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
- 2014
Book Presentation: "Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation"
Welzel, C. (Oral presentation)
03.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Keynote: "From Sacrificing Life to Living It: Moral Evolution and the Emerging Mass Basis of Global Peace"
Welzel, C. (Speaker)
03.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
“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
Skype-Gespräch mit Prof. Dr. Thomas Pogge, Prof. Dr. Vera van Hüllen und Michael Windfuhr
van Hüllen, V. (Speaker)
25.02.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Experimentelle Politik?
Saretzki, T. (Speaker)
21.02.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Post-sozialistische Regierungssystemreform: Armenien, Kroatien, Russland und die Ukraine im Vergleich
Seha, E. M. (Oral presentation)
14.02.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation
Welzel, C. (Oral presentation)
12.02.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
5th IPSA Summer School 2014
Kronfeldt, M. (Participant)
02.02.2014 → 14.02.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
53rd Annual Meeting of the Western Regional Science Association - WRSA 2014
Welzel, C. (presenter)
02.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Book Launch: "Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation"
Welzel, C. (Oral presentation)
02.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
School of Culture and Society (Organisational unit)
Müller-Rommel, F. (Chair)
02.2014 → 06.2014Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Public Lecture Series "Global Politics" 2015
van Hüllen, V. (Organiser)
30.01.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Human Empowerment as an Analytical Framework to Study Social and Political Change
Welzel, C. (Speaker)
28.01.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Public Lecture Series "Global Politics" 2014
van Hüllen, V. (Organiser)
16.01.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Wahrheit und Wahrhaftigkeit
Saretzki, T. (Speaker)
14.01.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
University of Siena
Müller-Rommel, F. (Visiting researcher)
01.01.2014 → 15.02.2014Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Key Lecture: "Human Empowerment as an Analytical Framework to Study Social and Political Change"
Welzel, C. (Speaker)
01.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
University of California, Irvine
Kubbe, I. (Visiting researcher)
01.2014 → 04.2014Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (External organisation)
Koß, M. (Member)
2014 → 2019Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (External organisation)
Koß, M. (Member)
2014 → 2019Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Professor Müller-Rommel im internationalem Beirat am European University Institute, Florenz
Müller-Rommel, F. (Consultant)
2014Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica (Journal)
Koß, M. (Editorial Board)
2014 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
University of California, Irvine
Welzel, C. (Visiting researcher)
2014Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
- 2013
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
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
Fortschritt bis zum Kollaps: Wie Zivilisationen an ökologischen Grenzen scheitern können
Kronfeldt, M. (Lecturer)
10.12.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Was heißt "kritische" Politikwissenschaft?
Saretzki, T. (Panel participant)
28.11.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Exporting (Good) Governance: Regional Organizations and Areas of Limited Statehood - 2013
van Hüllen, V. (Organiser)
15.11.2013 → 16.11.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
„Is it all about profit? Corruption in European Comparative Perspective”
Kubbe, I. (Lecturer)
10.11.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
University of Birmingham
Reiser, M. (Visiting researcher)
11.2013Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
University of Siena
Müller-Rommel, F. (Visiting researcher)
11.2013 → 12.2013Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Entwicklung der niedersächsichen Strategie zur Anpassung an den Klimawandel
Ebermann, V. (Oral presentation)
30.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Workshop "External Actors’ Responses to the Arab Spring The EU in Comparative Perspective" - 2013
van Hüllen, V. (presenter)
25.10.2013 → 26.10.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Public Lecture Series "Global Politics" 2015
van Hüllen, V. (Organiser)
24.10.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Is it all about profit?: Corruption in European Comparative Perspective
Kubbe, I. (Oral presentation)
11.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
International Workshop: Contestation of hydraulic fracking in Europe and the USA: policies, publics and democracy - 2013
Saretzki, T. (Organiser)
10.10.2013 → 12.10.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Annual Meeting, German Political Science Association - Comparative Politics Section 2013
Welzel, C. (presenter)
09.10.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › 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
Late Summer School, Graduate School of Politics, Münster: Qualitative Analysis of Interview Data - 2013
Wach, L. (Participant)
07.10.2013 → 09.10.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Global Economic Symposium - GES 2013
Kruse, S. (Participant)
01.10.2013 → 02.10.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Public Lecture Series "Global Politics" - 2013
van Hüllen, V. (Organiser)
10.2013 → 10.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Coming to Terms with the Imperial Presidency? Constitutional Reform in Kenya
Elischer, S. (Oral presentation)
27.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Herbsttagung der Sektion Politische Theorie und Ideenbeschichte - DVPW 2013
Saretzki, T. (Moderator)
26.09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Summer School der Philosophischen Fakultät der Leibniz-Universität Hannover - 2013
Ebermann, V. (Participant)
26.09.2013 → 27.09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Methodenworkshop: Einführung in die Grounded-Theory-Methodologie (GTM) - 2013
Ebermann, V. (Participant)
23.09.2013 → 24.09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Integrativ-strategische Politikfelder für den Umgang mit Komplexität?
Saretzki, T. (Speaker)
21.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
3-Länder-Tagung Politikwissenschaft - 2013
Ebermann, V. (Participant)
19.09.2013 → 21.09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Internationale Konferenz "Macht – Medien – Mitteleuropa: Dimensionen der Macht und mediales Spektakel" - 2013
Buß, B. (Speaker)
19.09.2013 → 20.09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Political Communication in times of crisis - 2013
Buß, B. (presenter)
12.09.2013 → 13.09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
23rd European Consortium for Political Research Summer School on Political Parties and Democracy - ECPR 2013
Müller-Rommel, F. (Organiser)
07.09.2013 → 22.09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Inklusion und Politische Bildung - Thesen
Oeftering, T. (Lecturer)
07.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
7. General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research - ECPR 2013
Saretzki, T. (Speaker)
06.09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Strategieentwicklung in der Klimaanpassungspolitik: Niedersachsen und Bayern im Vergleich
Ebermann, V. (Oral presentation)
03.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › 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
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
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
8th GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology - 2013
Kruse, S. (Participant)
15.08.2013 → 30.08.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Politische Steuerung von Technisierungsprozessen?
Saretzki, T. (Lecturer)
13.08.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Multivariate Statistical Analysis and Comparative Cross-National Surveys Data - 2013
Kronfeldt, M. (Participant)
28.07.2013 → 11.08.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Speaking with a Single Voice: Internal Cohesiveness and External Effectiveness of the EU in World Politics, Workshop an der TU Dresden - 2013
van Hüllen, V. (presenter)
23.07.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1st International Summer School on Evolution
Kronfeldt, M. (Participant)
15.07.2013 → 19.07.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › 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
8th International Interpretive Policy Analysis Conference - IPA 2013
Saretzki, T. (Chair)
03.07.2013 → 05.07.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Fracking comes to Germany: Interpreting societal conflicts, the politics of expertise and strategies for conflict resolution in a federal system: with Basil Bornemann
Saretzki, T. (Oral presentation)
03.07.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) - 2015
Kruse, S. (Participant)
30.06.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
The Politics and Economics of Aid Summer School - POLECAID 2013
Kruse, S. (Participant)
24.06.2013 → 05.07.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Event History Analysis and Applications Using STATA - 2013
Kruse, S. (Participant)
13.06.2013 → 14.06.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Small N-Analysis and process tracing - GIGA Workshop 2013
Kruse, S. (Participant)
03.06.2013 → 04.06.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Dissertation: "The Formation of Minority Governments in Central and Eastern Europe"
Müller-Rommel, F. (Reviewer)
06.2013Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
21. Tagung Junger Osteuropaexperten - DGO JOE 2013
Buß, B. (Organiser)
31.05.2013 → 02.06.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
6. Doktorandenworkshop des Netzwerks Norddeutscher Demokratieforschung - NND 2013
Saretzki, T. (Organiser)
31.05.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Large N-Analysis and Regression Workshop - 2015
Kruse, S. (Participant)
28.05.2013 → 29.05.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Entwicklung von Klimaanpassungsstrategien in föderalen Politiksystemen: der Fall Niedersachsen
Ebermann, V. (Oral presentation)
17.05.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Politikwissenschaftliche Strategieanalyse als akteurorientierte Prozessforschung
Ebermann, V. (Oral presentation)
16.05.2013Activity: 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
23rd European Consortium for Political Research Summer School on Political Parties and Democracy - ECPR 2013
Seha, E. M. (Organiser) & Kubbe, I. (Organiser)
01.05.2013 → 30.09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Workshop on “The Design of International Institutions: Theory Meets Data” - 2013
van Hüllen, V. (presenter)
26.04.2013 → 27.04.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
What is Human Rights Education? Scientific and didactic perspectives.
Oeftering, T. (Lecturer)
22.04.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
54th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association - ISA 2013
van Hüllen, V. (Chair)
03.04.2013 → 06.04.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
State-Building and the European Union’s Fight against Corruption in the Southern Caucasus
van Hüllen, V. (Speaker)
03.04.2013 → 06.04.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The EU’s Governance Transfer. From External Promotion to Internal Protection?
van Hüllen, V. (Speaker)
03.04.2013 → 06.04.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Comparative Politics (Journal)
Müller-Rommel, F. (Editor)
01.04.2013 → 2015Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
The Rise of Izala Islam in Niger
Elischer, S. (Oral presentation)
25.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
3rd European Conference on Politics and Gender - ECPG 2013
Knappe, H. (Speaker)
23.03.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Frühjahrstagung der Sektion Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft - DVPW PTI 2013
Saretzki, T. (Speaker)
21.03.2013Activity: 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
17th Workshop: Electoral Quotas and Political Representation: Comparative Perspectives - ECPR 2013
Reiser, M. (Speaker)
11.03.2013 → 16.03.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Strategie-Workshops „Strategische Mehrheit der Union und Probleme des Machtwechselsmit" - 2013
Tils, R. (Organiser)
21.02.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Party Government and Policy Performance in Central and Eastern European Parliamentary Democracies (1990-2010)
Müller-Rommel, F. (Lecturer)
19.02.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Séminaire evoREG: Innovation, connectivité et évolution : quelles perspectives et politiques pour le Rhin Supérieur? - evoREG 2013
Hufnagl, M. (Speaker)
23.01.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Doktorandenkurs: Fallauswahl und komparative Methoden in den Sozialwissenschaften - 2013
Ebermann, V. (Participant)
18.01.2013 → 25.01.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
3rd International Conference on Democracy as Idea and Practice
Friedrich, D. (Speaker)
10.01.2013 → 11.01.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Dissertation: "The Effects of Democratization in Party Leadership Selection: A Comparative Analysis of Leadership Races in Five European Countries"
Müller-Rommel, F. (Reviewer)
01.2013Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
University of North Carolina
Lenz, T. (Visiting researcher)
01.2013 → 04.2013Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Cambridge University Press (Publisher)
Welzel, C. (Editor)
2013Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of unfinished anthology/collection › Research
Journal of European Public Policy (Journal)
Friedrich, D. (Editor) & Kröger, S. (Editorial Board)
2013Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of unfinished anthology/collection › Research
National Research University - Higher School of Economics
Welzel, C. (Visiting lecturer)
2013Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
National Research University - Higher School of Economics
Welzel, C. (Visiting researcher)
2013Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
van Hüllen, V. (Editor)
2013 → 2015Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of unfinished anthology/collection › Research
University of California, Irvine
Welzel, C. (Visiting researcher)
2013Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research