Research Areas by Units

• contemporary and historical electoral research
• political behaviour and political culture
• political parties and political extremism

• German-Israeli relations

Comparative Politics
Head: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Edeltraud Roller

• welfare state cultures
• consolidation of democracy in Central and Eastern Europe
• political support of national governments and the EU

• performance of democracies and challenges caused by globalization processes

International Relations
Head: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Bräuninger

• political economy of international relations
• European integration
• theory of international relations

Political Theory
Head: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ruth Zimmerling

• epistemology of the social sciences
• analytical and theoretical foundations of empirical political science
• political philosophy, history of political ideas
• liberal democracy, social justice, and the rule of law

Political Systems Analysis/Political Economy
Head: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Volker Kunz

• local and regional politics
• political economy
• social capital
• political and social participation

Methods of Empirical Political Science
Head: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Kai Arzheimer (from April 1, 2009)

• Research methods in political science, particularly multi-level and structural equation modeling
• Voting behaviour and political attitudes in comparative perspective
• Right-wing extremism
• European Politics