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
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
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
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
Cambridge University Press (Publisher)
Lenz, T. (Reviewer)
11.08.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Bürgerforum: Lüneburgs Umgamg mit der eigenen Geschichte
Oppermann, J. (Speaker)
10.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Publisher)
Lutter, A. (Editor)
08.2012Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › 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
Budgetdruck und/oder Parteipolitik? Verwaltungsstrukturreformen in den deutschen Ländern
Grotz, F. (Speaker)
04.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › 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
Briefing Note: "Understanding Societal Development and Moral Progress: The Contribution of the World Values Surveys"
Welzel, C. (Speaker)
11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Boston University
Seha, E. M. (Visiting researcher)
01.05.2015 → 31.07.2015Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Book Presentation: "Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation"
Welzel, C. (Oral presentation)
04.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Book Presentation: "Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation"
Welzel, C. (Oral presentation)
04.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Book Presentation: "Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation"
Welzel, C. (Oral presentation)
03.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Book Presenation: "Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation"
Welzel, C. (Oral presentation)
04.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Book Launch: "Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation"
Welzel, C. (Oral presentation)
02.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Biennial International Conference of the European Union Studies Association - EUSA 2016
van Hüllen, V. (Coauthor) & Börzel, T. A. (Speaker)
09.05.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Bi-annual General Assembly of the World Values Survey Association - WVS 2014
Welzel, C. (presenter)
03.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Berufungskommission "Politikwissenschaft: Politisches System der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und der EU" - 2018 (Event)
Oppermann, J. (Member)
21.11.2018Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Berlin Summer School in Social Sciences – Linking Theory and Empirical Research
Seha, E. M. (Participant)
17.07.2011 → 29.07.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Berlin Summer School "Democracy and Democratization" 2012
Kubbe, I. (Participant)
15.07.2012 → 27.07.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Berlin Summer School
Rzadtki, L.-K. (Participant)
16.07.2017 → 27.07.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Behind Red Doors. Geflüchtete am britischen Wohnungsmarkt
Münch, S. (Oral presentation)
15.04.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Begutachtung für das Förderprogramm "Scoping Workshops" der VolkswagenStiftung
Hakelberg, L. (Reviewer)
11.2024 → 01.2025Activity: Other expert activities › Peer review of project proposals › Research
BarCamp Menschenrechte – stiftung.gemeinsam.stärken
Oeftering, T. (Organiser)
13.05.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Autoren-Workshop
Welzel, C. (Organiser)
17.05.2016 → 19.05.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Autorenkonferenz des Forschungsnetzwerkes Verfassungspolitik in den post-sozialistischen Staaten Mittel und Osteuropas 2014
Seha, E. M. (Participant)
16.09.2014 → 19.09.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Autorenkonferenz des Forschungsnetzwerkes Verfassungspolitik in den post-sozialistischen Staaten Mittel und Osteuropas 2014
Osterberg-Kaufmann, N. (presenter)
16.09.2014 → 19.09.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Autocratic Adaptation, Autocratic Legacies and Fundamentalist Islam in Niger
Elischer, S. (Lecturer)
03.04.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Authors' Workshop on 'Governo e potere personale in Italia'
Vercesi, M. (Speaker)
03.05.2018 → 04.05.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Austrian Academy of Sciences (External organisation)
Saretzki, T. (Member)
2008 → 2016Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Ausländerbehörden zwischen “Willkommen“ und Rückkehr
Münch, S. (Speaker)
18.09.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Auftaktveranstaltung des Projekts Jugend und Demokratie 2012
Friedrich, D. (Speaker)
2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Auftaktveranstaltung der Reihe „Förder-institutionen im Gespräch“: Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Saretzki, T. (Participant)
30.06.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
A Theory of International Organization
Lenz, T. (Coauthor) & Hooghe, L. (Speaker)
29.01.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
“Assessing Representative Democracy, the Democratic Deficit and Institutional Reform
Grotz, F. (Lecturer)
25.11.2011 → 26.11.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Are cities mediators of uncertainty in the field of deportation?
Münch, S. (Speaker)
16.11.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Area Studies and Comparative Area Studies: World Regions and their Study at GIGA and beyond
Kruse, S. (Speaker)
01.11.2014 → 02.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
'A Professional Elite? Pre-Parliamentary Experience and Leadership Roles in the European Parliament'
Vercesi, M. (presenter)
11.05.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Anstelle des bestirnten Himmels – 75 Jahre Grundgesetz
Koß, M. (Speaker) & Kück, T. (Speaker)
22.05.2024Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Annual Meeting WPSA Conference
Kruse, S. (Speaker)
18.04.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association - 2011
Welzel, C. (Participant)
16.03.2011 → 19.03.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association's - APSA 2012
Alexander, A. (Speaker)
30.08.2012 → 02.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association - APSA 2013
Welzel, C. (presenter)
29.08.2013 → 01.09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Annual Meeting, German Political Science Association - Comparative Politics Section 2013
Welzel, C. (presenter)
09.10.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Annual Meeting, German Political Science Association - Comparative Politics Section 2013
Welzel, C. (Participant)
09.10.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Annual IPSA-NUS Summer School for Social Science Research Methods
Kubbe, I. (Speaker)
15.07.2013 → 27.07.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Annual International Conference of the Kolleg-Forschergruppe "The Transformative Power of Europe" - KFG 2013
van Hüllen, V. (presenter)
12.12.2013 → 14.12.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Annual Convention of the International Studies Association - ISA 2016
van Hüllen, V. (presenter)
17.03.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Annual Convention of the International Studies Association 2015
van Hüllen, V. (presenter)
18.02.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Analysis of Climate Adaptation Strategy Development: Strategy-Making in the German Länder - The Cases of Lower Saxony and Bavaria
Ebermann, V. (presenter)
18.03.2013 → 20.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
American Political Science Association (APSA) (External organisation)
Koß, M. (Member)
2010 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
American Political Science Association - APSA 2010
Reiser, M. (Speaker)
01.09.2010 → 05.09.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
American Political Science Association - APSA 2003
Reiser, M. (Speaker)
28.08.2003 → 31.08.2003Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting - APSA 2016
Reiser, M. (Speaker)
01.09.2016 → 04.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Allgemeine Qualitätsstandards in der politischen Bildung
Oppermann, J. (Consultant)
22.01.2018Activity: Consultancy
Alles nur Populismus?
Breuning, F. (Speaker)
04.12.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Akademie Ljubljana 2016
Münch, S. (Organiser)
23.08.2016 → 31.08.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education