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
Demokratieexport? Dilemmata externer Demokratieförderung
van Hüllen, V. (Lecturer)
01.06.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Democratic Anger and Anxiety
Reiser, M. (Participant)
10.11.2016 → 11.11.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Dekanat Fakultät S (Organisational unit)
Séville, A. (Member)
01.10.2024 → 30.09.2026Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Dekanat Fakultät S (Organisational unit)
Koß, M. (Chair)
01.10.2024 → 30.09.2026Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Declining Trust in Institutions: Why We Should Not Worry
Welzel, C. (Speaker)
10.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Data Analysis: MAXQDA
Wach, L. (Participant)
25.09.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Das deutsche Wahlsystem auf dem Prüfstand
Grotz, F. (Speaker)
01.12.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Daniele Saracino
Zaun, N. (Host)
01.01.2025 → 31.03.2025Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
Cultural Evolution and Subjective Wellbeing: Rising Individualism Rewires Happiness from Religion to Subjective Freedom
Welzel, C. (Speaker)
12.09.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Corruption in Comparative Perspective
Kubbe, I. (Oral presentation)
02.12.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
“Corruption and Trust: A Model Design”
Kubbe, I. (Lecturer)
26.01.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Corruption and Trust: A model design
Kubbe, I. (Speaker)
29.03.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Convegno Nazionale. Il Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri dallo Stato liberale allo Stato democratico fino all'Unione europea - 2019
Vercesi, M. (Speaker)
20.02.2019 → 22.02.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Contesting the rules of the game? Political conflict, polarization and procedural consensus
Engler, S. (Speaker)
21.11.2024 → 23.11.2024Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Contemporary European Politics (Journal)
Zaun, N. (Editorial Board)
30.08.2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Containing and Accomodating Salafism in the Sahel: Insights and Lessons from Niger
Elischer, S. (Oral presentation)
12.12.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Constructor University Bremen (External organisation)
Welzel, C. (Coordinator)
2004 → 2006Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Education
Constitutional Reform in Semipresidential Systems: Armenia, Croatia, Russia and Ukraine Compared
Seha, E. M. (presenter)
03.09.2014 → 06.09.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Conference: Unlike Twins?! Comparing Autocracies
Satra, P. (presenter)
15.03.2017 → 17.03.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Conference on "The European Electoral Heritage: Ten Years of the Code of Good Practice in Electoral Matters" 2012
Grotz, F. (Speaker)
02.07.2012 → 03.07.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Conference of the Berlin-Leiden-Consortium - 2005
Grotz, F. (Speaker)
14.01.2005 → 16.01.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Conference of the Association for the Study of Modern Italy - ASMI 2014
Vercesi, M. (presenter)
21.11.2014 → 22.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Conference: New trends of political representation in the EU: still democratic? 2012
Friedrich, D. (Speaker)
05.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Conference: Challenges of Current German UN Politics
Satra, P. (Participant)
30.07.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Comparative Politics (Journal)
Müller-Rommel, F. (Editor)
01.04.2013 → 2015Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Comparative Politics and Political Economy Research Seminar, University of Konstanz
Engler, S. (Speaker)
29.04.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Comparative Perspectives on Social Values and Modernization - 2011
Welzel, C. (Speaker)
24.04.2011 → 27.04.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Community and Diversity in Urban Neighbourhoods. SFB 923 Bedrohte Ordnungen
Münch, S. (Speaker)
03.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Commission on the History of Parliamentarianism and Political Parties (External organisation)
Koß, M. (Member)
05.2023 → …Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Transfer
Coming to Terms with the Imperial Presidency? Constitutional Reform in Kenya
Elischer, S. (Oral presentation)
27.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Coming to terms with the European refugee crisis
Zaun, N. (Speaker)
12.03.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Colloquium Presentation: "How Civilization Turned into Human Empowerment"
Welzel, C. (Speaker)
10.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Colloquium Presentation at the Political Science Department, Georg-August-University, Goettingen
Welzel, C. (presenter)
11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Colloquium an der Higher School of Economics
Welzel, C. (Lecturer)
15.10.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Collecting Data from Archival Sources
Hakelberg, L. (Organiser), Seelkopf, L. (Speaker) & Limberg, J. (Speaker)
20.03.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Coalitions and Inter-Party Conflicts Management: The Case of Italy
Vercesi, M. (presenter)
04.07.2012 → 06.07.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › 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
Civic invocations: Contemporary codes of conduct in liberal democracy
Séville, A. (Speaker)
2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
City-specific police practice in dealing with flight and migration?!
Jantzer, L. (Speaker)
21.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Cities in the governance of deportation: do they still open pathways to local membership?
Münch, S. (Oral presentation)
27.04.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Challenges to Parliamentarism
Koß, M. (Organiser)
06.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
CfP Sektionstagung 2017
Münch, S. (Moderator)
21.09.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
CfP Sektionstagung 2017
Saretzki, T. (Participant)
21.09.2017 → 22.09.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Centrist Anti-Establishment Parties and their Struggle for Survival
Engler, S. (Speaker)
15.11.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Center for Voting and Parties
Reiser, M. (Speaker)
18.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Center for the Study of Democracy (Organisational unit)
Séville, A. (Chair)
04.2025Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Career Paths and Turnover of Regional Presidents in Italy: A Comparative Longitudinal Analysis
Vercesi, M. (Speaker) & Grimaldi, S. (Speaker)
23.07.2016 → 28.07.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Can China Escape the Emancipatory Impulse of Modernization?
Welzel, C. (Speaker)
12.12.2014 → 13.12.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Cambridge University Press (Publisher)
Welzel, C. (Editor)
2013Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of unfinished anthology/collection › Research