Speaker)
16.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Does culture matter? Analysis of the Change in Preferences for Redistribution of Immigrants in Germany over Time
Griaznova, O. (Speaker)
20.07.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Does symbolic representation through class signaling appeal to voters? Evidence from a conjoint experiment
Engler, S. (Speaker)
27.06.2023 → 29.06.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Doing Democracy? Democracy and Populism in the EU after the “Refugee Crisis"
Séville, A. (Speaker)
01.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Ein Populismus sui generis – die Fünf-Sterne-Bewegung
Schwörer, J. (Speaker)
22.06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Evidence-based policy-making? Die Bedeutung wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse in politischen Prozessen
Saretzki, T. (Speaker)
24.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Foreign Policy Reconciliation and Public Opinion
Attia, H. (Speaker) & Peez, A. (Speaker)
05.03.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation
Welzel, C. (Keynote Speaker)
21.05.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Integration through Trust. How Refugee Families Build Trust in Early Childhood Education and Care in Germany when Interacting with Volunteers
Siede, A. (Speaker)
10.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Integrative Meta-Policies, reflexive Strategien und Grenzarbeit zwischen Politikfeldern (Einführung zum Panel „Die Entstehung integrativer Meta-Policies und die Dynamik der Grenzarbeit zwischen Politikfeldern“)
Saretzki, T. (Speaker)
18.03.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Integrativ-strategische Politikfelder für den Umgang mit Komplexität?
Saretzki, T. (Speaker)
21.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
International experience and recommendations
Koß, M. (Oral presentation)
09.12.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Interpretation and contestation of fracking in a changing context: The case of Germany and its proclaimed energy transition
Saretzki, T. (Speaker) & Bornemann, B. (Speaker)
04.07.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Interpretations of security among forced migrants in collective accommodation
Jantzer, L. (Speaker)
19.05.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Interpreting challenges to democracy as stress: Conceptual implications and analytical perspectives
Saretzki, T. (Speaker)
06.07.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Interpreting integrative political strategies as boundary objects
Saretzki, T. (Speaker) & Bornemann, B. (Speaker)
04.07.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Intragenerational income growth and preferences for redistribution: towards the issue of elasticity of economic attitudes
Griaznova, O. (Speaker)
02.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Is Neoliberalism Still Spreading?
Hakelberg, L. (Speaker)
11.06.2018 → 13.06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgruppe "Außerschulische politische Jugendbildung und politische Erwachsenenbildung" der GPJE
Wach, L. (Speaker)
17.11.2016 → 18.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Meanings and Understandings of security among (local) police officers in relation to refugees
Jantzer, L. (Speaker)
30.08.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Multi-Level Parties and Local Interest Representation: First Approaches Towards a More Encompassing Research Design
Reiser, M. (Speaker)
24.08.2011 → 27.08.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Negotiating Democracy (Promotion) with Authoritarian Regimes:The EU & North Africa
van Hüllen, V. (Speaker)
05.04.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Neutralität und Amtsgedanke in der Parteiendemokratie. Einige Überlegungen zwischen Zeitdiagnose und Demokratietheorie, internationaler Workshop: Neutralität. Aktualität eines wissenschaftlichen und politischen Konzepts
Séville, A. (Speaker)
2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
New Populist Parties and Their Effect on Mainstream Parties’ Communication
Schwörer, J. (Speaker)
04.09.2019 → 07.09.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
No participation without representation: demands and supplies on representation in European participatory governance
Friedrich, D. (Speaker)
03.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Nuevos partidos populistas y su efecto en la comunicación de los partidos principales
Schwörer, J. (Speaker)
10.07.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Organizational Complexity and Regional Authority: Africa and Latin America Compared
Lenz, T. (Speaker)
15.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Paper: The Multilevel Governance of Deportation – is Access to local Membership possible?
Münch, S. (Speaker)
05.10.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Parties and the People – Why and When Do Parties Support Direct Democracy?
Engler, S. (Speaker)
12.08.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Paths to Power and Legitimacy: The Impact of Legislators’ Experience on Policy-Making in the European Parliament
Salvati, E. (presenter) & Vercesi, M. (presenter)
29.11.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Podiumsdiskussion
Münch, S. (Speaker)
25.06.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer