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
  1. 2011
  2. Zeitschrift für Migration und Soziale Arbeit (Journal)

    Münch, S. (Editor)

    08.2011 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsTransfer

  3. Berlin Summer School in Social Sciences – Linking Theory and Empirical Research

    Seha, E. M. (Participant)

    17.07.201129.07.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. Regionales Management von Klimafolgen - KFM (klimazwei) 2011

    Ebermann, V. (Participant)

    05.07.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. Budgetdruck und/oder Parteipolitik? Verwaltungsstrukturreformen in den deutschen Ländern

    Grotz, F. (Speaker)

    04.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  6. 18th International Conference of the Council for European Studies - CES 2011

    Friedrich, D. (Organiser)

    07.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  7. Extremistische Parteien im Spannungsfeld zwischen Parteienverbot und Versammlungsrecht

    Grotz, F. (Speaker)

    29.06.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  8. Klausurtagung niedersächsische Regierungskommission "Klimaschutz"

    Ebermann, V. (Consultant)

    29.06.2011

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantTransfer

  9. 3rd Graduate Conference of the Italian Political Science Association - 2011

    Vercesi, M. (Chair)

    23.06.201125.06.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. I conflitti nelle coalizioni di governo e la loro gestione: l’evoluzione del caso italiano

    Vercesi, M. (Speaker)

    23.06.201125.06.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  11. Research Committee 'Political Socialization and Education' - IPSA 2011

    Reiser, M. (Speaker)

    23.06.201125.06.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  12. Legitimation problems of participatory processes in technology policy and technology assessment

    Saretzki, T. (Speaker)

    19.06.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  13. Dissertation "The institutionalization of party systems in East Central Europe : explaining variation"

    Müller-Rommel, F. (Reviewer)

    07.06.2011

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantResearch

  14. Dissertation "The Institutionalisation of Party Systems in East Central Europe"

    Müller-Rommel, F. (Reviewer)

    06.06.2011

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantResearch

  15. DFG-Forschungsinitiative Heterogenität der Universitäten Hamburg und Lüneburg 2011 (Event)

    Lutter, A. (Member)

    06.2011

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  16. University of Bremen (External organisation)

    Lutter, A. (Member)

    06.2011

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  17. Hannah Arendts Begriff des Politischen als Unterrichtsleitbild der politischen Bildung?

    Oeftering, T. (Lecturer)

    28.05.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  18. Measuring the Quality of Democracies - 2011

    Welzel, C. (Opponent)

    12.05.201114.05.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  19. Strategie-Workshop „Zwischen den Wahlen – Strategien auf dem Prüfstand“ 2011

    Tils, R. (Organiser)

    11.05.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  20. 2. KLIFF-Statusseminar - 2011

    Ebermann, V. (Participant)

    10.05.201111.05.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  21. 4. Doktoranden-Workshop des Netzwerks Norddeutsche Demokratieforschung - 2011

    Kubbe, I. (Speaker)

    29.04.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  22. Comparative Perspectives on Social Values and Modernization - 2011

    Welzel, C. (Speaker)

    24.04.201127.04.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  23. ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Universität St. Gallen 2011

    Grotz, F. (Speaker)

    12.04.201117.04.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  24. Symposium des Instituts für Deutsches und Internationales Parteienrecht und Parteienforschung - PRuF 2011

    Reiser, M. (Speaker)

    08.04.201109.04.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  25. Große Transformation zur klimaverträglichen Gesellschaft 2011

    Welzel, C. (Speaker)

    07.04.201108.04.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  26. ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Universität St. Gallen 2011

    Friedrich, D. (Speaker)

    04.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  27. Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association - 2011

    Welzel, C. (Participant)

    16.03.201119.03.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  28. Mapping and Tracking Global Cultural Change - 2011

    Welzel, C. (Organiser)

    11.03.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  29. Disaggregating Democracy and the Legitimization of Functionally Fragmented Governance beyond the State

    Friedrich, D. (Speaker)

    03.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  30. No participation without representation: demands and supplies on representation in European participatory governance

    Friedrich, D. (Speaker)

    03.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  31. Ist im Osten alles anders? Parteiensysteme und Regierungsstabilität in den neuen EU-Staaten

    Grotz, F. (Speaker)

    23.02.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  32. Is more always better? 2011

    Welzel, C. (Speaker)

    13.01.201115.01.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  33. Unterricht Wirtschaft + Politik (Journal)

    Lutter, A. (Editor)

    01.2011

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsTransfer

  34. 18th International Conference of Europeanists - CES 2011

    Friedrich, D. (Speaker)

    2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  35. Forschungskolloquium der Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen

    Friedrich, D. (Speaker)

    2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  36. Forschungskolloquium "EU Governance and Civil Society and the Eastern Enlargement”, Forschungsstelle Osteuropa an der Universität Bremen

    Friedrich, D. (Speaker)

    2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  37. National Research University - Higher School of Economics

    Welzel, C. (Visiting researcher)

    2011

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  38. Promotionsworkshop des Graduiertenkollegs „Herausforderung der Demokratie durch den Klimawandel“ am Kulturwissenschaftlichen Institut Essen - KWI 2011

    Friedrich, D. (Opponent)

    2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsEducation

  39. Promotionsworkshop des Graduiertenkollegs „Herausforderung der Demokratie durch den Klimawandel“ am Kulturwissenschaftlichen Institut Essen - KWI 2011

    Friedrich, D. (Speaker)

    2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  40. University of California, Irvine

    Welzel, C. (Visiting researcher)

    2011

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  41. Zur Zukunft der repräsentativen Demokratie

    Friedrich, D. (Speaker)

    2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  42. 2010
  43. Das deutsche Wahlsystem auf dem Prüfstand

    Grotz, F. (Speaker)

    01.12.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  44. Gesprächskreis „Netzwerk Parlamentarismus“ Deutscher Bundestag 2010

    Grotz, F. (Speaker)

    26.11.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  45. Vortrag: Direkte Demokratie in den Staaten Mittel- und Osteuropa

    Grotz, F. (Lecturer)

    19.11.201021.11.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  46. 28. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Politikwissenschaft - 2010

    Grotz, F. (Speaker)

    03.11.201004.11.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  47. Die Parteien nach der Bundestagswahl 2009 Im Schatten der Großen Koalition? Bundespolitik und Landtagswahlen unter Merkel I und Merkel II

    Grotz, F. (Speaker)

    14.10.201015.10.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  48. Wer entscheidet unter welchen Bedingungen über die Nominierung von Kandidaten?' Die Kandidatenaufstellung zur Bundestagswahl 2009

    Reiser, M. (Speaker)

    14.10.201015.10.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  49. The Contract Governance Conference - 2010

    Grotz, F. (Participant)

    30.09.201002.10.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsTransfer