Professorship for Political Science, in particular Political Economy
Organisational unit: Professoship
Organisation profile
Research and teaching at the professorship lie at the intersection of Global, Comparative, and Historical Political Economy. The primary research focus is the influence of global, societal, and historical factors on state financing. A key aspect of the scientific work revolves around the role of power and hegemony in negotiating global tax agreements. An ERC project group at the chair is, moreover, dedicated to examining the influence of colonial economic structures and racism on the emergence of tax havens in the Global South. The professorship's teaching is rooted in the field of Global Political Economy, imparting an understanding of the interplay between power and wealth over long historical periods, and enabling students to analyze a changing world economy from a variety of theoretical perspectives. While the professorship mostly engages in empirical-analytical research, it is open towards – and interested in – a variety of epistemological and ontological positions. We problematize Eurocentrism, racialization, and group-based inequalities, and reflect the diversity among researchers throughout our course offerings.
Sachverständiger im Finanzausschuss des Deutschen Bundestages zum ATAD-Umsetzungsgesetz
Hakelberg, L. (Consultant)
03.05.2021Activity: Consultancy
Presentation of the project "The Political Economy of Horses" at the panel on the political economy of assets and assetization
Roland, A. (Speaker)
23.09.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Presentation of the project "The Political Economy of Horses" at the panel on socioeconomic change, capitalism and democracy
Roland, A. (Speaker)
19.09.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Presentation of the project "The Political Economy of Horses" at the ad hoc group on patrimonial capitalism
Roland, A. (Speaker)
24.09.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Panel Discussion: Long-Term-Effects of Colonial Taxation and Fiscal Extraction on Economic Development
Hakelberg, L. (Speaker)
26.09.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Is Neoliberalism Still Spreading?
Hakelberg, L. (Speaker)
11.06.2018 → 13.06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Fiscal sociology, race and colonial taxation: reconceptualizing modern fiscal contracts
Spatzl, N. (Speaker)
18.09.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
European Consortium for Political Research General Conference - ECPR 2018
Hakelberg, L. (Organiser)
22.08.2018 → 25.08.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Comparative Perspectives on Taxation and the Colonial State
Spatzl, N. (Participant)
25.09.2025 → 27.09.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Collecting Data from Archival Sources
Hakelberg, L. (Organiser), Seelkopf, L. (Speaker) & Limberg, J. (Speaker)
20.03.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
