Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Saretzki

Member of the Institute of Political Science
Member of the Center for the Study of Democracy

Curriculum Vitae

• Since 2007
  University Professor for Political Theory and Public Policy at the Center for the Study of Democracy, Leuphana University of Lueneburg
• 2008 (Spring Semester)
  Visiting Professor for “Man and Technology” at the Philosophical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University
• 2006
  Visiting Research Scholar at the Center for International and Comparative Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
• 2001-2006
  University Professor for Environmental Policy and Politics; Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Lueneburg
• 2000
  Habilitation and venia legendi in political science at the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, University of Hamburg
• 1999-2000
  Visiting Professor of Political Science at the Institute for Political Science, University of Hamburg
• 1998
  Dissertation (Dr. phil.) at the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, University of Hamburg
• 1997-2001
  Research Fellow at the Institute for Political Science, University of Technology Darmstadt
• 1996
  Research Fellow at the Institute for Political Science, University of Hannover
• 1988-1996
  Temporary Lecturer at the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences and at the     Faculty of Education, University of Hamburg
• 1988-1992
  Research Fellow in an interdisciplinary project on biotechnology at the Institute for General Botany, University of Hamburg
• 1986
  State Examination („Erstes Staatsexamen für das Lehramt an Gymnasien“) in philosophy, University of Hamburg
• 1985
  Research Assistant at the Department of History, Yale University
• 1984-1988
  Research Fellow at the Institute for Political Science, University of Hamburg
• 1983
  State Examination (“Erstes Staatsexamen für das Lehramt an Gymnasien”) in biology, political science and education, University of Hamburg

Main research areas

• Theory of Democracy
• Public Policy Analysis
• Social Studies of Science, Technology and the Environment

Memberships

Memberships

• Deutsche Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft [German Political Science Association] (since 1985)
• Deutsche Vereinigung für Parlamentsfragen [German Association for Parliamentary Affairs] (since 1988)
• Council for European Studies (since 2006)
• Midwest Politicial Science Association (since 2006)

Further Professional Functions

• Co-editor of the series “Modernes Regieren – Schriften zu einer neuen Regierungslehre” [Modern Governance – towards a new Theory of Governing] (Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden)
• Member of the Green Academy of the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation, Berlin (since 2002)
• Member of the International Scientific Advisory Board for the Institute of Technology Assessment (ITA) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (AAS) (2008-2014)
• Chair of the jury for the 2009 scientific award of the German Political Science Association (DVPW)
• Scientific reviews for the German Science Foundation (DFG), the Volkswagen-Foundation, the Fritz-Thyssen-Foundation and the German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF)
• Scientific reviews for the universities of Bremen, Bielefeld, Hannover, Greifswald, Kassel, Wuppertal, the University of Technology Darmstadt, the Environmental Research Centre Leipzig and Cardiff University
• Scientific reviews for the Institute of Technology Assessment of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna
• Scientific reviews for the board of the German Political Science Association (DVPW)
• Reviews for the journals Critical Policy Studies (CPS), Politische Vierteljahresschrift (PVS), Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen (ZIB), Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft (ZPol)