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
- Presentations (poster etc.)
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
'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
Are cities mediators of uncertainty in the field of deportation?
Münch, S. (Speaker)
16.11.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › 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
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
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
Die Wahrnehmung zur Legitimität in der EU: Kongruenz oder Inkongruenz von Eliten und Bürgerkultur?
Osterberg-Kaufmann, N. (presenter)
09.10.2013 → 11.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
ECPR General Conference 2018
Satra, P. (presenter)
23.08.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Empirical Research Methods on Legitimacy: Repertory Grid as the Interface between „Measuring“ and „Evaluating“
Osterberg-Kaufmann, N. (presenter)
26.08.2015 → 29.08.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
European Parliaments under Stress: The Reform Process of Bicameralism
Vercesi, M. (presenter)
14.09.2017 → 16.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
I conflitti nelle coalizioni di governo e la loro gestione: l’evoluzione del caso italiano
Vercesi, M. (Speaker)
23.06.2011 → 25.06.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Institutionalization and De-Institutionalization of the Italian Political Parties. Triumph and Challenges of Personal Politics
Vercesi, M. (presenter)
06.09.2017 → 09.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
International Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa: Authoritarian Regimes Between Commitment and Compliance
van Hüllen, V. (Speaker)
06.04.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Is the concept of a social movement relevant for understanding energy politics today?
Saretzki, T. (presenter)
18.09.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Just Leave Us Alone: The Arab League and Human Rights
van Hüllen, V. (presenter)
07.03.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Präsentation "Leader Effects of Prime Ministers in Parliamentary Elections"
Berz, J. G. (Speaker)
10.07.2016 → 13.07.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Professionalisation in the European Parliament: The Impact of Different Multi-Level Careers on the Definition of Institutional Leadership
Vercesi, M. (presenter) & Eugenio, S. (Coauthor)
04.09.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Reciprocity and Democracy
Kubbe, I. (presenter)
26.08.2015 → 29.08.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Regional Organizations and Domestic Change in the 'Arab Spring': Cooperation between Power and Persuasion
van Hüllen, V. (presenter)
29.08.2013 → 01.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Societal conflicts and the strategic governance of energy transitions. Presentation on the Panel “Energy controversies and technology conflicts”
Bornemann, B. (presenter) & Saretzki, T. (Coauthor)
18.09.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
State-Building and the European Union's Fight against Corruption in the Southern Caucasus
van Hüllen, V. (presenter) & Börzel, T. A. (presenter)
29.08.2013 → 01.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
The Anti-Systemic Facet of Euroscepticism: Conceptualization and Explanation (with Eugenio Salvati)
Vercesi, M. (presenter)
14.09.2017 → 16.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
The Reform of the Italian Senate: A Step Back for Women’s Representation?
Vercesi, M. (Speaker) & Pansardi, P. (Speaker)
22.07.2016 → 28.07.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Tuesday Seminar, Kolloquium des ZDEMO 2017
Leipold, A. (Speaker)
13.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Verfassungspolitik in Albanien: Machtinstrument oder heilige Kuh?
Osterberg-Kaufmann, N. (presenter)
25.02.2015 → 27.02.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Why Being Democratic is Just Not Enough: The EU’s Governance Transfer
van Hüllen, V. (presenter) & Börzel, T. A. (Coauthor)
07.03.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
- talk or presentation in privat or public events
Alles nur Populismus?
Breuning, F. (Speaker)
04.12.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
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
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
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
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
Demokratie in der Krise? Alternative Autoritarismus? Vergleiche – Gefahren – Perspektiven
van Hüllen, V. (Speaker)
14.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Der Sound der Macht.
Séville, A. (Speaker), Busch, A. (Speaker) & Lauer, G. (Speaker)
12.10.2018 → 21.10.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Die Jugend von heute - Wer macht eigentlich Politik für uns?!
Oppermann, J. (Oral presentation)
29.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
“Die Welt aus kategorialer Sicht”, Brentano-Institut für angewandte Kategorienwissenschaft e.V. Leipzig
Osterberg-Kaufmann, N. (Speaker)
27.02.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Direkte Demokratie in den Ländern: Ein Modell für den Bund?
Grotz, F. (Speaker)
14.10.2011 → 15.10.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Diskursreihe Ethik im Gespräch
Kück, T. (Speaker) & Lenz, T. (Speaker)
08.05.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Diskurswechsel: Von der Abschiebung zur „freiwilligen Rückkehr“
Jantzer, L. (Speaker)
28.05.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Eingeladener Vortrag zu 'Der politisch-planerische Umgang mit der "Sozialen Mischung"'
Münch, S. (Speaker)
21.01.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Erhalt und Zusammenbruch der legislativen Demokratie. Frankreich und Deutschland im Vergleich
Koß, M. (Oral presentation)
14.11.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Estland, ein wichtiger Partner in der EU: Sicherheitspolitische Aspekte im Rahmen der Ratspräsidentschaft
van Hüllen, V. (Speaker)
28.11.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Input und Diskussion: Kann der Ampel die Trendwende gelingen?
Séville, A. (Speaker), Schröder, W. (Speaker), Schmidt, W. (Speaker) & Pinzler, P. (presenter)
2024Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Krise und Resilienz der Demokratie. Eine Bestandsaufnahme
Séville, A. (presenter), Merkel, W. (Speaker) & von Achenbach, J. (Speaker)
01.03.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Lesung und Diskussion: Ringen mit dem Ich: Zur Universalisierung von Subjektivität in Literatur und Politik
Wessely, C. (Speaker), Séville, A. (Speaker) & Müller, J. (Speaker)
25.06.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Mauern überwinden Ausstellung zum Thema „Europa grenzenlos”
Oppermann, J. (Oral presentation)
13.08.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Migration und Integration als politische Herausforderungen - Vergleichende Analysen zu politisch-kulturellen Voraussetzungen der Migrationspolitik und Reaktionen von Migrations- und Integrationspolitik
Münch, S. (Speaker)
02.06.2016 → 04.06.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Narratives of Progress
Séville, A. (Speaker)
13.10.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Online-Diskussion: Deutsche Abschiebungspolitik im Praxistest
Münch, S. (Speaker)
06.05.2020Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Organizational Complexity and Regional Authority: Africa and Latin America Compared
Lenz, T. (Speaker)
17.12.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Podiumsdiskussion "Demokratie in der Krise?"
Oppermann, J. (Oral presentation)
11.04.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer