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
- 2016
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
Populismus in Deutschland und Italien
Schwörer, J. (Speaker)
11.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
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
Politikworkshop „Antidemokratische Bewegungen“ für den B1-Intensivkurs für Geflüchtete an der Leuphana
Münch, S. (Speaker)
10.11.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Politikworkshop „Sicherung der Demokratie“ für den B2-Intensivkurs für Geflüchtete an der Leuphana
Münch, S. (Speaker)
09.11.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Populism and Radicalization
Schwörer, J. (Speaker)
08.11.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Expertenworkshop zum IRS-Leitprojekt URBANREG - urbane Regenierungspraxen, Zuwanderung und die Produktion sozialräumlicher Ungleichheiten in Städten
Münch, S. (Speaker)
04.11.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Community and Diversity in Urban Neighbourhoods. SFB 923 Bedrohte Ordnungen
Münch, S. (Speaker)
03.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
German Political Science Association e.V. (External organisation)
Müller-Rommel, F. (Member)
01.11.2016 → 30.10.2018Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Institute of Political Sciences (Organisational unit)
Reiser, M. (Chair)
18.10.2016 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises Parteienforschung 2016
Reiser, M. (Speaker)
14.10.2016 → 15.10.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Leuphana Startwoche 2016
Münch, S. (Speaker)
10.10.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Social Movements Conference
Wienkoop, N.-K. (presenter)
10.10.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
3-Ländertagung
Saretzki, T. (Opponent)
30.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Pro/Contra Volksentscheid: Direktdemokratische Institutionen in repräsentativen Demokratien
Heeß, K. (Speaker)
15.09.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
XXX Annual Conference of the Italian Political Science Association - SISP 2016
Vercesi, M. (presenter)
15.09.2016 → 17.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Politikworkshop „Demokratie in Deutschland“ für den B1-Intensivkurs für Geflüchtete an der Leuphana
Münch, S. (Speaker)
14.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Politikworkshop „Demokratie in Deutschland“ für den B2-Intensivkurs für Geflüchtete an der Leuphana
Münch, S. (Speaker)
13.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
10th ECPR General Conference 2016
Reiser, M. (Speaker)
07.09.2016 → 10.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
10th ECPR General Conference 2016
Heeß, K. (presenter)
07.09.2016 → 10.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › 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
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
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
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
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
World Congress of the International Association of Political Science - IPSA 2016
Vercesi, M. (Chair)
22.07.2016 → 28.07.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › 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
Hochschulöffentlicher Vortrag: "Was ist politische Bildung" Eine qualitative Studie zu den Vorstellungen von Lehramtsstudierenden."
Oeftering, T. (Speaker)
13.07.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
6th ECPR Graduate Student Conference 2016
Wach, L. (Participant)
10.07.2016 → 13.07.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › 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
Werkstattgespräch des Methodenzentrums
Münch, S. (Speaker)
04.07.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › 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
Frontiers and borders of superdiversity
Münch, S. (presenter)
23.06.2016 → 24.06.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Populismi. Il Movimento 5 Stelle e la Alternativa per la Germania
Schwörer, J. (Speaker)
20.06.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Etablierte und Außenseiter revisited: Zusammenleben und Integration in Zeiten von „superdiversity“ im deutsch-britischen Vergleich
Münch, S. (Oral presentation)
15.06.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Berz, J. G. (Member)
13.06.2016 → 31.08.2018Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Soziologie der Parlamente?
Reiser, M. (Speaker)
10.06.2016 → 11.06.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
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
Workshop on "Political Executives in Democratic and Autocratic Regimes"
Müller-Rommel, F. (Organiser)
02.06.2016 → 03.06.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Demokratieexport? Dilemmata externer Demokratieförderung
van Hüllen, V. (Lecturer)
01.06.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
The European Union as an external actor in the 'Arab Spring'
van Hüllen, V. (Lecturer)
30.05.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
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
Interactions between social movements and international organisations
Wienkoop, N.-K. (Participant)
06.05.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
'Wo das Sprechen aufhört, hört die Politik auf' (Hannah Arendt) - zur politischen Rhetorik in Zeiten der AfD, Pegidas & Co.
Oeftering, T. (Lecturer)
25.04.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Referentin des Ersten Salonsgesprächs „Geschlechter- und Diversitätsforschung ist die Antwort – was war die Frage?“
Münch, S. (Panel participant)
20.04.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Behind Red Doors. Geflüchtete am britischen Wohnungsmarkt
Münch, S. (Oral presentation)
15.04.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › 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
Der „fachdidaktische Code“ der Lebenswelt- und/oder (?) Situationsorientierung in der fachdidaktischen Diskussion der sozialwissenschaftlichen Unterrichtsfächer sowie des Lernfeldkonzepts
Oeftering, T. (Organiser)
07.03.2016 → 08.03.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Workshop, International Academy Berlin: Qualitative Content Analysis
Wach, L. (Participant)
03.03.2016 → 04.03.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Landesgeschichte und Landespolitik – Anmerkungen zur Frage nach den „Quellen guter Landespolitik“ aus politikwissenschaftlicher Perspektive
Saretzki, T. (Panel participant)
26.02.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Public Lecture & Kick-Off-Meeting of the Working Group “Movements & Institutions”
Wienkoop, N.-K. (Organiser)
26.02.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Zwischen Krise, Kritik, Utopie und Wandel - eine europäische Begegnung. Fishbowl mit Studierenden aus verschiedenen europäischen Ländern
Münch, S. (Speaker)
25.02.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Education
Einwanderungsland Europa - Was kann politische Bildung?
Oeftering, T. (Panel participant)
23.02.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Leuphana Konferenzwoche 2016
Oeftering, T. (Speaker)
23.02.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Öffentliche Bildungsreihe "Einwanderungsland Europa: Wie begegnet Lüneburg der Welt?" 2016
Münch, S. (Speaker)
28.01.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
POLITIKUM - Analysen, Kontroversen, Bildung: Vierteljahreszeitschrift des Wochenschau Verlags
Reiser, M. (Consultant)
2016 → 2019Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
- 2015
Re-Reading Risse - 2015
van Hüllen, V. (Participant)
18.12.2015 → 19.12.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Diskussionsforum des Amtes für regionale Landesentwicklung Lüneburg in Kooperation mit dem Bildungs- und Integrationsbüro des Landkreises Lüneburg und der Leuphana Universität
Münch, S. (Speaker)
10.12.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Designed to fail?: Regional human rights institutions in the Middle East and North Africa and the 'Arab Spring'
van Hüllen, V. (Oral presentation)
25.11.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
5th International Annual Conference Laboratory for Comparative Social Research - LCSR 2015
Kruse, S. (Speaker)
16.11.2015 → 20.11.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
LCSR International Annual Research Conference 2015
Kronfeldt, M. (Participant)
16.11.2015 → 20.11.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Tagung der Sektion Land- und Agrarsoziologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie - DGS 2015
Seha, E. M. (Speaker)
06.11.2015 → 07.11.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Local responses to international democracy promotion efforts: EU cooperation with Morocco & Tunisia before the Arab Spring
van Hüllen, V. (Oral presentation)
23.10.2015 → 24.10.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Workshop on Gender Responsive Policy Making - 2015
Kronfeldt, M. (Organiser)
21.10.2015 → 22.10.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Declining Trust in Institutions: Why We Should Not Worry
Welzel, C. (Speaker)
10.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
German Political Science Association e.V. (External organisation)
van Hüllen, V. (Office)
24.09.2015 → 2018Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
26. Kongress der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft - 2015
van Hüllen, V. (Participant)
21.09.2015 → 25.09.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
25th ECPR PhD Summer School on "Political Parties and Democracy" - 2015
Müller-Rommel, F. (Organiser)
13.09.2015 → 19.09.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
European Consortium for Political Research Summer School - ECPR 2015
Reiser, M. (Organiser)
13.09.2015 → 19.09.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Tagung Bridging and Bonding - 2015
Wienkoop, N.-K. (presenter)
12.09.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Verein für Protest- und Bewegungsforschung e.V. (External organisation)
Wienkoop, N.-K. (Coordinator)
11.09.2015 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
XXIX Annual Conference of the Italian Political Science Association - SISP 2015
Vercesi, M. (presenter)
10.09.2015 → 12.09.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation
Welzel, C. (Oral presentation)
09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Stein Rokkan Award Ceremony: Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation
Welzel, C. (Oral presentation)
09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The Paradox of Democracy: Why Mass Support for Democracy Co-exists So Easily with Non-Democracy
Welzel, C. (Speaker)
09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › 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
Reciprocity and Democracy
Kubbe, I. (presenter)
26.08.2015 → 29.08.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Local Interest Representation in Multi-Level Parties
Reiser, M. (Lecturer)
25.08.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Partizipation als Legitimationsgrundlage von Demokratie?: Der Beitrag politischer Beteiligungskultur zur Stabilität politischer Systeme
van Hüllen, V. (Lecturer)
17.08.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Food and Political Science: A mutually enlightening relationship?
Seha, E. M. (Oral presentation)
06.08.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Workshop on "The State and beyond: Actor constellations in resource conflicts" - 2015
Wienkoop, N.-K. (Organiser)
17.07.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Einmal AstEI, immer AstEI
van Hüllen, V. (Panel participant)
03.07.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
International Conference on Public Policy - ICPP 2015
Saretzki, T. (Organiser)
01.07.2015 → 03.07.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Oslo University
Reiser, M. (Visiting researcher)
07.2015 → 10.2015Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Keyonte: Max Kaase: Researcher, Builder, Leader and Human Person – A Tribute to a Stellar Career
Welzel, C. (Lecturer)
22.06.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Tagung der GPJE 2015
Oeftering, T. (Participant)
11.06.2015 → 13.06.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Challenges to Parliamentarism
Koß, M. (Organiser)
06.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Methods and Methodologies for Researching Globalization and Development - 2015
Kruse, S. (Speaker)
28.05.2015 → 29.05.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Public Lecture Series "Global Politics" 2015
van Hüllen, V. (Organiser)
21.05.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Boston University
Seha, E. M. (Visiting researcher)
01.05.2015 → 31.07.2015Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Max Kaase: Researcher, Builder, Leader and Human Person - A Tribute to a Stellar Career
Welzel, C. (Speaker)
05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Was sind epistemische Regime?
Saretzki, T. (Speaker)
28.04.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
73d Annual COnference of the Midwest Political Science Association - MPSA 2015
Kubbe, I. (Speaker)
16.04.2015 → 19.04.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Konferenz „Politische Kommunikation und Interessenvertretung erleben”
Müller-Rommel, F. (Organiser)
16.04.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Experiments in Social Sciences: Method School
Kubbe, I. (Lecturer)
10.04.2015 → 11.04.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
„Pegida in Germany. Causes and Consequences“
Münch, S. (Lecturer)
08.04.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Key Lecture: The Civic Culture Transformed: From Allegiant to Assertive Citizens
Welzel, C. (Lecturer)
07.04.2015 → 10.04.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The Civic Culture Transformed: From Allegiant to Assertive Citizens
Welzel, C. (Speaker)
04.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Interdisziplinäre Tagung Kompetenz zum Widerstand: Eine vernachlässigte Bildungsaufgabe - 2015
Oeftering, T. (Participant)
25.03.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
"Kritik und Widerstand - fachdidaktische Reflexionen"
Oeftering, T. (Lecturer)
25.03.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research