Vita

 

  • since 2023: European University Institute (EUI), Florence - Alumni Professor
  • since 2005: University of California, Irvine - Affiliated Faculty Member am Center for the Study of Democracy
  • 2019-2026: Senior Professor of Comparative Politics, Leuphana University Lüneburg
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  • 2004-2018: Director of the Center for the Study of Democracy, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
  • 2003-2018: Professor (Chair) of Comparative Politics, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
  • 2000-2003: Professor (Chair) of Comparative Politics and Policy Analysis, University of Düsseldorf
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  • 2019: Fernand-Braudel-Senior Fellow, European University Institute (EUI), Florence
  • 2018-2021 Executive Member of the International Political Science Association (IPSA)
  • 2016-2018 President of the German Political Science Association (DVPW)
  • 2014: Visiting Professor at Department of Social and Political Science, European University Institute (EUI), Florence (Italy)
  • 2014: Visiting Professor at the Center for the Study of Democracy, University of California, Irvine
  • 2013: Visiting Professor at the Center for the Study of Political Change (CIRCaP), University of Siena, Italy
  • 2012-2013: Part-Time Professor, Department of Social and Political Science, European University Institute (EUI), Florence (Italy)
  • 2012-2013: Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Modern German Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara (USA), (rejected)
  • 2006-2012: Vice-President, Leuphana University Lüneburg (Graduate School/ Internationalization)
  • 2005: Visiting Professor at the Center for the Study of Democracy, University of California, Irvine (funded by the German Science Foundation- DFG)
  • 2004: Visiting Professor at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute (EUI) (funded by the German Science Foundation- DFG)
  • 2000: Visiting Professor, Department of Political Science, University of California, Irvine (funded by the German Science Foundation – DFG))
  • 1999: Visiting Professor, Department of Social and Political Science, European University Institute (EUI); Florence (funded by the Volkswagen Foundation)
  • 1994-1998: Vice-President, University of Lüneburg (Research/Internationalization)
  • 1994-2000: Associate Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Lüneburg
  • 1993: Visiting DAAD Professor, Graduate School for International Studies, University of Miami, Coral Gables (Florida) (funded by the German Academic Exchange Program- DAAD
  • 1992: Habilitation Venia legendi in Political Science
  • 1991: Visiting Professor, Department of Social Sciences, University of Leipzig (funded by the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation)
  • 1988: Visiting Professor, Department of Sociology and Political Science, University of New England (Australia) (funded by University of New England)
  • 1986-1993: Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Lüneburg
  • 1985-1986: Jean Monnet Fellowship, European University Institute (EUI), Florence
  • 1984-1985: John F. Kennedy Fellowship, Harvard University
  • 1982-1983: Policy Adviser in the Office of the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn
  • 1981: Doctoral degree (Dr. rer. pol.) at the Free University of Berlin
  • 1979-1982: Lecturer for Comparative Politics, Free University of Berlin
  • 1977: Graduate Student Fellowship at the Institute for Social Research (ISR), University of Michigan, USA (PhD Program)
  • 1977-1979: Graduate Student Fellowship (Graduiertenförderung), Department of Political Science, University of Hamburg
  • 1976: M.A. degree in Political Science at the University of Florida, Gainesville
  • 1975-1976: Graduate student in political science at the University of Florida, Gainesville
  • 1972-1975: Undergraduate student at the University of Tübingen (Major: Political Science)

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