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. 2026
  2. Published

    Shifts in emancipative values during times of crises: Longitudinal evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia

    Korsunava, V., Sokolov, B. & Welzel, C., 03.2026, In: Asian Journal of Social Psychology. 29, 1, 17 p., e70078.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Accepted/In press

    The Evolution of Comparative Regionalism: A New Typology

    Lenz, T. & Söderbaum, F., 01.2026, (Accepted/In press) Essays on Global Regionalism: The Past, Present and Future of Regionalism Studies: Die Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft von Regionalismusstudien. Acharya, A., Futák-Campbell, B., Iroulo, L. C. & Peixoto Batista , J. (eds.).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Refugee

    Feneberg, V. & Zaun, N., 2026, IPSA Companion to Political Science: A Practical Introduction to the 200 Most Important Concepts. Stockemer, D., Sawyer, S. & Gagnon, A. (eds.). Cham: Springer Nature

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  5. 2025
  6. Published

    Parteien und Parteiensysteme in der Vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft

    Engler, S., 31.12.2025, Handbuch Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft. Kneuer, M., Pickel, G. & Pickel, S. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 1-15 15 p. 92

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  7. Published

    Institutional Change

    Lenz, T., 20.12.2025, IPSA Companion to Political Science. Stockemer, D., Sawyer, S. & Gagnon, A. (eds.).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  8. E-pub ahead of print

    Individualism–collectivism: Reconstructing Hofstede’s dimension of cultural differences.

    Akaliyski, P., Vignoles, V. L., Welzel, C. & Minkov, M., 11.12.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. E-pub ahead of print

    The democracy falling narrative: debunking stereotypes about democratic deconsolidation in the EU

    Brunkert, L. J., Puranen, B., Turska-Kawa, A. & Welzel, C., 05.12.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: European Political Science Review. 27 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Trumpian Neomercantilism, European Fiscal Capacity and the Global Minimum Tax

    Hakelberg, L. & Roland, A., 01.12.2025, In: Economists' Voice. 22, 2, p. 237-253 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

  11. Published

    The nature and utility of cultural tightness–looseness: evidence for reconsideration

    Minkov, M., Akaliyski, P., Kaasa, A. & Welzel, C., 12.2025, In: Journal of International Business Studies. 56, 9, p. 1197-1206 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  12. E-pub ahead of print

    Knowledge Cumulation in Environmental Governance Research

    Rose, M. (Editor), Newig, J. (Editor) & Leipold, S. (Editor), 11.11.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) John Wiley & Sons Inc. (Environmental Policy and Governance)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  13. E-pub ahead of print

    Externally driven integration in EU migration policy: enabling integration through indifference, undermining it through conflictive politicisation

    Zaun, N., 22.10.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of European Public Policy. 28 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Self-Legitimation as a Bureaucratic Tool: EU Bureaucracy and the Legitimizing Function of Children’s Rights

    Kropp, S. & Minatti, W., 01.10.2025, In: Global Studies Quarterly. 5, 4, 12 p., ksaf112.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  15. Published
  16. Published

    Comparative Regionalism beyond Europe versus the Rest

    Lenz, T. & Söderbaum, F., 01.09.2025, In: Review of International Studies. 51, 5, p. 889-905 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    The Cool Water Effect: The Geo-Climatic Source of Western Exceptionalism

    Welzel, C., Kruse, S., Brunkert, L. & Brieger, S. A., 21.07.2025, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. 483 p. (Palgrave Studies in Maritime Politics and Security)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    The electoral appeal of symbolic class signalling through cultural consumption

    Weisstanner, D. & Engler, S., 11.07.2025, In: British Journal of Political Science. 55, 12 p., e90.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    When and How Do Presidents Terminate Sanctions? The Effect of Domestic Factors on US Sanctions Policy

    Attia, H., 01.07.2025, In: Foreign Policy Analysis. 21, 3, 23 p., oraf022.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Abschied von den Allerweltsparteien? Die Volksparteien der Mitte nach dem Wegfall ihrer Voraussetzungen

    Koß, M., 27.06.2025, In: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte. 75, 27-28, p. 26-31 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

  21. Published

    Die Politisierung von ‚Gesellschaft‘: Ernesto Laclaus und Chantal Mouffes postmarxistische Theorie des Sozialen

    Séville, A., 03.06.2025, Handbuch Theorien der Soziologie . Delitz, H., Müller, J. & Seyfert, R. (eds.). 1 ed. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 393-411 19 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    Amtsmenschen

    Séville, A. & Müller, J., 06.2025, In: Mittelweg 36. 34, 3-4, p. 3-19 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  23. Published

    »Ein Amt muss es auch aushalten, missverstanden zu werden«. Ein Gespräch mit Christoph Möllers

    Séville, A. & Müller, J., 06.2025, In: Mittelweg 36. 34, 3-4, p. 132-147 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference article in journalResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    The GLOBTEC Tech Adoption Tracker

    Breuer, J., Burilkov, A. & Spisak, A., 06.2025

    Research output: Memorandum/expositionQA/hearings

  25. Published

    Concepts of Citizenship in the Educational Materials of the EU and the Council of Europe

    Moulin-Doos, C., 23.05.2025, Rethinking Citizenship in Central and Eastern Europe: Insights from Education and Political Research. Kolleck, N. & Karolewski, I. P. (eds.). Bristol University Press, p. 221-240 20 p. (Bristol Studies in Comparative and International Education).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  26. Published

    Strategising solidarity: an examination of the Visegrád group’s role and motivations in EU migration policies

    Vaagland, K. & Zaun, N., 04.2025, In: Journal of European Integration. 47, 4, p. 559-579 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Locke, John (1632-1704)

    Séville, A., 01.03.2025, Politische Soziologie. Endreß, M. & Rampp, B. (eds.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, p. 111-114 4 p. (Nomos Handbuch).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    When (and how) ideas become arguments: the regulation of party donations in Germany

    Koß, M., 01.03.2025, In: Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica. 55, 1, p. 25-38 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Menschen im Amt. Verletzbarkeit in der politischen Kommunikation der Gegenwart

    Müller, J. & Séville, A., 19.02.2025, In: Zeitschrift für Soziologie. 54, 1, p. 47-62 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    Der Brand hinter der Brandmauer: Zur politischen Epistemologie der Trampeltiergesellschaft

    Koss, M., 02.2025, In: Zeitschrift fur Religions- und Geistesgeschichte. 77, 1, p. 27-44 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  31. Published
  32. Published

    ‘Void’ democrats? The populist notion of ‘democracy’ in action

    Schwörer, J. & Koß, M., 01.2025, In: Party Politics. 31, 1, p. 72-85 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Accidental Representation–The Reconfiguration of Representation through Social Media

    Lappy, T., 2025, In: Representation. 61, 3, p. 449-466 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Asyl für russische Kriegsdienstverweigerer: Lebensgefährlicher Kriegseinsatz und die erzwungene Beteiligung an Kriegsverbrechen führen zu subsidiärem Schutz

    Feneberg, V., 2025, Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH.

    Research output: other publicationsArticles in scientific forums or blogsResearch

  35. Published

    Beyond Transactionalism: Germany’s Role in Intra-EU and EU-Turkey Cooperation on Migration During the Syrian Refugee Crisis

    Zaun, N. & Püttmann, F., 2025, In: German Politics. 34, 4, p. 708-729 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Challengers or the Establishment? How Populists Talk About Populists

    Schwörer, J., Fernández-García, B. & Caiani, M., 2025, In: German Politics. 34, 1, p. 52-76 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Forced exit from the joint-decision trap: US power and the harmonisation of company taxation in the EU

    Hakelberg, L., 2025, In: Journal of European Public Policy. 32, 6, p. 1414-1438 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  38. E-pub ahead of print

    Money, not protection. Assisted return programmes and the timing of future harm in refugee status determination

    Feneberg, V., 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    Radikalisierung durch Verschwörungstheorien: Zum Umgang mit einem demokratiegefährdenden Phänomen

    Séville, A. (Editor), 2025, 1 ed. Frankfurt/M: Wochenschau-Verlag. 173 p. (Wochenschau Wissenschaft)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesConference proceedingsResearch

  40. Published

    Social cohesion and the inclination towards conspiracy mentality: comparing Germany and the Visegrad countries

    Hartz, C., Deutsch, F., Boehnke, K., Klicperova-Baker, M., Brezina, I., Šrol, J., Čavojová, V. K., Jakab, Z., Przybylski, W., Maftean, M. R. & Turska-Kawa, A., 2025, In: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe. 33, 2, p. 375-401 27 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    What do citizens in tax havens think? The EU blacklist and public opinion in Switzerland

    Roland, A., Arel-Bundock, V., Crasnic, L. & Römgens, I., 2025, In: Journal of European Integration. 47, 8, p. 1241-1258 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  42. 2024
  43. Published

    Promote, ignore, pretend: The political economy of regulating tax havens

    Hakelberg, L. & Rixen, T., 05.12.2024, Research Handbook on the Economics of Tax Havens. Lejour, A. & Schindler, D. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 280-299 20 p. 15

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  44. Published

    The comparative study of governments and ministers: Jean Blondel’s legacy

    Müller-Rommel, F. & Vercesi, M., 12.2024, In: European Political Science. 23, 4, p. 535-545 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  45. Published
  46. Published

    Die Heimat der Anderen: Ermittlung und Verwendung von Herkunftslandinformationen in Asylverfahren

    Feneberg, V., 01.11.2024, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. 540 p. (Recht und Gesellschaft - Law and Society; vol. 17)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  47. Published

    Book Review: Coming to terms with the refugee crisis

    Zaun, N., 11.2024, In: Journal of Contemporary European Studies. 32, 4, p. 1368-1369 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  48. Published

    For every action a reaction? The polarizing effects of women's rights and refugee immigration: A survey experiment in 27 EU member states

    Alexander, A., Charron, N. & Off, G., 11.2024, In: European Journal of Political Research. 63, 4, p. 1557-1577 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    Multidimensional and intersectional cultural grievances over gender, sexuality and immigration

    Off, G., 11.2024, In: European Journal of Political Research. 63, 4, p. 1351-1373 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    Cabinet Reshuffles in Parliamentary Democracies: A Typology and Framework for Comparative Analysis

    Helms, L. & Vercesi, M., 01.10.2024, In: Government and Opposition. 59, 4, p. 1161-1182 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  51. Published

    The Comparative Politics of Cabinet Reshuffles

    Helms, L. & Vercesi, M., 01.10.2024, In: Government and Opposition. 59, 4, p. 1148-1160 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  52. Published

    Expanding or defending legitimacy? Why international organizations intensify self-legitimation

    Schmidtke, H. & Lenz, T., 10.2024, In: Review of International Organizations. 19, 4, p. 753-784 32 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  53. Published

    Globalising the Study of Diffusion: Multiple Sources and the East African Community

    Lenz, T. & Reiss, M., 10.2024, In: Journal of European Public Policy. 31, 11, p. 3703-3731 29 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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