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

08.01.2024

Studium Generale: „Infrastrukturmacht als Herausforderung für den Staat und staatliche Ordnungsvorstellungen"

Jutta Bakonyi, Professor in Development and Conflict an der Durham University, Dienstag, 9.1.2024…

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18.12.2023

Departmental Seminar fällt aus: "Challenges to Feminist Knowledge? The Economisation of EU Gender Equality Policy"

Anna Elomäki (Tampere University, Finland) on Wednesday, 10 January, 16:15-17:45, Room 124 at the…

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18.12.2023

Studium Generale: "Die Ambivalenz von Infrastruktur: Straßen, Dämme und Katastrophen im Himalaya-Raum"

Karin Polit, Professorin an der Abteilung für Ethnologie an der Uni Tübingen am Dienstag,…

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14.12.2023

Erstes internationales „Joint Degree“ an der Universität Tübingen

Kooperationsvertrag zwischen der Universität Tübingen und der American University in Cairo (AUC) zur…

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14.12.2023

Closure of the library during winter break

The library will be closed between December 23, 2023 and January 07, 2024.

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11.12.2023

Studium Generale: „Transformationspfade zur nachhaltigen Entwicklung: Eine Untersuchung des Einflusses internationaler Organisationen"

Steffen Eckhard, Professor für Public Administration und Public Policy an der Zeppelin Universität…

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07.12.2023

CMEPS Field Trip to Bonn and Brussels

Exciting news from our CMEPS program!

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07.12.2023

New Publication from our PhD candidate Žilvinas Švedkauskas

Article on "A Newfound Hub of Global Democracy Promotion: Lithuania Playing to its Strengths"

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