Prof. Dr. Florian Grotz

Professor of German Government and Politics

Prof. Dr. Florian Grotz
Scharnhorststr. 1, C12.301
21335 Lüneburg
Fon +49.4131.677-2480
grotz@uni.leuphana.de

Education and University Degrees

2007
Habilitation
Political Science, Free University of Berlin
Thesis topic: “Europeanisation and National State Organisation. Institu-tional Politics in Federal and Unitary EU Member States” (Chair of the Habilitation Committee: Prof. Dr. Joachim Jens Hesse; External Referee: Prof. Dr. Klaus von Beyme)
1999
PhD (Dr. phil., Grundständige Promotion), “summa cum laude”
Political Science, University of Heidelberg
Thesis topic: “Political Institutions and Post-Socialist Party Systems in East Central Europe” (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dieter Nohlen; Co-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Klaus von Beyme)
1992–1999
Studies of Political Science, Slavonic Philology and Philosophy, University of Heidelberg

Employment

Since February 2010
Professor of German Government and Politics, Leuphana University Lüneburg (Germany)

Since April 2008
Visiting Professor, Chair for German Government and Politics, Leuphana University Lüneburg (Germany)
Winter Term 2007
Visiting Professor, Chair for Comparative Government, University of Würzburg (Germany)
2007–
Adjunct Professor (Privatdozent) for Political Science, Free University of Berlin
2000–2006
Assistant Professor (Wissenschaftlicher Assistent), Otto-Suhr-Institute for Political Science, Free University of Berlin
2000–2001
Assistant Professor, European Centre for Comparative Government and European Policy, funded by Free University of Berlin, Humboldt Univer-sity and Berlin Technical University
2000
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Political Science, University of Hei-delberg (Project “Elections in Asia”, funded by the German Research Foundation [DFG])
1993–1999
Student Assistant/Junior Research Fellow, Institute for Political Science, University of Heidelberg (Prof. Dr. Dieter Nohlen)

Scholarships and Awards

2004
German Representative at the Unidem Seminar “Evaluation of 15 Years of Constitutional Practice in Central and Eastern Europe”, Royal Castle of Warsaw/Poland, organised by the Polish Presidency of the Council of Europe
2004
Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation, travel grant for the conference “The Transition of the Public Sector: East Asia and the European Union Com-pared”, organised by the International Institute for Advanced Studies (IIAS), Kyoto/Japan
1998–1999
Land Baden-Württemberg, PhD research scholarship
1992–1998
Government of Bavaria, scholarship for excellent students

Other Activities

2002–
Executive Member of the Editorial Committee of the “Zeitschrift für Staats- und Europawissenschaften/Journal for Comparative Government and European Policy” (ZSE).
2002–
Reviewer for scientific journals, e.g. Politische Vierteljahresschrift, Africa Spectrum, West European Politics, ECPR Series, Österreichische Zeit-schrift für Politikwissenschaft (ÖZP).
2001–2006
Fellow at the International Institute for Comparative Government and European Policy (ISE), Berlin; participation in various research projects, (co-)organisation of conferences, workshops and expert meetings
2000–
Member of the German Association for Political Science (DVPW)
2000–
Member of the German Association for East European Studies (DGO)
2000
Member of the network for establishing a Global Election Information System (coordination: Professor Richard Rose, University of Strathclyde; member organisations: United Nations, New York; Inter-Parliamentary Union, Geneva; International Foundation for Electoral Systems, Washing-ton D.C.; International IDEA, Stockholm).
2000–2004
Managing Editor (Schriftleitung) of the Series “New Democracies”, ed. by Klaus von Beyme and Dieter Nohlen (Opladen: Leske + Budrich).
1997–
Regular Expert Reports on Electoral Systems and Local Government Af-fairs for the Council of Europe/Venice Commission, Strasbourg (e.g., on draft legal acts in Croatia, Georgia, Lithuania and Ukraine).

16.12.2011, Zuehlsdorff