Institute of Political Science

Institute of Political Science

Welcome to the website of the Institute of Political Science at the University of Tübingen. Founded in 1952, we are the oldest political science department in Germany, and a renowned centre of excellence in both teaching and research. We offer a wide range of courses and programmes in political science for both BA and MA students. Cutting edge research is undertaken in our research units led by our professors, all international specialists in their respective fields. 

Staff

Abels, Gabriele (Professor)

Abels, Joscha (Research Officer)

Afscharian, Dominic (Research Officer - Fus-Project)

Andrä, Christine (Research Officer)

Augenstein, Lea (Research Officer)

Barrios, Harald (Private Lecturer)

Berten, John (Research Officer / Lecturer)

Betz, Johanna (Research Officer - Project GROEG)

Bieling, Hans-Jürgen (Professor)

Bruzelius, Cecilia (Junior Professor)

Buchner, Julia (Administration)

Buhr, Daniel (Adjunct Supernumery Professor)

Conradi, Elisabeth (Private Lecturer)

Cress, Anne (Research Officer)

Dierksmeier, Claus (Professor)

Diez, Thomas (Professor)

Dreier, Volker (Private Lecturer)

Edel, Mirjam (Senior Lecturer, tenured)

Eilfort, Michael (Honorary Professor)

Frankenberger, Rolf (Senior Lecturer, tenured / Academic Counsellor)

Futterer, Andrea (Research Officer - Project GROEG)

Glynn, Natalie (Research Officer / Lecturer)

Große Hüttmann, Martin (Senior Lecturer, tenured / Academic Counsellor)

Hasenclever, Andreas (Professor)

Jäger, Uli (Honorary Professor)

Jopp, Mathias (Honorary Professor)

Kassem, Sarrah (Research Officer)

Kiefer, Maximilian (Research Officer)

Kuisma, Mikko (MPPSC Program Lead)

Locher-Finke, Birgit (Honorary Professor)

Lucke, Franz von (Research Officer)

Meier-Braun, Karl-Heinz (Honorary Professor)

Menze, Thore (Research Officer - Fus-Project)

Messerschmidt, Maike (Research Officer)

Mohr, Edward (Research Officer - Fus-Project)

Nagel, Melanie (Research Officer - Project GROEG)

Nickisch, Petra (Administration)

Nies, Antje (Administration)

Pawlowski, Natalie (Research Officer)

Plieninger, Jürgen (Librarian)

Reiss, Lea (Research Officer - MiSP-Project)

Sändig, Jan (Research Officer)

Schlag, Gabi (Senior Lecturer, tenured / Academic Counsellor)

Schlumberger, Oliver (Professor)

Schrogl, Kai-Uwe (Honorary Professor)

Schulten, Thorsten (Honorary Professor)

Seeleib-Kaiser, Martin (Professor)

Sowula, Jakob (wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter)

Templ, Karl-Ulrich (Lecturer)

Tocci, Natalie (Honorary Professor)

Trautner, Bernhard (Honorary Professor)

Tremmel, Jörg (Adjunct Supernumery Professor)

Wagner, Stief (Administration)

Zolleis, Udo (Honorary Professor)

News

15.04.2024

Departmental Seminar "Gender equality in the European Parliament"

Johanna Kantola on Wednesday, 24 April, 16:15-17:45, Room 124 or via Zoom

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04.04.2024

Elizabeth Meehan ‘Best Article’ Prize 2023

Our research group won the Elizabeth Meehan ‘Best Article’ Prize 2023 for their Article ‘How…

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01.02.2024

Apply now for our Joint Master´s Program CMEPS

Application for Winter Term 2024/25 is open now

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29.01.2024

Departmental Seminar: "The Dialectics of Hegemony and Resistance in the Re-Making of China-Taiwan relations"

Dr. André Beckershoff, Associate Fellow at the ERCCT in Tübingen on Wednesday, 31 January,…

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20.01.2024

Departmental Seminar: "The Political Economy of Electricity: Between State Monopolies and the Global Infrastructure Scramble in Costa Rica and Tunisia"

Dr. Alke Jenss, Arnold Bergstraesser Institute in Freiburg. Wednesday, 24 January, 16:15-17:45, Room…

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17.01.2024

Departmental Seminar: Social Rights and Labor Market Outcomes

Friederike Römer (DeZIM, Berlin) am Mittwoch, 17.01.2024 um 16 h c.t. im IfP, Raum 124 oder on Zoom

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15.01.2024

Studium Generale: „Klimagerechtigkeit, Infrastruktur und Völkerrecht"

Jochen von Bernstorff, Professor für Verfassungsrecht, Völkerrecht und Menschenrechte an der Uni…

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