Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Müller-Rommel
Chair of Comparative Politics
Member of the Leuphana University Executive Board
Vice-president, Graduate School and Internationalization
Member of the Institute of Political Science
Director of the Center for the Study of Democracy (ZDEMO)
Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Müller-Rommel
Scharnhorststraße 1, C12.315
21335 Lüneburg
Fon +49.4131.677-2486
Fax +49.4131.677-2474
muero@uni.leuphana.de
Vita
Since 04/2003
University of Lüneburg - Professor of Comparative Politics
Since 05/2005
University of California, Irvine - Affiliated Faculty Member at the Center for the Study of Democracy
04/2000-03/2003
University of Düsseldorf – Professor of Comparative Political Systems and Policies
05/1993 - 03/2000
University of Lüneburg – Associate Professor (tenured)
11/1992
Habilitation at the University of Lüneburg; Venia legendi in Political Science
02/1987 - 04/1993
University of Lüneburg – Assistant Professor
10/1985 - 01/1987
University of Lüneburg – Senior Lecturer
1985/1986
Jean-Monnet Research Fellow at the European University Institute, Florence (Italy)
1984/1985
John F. Kennedy Research Fellow at Harvard University (USA)
05/1983 - 01/1984
Researcher at the University of Lüneburg, Institute of Social Sciences
03/1982 -04/1983
Policy Advisor in the Federal Chancellor’s Office, Bonn
01/1981
PhD (Dr. rer.pol.) in Political Science at the Free University, Berlin
09/1979 - 03/1982
Lecturer at the Dept. of Political Science, Free University Berlin
10/1977 - 07/1979
Lecturer at the Institute of Political Science, University of Hamburg
1977
PhD-fellowship of the Institute for Social Research (ISR), University of Michigan, USA
1977/1979
PhD-Research fellowship, University of Hamburg
07/1976
Master of Arts at the University of Florida, USA
09/1975 - 08/1976
Post-graduate studies at the University of Florida, USA (Political theory, comparative politics, methodology)
10/1972 - 07/1975
Undergraduate studies at the University of Tübingen (Political Science, Sociology, Psychology and German Studies)
Membership
Member of the editorial boards:
- Zeitschrift für Politikberatung (VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften), since 2008
- Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft (VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften), since 2007
- European Journal of Political Research (Blackwell Publisher), since 2003
- Party Politics (SAGE Publications), since 1995
Member of University Self-Administration
since 05/2006
Vice-President of the Leuphana University Lüneburg (responsible for Graduate School and Internationalization)
2005 - 2006
Chair of the Senate Commission for Research, University of Lüneburg
2005 - 2006
Member of the Senate, University of Lüneburg
since 06/2004
Director of the Center for the Study of Democracy, University of Lüneburg
2003 - 2005
Director of the Institute for Social Sciences, University of Düsseldorf
1998 - 2000
Senate Commissioner for international relations, University of Lüneburg
1996 - 2000
Vice-president of the University of Lüneburg (responsible for Research/Technology transfer, young researchers and internationale relations)
1990 - 1992
Member of the Academic Senate of the University of Lüneburg
Member in national and international organizations
Since 2006
Contact person for the German Research Foundation (DFG) at Leuphana University Lüneburg
1998 - 2002
Contact person for the Fulbright Commission, Bonn/Berlin
1994 - 2000
Chair of the Stein Rokkan Prize Committee of the UNESCO, Paris
1997 - 2000
Vice-president and member of the Executive Committee, European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Colchester
1994 - 1997
Member of the Executive Committee, European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Colchester
1994 - 1998
Contact person for the German Research Foundation (DFG) at the University of Lüneburg
1988 - 1994
Member of the Advisory Council of the German Political Science Association (DVPW), Darmstadt
Expert assessments
Expert assessment for academic organisations
- German Research Foundation (DFG)
- Volkswagen-Foundation
- Fritz Thyssen Foundation
- German Federal Foundation Environment (DBU)
- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
- Bosch Foundation
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH)
- Central Evaluation and Accreditation Agency (ZEvA)
- Austrian Research Foundation (ÖFG)
- Swiss National Fond (SNF)
- European Science Foundation (ESF)
- National Research Fund, South Africa
- The Australian Science Foundation
Expert assessments for universities
- domestic:
Aachen; Berlin (Free University); Bochum; Düsseldorf; Göttingen; Heidelberg; Marburg; München (LMU).
- international:
Central European University (Budapest); University of Cape Town; European University Institute (Florenz); Keele University; University College Dublin; Longborough University; Oxford University; University of Miami.
Reviewer for international journals
Politische Vierjahresschrift; Party Politics; Comparative Political Studies; European Journal for Political Research; Political Studies; Regional an Federal Studies.