Teaching and Research Interests
Vita
| Since October 2009 | Assistant Professor. Department of Comparative Politics in the Institute of Social Sciences. Humboldt University Berlin |
| 2008-2009 | Lecturer. Department of International Studies, Ohio State University |
| 2008 | PhD in Political Science at Ohio State University. Dissertation title: “The formation of social democratic parties. External constraints and the strategic choices of labor elites.” Dissertation committee: Richard Gunther (chair), Anthony Mughan, Richard Hamilton, Herbert Kitschelt |
| 2002-2008 | Graduate Teaching Associate in the Department of Political Science, Ohio State University |
| 2004 | Completion of General Exams in Comparative Politics and Political Psychology. Committee members: Richard Gunther (chair), Anthony Mughan, Jakub Zielinski, and Kathleen McGraw |
| 2001 | MA in Political Science at Ohio State University. Thesis title: "The transformation of social democracy. Labour and the SPD in interaction with their social bases." Committee members: Richard Gunther (chair) and Anthony Mughan |
| 1996-2001 | Studies of Political Science, Sociology, and History at University of Bonn (Germany), University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne (France) and the Ohio State University (USA) |
Membership
- American Political Science Association (APSA)
- Midwestern Political Science Association (MPSA)
- Deutsche Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft (DVPW)
Teaching and Research Interests
- Comparative politics of advanced industrialized societies
- The EU and European integration
- Institutions and institutionalist approaches
- Parties and social movements
- Political development
- Public opinion and political behavior
- Methods (Research Design, comparative case studies, analytic narratives, experiments, media content analysis, regression, ANOVA and its variants, exploratory and confirming factor analysis, structural equation modelling)
Publications
Peer-Revied Journal Articles
| under review | Exceptional yet predictable. The failure of American socialism as the rational response of labor elites to external constraints. Download PDF |
| 2011 | "Social Democratic Party Formation and National Variation in Labor Politics", Comparative Politics 43(2): 167-186. Download PDF |
| 2005 | "Nationality and the preferences of the European public toward EU policy making", European Union Politics, 6(4): 447-469. Download PDF |
Edited Volume
| 1999 | Bildungsoffensive. Herausforderungen für das 21. Jahrhundert, ed. with Sebastian Jobelius and Reinhold Rünker. Hamburg: VSA. |
Conference Papers and Working Papers
| 2009 | The failure of American socialism as the rational response of labor elites to external constraints. Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Political Science Association. Chicago, April 4 |
| 2009 | American political development and labor politics in comparative perspective. Research in American Politics Workshop. Ohio StateUniversity, February 18 |
| 2008 | External triggers and personality dispositions. The interaction of persuasion and national identification in shaping attitudes toward European integration. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. Boston, August 28 |
| 2008 | External constraints, knowledge diffusion, and strategic choices. A comprehensive explanation for the formation of social democratic parties. Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Political Science Association. Chicago, April 6 |
| 2008 | A new typology of labor politics and the contours of an explanation for social democratic party formation. Comparative Politics Research Workshop. Ohio State University, March 14 |
| 2007 | National variation in citizen support for the emerging Euro-polity. Comparing the effects of national identity and national contexts. Survey Research Award Colloquium. Ohio State University, August 27 |
| 2004 | Nationality and the European Political Space. Comparative Politics Research Workshop. Ohio State University, June 4 |
Other Publications
| 2008 | The formation of social democratic parties. External constraints and the choices of labor elites. Columbus (Ohio State University), Dissertation. |
| 2001 | The transformation of social democracy in Britain and Germany. Labour and the SPD in interaction with their social bases. Columbus (Ohio State University), Magisterarbeit. |
| 2000 | "USA 2000: And the winner is…", (with Edgar Göll), spw, 116: 41-45. |
| 1999 | "Einleitung", (with Sebastian Jobelius and Reinhold Rünker), in: idem (eds.) Bildungsoffensive. Herausforderungen für das 21. Jahrhundert. Hamburg: VSA. S. 10-15. |
| 1999 | "Mut zur Kapitalbildung. DIe Notwendigkeit einer kulturellen und sozialen Reform des Bildungswesens", (with Sebastian Jobelius), in: Sebastian Jobelius, Reinhold Rünker and Konstantin Vössing (Hg.) Bildungsoffensive. Herausforderungen für das 21. Jahrhundert. Hamburg: VSA. S. 110-127. |
| 1999 | "Anforderungen an eine Bildungsreform des 21. Jahrhunderts", (with Sebastian Jobelius and Reinhold Rünker), in: idem (eds.) Bildungsoffensive. Herausforderungen für das 21. Jahrhundert. Hamburg: VSA. S. 236-245. |
| 1998 | "Gesellschaftliche Problemlösung durch Innovation im Bildungswesen", (with Sebastian Jobelius), spw, 102: 45-48. |
Research Projects
- National Constellations of Political Conflict and European Integration
- Causes and Consequences of Variation in the Political Mobilization of Labor
- To Revise or Not to Revise - Opportunities and Obstacles in Party Development
Teaching
Humboldt Universität Berlin
- Proseminar "Vielfalt und Einheit in Europa” (Spring 2010) Contrasts a comparative perspective on European political, economic and cultural diversity with an analysis of European integration.
- Graduate Seminar "Research Design and Methods in Comparative Politics" (Spring 2010)
- Seminar "Introduction to Comparative Politics and International Relations." (Winter 2009-2010)
Ohio State University
- "Introduction to Comparative Politic" (Spring 2004, Summer 2004, Spring 2006, Winter 2008) Survey of themes and approaches, combined with case studies of Britain, France, Germany, China, and Russia.
- "Government and Politics in Modern Democracies" (Winter 2005, Spring 2005, Winter 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008) Advanced seminar on democratic political institutions and their effects on the nature of political conflict.
- "The Politics of European Integration" (Summer 2005, Autumn 2005, Summer 2006, Winter 2007, Autumn 2007) Advanced seminar on EU history, policies, and institutions, as well as theories of European integration.
- "Introduction to Western Europe" (Autumn 2008, Winter 2009, Spring 2009) Survey of Western European political, socio-economic and cultural history from the 11th century until today.
- "Introduction to Globalization" (Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Winter 2009, Spring 2009) Advanced seminar about the nature, history, origins, and repercussions of globalization.
