Staff of the Department of Political Science
The team of scientific and administrative colleagues at the department.
Photo source: Der Knopfdrücker.
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| Name | Work and Research fields |
| Auer, Marlene | Student project assistant in the Data Solidarity Project of the research group Contemporary Solidarity Studies (CeSCoS), research area Comparative Policy Analysis |
| Baun, Philipp | Research administration, ERC research project TwinPolitics and EU research project MARCO-BOLO |
| Bohle, Dorothee (On research leave from 1 March 2026 to 31 July 2026) | 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 and coordination, 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 | Coordinator of the Research Network Latin America studies |
| 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 | Administrative staff of the Department |
| 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" |
| 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 coordinator, administrative staff of the Department |
| Kováts, Eszter | Feminist theory, gender equality policies, anti-gender movements, illiberal rights in Europe |
| Krischek, Caroline | Administrative staff of the Department |
| Kurunczi, Alexander | Protest and social movement studies; political utopias and prefigurative practices; political ecology and socio-ecological conflicts; (post-)Marxist theory |
| Kutnjak, Anja | Administrative staff of the Department |
| 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 |
| Linton-Kubelka, Esther | Administrative staff of the Department |
| 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 |
| Naue, Ursula (ERASMUS coordinator, Mobility coordinator, Senior Lecturer) | Disability policy, dementia and age(ing) policy, participation research, inclusion research, human rights implementation |
| Nütz, Felix | Project assistant (predoctoral) in the ERC research project TwinPolitics |
| Paul, Katharina T. | Interpretative policy research; health policy; knowledge politics; vaccination; public health |
| Petrović, Valentina | Comparative politics, political sociology and political behaviour in Eastern Europe, with a particular interest in social classes, party–voter linkages and democratization processes |
| Pflug, Rebekka | Social movement research (women's movement, anti-gender movement, rights movements), welfare states (gender regime, care regime), feminist theory in and to Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) |
| 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 |
| Radhuber, Isabella | Climate and Health, Impacts from Extreme Weather, Qualitative Risk Assessments, Understanding Complexity, Environmental, Climate and Health Governance, Resource Extractivism and Sovereignty, Data Governance and Artificial Intelligence, The Complexity of (Global) Crises, Multidimensional Inequalities, Decolonisation Processes and Indigenous Agendas, Participatory, Inter- and Transdisciplinary and Decolonial Methodologies, Global Majority and Global Minority Contexts |
| Raffa, Monja | Studies Service Unit Political Science |
| Rajic, Danijela | Administrative staff of the Department |
| Rommerskirchen, Svenja | Administrative staff of the Department |
| Rotter, Leoni | Research administration, ERC research project PREDEF |
| Ruiz Rodríguez, Silvia C. | International Environmental Policy, International Marine Protection, International Political Economy |
| Sachseder, Julia | 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 |
| Schreier, Stefan | Administrative staff of the Department |
| Schwarz, Daniel | Administrative staff of the Department, IT Supervisor |
| 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 | Administrative staff of the EIF – Centre for European Integration Research |
| Talkova, Hristina | Student project assistant in the ERC research project TwinPolitics |
| 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 |
| 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 |