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
2012-2014: In-service Qualification of Graduate Engineers (AUS) of the Vocational Fields Metals Technology, Vehicle Technology and Electrical Engineering as well as of Teachers for these Vocational Fields for Vocational Schools
Oeftering, T. (Project staff) & Lange, D. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.12 → 31.03.14
Project: Teaching
24th ECPR PhD Summer School on “Political Parties in New Democracies”
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic)
07.09.14 → 13.09.14
Project: Scientific event
A-CLIM: Analysis of Climate Change Adaptation Strategy Development in Lower Saxony
Saretzki, T. (Project manager, academic), Striegnitz, M. (Project manager, academic) & Ebermann, V. (Project staff)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.10.12 → 22.01.15
Project: Research
Arbeitsgruppe „Semantiken des Verzichts“ an der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Séville, A. (Project manager, academic), Paul, H. (Project manager, academic) & Scheunpflug, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.23 → 01.03.24
Project: Research
Autocracies' Counterintuitive Delegation Preferences to International Human Rights Organizations
Šatra, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.16 → 30.09.19
Project: Dissertation project
Autocracies in International Relations (winter semester 2018-19, bachelor Political Science)
Šatra, P. (Project manager, academic)
15.10.18 → 01.02.19
Project: Teaching
Bürgermeisterwahlkämpfe im Professionalisierungsdiskurs der Wahlkampfforschung. Ein kandidatenzentrierter Vergleich in niedersächsischen Städten
Freund, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.10 → 23.07.13
Project: Dissertation project
Career patterns and political performance of Prime Ministers in Central East European Democracies
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.18 → 30.06.20
Project: Research
Citizenship Education in South Africa and Germany – theories, concepts and practice
Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic) & Ngcoza, K. (Partner)
01.01.17 → 30.11.17
Project: Research
Citizienship Education in South Africa
Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.01.17 → 31.05.18
Project: Other
Deliberative Bürgerbeteiligung in der deutschen Debatte um Priorisierung in der medizinischen Versorgung - Potentiale und Grenzen
Stumpf, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.12 → 31.03.15
Project: Dissertation project
Demokratiefindung in der ehemaligen DDR
Thaysen, U. (Project manager, academic)
01.12.90 → 30.10.93
Project: Research
Demokratische Regierungssysteme in Mittel- und Osteuropa
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.09 → 24.11.09
Project: Scientific event
Die Europäische Union als Diskurs: "Europa für Bürgerinnen und Bürger" dank einer aktivierten Zivilgesellschaft? (Arbeitstitel)
Wach, L. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.14 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Diffusing the EU Model? The European Union’s Influence on Regional Organizations
Lenz, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.15 → 31.12.17
Project: Research
Directly Elected Mayors: Impact on the Local Party System
Reiser, M. (Project manager, academic) & Bottom, K. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.13 → …
Project: Research
DoktorandInnen-Workshop Sektion Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft (2011)
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic)
17.06.11 → 18.06.11
Project: Scientific event
Dynamik, Gründe und Folgen des postindustriellen Wertewandels: Deutschlands Werteentwicklung im internationalen Vergleich
Welzel, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.10 → 30.06.11
Project: Research
Ehrenamt durch Qualifizierung stärken
Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.12.16 → 31.05.17
Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)
Executive Power in Parliamentary Democracies (2013-2017)
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.13 → 31.08.17
Project: Research
Exhibition Project “Hitler´s Crimes: A French Occupying Forces´ Exhibition 1945-1946“ Conducted at Freiburg University of Education
Oeftering, T. (Project staff), Uhl, H. (Project manager, academic) & Merz, H.-G. (Project manager, academic)
10.03.04 → …
Project: Practical Project
Exhibition Project “Political Caricatures of the Conflict in Iraq“
Oeftering, T. (Project staff), Kuhn, H.-W. (Project manager, academic) & Merz, H.-G. (Project manager, academic)
05.03.03 → 31.03.04
Project: Practical Project
Förderung Autorenworkshop Sonderheft ZPOL November 2018 durch Thyssenstiftung
Münch, S. (Project manager, academic), Barbehön, M. (Partner) & Schlag, G. (Partner)
01.10.18 → 31.03.19
Project: Scientific event
Freedom Rising: Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation
Welzel, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.12 → 31.03.13
Project: Research
"Freiwillige Rückkehr" - Implementierung und Politisierung im europäischen Mehrebenensystem
Münch, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.19 → 30.11.19
Project: Research
Gastdozentur Prof. Pettai, Uni Tartu
Pettai, V. A. (Project manager, academic) & Müller-Rommel, F. (Coordination)
01.10.08 → 01.02.11
Project: Teaching
Individuelle und systemische Belastungen im flexiblen Kapitalismus. Demokratietheoretische Implikationen einer kritischen Theorie sozialen Stresses
Schottdorf, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.16 → …
Project: Dissertation project
IniVPol: Instrumente in der Verbraucherpolitik
Leipold, A. (Project staff) & Loer, K. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.17 → 31.12.19
Project: Research
Integration Through Trust
Sandermann, P. (Project manager, academic), Friedrichs-Liesenkötter, H. (Project manager, academic), Henkel, A. (Project manager, academic), Münch, S. (Project manager, academic), Husen, O. (Project manager, academic), Kakar, H. (Project staff), Siede, A. (Project staff), Schwenker, V. S. (Project staff), Wenzel, L. (Project staff) & Winkel, M. (Project staff)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.02.19 → 31.05.22
Project: Research
Intra-party Competition: District Nomination of the Candidates for the Federal Elections 2009
Reiser, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.08 → …
Project: Research
Jugend und Politik - ein schwieriges Verhältnis? Schüler als Jugendforscher
Friedrich, D. (Project manager, academic) & Lutter, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.12 → 31.03.15
Project: Practical Project
Klimafolgenanpassung: Klimafolgenanpassung - Analyse der Entwicklung einer Klimaanpassungsstrategie für Niedersachsen
Striegnitz, M. (Project manager, academic), Saretzki, T. (Project manager, academic) & Ebermann, V. (Project staff)
Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Umwelt, Energie und Klimaschutz
01.04.11 → 30.06.18
Project: Research
Kommunale Wählergemeinschaften in Ost- und Westdeutschland
Reiser, M. (Coordination) & Holtmann, E. (Project manager, academic)
15.09.04 → 31.07.12
Project: Research
Konferenzmanagement und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit zur Konferenzwoche 2020
Jantzer, L. (Project manager, academic) & Prien-Ribcke, S. (Project manager, academic)
14.10.19 → 02.02.20
Project: Teaching
Leadership: Eine Frage der Persönlichkeit? Ein Vergleich des Führungshandelns von Bundeskanzlerin Merkel angesichts der Währungs- und Migrationskrise
Wehrkamp, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.17 → 01.01.20
Project: Dissertation project
LESÖB: Lebensweltorientierte Konstruktion von (nachhaltigen) Lernaufgaben in der sozioökonomischen Bildung
Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic), Fischer, A. (Project manager, academic), Oppermann, J. (Project staff) & Hantke, H. (Project staff)
01.10.17 → 31.12.18
Project: Research
Local Interest Representation in Multi-Level Parties
Reiser, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.08.14 → …
Project: Research
Methods and Techniques of Political Science
Griaznova, O. (Project manager, academic)
15.09.20 → 28.01.21
Project: Teaching
Methods of Political Science: Introduction to Quantitative Methods
Griaznova, O. (Project manager, academic)
15.10.20 → 31.01.21
Project: Teaching
Migrationspolitiken im Mehrebenensystem
Jantzer, L. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.22 → 01.10.22
Project: Teaching
Music and Politics. Political Cultural Education as an Access to Politics for Adolescents!?
Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic), Kuhn, H.-W. (Project manager, academic) & Gloe, M. (Project manager, academic)
06.03.12 → 30.08.14
Project: Scientific event
Nationalist, people-centered and anti-elitist communication strategies of political parties. A theoretical and empirical introduction
Schwörer, J. (Project manager, academic)
03.05.19 → 25.05.19
Project: Teaching
NMUN: National Model United Nations 2010 - New York
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic)
19.03.10 → 31.05.10
Project: Teaching
NMUN: National Model United Nations 2010 - New York
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.10 → 24.06.10
Project: Teaching
NMUN : National Model Univer Nations (NMUN) 2008-2010
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.08 → 01.09.10
Project: Teaching
Netzwerk "Externe Demokratisierungspolitik" (EDP)
van Hüllen, V. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.15 → 30.04.19
Project: Other
Ökonomische Ungleichheit und der Einfluss von Diskurskoalitionen auf Vermögensbesteuerung in Deutschland, 1995-2015. Eine Diskursnetzwerkanalyse von Policy-Wandel in der Steuerpolitik
Leipold, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.12.15 → 11.05.16
Project: Research
Parlamentarische Sozialisation von Landtagsabgeordneten
Reiser, M. (Project manager, academic) & Borchert, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.10 → …
Project: Research
Party Government in the New Europe. London: Routledge
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic) & Keman, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.09 → 31.10.11
Project: Research
Party Politics and Democracy in Europe
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.14 → 03.07.14
Project: Scientific event
Peace Counts School Freiburg
Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic)
08.03.07 → …
Project: Practical Project
Personalization of Politics
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic) & Garzia, D. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.14 → 31.08.17
Project: Research
Phd Program Democracy under Stress (DUS)
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic) & Welzel, C. (Coordination)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.10.16 → 31.12.21
Project: Other
PolPolPol: Police, Politics, Polis – Dealing with refugees in the city
Münch, S. (Project manager, academic) & Jantzer, L. (Project staff)
01.01.21 → 31.12.23
Project: Research
Political Culture and Political Development
Welzel, C. (Project manager, academic) & Dalton, R. J. (Partner)
01.01.09 → 31.12.13
Project: Research
Political Discourses of Business and Capital Taxation. A Comparative Network Analysis of Tax Policy-Focused Media and Parliamentary Debates in the U.S. and Germany, 1965-2015
Leipold, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.16 → 30.09.19
Project: Dissertation project
Political Parties and Religious Communication
Schwörer, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.19 → …
Project: Research
Political Parties in Africa: Ethnicity and Party Formation
Elischer, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.12 → 01.09.14
Project: Research
"Politische Kommunikation von Werten“ an der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Séville, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.21 → 31.12.21
Project: Research
Populism in Germany and Europe
Schwörer, J. (Project manager, academic)
20.04.18 → 26.05.19
Project: Teaching
Post-sozialistische Regierungssystemreform: Armenien, Kroatien, Russland und die Ukraine im Vergleich
Seha, E. (Project manager, academic)
01.03.11 → 10.07.14
Project: Dissertation project
PPGG-Programm PELP -Public Policy and Good Governance
Friedrich, D. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.09 → 30.06.15
Project: Teaching
PusH: Precarious Housing in Europe. Pushing for Innovation in Higher Education
Münch, S. (Project manager, academic) & Siede, A. (Project staff)
01.09.19 → 31.08.22
Project: Research
Professionalisierung der Kommunalpolitik in deutschen Großstädten
Reiser, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.12.01 → 30.05.05
Project: Research
Regierungssysteme in Mittel- und Osteuropa: Die neuen EU-Staaten im Vergleich.
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic) & Grotz, F. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.08 → 31.08.10
Project: Research
Regionalism and its Causes in sub-Saharan Africa
Elischer, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.14 → …
Project: Research
Re/Präsentation. Neue Formen der politischen Absprache und Fürsprache in der kommenden Gesellschaft
Séville, A. (Project manager, academic), Müller, J. (Coordination) & Kirchmeier, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.03.21 → 28.02.25
Project: Research
Repräsentationsvorstellungen von Abgeordneten
Reiser, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.15 → …
Project: Research
Representation in the European Union
Friedrich, D. (Project manager, academic) & Kröger, S. (Partner)
28.11.09 → 15.01.13
Project: Research
Repression, Mobilization, and Civil Society
Welzel, C. (Project manager, academic), Inglehart, R. C. (Partner) & Deutsch, F. (Partner)
01.01.12 → 31.12.16
Project: Research
Scholarship for a visiting scientist via Wissenschaft.Niedersachsen.Weltoffen
Münch, S. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.02.18 → 31.01.21
Project: Research
Sicherheit für wen? Bedeutungen und Praktiken von Sicherheit aus geflüchteter und polizeilicher Sicht
Jantzer, L. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.21 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Social Protest in Africa's Hybrid Regimes
Elischer, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.14 → 30.09.17
Project: Dissertation project
Socio-Economic Inequality and Its Effect on Liberal Democratic Culture across the World
Schmitz, A.-E. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.17 → 30.09.22
Project: Dissertation project
LegRO: Sources and Consequences of Legitimation Strategies of Regional Organizations
Lenz, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.18 → 30.06.24
Project: Research
Städte des Willkommens, der Zuflucht und der Solidarität: Wie auf der kommunalen Ebene globale Verantwortung übernommen wird
Jantzer, L. (Project manager, academic)
12.10.20 → 31.01.21
Project: Teaching
Step In! Building Inclusive Societies through Active Citizenship
Oeftering, T. (Project staff) & Lange, D. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.12 → 31.12.13
Project: Research
Strategic policy making in research and innovation policy (working titel)
Hufnagl, M. (Project manager, academic)
10.10.11 → 01.04.15
Project: Dissertation project
Strategiebildung in der subnationalen Klimaanpassungspolitik (Arbeitstitel)
Ebermann, V. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.11 → 30.09.14
Project: Dissertation project
Strategische Steuerung in Party-Government-Systemen
Tils, R. (Project staff), Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic) & Saretzki, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.06 → 30.09.10
Project: Research
Strategische Steuerung in Party-Government-Systemen (II)
Tils, R. (Project staff), Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic) & Saretzki, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.08 → 23.11.11
Project: Research
Subnationale Demokratiemuster in Asien und Lateinamerika
Böttcher, F. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.12 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Taxing Uber-Polluters: The Climate Crisis and Popular Support for Wealth Taxation
Hakelberg, L. (Partner), Ahrens, L. (Partner) & Bremer, B. (Partner)
22.12.22 → 24.09.24
Project: Research
Teilprojekt „Antipopulismus: Wissenstransfer und Handlungsstrategien in der politischen Bildungsarbeit“ bei dem Projekt des Bayerischen Forschungsverbunds "Zukunft der Demokratie"
Séville, A. (Project manager, academic) & Fischer, K. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.18 → 31.12.22
Project: Research
The Authority of International Organizations and Institutional Overlap
Lenz, T. (Project manager, academic) & Haftel, Y. Z. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.03.20 → 28.02.23
Project: Research
The Contagion Effect of New Populist Actors on Mainstream Parties' Communication
Schwörer, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.17 → …
Project: Research
The Cool Water Effect: Why Human Civilization Turned towards Emancipation in Cold-Wet Regions
Welzel, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.18 → 31.12.24
Project: Research
The Determinants of Political Corruption in Comparative Perspective
Kubbe, I. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.10 → 09.12.14
Project: Dissertation project
The Gender-Governance Link: Gender equality and public goods provision
Welzel, C. (Project manager, academic), Alexander, A. (Partner) & Klasen, S. (Partner)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.02.15 → 31.07.18
Project: Research
The Image of Politics and Politicians
Oeftering, T. (Project manager, academic), Kuhn, H.-W. (Project manager, academic) & Gloe, M. (Project manager, academic)
05.03.08 → 17.03.10
Project: Scientific event
The Political Careers of Prime Ministers in Europe, 1945-2019
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic) & Vercesi, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.17 → 31.12.20
Project: Research
The (un)suspicious plutocrats: The impact of radical right elite’s socio-economic background on voter support
Engler, S. (Project manager, academic) & Weisstanner, D. (Project manager, academic)
01.03.22 → 31.12.23
Project: Research
WOWMA: The Whiteness of Wealth Management: Colonial Economic Structure, Racism, and the Emergence of Tax Havens in the Global South
Hakelberg, L. (Project manager, academic), Carneiro da Silva, E. (Project staff) & Spatzl, N. (Project staff)
01.04.24 → 31.03.29
Project: Research
TRUDEM: Trust in European Democracies - WP4: Democratic systems and national cultures: transition and interplay of values
Welzel, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.23 → 31.12.25
Project: Research
Value Orientations and Cooperation: Exploring the Value-Behavior Link
Welzel, C. (Project manager, academic) & Thöni, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.13 → 31.08.17
Project: Research
Verwaltungsmodernisierung in Niedersachsen - Begleitende Studie zur Aussetzung der gerichtlichen Vorverfahrens
Müller-Rommel, F. (Project manager, academic) & Meyer, H. (Project staff)
Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Inneres und Sport
21.09.06 → 02.07.12
Project: Research