Political System of Germany

Research Focuses

• Political sociology
• Party and party system research
• Elite research
• Parliamentary research
• Regional and local political research
• Comparative democracy research
• Psephology

Lecturers

Volker Brandy, M.A. de

Dr. Jörg Hebenstreit de

Dr. Anne Küppers de

Dr. Jonathan Rinne de

Permanent Research and Teaching Fellow

Dr. Michael Edinger de

Student Assistants

Rosalie Hoppe

Richard Kuba

Maximilian Nehring

Nathalie Neuberger

Pierre Zissel, B.A.

Profile of our work

The chair covers the entire range of topics related to the German political system in the European multi-level system. Our research and teaching focuses on the study of political parties, elites, parliament and elections. We include comparative perspectives as well as aspects of the Europeanization of the political system. In addition, the chair is also responsible for the training in the field of quantitative methods.