Former Staff

Professors

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Elischer
Junior Professor for Comparative Political Science (2012 - 2015)

Prof. Dr. María Belén González
Junior Professor for Sustainable Governance (2019-2023)

Prof. Dr. Florian Grotz
Professor for the political system of the FRG and the EU (2008 - 2013)

Prof. Dr. Andreas Lutter
Junior Professor for Political Didactics (2011 - 2012)

Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Müller-Rommel
Professor for Comparative Politics and chairman of the Center for the Study of Democracy (2004-2018)

Prof. Dr. Sybille Münch
Junior Professor for Theory of Public Policy (2015 - 2022)

Prof. Dr. Tonio Oeftering
Junior Professor for Political Didactics (2014 - 2018)

Prof. Dr. Vello Pettai
DAAD Professor for Comparative Political Science (2008 - 2011)

Prof. Dr. Marion Reiser
Professor for the Political System of the FRG and the EU (2014 - 2018)

Prof. Dr. Thomas Saretzki
University Professor for Political Theory and History of Ideas (1997 - 2023)

Prof. Dr. Uwe Thaysen
Professor for German Government System (2004,  deceased on 16.06.2007)
Uwe Thaysen's work at the University of Lüneburg (pdf)

Prof. Dr. Vera van Hüllen
Junior Professor for International Relations (2013 - 2019)

Research AssistantsandPostdoctoral Researchers

Dr. Holger Albrecht
Comparative Political Science (2008)

Amy C. Alexander PhD
Comparative Political Science (2008 - 2009) Vergleichende Politische Kuturforschung (2011 - 2012)

Dr. Jan Berz
Comparative Political Science (2015 - 2020)

Björn Buß, M.A. 
Comparative Political Cultural Research (2012 - 2018)

Dr. Basil Bornemann
Political Theory and Policy Research (2006 - 2012)

Franziska Deutsch PhD
Comparative Political Cultural Research (2010 - 2011)

Dr. Veit Ebermann
Political Theory and Policy Research (2012-2014) 

Dr. Henrike Englert
Comparative Political Science (2005 - 2009)

Dr. Katja Fettelschoss
Comparative Political Science (2006 - 2009)

Jessica Fortin PhD (jetzt Fortin-Rittberger)
Comparative Political Science (2006 - 2009)

Dr. Philipp Harfst
Comparative Political Science (2004 - 2008)

Dr.Katja Heeß
Comparative Political Science (2016 - 2019)

Dr. Henrike Heins
Comparative Political Science (2006 - 2009)

Dr. Patrick Horst
German Government System (2004 - 2007)

Dr. Ina Kubbe
Comparative Political Science (2010 - 2015)

Dr. Stefan Lange
Comparative Political Science (2004 - 2006)

Dr. Marcel Lewandowsky
Professor for Political System of the FRG and the EU (2012 - 2013)

Dr. Holger Meyer
Comparative Political Science (2004 - 2009)

Dr. Norma Osterberg-Kaufmann
Professor for Political System of the FRG and the EU (2013 - 2016)

Axel Piesker, M.A.
Comparative Political Science (2006 - 2009)

Dr. Eva-Clarita Pettai
Comparative Political Science (2009 - 2010)

Jakob Schwörer
Political System of the Federal Republic of Germany and the EU (2020 - 2023)

Dr. Stefanie Seewald
Political Education (2005 - 2010)

Dr. Esther Seha
Comparative Political Science (2011 - 2016)

Dr. Michelangelo Vercesi
Comearative Poitical Science (2015 - 2020)