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

28.06.2022

IfP Departmental Seminar: Africa's Multiple Globalities: Chinese Companies and Practices of Securing Economic Infrastructure

Jana Hönke (University of Bayreuth), Wednesday, 29 June 2022 · 16:00 c.t. · Room 124, Institut für…

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20.06.2022

Vortrag: “Wir wollen unsere Freiheit – und wir wollen sie jetzt!”

Prof. em. Dr. Helga Baumgarten (Universität Birzeit, Palästina): Buchvorstellung und Diskussion

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16.06.2022

Departmental Seminar: "World War and the Rise of the Western Welfare State"

Herbert Obinger is Professor of Political Science at the SOCIUM of the University of Bremen and…

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13.06.2022

IfP Departmental Seminar "Russian-Ukrainian War: Nation-building and the end of neopatrimonial democracy in Ukraine".

Dr. Uliana Movchan, Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science in V.N. Karazin…

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23.05.2022

IfP-Kolloquium: Öffentliche Güter und die Politik: Bezahlbarer Wohnraum, ambulante medizinische Versorgung und saubere Luft

Andrea Futterer, Johanna Betz, Melanie Nagel, Hans-Jürgen Bieling und Matthias Möhring-Hesse am…

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18.05.2022

Talk on "Esoteric Beliefs Predict Opposition to Corona Restriction in Germany"

Nils Weidmann (University of Konstanz), Monday, May 23, Gebhard-Müller-Room (Nauklerstr. 48,…

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17.05.2022

Lecture: Adrian Gnoth "Critiquing Criticality in International Peacebuilding"

Departmental Seminar / Institutskolloquium: Wednesday, 18 May 2022, 16:15-17:45 h, room 124 IfP

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