Thomas SaalfeldUniversity of BambergFeldkirchenstr. 2196045 BambergGermany

Phone: (+49) 951 863 2555Fax: (+49) 951 863 5555Email: thomas.saalfeld@uni-bamberg.deHomepage: www.uni-bamberg.de/comparpol/Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2849-0665

PersonalBorn on June 24, 1960

German citizen

Current positions, professional functions and responsibilitiesProfessor of Political Science, University of Bamberg, 2009-

Director (‘Sprecher’) of the Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences (BAGSS), 2010-

University of Bamberg liaison professor (‘Vertrauensdozent’) for the German Research Foundation (Deut-sche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG), 2019-

Member of the University of Bamberg’s Standing Commission on Academic Integrity (‘Ständige Kom-mission zur Untersuchung von Vorwürfen wissenschaftlichen Fehlverhaltens’), 2010-

Member and deputy chair of the Doctoral Studies Committee (‘Promotionsausschuss’) of the Faculty ofSocial Sciences, Economics and Business Administration of the University of Bamberg, 2019-

Chair of the search committee (‘Berufungsausschuss’) for the Chair in Political Sociology (W3 Professurfür Politikwissenschaft insbesondere Politische Soziologie) at the University of Bamberg, 2020

Member of the Executive Committee of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), 2018-2024

Member of the international advisory boards of the Italian Political Science Review (2014-), GermanPolitics (2015-) and the Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik (ZfAS) (2009-)

Member of the German Academic Exchange Service’s (DAAD’s) selection panel (Auswahlkommission)for scholarship candidates in Great Britain, Ireland and Northern Europe, 2009-

Liaison professor (‘Vertrauensdozent’) at the University of Bamberg and member of the selection panel(‘Auswahlausschuss’) for scholarship candidates for the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit, 2010-

Co-editor of the New Perspectives in German Political Studies book series, Palgrave Macmillan (withWilliam E. Paterson), 2015-

QualificationsDoctor of Philosophy in Political Science, University of Munich, 1993 (summa cum laude, with ModernHistory and Communication Studies as minor subjects)

M.A. in Political Science, University of Munich, 1987 (with distinction, with Modern History and Com-munication Studies as minor subjects)

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Professional experienceProfessor of Political Science, University of Bamberg, Germany, 2009-

Professor of Political Science, University of Kent, United Kingdom, 2008-2009

Reader in Political Science, University of Kent, United Kingdom, 2005-2008

Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Kent, United Kingdom, 1999-2005

Lecturer in Politics, University of Kent, United Kingdom, 1996-1999

Lecturer (‘Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter’) in Sociology, Dresden University of Technology (TechnischeUniversität Dresden), Germany, 1993-1995

Lecturer in Politics, University of Hull, United Kingdom, 1992-1993

Research Fellow (‘Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter’) in Sociology, University of the Federal Armed ForcesMunich (Universität der Bundeswehr München), Germany, 1987-1991

Visiting positionsProfesseur invité, Institut d’Études Politiques Lille, France, 2004-2016

Visiting Professor (‘Lehrstuhlvertretung’), Political Science, Lehrstuhl Politische Wissenschaft III), Fe-bruary to July 2008, University of Mannheim, Germany

Visiting Associate Professor, Summer School, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2001-2002

Areas of research interestLegislative studies, representation, legislative parties, legislative organization, empirical models of cabinetduration, coalition governance, migration, citizens of immigrant origin, legislative speech and ‘text as data’

Fellowships and professional membershipsFellow of the United Kingdom’s Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS), 2008-

Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), 2015-

Member of the

American Political Science Association (APSA)Deutsche Vereinigung für Parlamentsfragen (DVParl, German Association for Parliamentary Affairs)Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft (DVPW, German Political Science Association)European Political Science Association (EPSA)International Association for the Study of German Politics (IASGP)Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA)Study of Parliament Group (SPG)

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PublicationsSingle-authored books

Parteien und Wahlen. Baden-Baden: Nomos 2007 (350 pages, ISBN: 3832910646).

Großbritannien: Eine politische Landeskunde. Opladen: Leske und Budrich 1998 (155 pages, ISBN 3-8100-2062-1).

Parteisoldaten und Rebellen: Eine Untersuchung zur Geschlossenheit der Fraktionen im Deutschen Bun-destag (1949-1990). Opladen: Leske und Budrich 1995 (406 pages, ISBN 3-8100-1376-5).

Das britische Unterhaus 1965 bis 1986: Ein Parlament im Wandel. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang 1988(=Beiträge zur Politikwissenschaft, Volume 36; 268 pages, ISBN 3-8204-0145-8).

Edited books and special issues of academic journalsZwischen Stillstand, Politikwandel und Krisenmanagement: Eine Bilanz der Regierung Merkel 2013-2017Wiesbaden: Springer VS 2019 (co-edited with Reimut Zohlnhöfer, ISBN: 978-3-658-22663-3, 664 pp.).

Germany After the 2013 Elections: Breaking the Mould of Post-Unification Politics? Aldershot: Ashgate2015 (co-edited with Gabriele D’Ottavio, ISBN: 1472444396, 9781472444394, 246 pp.).

The Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2014 (co-edited with ShaneMartin and Kaare W. Strøm, ISBN: 978-0-19-965301-0, 761 pp.).

Politik im Schatten der Krise: Eine Bilanz der Regierung Merkel, 2009-2013. Wiesbaden: Springer VS2014 (co-edited with Reimut Zohlnhöfer, ISBN: 978-3-658-05212-6, 643 pp.).

The Merkel Government and the German Election of 2013. Special Issue of German Politics, Vol. 23,No. 4 (2014). (co-edited with Reimut Zohlnhöfer, ISSN: 0964-4008, 240 pp.).

La Germania della Cancelliera: Le elezioni del 2013 all’ombra della crisi europea. Bologna: Il Mulino2014 (co-edited with Gabriele D’Ottavio, ISBN: 978-88-15-25485-6; 296 pp.)

The German Election of 2009 (co-edited with Thomas Poguntke). Special Issue of German Politics Vol.20, No. 1 (2011) (ISSN: 1743-8993 electronic; 0964-4008 paper, 226 pp.).

The Political Representation of Immigrants and Minorities: Voters, parties and parliaments in liberaldemocracies (co-edited with Karen Bird and Andreas M. Wüst). London: Routledge 2011 (=Routled-ge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science Volume 70; 284 pp., ISBN: 978-0-415-49272-0).

Grand Coalition as Systemic Transformation? The German Experience (co-edited with Kenneth Dyson).Special (double) issue of German Politics Vol. 19, Nos. 3-4 (2010) (ISSN: 1743-8993 electronic; 0964-4008paper, 246 pp.).

The German Election of 2005: Voters, Parties and Grand Coalition Politics (co-edited with Clay Cle-mens). London: Routledge 2008 (ISBN: 978-0415447652, 208 pp.).

The German Election of 2005 (co-edited with Clay Clemens). Special issue of German Politics, Vol. 15,No. 4 (2006) (ISSN: 0964-4008 print; 1743-8993 online).

The German General Election of 2002: The Battle of the Candidates (co-edited with Charles Lees).Special issue of German Politics, Vol. 13, No. 2 (2004) (246 pages, ISSN 0964-4008).

Bundestagswahl ‘98: End of an Era? (co-edited with Stephen Padgett). London: Frank Cass 2000 (214pages, ISBN 07146-5019-6 [hardback], 07146-8076-1 [paperback]). This volume was also published as aspecial issue of German Politics, Vol. 8, No. 2 [1999], ISSN 0964-4008).

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Members of Parliament in Western Europe: Roles and Behaviour (co-edited with Wolfgang C. Müller).London: Frank Cass 1997 (176 pages, ISBN 07146 4821 3, this volume was also published as a specialissue of The Journal of Legislative Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1 [1997]).

Articles in peer-reviewed journals‘Veto power fosters cooperative behaviour: institutional incentives and government-opposition voting inthe German Bundestag.’ West European Politics, Online First (2020), pp. 1-25 (co-authored with LukasHohendorf and Ulrich Sieberer, doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2020.1739868).

‘Contractual Arrangements, Formal Institutions and Personalised Crisis Management: Coalition Gover-nance under Chancellor Merkel (2013-2017).’ German Politics, Vol. 28, No. 3 (2019), pp. 371-391 (co-authored with Matthias Bahr and Olaf Seifert, doi: 10.1080/09644008.2018.1512591).

‘Introduction.’ German Politics, Vol. 28, No. 3 (2019), pp. 305-311 (co-authored with Reimut Zohlnhöfer,doi: 10.1080/09644008.2019.1627332).

‘Roll Call Votes in the German Bundestag: A New Dataset, 1949-2013.’ British Journal of Political Science2018 (co-authored with Ulrich Sieberer, Tamaki Ohmura, Henning Bergmann and Stefanie Bailer, 9 pages,First view, doi: 10.1017/S0007123418000406).

‘Namentliche Abstimmungen im Bundestag 1949 bis 2013: Befunde aus einem neuen Datensatz.’ Zeit-schrift für Parlamentsfragen, Vol. 47, No. 1 (2016), pp. 26-50 (doi: 10.5771/0340-1758-2016-1-26, ISSNprint: 0340-1758, co-authored with Henning Bergmann, Stefanie Bailer, Tamaki Ohmura and Ulrich Sie-berer).

‘From “Dream Team” to “Marriage of Convenience”: An Introduction.’ German Politics, Vol. 23, No.4 (2014), pp. 237-250 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/096444008.2014.982548, ISSN: 0964-4008, co-authored with Reimut Zohlnhöfer).

‘Minority-Ethnic MPs and the Substantive Representation of Minority Interests in the House of Com-mons, 2005-2011.’ Parliamentary Affairs, Vol. 66, No. 2 (2013), pp. 305-328 (DOI: 10.1093/pa/gss084,online ISSN 1460-2482, print ISSN 0031-2290, with Daniel Bischof).

‘The Bundestag and German Citizens: More Communication, Growing Distance.’ Journal of LegislativeStudies, Vol. 18, Nos. 3-4 (2012), pp. 313-332 (ISSN: 1357-2334 print/ 1743-9337 online;http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13572334.2012.706047, with Ralf Dobmeier).

‘Die schleichende Revolutionierung des britischen Wahlsystems 1997-2011.’ Zeitschrift für Politik, Vol.59, No. 2 (2012), pp. 197-216 (ISSN 0044-3360).

‘Parliamentary Questions as Instruments of Substantive Representation: Visible Minorities in the UKHouse of Commons, 2005-10.’ Journal of Legislative Studies, Vol. 17, No. 3 (2011), pp. 271-289 (DOI:10.1080/13572334.2011.595121, Print ISSN: 1357-2334, Online ISSN: 1743-9337).

‘A Seemingly Boring Election amidst Economic Turmoil.’ German Politics, Vol. 20, No. 1 (2011), pp.1-11 (DOI: 10.1080/09644008.2011.554078, Print ISSN: 0964-4008, Online ISSN: 1743-8993).

‘Abgeordnete mit Migrationshintergrund im Vereinigten Königreich, Frankreich, Deutschland und Schwe-den: Opportunitäten und Politikschwerpunkte’ (with Andreas M. Wüst). In: Politische Vierteljahres-schrift, Sonderheft 44/2010 [special issue with individually refereed contributions] “Politik als Beruf”,ed. by Michael Edinger and Werner J. Patzelt. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften 2011, pp.312-333 (ISBN: 978-3-531-16034-4).

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‘Coalition Governance under Chancellor Merkel’s Grand Coalition: A Comparison of the Cabinets Mer-kel I and Merkel II.’ German Politics and Society, Issue 96, Vol. 28, No. 3 (2010), pp. 82-102 (doi:10.3167/gps.2010.280205).

‘Actors, Structures and Strategies: Policy Continuity and Change under the German Grand Coalition(2005-09).’ In:German Politics, Vol. 19, Nos. 3-4 (2010), pp. 269-282 (DOI: 10.1080/09644008.2010.515724,with Kenneth Dyson).

‘Regierungsbildung 2009: Merkel II und ein höchst unvollständiger Koalitionsvertrag.’ In: Zeitschrift fürParlamentsfragen, Vol. 41, No. 1 (2010), pp. 181-206 (ISSN 0340-1758).

‘Koalitionsstabilität in 15 europäischen Demokratien von 1945 bis 1999: Transaktionskosten und Koali-tionsmanagement.’ In: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen, Vol. 38, No. 1 (2007), pp. 180-206 (ISSN 0340-1758).

‘Introduction.’ In: German Politics, Vol. 15, No. 4 (2006), pp. 335-346 (Special Issue: The German GeneralElection of 2005, edited by Clayton Clemens and Thomas Saalfeld, ISSN 0964-4008 print; 1743-8993online; DOI: 10.1080/09644000601068060, with Clayton Clemens).

‘Conclusion.’ In: German Politics, Vol. 15, No. 4 (2006), pp. 533-535 (Special Issue: The German GeneralElection of 2005, edited by Clayton Clemens and Thomas Saalfeld, ISSN 0964-4008 print, 1743-8993online; DOI: 10.1080/09644000601068144, with Clayton Clemens).

‘Conflict and Consensus in Germany’s Bi-cameral System: A Case Study of the Passage of the Agenda2010.’ In: Debatte, Vol. 14, No. 3 (2006), pp. 247-269 (ISSN: 0965-156X print/ 1469-3712 online, DOI:10.1080/09651560601042951).

‘Deliberate Delegation or Abdication? Government Backbenchers, Ministers and European Union Legis-lation.’ The Journal of Legislative Studies, Vol. 11, Nos. 3/4 (2005), pp. 343-371 (ISSN 1357-2334 print/1743-9337 online).

‘Party Identification and the Social Bases of Voting Behaviour in the 2002 Bundestag Election.’ In:German Politics, Vol. 13, No. 2 (2004), pp. 170-200 (Special Issue: The German General Election of2002: The Battle of the Candidates, edited by Charles Lees and Thomas Saalfeld, ISSN: 0964-4008).

‘Introduction.’ In: German Politics, Vol. 13, No. 2 (2004), pp. 155-169 (Special Issue: The German GeneralElection of 2002: The Battle of the Candidates, edited by Charles Lees and Thomas Saalfeld, ISSN: 0964-4008, with Charles Lees).

‘Conclusion.’ In: German Politics, Vol. 13, No. 2 (2004), pp. 384-392 (Special Issue: The German GeneralElection of 2002: The Battle of the Candidates, edited by Charles Lees and Thomas Saalfeld, ISSN:0964-4008, with Charles Lees).

‘The German Party System: Continuity and Change.’ In: German Politics, Volume 11, No. 3 (2002), pp.99-130 (ISSN: 0964-4008).

‘Members of parliament and governments in Western Europe: Agency relations and problems of oversight.’European Journal of Political Research, Vol. 37, No. 3 (2000), pp. 353-376 (ISSN: 0304-4130).

‘Coalition Politics and Management in the Kohl Era (1982-1998).’ In: German Politics, Vol. 8, No. 2(1999), pp. 141-173 (ISSN 0964-4008).

‘Up and Down with the Extreme Right in Germany, 1949-96.’ In: Politics, Volume 17, No. 1 (1997), pp.1-8 (ISSN 0263-3957).

‘Roles in Legislative Studies: A Theoretical Introduction’ (with Wolfgang C. Müller). In: The Journal ofLegislative Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1 (1997), pp. 1-16 (ISSN 1357-2334).

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‘Professionalisation of Parliamentary Roles in Germany: An Aggregate-level Analysis, 1949-94.’ In: TheJournal of Legislative Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1 (1997), pp. 32-54 (ISSN 1357-2334).

‘Germany: From Dictatorship to Parliamentary Democracy.’ In: Parliamentary Affairs, Vol. 50, No. 3,pp. 380-395 (1997, Special issue on ‘Parliaments and People’, ISSN: 0031-2290).

‘Rational-Choice Theory in Legislative Studies: Models of Politics without Romanticism.’ In: The Journalof Legislative Studies, Volume 1, No. 1 (1995), pp. 32-64.

‘The German Houses of Parliament and European Legislation.’ In: The Journal of Legislative Studies,Volume 1, No. 3 (1995), pp. 12-34.

‘Le tre ondate dell’estremismo di destra in Germania Occidentale.’ In: Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica,Volume 24, No. 1 (1994), pp. 67-105 (with Ekkart Zimmermann).

‘The Politics of National-Populism: Ideology and Policies of the German Republikaner Party.’ In: GermanPolitics, Volume 2, No. 2 (1993), pp. 177-199.

‘The West German Bundestag after 40 Years: The Role of Parliament in a “Party Democracy”.’ In: WestEuropean Politics, Volume 13, No. 3 (1990), pp. 68-89.

‘Economic and Political Reactions to the World Economic Crisis of the 1930s in Six European Countries.’In: International Studies Quarterly, Volume 32, No. 3 (1988) pp. 305-334 (with Ekkart Zimmermann).

Contributions to edited books and other edited publications‘Oppositional Strategies Between Cooperation and Conflict: An Analysis of Opposition Party Voting inthe German Bundestag, 1949-2013.’ In: Sebastian Bukow and Uwe Jun (eds.): Continuity and Change ofParty Democracies in Europe. Special Issue of Politische Vierteljahresschrift. Wiesbaden: Springer VS2020, pp. 309-342 (ISBN: 978-3-658-28987-4, co-authored with Lukas Hohendorf and Ulrich Sieberer).

‘Parteien und Wahlen.’ In: Roland Sturm (ed.): Länderbericht Großbritannien. Bonn: Bundeszentrale fürpolitische Bildung 2019, pp. 135-155 (ISBN: 978-3-7425-0438-8, co-authored with Wolfgang Goldbach).

‘Koalitionsverhandlungen und Koalitionsvertrag.’ In: Karl-Rudolf Korte und Jan Schoofs (Hrsg.): DieBundestagswahl 2017: Analysen der Wahl-, Parteien-, Kommunikations- und Regierungsforschung. Wies-baden: Springer VS 2019, pp. 543-568 (ISBN: 978-3-6582-5049-2, co-authored with Matthias Bahr, JulianHohner and Olaf Seifert).

‘Koalitionsmanagement der Regierung Merkel III: Formale und informelle Komponenten der Koordinationund wechselseitigen Kontrolle.’ In: Reimut Zohlnhöfer and Thomas Saalfeld (eds.): Zwischen Stillstand,Politikwandel und Krisenmanagement: Eine Bilanz der Regierung Merkel 2013-2017. Wiesbaden: SpringerVS 2019, pp. 257-289 (co-authored with Matthias Bahr and Olaf Seifert).

‘Die Große Koalition 2013-2017: Eine Koalition der “Getriebenen”?.’ In: Reimut Zohlnhöfer and ThomasSaalfeld (eds.): Zwischen Stillstand, Politikwandel und Krisenmanagement: Eine Bilanz der RegierungMerkel 2013-2017. Wiesbaden: Springer VS 2019, pp. 1-13 (co-authored with Reimt Zohlnhöfer).

‘Analyzing the Representation of Citizens of Immigrant Origin in Eight Contemporary European De-mocracies.’ In: Migration and Citizenship: Newsletter of the American Political Science Association’sOrganized Section on Migration and Citizenship, Volume 6, No. 1 (2018), pp. 35-43 (co-authored withLucas Geese, Symposium on the Political Representation of Citizens of Immigrant Origin, ed. by MariaSobolewska, Migration-and-Citizenship-Newsletter-Issue-6.1-1.pdf).

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‘Mobility and Representation: Legislators of Non-European Origin in the British House of Commons,2001-2015.’ In: Sarah Panter (ed.): Mobility and Biography. Berlin and Boston: de Gruyter Oldenbourg2015, pp. 83-109 (= Jahrbuch für Europisäche Geschichte/ European History Yearbook, Vol. 16, ISBN:978-3-11-041515-5, co-authored with Lucas Geese and Wolfgang Goldbach).

‘Koalition/Koalitionsbildung.’ In: Dieter Nohlen and Florian Grotz (eds.): Kleines Lexikon der Politik.6th ed., München: Beck 2015, pp. 315-317.

‘Party politics and electoral behaviour.’ In: Sarah Colvin and Mark Taplin (eds.): The Routledge Handbookof German Politics and Culture. London: Routledge 2015, pp. 105-118 (ISBN: 978-0-415-68686-0, co-authored with Harald Schoen).

‘Executive-legislative relations in Europe.’ In: José M. Magone (ed.): Routledge Handbook of EuropeanPolitics. London: Routledge 2014, pp. 346-365 (ISBN: 978-0-415-62675-0).

‘Introduction: Breaking the Mould of Post-Unification German Politics?’ In: Gabriele D’Ottavio and Tho-mas Saalfeld (eds.): Germany After the 2013 Elections: Breaking the Mould of Post-Unification Politics?Aldershot: Ashgate 2015, pp. 1-10 (with Gabriele D’Ottavio, ISBN 1472444396, 9781472444394).

‘Coalition Formation and Coalition Governance after the Election of 2013.’ In: Gabriele D’Ottavio andThomas Saalfeld (eds.): Germany After the 2013 Elections: Breaking the Mould of Post-Unification Po-litics? Aldershot: Ashgate 2015, pp. 203-224 (ISBN 1472444396, 9781472444394).

‘Political Parties and Legislators.’ In: Shane Martin, Thomas Saalfeld and Kaare W. Strøm (eds.): TheOxford Handbook of Legislative Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2014, pp. 371-398 (co-authoredwith Kaare W. Strøm, ISBN: 978-0-19-965301-0).

‘Introduction.’ In: Shane Martin, Thomas Saalfeld and Kaare W. Strøm (eds.): The Oxford Handbook ofLegislative Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2014, pp. 1-25 (co-authored with Shane Martin andKaare Strøm, ISBN: 978-0-19-965301-0).

‘Parties and Party Systems.’ In: Masamichi Sasaki, Jack Goldstone and Ekkart Zimmermann (eds.):Concise Encyclopedia of Comparative Sociology. Leiden: Brill 2014, pp. 128-135 (ISBN: 978-90-04-20624-3, with Margret Hornsteiner).

‘Parties and the Party System.’ In: Stephen Padgett, William E. Paterson and Reimut Zohlnhöfer (eds.):Developments in German Politics 4. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan 2014, pp. 78-102 (ISBN: 978-1-137-30162-8, with Margret Hornsteiner).

‘Koalitionsmanagement der christlich-liberalen Koalition Merkel II: Ein Lehrstück zur Wirkungslosigkeitvon “Ex-Post-Mechanismen”.’ In: Reimut Zohlnhöfer and Thomas Saalfeld (eds.): Politik im Schattender Krise: Eine Bilanz der Regierung Merkel, 2009-2013. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften2014, pp. 191-221 (ISBN: 978-3-658-05212-6).

‘Von der Wunschkoalition zur Krisengemeinschaft? Eine Einleitung.’ In: Reimut Zohlnhöfer and ThomasSaalfeld (eds.): Politik im Schatten der Krise: Eine Bilanz der Regierung Merkel, 2009-2013. Wiesbaden:VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften 2014, pp. 9-24 (with Reimut Zohlnhöfer, ISBN: 978-3-658-05212-6).

‘Labels and Jurisdictions: An Empirical Critique of Standard Models of Portfolio Allocation in PoliticalScience.’ In: Tapio Raunio and Hannu Nurmi (eds.): The Serious Game of Politics: Festschrift for MattiWiberg. Helsinki: The Finnish Political Science Association 2014, pp. 193-219 (co-authored with DanielSchamburek, ISBN: 978-952-67472-3-1 and 978-952-6772-4-8).

‘Introduzione: Le elezioni del 2013 e l’ombra lunga della crisi europea.’ In: Gabriele D’Ottavio and Tho-mas Saalfeld (eds.): La Germania della Cancelliera: Le elezioni del 2013 all?ombra della crisi europea.Bologna: Il Mulino 2014, pp.7-17 (co-authored with Gabriele D’Ottavio, ISBN: 978-88-15-25485-6).

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‘La formazione della Grande coalizione dopo le elezioni del 2013.’ In: Gabriele D’Ottavio and ThomasSaalfeld (eds.): La Germania della Cancelliera: Le elezioni del 2013 all’ombra della crisi europea. Bologna:Il Mulino 2014, pp. 233-257 (ISBN: 978-88-15-25485-6).

‘L’opposition au Bundestag allemand, entre négociation et rhétorique.’ In: Olivier Rozenberg and EricThiers (eds.): L’opposition parlementaire. Paris: La Documentation française 2013 (Les études 5378-79,ISSN 1763-6191), pp. 153-171.

‘The Bundestag and German Citizens: More Communication, Growing Distance.’ In: Cristina LestonBandeira (ed.): Parliaments and Citizens. London: Routledge 2013, pp. 50-69 (co-authored with RalfDobmeier, with Thomas Saalfeld as lead author, ISBN: 978-0-415-58969-7).

‘Economic Performance, Political Institutions and Cabinet Durability in 28 European ParliamentaryDemocracies, 1945-2011.’ In: Wolfgang C. Müller and Hanne-Marthe Narud (eds.): Party Governanceand Party Democracy. New York: Springer 2013, pp. 51-79 (ISBN: 978-1-4614-6587-4; DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-6588-1-4).

‘Government and Politics.’ In: Richard Sakwa and Anne Stevens (eds.): Contemporary Europe. Thirdedition. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan 2012, pp. 101-126 (revised and updated version of contributionto the first and second edition, ISBN: 978-0230282896).

‘Ethnic diversity, political participation and representation: a theoretical framework.’ In: Karen Bird,Thomas Saalfeld and Andreas M. Wüst (eds.): The Political Representation of Immigrants and Minorities:Voters, parties and parliaments in liberal democracies. London: Routledge 2011, pp. 1-21 (co-authoredwith Karen Bird and Andreas M. Wüst, with Karen Bird as lead author, ISBN: 978-0-415-49272-0).

‘Presence and behaviour: black and minority ethnic MPs in the British House of Commons.’ In: KarenBird, Thomas Saalfeld and Andreas M. Wüst (eds.): The Political Representation of Immigrants andMinorities: Voters, parties and parliaments in liberal democracies. London: Routledge 2011, pp. 230-249(co-authored with Kalliopi Kyriakopoulou, with Thomas Saalfeld as lead author, ISBN: 978-0-415-49272-0).

‘Epilogue: towards a strategic model of minority participation and representation.’ In: Karen Bird, ThomasSaalfeld and Andreas M. Wüst (eds.): The Political Representation of Immigrants and Minorities: Voters,parties and parliaments in liberal democracies. London: Routledge 2011, pp. 266-275 (co-authored withKaren Bird and Andreas M. Wüst, with Thomas Saalfeld as lead author, ISBN: 978-0-415-49272-0).

‘Voter turnout among immigrants and visible minorities in comparative perspective.’ In: Karen Bird,Thomas Saalfeld and Andreas M. Wüst (eds.): The Political Representation of Immigrants and Minorities:Voters, parties and parliaments in liberal democracies. London: Routledge 2011, pp. 25-65 (co-authoredwith Johannes Bergh, Karen Bird, Claudia Diehl, Dirk Jacobs, Marcelo Jenny, Mónica Méndez Lago,Laure Michon, Santiago Pérez-Nievas, Nazem Tahvilzadeh, Vincent Tiberj, Jean Tillie, Lise Togeby andAndreas M. Wüst, with Andreas M. Wüst as lead author, ISBN: 978-0-415-49272-0).

‘Party choices among immigrants and visible minorities in comparative perspective.’ In: Karen Bird,Thomas Saalfeld and Andreas M. Wüst (eds.): The Political Representation of Immigrants and Minorities:Voters, parties and parliaments in liberal democracies. London: Routledge 2011, pp. 66-106 (co-authoredwith Johannes Bergh, Karen Bird, Tor Bjørklund, Pascal Delwit, Dirk Jacobs, Marcelo Jenny, LaureMichon, Flemming Mikkelsen, Santiago Pérez-Nievas, Nazem Tahvilzadeh, Vincent Tiberj, Jean Tillieand Andreas M. Wüst, with Andreas M. Wüst as lead author, ISBN: 978-0-415-49272-0).

‘Coalition Theory.’ In: George T. Kurian (ed.): The Encyclopedia of Political Science, Volume 1. Wa-shington, DC: CQ Press 2011, pp. 258-259 (ISBN: 978-1-933116-44-0).

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‘Veto players, agenda control and cabinet stability in 17 European parliaments, 1945-1999.’ In: ThomasKönig, George Tsebelis and Marc Debus (eds.): Reform Processes and Policy Change: Veto Players andDecision-Making in Modern Democracies. New York: Springer 2010, pp. 125-143 (ISBN: 978-1-4419-5808-2).

‘Coalition Governance under Chancellor Merkel’s Grand Coalition: A Comparison of the Cabinets MerkelI and Merkel II.’ In: Eric Langenbacher (ed.): Between Left and Right: The 2009 Bundestag Elections andthe Transformation of the German Party System. New York: Berghahn 2010 (ISBN: 978-0-85745-222-1,pp. 102-121.

‘Die Stabilität von Koalitionsregierungen im europäischen Vergleich: Empirische Befunde und institu-tionelle Erklärungsansätze.’ In: Klemens H. Schrenk and Markus Soldner (eds.): Analyse demokratischerRegierungssysteme: Festschrift für Wolfgang Ismayr. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften 2009,pp. 499-523 (ISBN: 978-3-531-16309-3).

‘The German Party System Since 1998: Cooperation and Competition Under Growing Uncertainty.’In: Allister Miskimmon, William E. Paterson and James Sloam (eds.): Germany’s Gathering Crisis: The2005 Federal Election and the Grand Coalition. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan 2009, pp. 80-105 (ISBN:978-0230516854).

‘Intra-party Conflict and Cabinet Survival in 17 West European Democracies, 1945-1999.’ In: KennethBenoit and Daniela Giannetti (eds.): Intra-party Politics and Coalition Governments in ParliamentaryDemocracies. London: Routledge 2008 (Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science), pp.169-186 (ISBN: 978-0-415-46225-9).

‘Vetospieler, Agenda-Kontrolle und Kabinettsstabilität in 17 europäischen Parlamenten.’ In: Steffen Gang-hof, Christoph Hönnige and Christian Stecker (eds.): Parlamente, Agendasetzung und Vetospieler: Fest-schrift für Herbert Döring. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften 2008, pp. 93-115 (ISBN: 978-3-531-15297-4).

‘Institutions, Chance and Choices: The Dynamics of Cabinet Survival in the Parliamentary Democracies ofWestern Europe (1945-99).’ In: Kaare Strøm, Wolfgang C. Müller and Torbjörn Bergman (eds.): Cabinetsand Coalition Bargaining: The Democratic Life Cycle in Western Europe. Oxford: Oxford UniversityPress 2008, pp. 327-368 (ISBN: 978-0-19-829786-4).

‘Allemagne: leçons d’un passé trouble.’ In: Jean-Michel De Waele and Paul Magnette (eds.): Les démo-craties européennes: Approche comparée des systèmes politiques nationaux. Paris: Armand Colin 2008,pp. 9-28 (ISBN: 978-2-200-35126-7).

‘Gesetzgebung im politischen System Großbritanniens.’ In: Wolfgang Ismayr (ed.): Gesetzgebung in West-europa: EU-Staaten und Europäische Union. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften 2008, pp.159-199 (ISBN 978-3-8100-3466-3).

‘Gesetzgebung im politischen System der Irischen Republik.’ In: Wolfgang Ismayr (ed.): Gesetzgebung inWesteuropa: EU-Staaten und Europäische Union. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften 2008,pp. 201-228 (ISBN: 978-3-8100-3466-3).

‘Parteiensystem und Kabinettsstabilität in Westeuropa 1945-1999.’ In: Oskar Niedermayer, Richard Stössand Melanie Haas (eds.): Die Parteiensysteme in Westeuropa. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissen-schaften 2006, pp. 477-506 (ISBN: 3531141112).

‘Deliberate Delegation or Abdication? Government Backbenchers, Ministers and European Union Le-gislation.’ In: Katrin Auel and Arthur Benz (eds.): The Europeanisation of Parliamentary Democracy.London: Routledge 2006, pp. 41-69. (ISBN: 0-415-37133-3; reprint of an article with the same title in TheJournal of Legislative Studies, Vol. 11, Nos. 3-4 (2005), pp. 343-371).

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‘Government and Politics.’ In: Richard Sakwa and Anne Stevens (eds.): Contemporary Europe. Secondedition. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, pp. 78-109 (revised and updated version of contributionto the first edition, ISBN: 1-4039-4567-5).

‘Political Parties.’ In: Simon Green and William E. Paterson (eds.): Governance in Contemporary Germa-ny: The Semisovereign State Revisited. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2005, pp. 46-77 (ISBN:0521848814 and 0521613167).

‘Determinanten der Fraktionsdisziplin: Deutschland im internationalen Vergleich.’ In: Steffen Ganghofand Philip Manow (eds.): Mechanismen der Politik – Strategische Interaktion im deutschen Regierungs-system. Frankfurt am Main: Campus 2005, pp. 35-71 (Schriftenreihe des Max-Planck-Instituts für Gesell-schaftsforschung Köln, Volume 54, ISBN: 3593377012).

‘Germany: Stability and Strategy in a Mixed-Member Proportional System.’ In: Michael Gallagher andPaul Mitchell (eds.): The Politics of Electoral Systems. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2005, pp. 209-228(ISBN: 0199257566).

‘The Life and Times of Bills.’ (with Rolf Becker). In: Herbert Döring and Mark Hallerberg (eds.): Patternsof Parliamentary Behaviour. Aldershot: Ashgate 2003, pp. 57-90 (ISBN: 0-19-829760-2).

‘The Bundestag: Institutional Incrementalism and Behavioural Reticence.’ In: Kenneth Dyson and KlausH. Goetz (eds.): Germany, Europe, and the Politics of Constraint. Oxford: Oxford University Press/British Academy 2003, pp. 73-96 (Proceedings of the British Academy, 119, ISBN: 0-19-726295-3).

‘The German Party System: Continuity and Change.’ In: Winand Gellner and John D. Robertson (eds.),The Berlin Republic: Germany Unification and a Decade of Changes. London: Frank Cass 2003, pp. 99-130 (ISBN: 0 7146 5393 4 [HB]; 0 7146 8328 0 [PB]). The same article was published in German Politics,Volume 11, No. 3 (2002), pp. 99-130 (ISSN: 0964-4008).

‘Germany: Multiple Veto Points, Informal Co-ordination, and Problems of Hidden Action.’ In: KaareStrøm, Wolfgang C. Müller and Torbjörn Bergman (eds.): Delegation and Accountability in ParliamentaryDemocracies. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2003, pp. 347-375 (ISBN: 019829784X).

‘The United Kingdom: Still a Single “Chain of Command”? The Hollowing Out of the “Westminster Mo-del”.’ In: Kaare Strøm, Wolfgang C. Müller and Torbjörn Bergman (eds.): Delegation and Accountabilityin Parliamentary Democracies. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2003, pp. 620-646 (ISBN: 019829784X).

‘Parliament and Citizens in Germany: Reconciling Conflicting Pressures.’ In: Philip Norton (ed.): Parlia-ments and Citizens in Western Europe. London: Cass 2002, pp. 43-65 (ISBN: 0-7146-4835-3 [cloth] and0-7146-4387-4 [pbk.]).

‘The Impact of the World Economic Crisis and Political Reactions.’ In: Dirk Berg-Schlosser and JeremyMitchell (eds.): Authoritarianism and Democracy in Europe 1919-39: Comparative Analyses. Basingstoke:Palgrave 2002, pp. 208-232 (ISBN: 0333966066).

‘Methodology and methods in German political science: From "normative pathos"to normality.’ In: Jona-than Grix (ed.): Approaches to the study of contemporary Germany: research methodologies in GermanStudies. Birmingham: Birmingham University Press 2002, pp. 131-161 (ISBN 1902459202).

‘Trades Unions.’ In: Barry Clarke and Joe Foweraker (eds.): Encyclopaedia of Democratic Thought. Lon-don: Routledge 2001, pp. 698-700 (ISBN: 0-415-19396-6).

‘Bureaucratisation, coordination and competition: parliamentary party groups in the German Bundestag.’In: Knut Heidar and Ruud Koole (eds.): Parliamentary Party Groups in European Democracies: Politicalparties behind closed doors. London: Routledge 2000, pp. 23-38 (ISBN: 0-415-22336-9).

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‘Government and Politics.’ In: Richard Sakwa and Anne Stevens (eds.): Contemporary Europe.First edi-tion, Basingstoke: Macmillan 2000, pp. 109-136 (ISBN: 0-333-77270-9).

‘Court and Parties: Evolution and Problems of Political Funding in Germany.’ In: Robert J. Williams(ed.): Party Finance and Political Corruption in Europe. Basingstoke: Macmillan 2000, pp. 89-122, (ISBN:0-333-73986-8).

‘Coalitions in Germany: Stable Parties, Chancellor Democracy and the Art of Informal Settlement.’ In:Wolfgang C. Müller and Kaare Strøm (eds.): Coalition Government in Western Europe. Oxford: OxfordUniversity Press 2000, pp. 32-85 (ISBN: 0-19-829760-2).

‘Introduction’ (co-authored with Stephen Padgett). In: Stephen Padgett and Thomas Saalfeld (eds.):Bundestagswahl ‘98: End of an Era? (London: Frank Cass, 1999), pp. 1-9 (ISBN 07146-5019-6 [hardback],07146-8076-1 [paperback]. This article was also published in German Politics, Vol. 8, No. 2 [1999], pp.1-9, ISSN 0964-4008).

‘Coalition Politics and Management in the Kohl Era (1982-1998).’ In: Stephen Padgett and ThomasSaalfeld (eds.): Bundestagswahl ‘98: End of an Era? (London: Frank Cass, 1999), pp. 141-173 (ISBN07146-5019-6 [hardback], 07146-8076-1 [paperback].This article was also published in German Politics,Vol. 8, No. 2 [1999], pp. 141-173, ISSN 0964-4008).

‘Germany.’ In: George Thomas Kurian, Lawrence D. Longley and Thomas O. Melia (eds.): World En-cyclopedia of Parliaments and Legislatures, Volume I, Washington D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press1998, pp. 264-280 (ISBN: 0871879875).

‘Legislative Voting Behavior.’ In: George Thomas Kurian, Lawrence D. Longley and Thomas O. Melia(eds.): World Encyclopedia of Parliaments and Legislatures, Volume II, Washington D.C.: CongressionalQuarterly Press 1998, pp. 793-799 (ISBN: 0871879875).

‘The German Bundestag: Influence and Accountability in a Complex Environment.’ In: Philip Norton(ed.): Parliaments and Governments in Western Europe. London: Frank Cass 1998, pp. 44-71 (ISBN: 07146 4833 7).

‘Germany: Bundestag and Interest Groups in a “Party Democracy”.’ In: Philip Norton (ed.): Parliamentsand Pressure Groups in Western Europe. London: Frank Cass 1998, pp. 43-66 (ISBN 0 7146 4834 5).

‘Fraktionsführung als Parteiführung: Partei und Fraktion in Großbritannien.’ In: Ludger Helms (ed.):Parteien und Fraktionen: ein internationaler Vergleich. Opladen: Leske+Budrich 1998, pp. 67-98.

‘Roles in Legislative Studies: A Theoretical Introduction’ (with Wolfgang C. Müller). In: Wolfgang C.Müller and Thomas Saalfeld (eds.): Members of Parliament in Western Europe: Roles and Behaviour.London: Frank Cass 1997, pp. 1-16 (ISBN 0714648213 and 0714643696).

‘Professionalisation of Parliamentary Roles in Germany: An Aggregate-level Analysis, 1949-94.’ In: Wolf-gang C. Müller and Thomas Saalfeld (eds.): Members of Parliament in Western Europe: Roles and Be-haviour. London: Frank Cass 1997, pp. 32-54 (ISBN 0714648213 and 0714643696).

‘Deutschland: Auswanderung der Politik aus der Verfassung? Regierungskoalitionen und Koalitionsma-nagement in der Bundesrepublik, 1949-1997.’ In: Wolfgang C. Müller and Kaare Strøm (eds.): Koaliti-onsregierungen in Westeuropa: Bildung, Arbeitsweise und Beendigung. Wien: Signum 1997, pp. 47-108(ISBN: 3-85436-241-2).

‘Die zentrale Rolle des Parlaments in London: Entwicklungstendenzen von Thatcher bis Major (1979-1994).’ In: Winfried Steffani and Uwe Thaysen (eds.): Demokratie in Europa: Zur Rolle der Parlamente.Sonderband der Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen zum 25jährigen Bestehen. Opladen: Westdeutscher Ver-lag 1995, pp. 95-113.

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‘The German Houses of Parliament and European Legislation.’ In: Philip Norton (ed.): National Parlia-ments and the European Union. London: Frank Cass 1995, pp. 12-34.

‘On Dogs and Whips: Recorded Votes.’ In: Herbert Döring (ed.): Parliaments and Majority Rule inWestern Europe. Frankfurt am Main/ New York: Campus/ St. Martin’s Press 1995, pp. 528-565.

‘The Three Waves of West German Right-Wing Extremism.’ In: Peter H. Merkl und Leonard Weinberg(eds.): Encounters with the Contemporary Radical Right. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press 1993, pp.50-74 (with Ekkart Zimmermann).

‘Mrs Thatcher’s poodle? Zum Verhältnis zwischen Regierung und Konservativer Fraktion, 1979-1988.’ In:Roland Sturm (ed.): Thatcherismus - Eine Bilanz nach 10 Jahren. Bochum: Universitätsverlag Dr. N.Brockmeyer 1990, pp. 17-48.

‘The West German Bundestag after 40 Years: The Role of Parliament in a “Party Democracy”.’ In: PhilipNorton (ed.): Parliaments in Western Europe. London: Frank Cass 1990, pp. 68-89 (second edition 1997).

Accepted for publication‘Ethnic minorities and representation.’ In: Maurizio Cotta and Federico Russo (eds.): Handbook of PoliticalRepresentation. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar (with Miriam Hänni, forthcoming, 2 Tables, 3 Figures, 6,317words).

Research grants and other external funding (selection)2019

Grant by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) for the project ‘Legislators between Accounta-bility and Collective Agency’ (LegColAg, ‘Abgeordnete zwischen demokratischer Verantwortlichkeitund Teilhabe an der Autonomie eines horizontalen Kollektiven Akteurs’, 373,345 Euro, 2019-2022,SZ: SA 2160/8-1, project number 433597474)

2018

Co-investigator of the Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme ‘Global mobility of employees(GLOMO)’ (one doctoral position, Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 765355; coordina-tor Professor Maike Andresen, University of Bamberg; consortium members University of Bamberg,Copenhagen Business School, Cranfield University, Institute for Employment Research Nuremberg,Toulouse Business School, University of Vaasa, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Airbus SAS)

2016

Grant by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) for the project ‘Anxieties of Democracy inEurope and North America’ (ANXIETIES, ‘Sorgen um die Demokratie in Europa und Nordameri-ka’, joint application with Professors Claudia Landwehr, University of Mainz, and Armin Schäfer,University of Osnabrück, 276,165 Euro, 2016-2019, SZ: SA 2160/5-1, project number 314364715)

2014

Research grant by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) for the ORA+ project ‘Pathways toPower: The Political Representation of Citizens of Immigrant Origin in Seven European Democracies’(PATHWAYS, ‘Wege zur Macht: Die politische Repräsentation von Staatsbürgern mit Migrations-hintergrund in sieben europäischen Demokratien’, 612,087 Euro, 2014-2017, SZ: SA 2160/3-1, projectnumber 243023356)

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Twenty-third Swedish prize of the Stiftelsen Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) in agreement with theAlexander von Humboldt-Stiftung (AvH) to support research collaboration with the University ofUmeå, Sweden (184,000 Swedish Crowns)Grant by the German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, DAAD)to develop a Double Masters degree in Political Science with the University of Macedonia (237,000Euro)

2012

Coordinator and lead principal investigator of the University of Bamberg’s bid for the BambergGraduate School of Social Sciences (BAGSS) under the Excellence Initiative of the German federaland state governments (6,324,800 Euro, 2012-2017, GS 1024/1, project number 194490384)Research grant by the Fritz-Thyssen-Foundation for the project ‘Parlamentarisches Abstimmungsver-halten im Deutschen Bundestag’ (joint application with Professor Stefanie Bailer, ETH Zürich, andDr. Ulrich Sieberer, University of Konstanz (Az 10.12.1.125, 66,000 Euro, 2012-2014).Grant of the Bavarian state government to develop online modules for international Double Masterdegrees (part of a collective bid by the University of Bamberg, 78,000 Euro, 2012-2014)

Conference papers and other invited presentations (selection, past five years)‘Presidents and Legislative Parties: A Content Analysis of the Annual Presidential Addresses to the GrandNational Assembly, 1923-2013’, paper prepared for the General Conference of the European Consortiumfor Political Research, to be held virtually 24-28 August 2020 (co-authored with Mohammad Erkut Ayvaz;paper was accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the European Political Science Association,which was cancelled in 2020).

‘What does it take for immigrants to join political parties?’ Paper prepared for the General Conferenceof the European Consortium for Political Research, to be held virtually 24-28 August 2020 (co-authoredwith Monika Bozhinoska-Lazarova and Olaf Seifert; paper was accepted for presentation at the AnnualMeetings of the Midwest Political Science Association and the European Political Science Association,which were both cancelled in 2020).

‘Re-Election and Parliamentary Activity in Germany, Israel and the UK’, paper presented at the AnnualMeeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., 30 August 29 - September 1,2019 (co-authored with Osnat Akirav).

‘The Descriptive Representation of Citizens of Immigrant Origin in European Democracies’, keynotelecture at the symposium of the Halkes Women Faculty Network and the Department of Sociology on‘Diversity and inclusion in politics: Women and ethnic minorities’. Radboud University, Nijmwegen, June20, 2019.

‘Parlamentarische Institutionen als “Stoßdämpfer” in ideologisch polarisierten Parteiensystemen?’ Paperpresented at the Colloquium of the Department of Political Science, University of Stuttgart, 16 May 2019(co-authored with Hanna Bäck and Henning Bergmann).

‘Party-System Polarization, Anti-System Parties and Legislative Institutions as Predictors of CabinetSurvival in 28 Parliamentary Democracies, 1945-2013’, paper presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions ofWorkshops, Université catholique de Louvain, Mons, 8-12 April 2019 (co-authored with Hanna Bäck andHenning Bergmann).

‘Zivilgesellschaftliches Engagement in Deutschland’, paper presented at the workshop on Social Gover-nance of the Hanns-Seidel Foundation and the University of Bamberg, University of Bamberg, 1 April,2019 (co-authored with Stefanie Kneipp).

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‘Deprivation and the Constituency Focus of Parliamentary Questions in the UK: The British House ofCommons, 2001-2015’, paper presented at the Conference of the German Political Science Association(DVPW), University of Frankfurt, 26 September, 2018 (co-authored with Carsten Schwemmer).

‘Strategische Anreize, parlamentarische Karriereverläufe und Wahlkreisorientierung im britischen Un-terhaus, 2001-2015’, paper presented at the Conference of the German Political Science Association(DVPW), University of Frankfurt, 25 September, 2018 (co-authored with Carsten Schwemmer).

‘How Institutional Incentives Structure Opposition Strategy in Parliament’, paper presented at the An-nual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, 30 August, 2018 (co-authored withUlrich Sieberer).

‘Self-Selection or Delegation in Committee Assignments? The UK 2005-2015’, paper presented at theAnnual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, 30 August, 2018 (co-authoredwith Jorge Fernandes and Carsten Schwemmer).

‘Electoral Incentives, Parliamentary Careers and Constituency Focus in the British House of Commons,2001-2015’, paper presented at the ECPR General Conference, University of Hamburg, 25 August, 2018 (co-authored with Carsten Schwemmer).

‘Self-Selection or Delegation in Committee Assignments? A Case Study of British Select Committees,2005-2015’, paper presented at the Workshop ‘Committees in Comparative Perspective’, Brussels, 23July, 2018 (co-authored with Jorge Fernandes and Carsten Schwemmer).

‘Polarization and Cabinet Survival in Parliamentary Democracies’, paper prepared for presentation atthe workshop ‘Polarization, institutional design and the future of representative democracy’, HarnackHaus, Berlin, 5-7 October 2017 (coauthored with Hanna Bäck and Henning Bergmann).

‘Comparing Parliamentary Discourses on Immigration: A Study of Eight European Legislatures’, paperpresented at the Migration and Diversity Colloquium, Berlin Social Science Centre (WZB), 13 September2017 (coauthored with Eric Bientzle, Lucas Geese and Carsten Schwemmer).

‘Self-Selection or Delegation in Committee Assignments? A Case Study of British Select Committees,2005-2015’, paper presented at the General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research,Oslo, 6-9 September 2017 (coauthored with Jorge Fernandes and Carsten Schwemmer).

‘Electoral Incentives, Parliamentary Careers and Constituency Focus in the British House of Commons,2001-2015’, paper prepared for the workshop ‘Micro-foundations of party democracy: The re-enforcingand cross-cutting consequences of party membership and non-party affiliation’, University of Bremen,20-21 July 2017 (coauthored with Carsten Schwemmer and Lucas Geese).

‘Do legislators get absorbed into a “bubble”– and, if so, why? What we can learn from parliamentaryquestions in the British House of Commons’, paper presented at the Conference of the ECPR StandingGroup on Parliaments, Basel 29 June - 1 July 2017 (coauthored with Carsten Schwemmer).

‘Content Reconstruction of Parliamentary Questions: Combining Meta-Data with an OCR Process’,paper submitted for delivery at the 5th International Virtual Conference on Advanced Scientific Results(SCIECONF-2017). Section: Political Science and Philosophy in Zilina, Slovakia, 26-30 June 2017 (co-authored with Fotis Fitsilis and Carsten Schwemmer)

‘Mapping Legislative Agendas: Immigration and Integration in Parliamentary Questions.’ Paper preparedfor delivery at the Workshop ‘The Quality of Representation in Contemporary Europe: Questions andChallenges in a New Political Era.’ Nederlands Institute for Advanced Studies (NIAS), Amsterdam, 1-2June 2017 (coauthored with Lucas Geese, Carsten Schwemmer and Daphne van der Pas)

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‘Do legislators get absorbed into a “bubble”– and, if so, why and with what effect? What we can learnfrom parliamentary questions in the British House of Commons.’ Paper presented at the Workshop on‘The Performance of Democracies.’ Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, May 21-23,2017

‘Begrenzte Repräsentativität von Politik in offenen Gesellschaften?’ Conference on ‘Bürger vs. Bevölke-rung? Der Volkssouverän im Wandel.’ Akademie für politische Bildung, Tutzing, 5-6 May 2017

‘Portfolio Allocation and Cabinet Survival in Parliamentary Democracies.’ Paper presented at the 75thAnnual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago 6-9 April 2017 (coauthoredwith Hanna Bäck and Patrick Dumont)

‘Migration und Repräsentation im Spiegel der Diskurse nationaler Parlamente in acht europäischen De-mokratien.’ Paper presented at the conference ‘Demokratie trifft Zukunft – Neue Arenen und etablierteAkteure. Gründungstagung des Mainzer Zentrum für europäische Demokratieforschung’, University ofMainz, 2-4 March 2017 (co-authored with Lucas Geese, Carsten Schwemmer and Daphne van der Pas)

‘Migration und Integration als Gegenstand substantiver Repräsentation in acht europäischen Parlamen-ten: Eine erste Annäherung an ein methodisch schwieriges Forschungsproblem.’ Paper presented at the‘Workshop Responsivität’, University of Duisburg, 20 January 2017 (co-authored with Lucas Geese,Carsten Schwemmer and Daphne van der Pas)

‘Personal Experience or Institutional Rules? How Legislative Institutions and Party Organization Influ-ence Parliamentary Activities of Legislators of Immigrant Origin.’ Paper presented at the General Con-ference of the European Consortium for Political Research (Prague, 7-10 September 2016, co-authoredwith Lucas Geese, Carsten Schwemmer and Jean-Benoît Pilet)

‘Not Such a Fine Line? The Social and Political Selectivity of Leadership Recruitment in ParliamentaryParty Groups.’ Paper presented at the General Conference of the European Consortium for PoliticalResearch (Prague, 7-10 September 2016, co-authored with Jorge M. Fernandes and Daphne van der Pas)

‘Institutions, Organizations and Individual Traits: Parliamentary Committees as Contexts for the Workof Legislators of Immigrant Origin in Five European Democracies.’ Paper presented at the General Con-ference of the European Consortium for Political Research (Prague, 7-10 September 2016, co-authoredwith Jorge M. Fernandes)

‘Personal Experience or Institutional Rules? How Legislative Institutions and Party Organization Influ-ence Parliamentary Activities of Legislators of Immigrant Origin.’ Paper presented at the 112th AnnualMeeting of the American Political Science Association (Philadelphia, 1-4 September 2016, co-authoredwith Lucas Geese, Carsten Schwemmer and Jean-Benoît Pilet)

‘Not Such a Fine Line? The Social and Political Selectivity of Leadership Recruitment in ParliamentaryParty Groups.’ Paper presented at the 112th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association(Philadelphia, 1-4 September 2016, co-authored with Jorge M. Fernandes and Daphne van der Pas)

‘Institutions, Organizations and Individual Traits: Parliamentary Committees as Contexts for the Workof Legislators of Immigrant Origin in Five European Democracies.’ Paper presented at the 112th AnnualMeeting of the American Political Science Association (Philadelphia, 1-4 September 2016, co-authoredwith Jorge M. Fernandes)

‘Parliamentary Committees as Context for the Descriptive and Substantive Reprsentation of Citizens ofImmigrant Origin in Eight European Democracies.’ Paper presented at the third biannual conference ofthe ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments (Munich, 30 June - 2 July 2016, co-authored with Jorge M.Fernandes)

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‘Parliamentary Parties as Context for the Descriptive and Substantive Reprsentation of Citizens of Im-migrant Origin in Eight European Democracies.’ Paper presented at the third biannual conference ofthe ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments (Munich, 30 June - 2 July 2016, co-authored with Jorge M.Fernandes and Daphne van der Pas)

‘Government and Opposition: The Strategic Use of Recorded Votes in Germany, 1949-2013.’ Paper pre-sented at the third biannual conference of the ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments (Munich, 30 June- 2 July 2016, co-authored with Henning Bergmann)

‘Immigration and Parliamentary Representation in West European Democracies.’ Annual Lecture Deli-vered at TED Üniversitesi, 4 May 2016

‘Conceptualizing and Measuring Descriptive and Substantive Representation of Citizens of ImmigrantOrigin: Approaches and Challenges.’ Paper presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops in Pisa,24-28 April 2016 (co-authored with Jorge Fernandes and Laura Morales, Workshop 22: The Representa-tion of Citizens of Immigrant Origin in Established Democracies).

‘Immigrant Representation in a Party Democracy: Evidence from Germany.’ Paper presented at the ECPRJoint Sessions of Workshops in Pisa, 24-28 April 2016 (co-authored with David Schmuck, Lucas Geeseand Andreas M. Wüst, Workshop 22: The Representation of Citizens of Immigrant Origin in EstablishedDemocracies).

‘Substantive Representation and MPs of Immigrant Origin: A First Approach in Four European Demo-cracies.’ Paper presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops in Pisa, 24-28 April 2016 (co-authoredwith Lucas Geese, Carsten Schwemmer and Daphne van der Pas, Workshop 22: The Representation ofCitizens of Immigrant Origin in Established Democracies).

‘Anwendungen von Topic Models auf einen Text-Corpus mit parlamentarischen Fragen in Großbritanni-en.’ Paper presented at the DARIAH-DE Methodenworkshop ‘Quantitative Vorauswahl und Validierungfür ein qualitatives Arbeiten in den Geisteswissenschaften: Ein iterativer Prozess?’ University of Bamberg,Faculty of Faculty of Information Systems and Applied Computer Sciences (Fakultät für Wirtschaftsin-formatik und Angewandte Informatik), 19 November 2015 (coauthored with Lucas Geese and CarstenSchwemmer).

‘Minority Representation: Legislators of Non-European Origin in the British House of Commons.’ Paperpresented at the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece, 30 November 2015 (coauthored withWolfgang Goldbach).

‘Substantive Representation of Non-European Minorities in the British House of Commons, 2001-2015.’Paper presented at the Women’s and Minority Representation Workshop, McGill University, Montreal,Quebec, 24-25 August 2015 (coauthored with Lucas Geese).

‘“Who gets what” in the allocation of committee chairs? Party strategy and policy salience in Europeanlegislatures.’ Paper presented at the 73rd Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association,Chicago 16-19 April 2015 (coauthored paper with Jorge Fernandes).

‘The Strategic Use of Recorded Votes in Germany, 1949-2013.’ Paper presented at the Fifth Conferenceof the European Political Science Association, Vienna, 25-27 June 2015 (coauthored with Henning Berg-mann).

‘“Who gets what” in the allocation of committee chairs? Party strategy and policy salience in Europeanlegislatures.’ Paper presented at the Fifth Conference of the European Political Science Association,Vienna, 25-27 June 2015 (coauthored paper with Jorge Fernandes).

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Conferences organized, workshops directed, conference panels chairedPanel chair at the 27th Conference of the Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft (DVPW), GoetheUniversity Frankfurt, 25-28 September, 2018 (Panel: ‘Democratic anxieties: Causes and consequences ofpopulism’, 25 September, 2018, with Claudia Landwehr).

Panel chair at the 27th Conference of the Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft (DVPW), GoetheUniversity Frankfurt, 25-28 September, 2018 (Panel: ‘Dyadic Representation in Parliamentary Systems’,26 September, 2018, with Hanna Bäck).

Discussant at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, 30 August to 2September, 2018, (Panel: ‘European Legislative Institutions’, 31 August 2018, with John Peterson).

Panel chair at the 12th General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR),University of Hamburg, 22-25 August, 2018 (Panel: ‘Executive-Legislative Relations: Legislative Power’,23 August, 2018).

Section Co-Chair at the 11th General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research(ECPR) in Oslo, 6-9 September 2017: ‘Legislatures: Identifying Representation in Delegation and Decision-Making’ (7 panels)

Panel chair at the 10th General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research ‘Parlia-mentary Rules and the Representation of Minority Preferences’, 8 September 2016.

Panel chair at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA)2016: Division22 (Legislative Studies), Panel 17.30 ‘Legislative Organization and Immigrant-Origin Representatives inEurope’, 1 September 2016.

Director (jointly with Professor Laura Morales) of Workshop No. 22 (‘The Representation of Citizens ofImmigrant Origin in Established Democracies’) at the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops in Pisa, 24-28April 2016

Local academic organizer of the 5th ECPR Winter School in Methods and Techniques, 26 February - 4March 2016

Local academic organizer of the 4th ECPR Winter School in Methods and Techniques, 12-20 February2015 in Bamberg

Panel Chair at the General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) inMontreal, 26-29 August 2015: Descriptive Representation: Mechanisms of Inclusion and Exclusion. SectionLegislatures

Section Chair at the 8th General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)in Glasgow, 3-6 September 2014: S037 Legislatures in a Changing World: Rules, Agendas, Representationand Aggregation (6 panels)

Academic convenor of the second General Conference of the Standing Group on Parliaments of theEuropean Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) in Vienna, 26-28 June, 2014

Director (jointly with Dr. Ana Belchior and Shane Martin) of the second ECPR Summer School onParliaments in Lisbon, 31 July - 10 August 2012

Convenor of the ECPR Research Session on ’Immigrants and Their Descendants as Political Actors inLiberal Democracies: Constraints, Opportunities and Strategies.’ European University Institute, Florence,26-27 May 2011

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Director (jointly with Dr. Shane Martin) of the first ECPR Summer School on Parliaments in Bamberg,2-14 August, 2010

Director (jointly with Dr. Andreas M. Wüst) of Workshop No. 21 (‘Migration and Representation inParliamentary Democracies’) at the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops in Helsinki, 7-12 Mai 2007

Chair of Panel No. 6-3 (‘Legislative Institutionalization’) at the ECPR General Conference in Budapest,8-10 September 2005

Director (jointly with Dr. Mehmet Ümit Necef) of Workshop No. 14 (‘Political Participation of Immigrantsand their Descendants in Post-War Western Europe’) at the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops in Turin,22-27 March 2002

Organizer of the international conference on ‘Coalition Government in Western Europe’ at the Universityof Kent at Canterbury, 2000

Journal articles reviewed forAmerican Journal of Political Science; American Political Science Review; British Journal of PoliticalScience; Comparative European Politics; European Journal for International Relations; European Journalfor Political Research; European Political Science Review; German Politics; Global Society; Governmentand Opposition; Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties; Journal of European Integration;Journal of Legislative Studies; Legislative Studies Quarterly; Party Politics; Political Studies; Politics;Politische Vierteljahresschrift; West European Politics

Book proposals reviewed forCambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Routledge, Sage

Grant proposals reviewed forDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Deutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung (German Foundation forPeace Research), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Irish Research Council for theHumanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS), the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO),Nuffield Foundation, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (Max-Planck-Society, Otto-Hahn-Medaille)

Past service to the profession2015-2020

Local organizer of the Winter School in Methods and Techniques of the European Consortium forPolitical Research (ECPR), 2015-2020

2012-2018

Convenor of the Standing Group on Parliaments of the European Consortium for Political Research(ECPR)

2015-2016

Member of the Council (‘Beirat’) of the German Political Science Association (Deutsche Vereinigungfür Politikwissenschaft, DVPW)

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1999-2015

Editor of German Politics (Taylor and Francis, London), Joint Editor, 1999-2009, Managing AcademicEditor 2009-2015

1995-2007

Associate editor of The Journal of Legislative Studies (Taylor and Francis, London)

2000-2003

Academic Secretary and member of the Executive Committee of the Study of Parliament Group (UK)

Past responsibilities in university management and governance (selection)Member and deputy chair of the University of Bamberg’s Commission on Certification (‘Zertifizierungs-kommission’), 2017-2019

Member of the Board (‘Fakultätsrat’) of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Economics and Business Admi-nistration of the University of Bamberg, 2014-2017

Member and deputy chair of the Doctoral Studies Committee (‘Promotionsausschuss’) of the Faculty ofSocial Sciences, Economics and Business Administration of the University of Bamberg, 2011-2017

Member and deputy chair of the Political Science Examination Board (‘Prüfungsausschuss’) at the Uni-versity of Bamberg, 2009-2012

Chair of the search committee (‘Berufungsausschuss’) for the Chair in Statistics and Econometrics (W3Professur für Statistik und Ökonometrie) at the University of Bamberg, 2019-2020

Chair of the search committee (‘Berufungsausschuss’) for the Chair in Political Theory (W3 Professurfür Politikwissenschaft, insbesondere Politische Theorie) at the University of Bamberg, 2009-2010

Member of the University of Kent’s Senate (Faculty of Social Sciences representative), 2006-2009

Director of Research (academic staff) of the Department of Politics and International Relations, Universityof Kent, 2005-2009

Departmental coordinator for the Research Assessment Exercise, Department of Politics and InternationalRelations, University of Kent, 2005-2007

Chair of the University of Kent’s Assessment Strategy Working Group, 2005-2009

Director of Learning and Teaching of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kent, 2003-2008

Expert advisory/consultancy workEvidence to the Commission to Strengthen Parliament appointed by the Leader of the Opposition,William Hague and chaired by Lord Norton (‘Agenda Setting and Committee Work in the GermanBundestag’, London: House of Lords), 2000

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External review and service as external examiner for taught degreesExternal member of the selection committee for the Professorship (W2) ‘Regierungssytem der Bundes-republik Deutschland’ at the Humboldt University Berlin, 2018-2019

External reviewer (‘Vergleichsgutachten’) for the Chair in Comparative Politics at the Zeppelin University,2018

External reviewer for the intermediate evaluation (‘Zwischenevaluation’) for the ‘Juniorprofessur Innen-politik und öffentliche Verwaltung’ at the University of Constance, 2018

External member of the selection committee for the ‘Juniorprofessur Innenpolitik und öffentliche Verwal-tung’ at the University of Constance, 2014

External Reviewer (‘Vergleichsgutachten’) for a Chair (W3) in Political Science at the University ofStuttgart, Germany, 2012

External Reviewer (‘Vergleichsgutachten’) for a Chair (W3) in Political Science at the University of Kiel,Germany, 2010

External Examiner for the MAs in Peace and Conflict Studies University of Kent and Phillips Universi-ty Marburg (International Double Award), in European Governance/European and Global GovernanceUniversity of Kent and Sciences Po Grenoble (International Double Award) and in European Gover-nance/European and Global Governance University of Kent and Jagellonian University Kraków (Inter-national Double Award), 2010-2015

External Reviewer (‘Vergleichsgutachten’) for the Chair (W3) in Political Economy at the University ofMannheim, Germany, 2009

External examiner for doctoral degreesBasdeo, Maukesh, PhD thesis, University of the West Indies: The Challenges Facing Committee Systemsin Bicameral and Unicameral Parliaments in the Commonwealth Caribbean: A Comparison of Dominicaand Trinidad and Tobago, 2013

Chambers, Anthony, PhD thesis, University of Manchester: Beyond Numbers: The Substantive Repre-sentation of Individuals of Immigrant-Origin by Immigrant-Origin MPs, 2019

Jalali Naini, Mandana, PhD thesis, University of Hull: Assessing Democratic Quality and Performancein Legislatures, 2008

John, Stefanie, doctoral thesis, Kiel University: Europiäsche Themen in deutschen Parteiorganisationen,2020

Krauss, Svenja, doctoral thesis, Humboldt University Berlin: Stability through control? The influence ofcontrol mechanisms on the stability of coalition cabinets, 2017

Leston Bandeira, Cristina, PhD thesis, University of Hull: From Legislation to Legitimation: The Roleof the Portuguese Parliament, 1983 to 1995, 2000

Lyra de Carvalho, Orlando, PhD thesis, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora: Media Visibility andElectoral Careers: A Comparative Analysis of Members of Parliament in Brazil and Germany, 2014

McKee, Rebecca, PhD thesis, University of Manchester: The Substantive Representation of Ethnic Mino-rities in the UK Parliament, 2017

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Mickler, Tim, PhD thesis, University of Leiden: Parliamentary Committees in a Context of Strong Poli-tical Parties, 2016.

Miller, Bernhard, doctoral thesis, University of Mannheim: Der Koalitionsausschuss: Existenz, Einsatzund Effekte einer informellen Arena des Koalitionsmanagements in vergleichender und bundesdeutscherPerspektive, 2009

Mjekiqi, Shqipe, PhD thesis, Trinity College Dublin: The Impact of Electoral Systems Upon the Behaviourof Members of Parliament, 2014

Neubert, Julien, doctoral thesis, University of Konstanz: Kontinuität und Wandel der Sozialdemokratie:Programmatische und organisatorische Reformen sozialdemokratischer Parteien in Westeuropa, 2016

Praprotnik, Katrin, doctoral thesis, University of Vienna: Die Umsetzung von Wahlversprechen in Öster-reich: Ein Test der Mandatstheorie, 2015

Schukraft, Stefan, doctoral thesis, University of Potsdam: Legislativer Konflikt in den deutschen Ländern:Eine empirische Studie zur Bildung von Gesetzgebungsmehrheiten zwischen Programmatik, Wettbewerbund Mehrebenensystem, 2018

van der Zwan, Roos, PhD thesis, Radboud University, Nijmwegen: The Political Representation of EthnicMinorities and Their Vote Choice, 2019

Zeidler, Marie Elisabeth, doctoral thesis, Humboldt University Berlin: Noneconomic Interest Groupsand Membership Mobilization: An empirical analysis of the determinants of noneconomic interest groupmembership in Germany, 2017

Doctoral degrees and habilitations supervised (main supervisor)Current

Acheampong, Martin: Acting in whose interest? Institutions and legislative representation in Africa

Ayvaz, M. Erkut: Staatspräsidenten und ihre Parteien: Eine Analyse des türkischen Falls in vergleichenderPerspektive

Bergmann, Henning: Economic Performance, Public Opinion and Cabinet Stability in European Demo-cracies

Bozhinoska-Lazarova, Monika: Citizens of Immigrant Origin and Political Parties in Britain, Germanyand Netherlands: Recruitment, Obstacles and Careers

Dalak, Fersoy: Das Parteiensystem Nordzyperns

Goldbach, Wolfgang: The Interdependence of Party Choice and Level of Vote in European Multi-levelSettings

Hornsteiner Margret: Die Entstehung von Wahlprogrammen in deutschen Parteien

Kraj, Agata Maria: Structural and Individual Determinants of Women’s Success in Elective Office

Martínez Cantó, Javier: The Presidentalization of Regional Political Parties in Germany, Italy and Spain

Zolfaghari, Vahid: Managing Conflict in the Cameron-Clegg Coalition Government

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PastHabilitations

Fink, Simon: Mehrebenensystem und internationale Interdependenz als Herausforderung für die ver-gleichende Politikfeldforschung, University of Bamberg, awarded 2014

PhD/Dr. rer. pol. (main supervisor or co-supervisor, in alphabetical order)

Al-Braizat, Fares (main supervisor): Islam, Muslims, and Liberal Democracy in the Middle East:Jordan in Comparative Perspective, PhD, University of Kent, awarded 2003Bono, Giovanna (co-supervisor): NATO’s “Out-of-Area” Tasks and the Role of “Policy Communities”,1990-1995, PhD, University of Kent, awarded 2000Darien, Lindsey (main supervisor until 2009): Social Capital and New Localism: A ComparativeStudy of Two Parish Councils, PhD, University of Kent, awarded 2011Geese, Lucas (main supervisor): Institutionelle Mechanismen politischer Repräsentation in der Ein-wanderungsgesellschaft, Dr. rer. pol., University of Bamberg, awarded 2020Gil, Hong-Keun (co-supervisor): Trades Unions and Democratisation in South Korea, PhD, Universityof Kent, awarded 2000Gorski, Susan (co-supervisor): The Practical and Political Implications of Conflict Early Warning:Case Study of Algeria’s Future, PhD, University of Kent, awarded 2004Kumbaracıbaşı, Arda Can (main supervisor): The Rise of the AKP, 2000-2007: Dilemmas of Institu-tionalisation and Leadership Strategy, PhD, University of Kent, awarded 2008Moroney Patterson, Jennifer (co-supervisor): Ukraine and the New Frontier of East-West Relations:Dynamics of Regional and pan-European Policy Evolution, PhD, University of Kent, awarded 2000Mousavian, Seyed Hosein (co-supervisor): Irano-German Relations 1990-1997, PhD, University ofKent, awarded 2002Rayder, Benjamin (main supervisor): Calculated Competitors or Ideological Bedfellows? A Compa-rative Analysis of the Policy Similarities and Differences Between the Naional Democratic Party ofGermany (NPD) and Die Linke in the Saxon State Parliament During the 5th Legislative Period,2009-2014, Dr. rer. pol., University of Bamberg, awarded 2017Schamburek, Daniel Karl (main supervisor): Die Organisierung der Migrations- und Integrationspo-litik in deutschen Landesregierungen, Dr. rer. pol., University of Bamberg, awarded 2016Schwemmer, Carsten (second (co-) supervisor): Computational Methods for the Social Sciences: Ap-plications to the Study of Ethnic Minorities, Dr. rer. pol., University of Bamberg, defended 2019Umaner Duba, Gülay (main supervisor): Federalism and Conflict Management in Multi-Ethnic So-cieties: Cyprus in Comparative Perspective, PhD, University of Kent, awarded 2009Vandenkendelaere, Tom (main supervisor until 2009): The Europeanisation of Polish-German relationsafter Poland’s accession to the EU, PhD, University of Kent, awarded 2014Wirtz, Martin (main supervisor): Immune to National Interests? Potential and Limitations of StrategicFraming in the European Parliament, Dr. rer. pol., University of Bamberg, awarded 2017

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