Staff of the Department of Political Science
The team of scientific and administrative colleagues at the department.
Photo source: Der Knopfdrücker.
Information about office hours
No regular office hours during the lecture-free period (summer break)
During the lecture-free period (summer break) from 1 July to 30 September 2026, there will be no regular office hours, either online or in person.
Thank you for your understanding. The IPW wishes you a pleasant and relaxing break!
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| Name | Work and Research fields |
| Auer, Marlene | Research administration, Centre for the Study of Contemporary Solidarity (CeSCoS) |
| Baun, Philipp | Research administration, ERC research project TwinPolitics & EU research project MARCO-BOLO |
| Bohle, Dorothee | Central and Eastern European economy and politics; Comparative political economy (varieties of capitalism, institutional political economy, welfare states, industrial relations, housing finance regimes); International political economy (European integration, financialisation) |
| Boos, Tobias | International Political Economy, Social Structure Analysis, (Left-wing) Populism, State theory of the Global South, Political Theory |
| Brad, Alina | International and EU climate policy, environmental policy, political ecology, carbon dioxide removal, socio-ecological transformations |
| Brand, Ulrich | International politics and crisis of globalisation; international climate, environmental and resource policy; civil society; trade unions and social movements; imperial mode of living; socio-ecological transformation; Latin America |
| Brodtmann, Carolin | Political ecology, (far-)right ecologisms, feminist theory, critical agrarian studies, gender studies, right-wing extremism |
| Carella, Beatrice | EU politics and policy-making; Social policy at national and EU level; EU digitalisation agenda; Populism and challenger parties |
| Chapotot–Necker, Julia | Research administration, administrative coordination of the ERC research project TwinPolitics |
| Décaillet, Louise | Project assistant (predoctoral) in the ERC research project PREDEF |
| Deters, Henning | EU Judicial Politics, EU Environmental and Climate Policy, EU Single Market Policy, Regional Parliaments in the EU |
| Egger, Manuela | Studies Service Unit Political Science |
| Eitenberger, Magdalena | digital health, healthcare technology, digital ethics, social policy |
| Falkner, Gerda (Head of the EIF – Centre for European Integration Research) | European Integration, Europeanisation, Problems with transposition and application of EU law, The EU’s social dimension and anti-discrimination policy |
| Fankhauser, Ingrid | Research administration, coordination of the research group Latin America |
| Farvardin, Firoozeh | Feminist theories of neoliberalism, affect and social change, Global (anti-) gender movements, Gender and social politics in Iran, state theory, transnational mobility and mobilization, and the politics of knowledge production on these topics, particularly in the Middle East and Iran. |
| Fellinger, Simon Joel | Student project assistant, ERC research project MARIPOLDATA |
| Gajo, Christine | EU internal security and information systems, AI governance and the AI Act, Digitalisation and AI applications in internal security, Digitalisation effects on democracy |
| Gazsi, David | Foreign policy analysis, Critical social theory in European studies, Political psychology and International Relations theory, The European Union’s external relations, European Neighbourhood Policy, EU decentralised agencies |
| Geva, Dorit | Politics and gender, political sociology, state theory, historical sociology, rightwing politics, neoliberalism |
Gmoser, Susanne | Department and Research Administration Political Science |
| Graf, Irene | Studies Service Unit Political Science |
| Grahofer, Jutta | Studies Service Unit Political Science |
| Hajek, Katharina | Women's and gender politics, right-wing populism, family and social policy, welfare state, democracy, and political representation |
| Hansl, Nora | Health Policy, Vaccination Policy, Interpretative Policy Research, Qualitative Methods |
Hartlieb, Margarita | Project assistant (predoctoral) in the project "Schnittstelle zwischen Wissenschaft & Politik" |
| Hehenberger, Anna | Industrial transformation, Decarbonisation, Growth models, Techno-economic paradigms, Global production networks, International and comparative political economy |
| Heidebrecht, Sebastian | EU policies for the digital age, EU digital single market, Economic governance and the Eurozone, Working conditions of platform workers |
| Heimerl, Nikolaus | Project assistant (predoctoral) in the research project “Just Transition Strategies” |
| Hirt, Carolin (Currently on leave) | Project assistant (predoctoral) in the ERC research project TwinPolitics |
| Huegel, Viktoria | Political theory, radical democracy, new authoritarianism, 20th century German Political Thought, political order and disorder |
| Jurman, Lana (Currently on leave) | International politics, political theory, South-Eastern European studies, environmental politics, social and political history of Yugoslavia, racial histories |
| Kathan, Michaela | Department and Research Administration Political Science, department coordination |
| Kováts, Eszter | Feminist theory, gender equality policies, anti-gender movements, illiberal rights in Europe |
| Krischek, Caroline | Department and Research Administration Political Science |
| Kurunczi, Alexander | Protest and social movement studies; political utopias and prefigurative practices; political ecology and socio-ecological conflicts; (post-)Marxist theory |
| Kutnjak, Anja | Department and Research Administration Political Science |
| Langlet-Uranüs, Arne | Marine biodiversity governance, international organizations, international negotiations, network analysis |
| Lenikus, Valerie | Political ecology, (neo-)extractivism, agrarian extractivism and socio-ecological conflicts with a regional focus on Latin America |
| Lyu, Wenwen | Project assistant (predoctoral) in the ERC research project TwinPolitics |
| Marchart, Oliver | Political theory, social theory, democracy theory, history of political ideas, social movement research, political discourse analysis |
| Melchior, Josef (Director of Studies - Political Science Directorate of Studies) | The Political System of the European Union, Europeanization Research, Inequality and Democracy |
| Menkovski, Bojan | Studies Service Unit Political Science |
| Mischitz, Verena | Project assistant (predoctoral) in the ERC research project PREDEF |
| Müller, Patrick | Professor for European Studies at the Department of Political Science and at the Centre for European Integration Research (EIF) |
| Naudé, Lucie | Political and moral subjectivities, institutionalization of activism, transnational gender politics, political solidarity, emotions and progressive political projects, NGO politics and (global) civil society |
| Nütz, Felix | Project assistant (predoctoral) in the ERC research project TwinPolitics |
| Paul, Katharina T. | Interpretative policy research; health policy; knowledge politics; vaccination; public health |
| Prainsack, Barbara | Health policy; practices, institutions and politics of solidarity; political, social and ethical aspects of Personalised Medicine; data-rich practices in science and medicine; regulation of DNA technologies in medicine and forensics; comparative science & technology policy |
| Prausmüller, Oliver | Politics of transformation, International Political Economy, public and critical infrastructure |
| Puller, Armin | Senior Lecturer for Foundations of Political Science |
| Raffa, Monja | Studies Service Unit Political Science |
| Rajic, Danijela | Department and Research Administration Political Science |
| Rommerskirchen, Svenja | Department and Research Administration Political Science |
| Rotter, Leoni | Research administration, ERC research project PREDEF |
| Ruiz Rodríguez, Silvia C. | International Environmental Policy, International Marine Protection, International Political Economy |
| Sachseder, Julia (Currently on leave) | Violence, Security, Peace and Conflict, Post- and Decolonial Theory, Political Economy, Political Ecology, Feminist Theory |
| Sass, Jensen | Postdoc in the field of Comparative Policy Analysis |
| Saulnier, Elisabeth | Predoc in the field of Comparative Policy Analysis |
| Scherer, Jakob | International & european technology politics, international climate and environmental politics, international political economy, political ecology, and socio-ecological transformation |
| Schmid, Lina Theresa | International Political Economy, Political Theory, Latin America, Social Movements |
| Schoeller, Magnus | EU economic and monetary policy / eurozone governance, Germany in the EU, European Parliament, Small states in the Economic and Monetary Union, Regional leadership theory, Process tracing methods |
| Schrade, Emma | Socio-ecological transformation processes and conflicts, Energy and climate policies, with a focus on energy transitions, Latin America with a regional focus on Mexico, Materialist state theory and (semi-)peripheral statehood, Historical-materialist policy analysis, (Global) Political Ecology and Critical Political Economy |
| Schreier, Stefan | Department and Research Administration Political Science |
| Schwarz, Daniel | Department and Research Administration Political Science, IT Supervisor |
| Seidler, Yuki | Qualitative, Interpretative and Participatory Research, Public Health, Implementation Science |
| Seitz, Sergej | Political and Social Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, Theories of Radical Democracy, Discourses of Alterity, Theories of Linguistic Violence |
| Slominski, Peter (Vice-Director of Studies - Political Science Directorate of Studies) | European Integration with focus on EU energy policy, the EU's fight against climate change |
| Sowa, Florian | Research administration, EIF – Centre for European Integration Research |
| Talkova, Hristina | University Assistant (predoctoral) at the research platform "Multilateralism Revisited" |
| Vadrot, Alice (Deputy Head of Department) | International environmental policy, Multilateral negotiations and environmental diplomacy, Biodiversity policy, Interface between science and politics, International marine conservation |
| Varabyeu Kancelová, Natália (Currently on leave) | Unsolidarity, local inclusion processes in the context of displacement from Ukraine, Right-wing extremism/populism in rural areas, inclusive policymaking and social divisions, political developments in Slovakia |
| Vyaznikov, Denis | Radical democracy, Post-foundationalism, Political antagonism, Fanaticism, Populism, Just war theory, Philosophy of science |
| Weiss, Elias | Solidarity, Labour Market, Health, Unconditional Basic Income, Electoral Periods |
| Weithaler, Anna | Political Theory (esp. Radical Democratic Theory and Theories of Solidarity), History of Political Ideas , Theories of Education, Aesthetics |
| Werthmann, Julia | University assistant (predoctoral) in the research area of Political Theory |
| Wieder, Anna | Political Philosophy and Theory, Democratic Theory, esp. Theories of Radical Democracy, Social Philosophy, Ethics, Critical Theory, Theories of Resistance, Protest, Civil Disobedience, Theories of Political Practices |
| Wieringa Hildebrand, Emil | Project assistant (predoctoral) in the ERC research project TwinPolitics |
| Wolkenstein, Fabio (Head of Department) | Democratic Theory, Political Parties and Representation, Political Ideologies (esp. Christian Democracy and Social Democracy) |
| Wurm, Felix | Student project assistant in the research project "Observing and mapping biodiversity and ecosystems, with particular focus on coastal and marine ecosystems - MARCO-BOLO" |
| Zhikharevich, Dmitrii | Valuation studies, social theory, economic sociology, history and sociology of expertise, STS |