Course Schedule
Veranstaltungen von Natascha Zaun
Lehrveranstaltungen
EU migration policymaking (Seminar)
Dozent/in: Natascha Zaun
Termin:
wöchentlich | Montag | 10:15 - 11:45 | 13.10.2025 - 30.01.2026 | C 40.146 Seminarraum
Inhalt: In recent years there have been repeated calls for common European policies in the area of migration and asylum, suggesting that there is as of yet little EU integration in this policy area. At the same time, the EU is often criticised for its restrictive approach to migration. This course will take stock of the policies which the EU has adopted in the areas of asylum and so-called irregular migration since the early 2000s, also engaging with the recent reform of the ‘Common European Asylum System’. Key questions that we will address, include: What explains the level of protection for migrants provided by EU directives in this area? Why have EU asylum policies stirred so much controversy at the EU level? And how does EU law in this policy area affect domestic policies and politics? Theoretically, we will engage with discussions on regulatory competition, liberal constraints, politicisation and populism in EU policymaking as well as Europeanization and compliance in policy implementation. A key focus of the seminar will lie on conducting your own policy analysis, i.e., an empirical analysis on the adoption of an EU immigration policy. The course will hence combine teaching on theory, methods and empirics in public policy with a specific focus on the issue of immigration.
Judicial Politics (Seminar)
Dozent/in: Natascha Zaun
Termin:
wöchentlich | Mittwoch | 10:15 - 11:45 | 13.10.2025 - 30.01.2026 | C 14.204 Seminarraum
Inhalt: This course addresses the role of courts in politics, an often neglected topic in Political Science. We ask how law and rights matter, how they affect policy and what influences judicial decision-making. What is the role of public opinion in court decisions? How independent is the judiciary from politics? And how does ideology or gender influence the decision-making of judges. While most of the literature on this topic addresses these aspects in the US context, we try to also cover non-US cases where possible.
- Masterprogramm Cultural Studies: Culture and Organization - Komplementärstudium - Engaging with Knowledge and Sciences
- Masterprogramm Governance & Law: Public Affairs and Democracy - Komplementärstudium - Engaging with Knowledge and Sciences
- Masterprogramm Governance & Law: Public Affairs and Economics - Komplementärstudium - Engaging with Knowledge and Sciences
- Masterprogramm Governance & Law: Rechtswissenschaft - Schwerpunktbereich inklusive Komplementärstudium und Masterarbeit - Engaging with Knowledge and Sciences
- Masterprogramm Governance & Law: Staatswissenschaften - Public Economics, Law and Politics - Komplementärstudium - Engaging with Knowledge and Sciences
- Masterprogramm Humanities & Social Sciences: Kulturwissenschaften - Culture, Arts and Media [ab Studienbeginn WS 13/14] - Komplementärstudium - Engaging with Knowledge and Sciences
- Masterprogramm Kulturwissenschaften: Kritik der Gegenwart - Künste, Theorie, Geschichte - Komplementärstudium - Engaging with Knowledge and Sciences
- Masterprogramm Kulturwissenschaften: Medien und Digitale Kulturen - Komplementärstudium - Engaging with Knowledge and Sciences
- Masterprogramm Kulturwissenschaften: Theorie und Geschichte der Moderne (auslaufend) - Komplementärstudium - Engaging with Knowledge and Sciences
- Masterprogramm Management: Management & Data Science - Komplementärstudium - Engaging with Knowledge and Sciences
- Masterprogramm Management: Management & Engineering - Komplementärstudium - Engaging with Knowledge and Sciences
- Masterprogramm Management: Management & Entrepreneurship - Komplementärstudium - Engaging with Knowledge and Sciences
- Masterprogramm Management: Management & Sustainable Accounting and Finance - Komplementärstudium - Engaging with Knowledge and Sciences
- Masterprogramm Psychology: Psychology and Sustainability - Complementary Studies - Engaging with Knowledge and Sciences
- Masterprogramm Sustainability: Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaft - Sustainability Science - Komplementärstudium - Engaging with Knowledge and Sciences
- Masterprogramm Sustainability: Sustainability Science: Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Society - Komplementärstudium - Engaging with Knowledge and Sciences
- Masterprogramm Sustainability: Sustainability Science: Entrepreneurship, Agency and Leadership - Komplementärstudium - Engaging with Knowledge and Sciences
- Masterprogramm Sustainability: Sustainability Science: Governance and Law - Komplementärstudium - Engaging with Knowledge and Sciences
- Masterprogramm Sustainability: Sustainability Science: Resources, Materials and Chemistry - Komplementärstudium - Engaging with Knowledge and Sciences
Public Policies in der EU (Seminar)
Dozent/in: Natascha Zaun
Termin:
wöchentlich | Montag | 14:15 - 15:45 | 13.10.2025 - 30.01.2026 | C 12.001 Seminarraum
Inhalt: Heute beeinflussen die EU und ihre Politik viele Bereiche des Lebens der europäischen Bevölkerung. Dieser Kurs bietet einen Überblick über die verschiedenen Regulierungsbereiche der europäischen Governance und beleuchtet anhand dieser verschiedene Debatten in der Policyforschung: Wie entstehen politische Maßnahmen und welche Rolle spielen dabei die verschiedenen Akteure und Institutionen im europäischen Mehrebenensystem? Wie werden EU-Politiken national umgesetzt und warum weichen die Ergebnisse dieser Umsetzungsprozesse zwischen den einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten oft stark voneinander ab? Haben Politikbereiche Einfluss auf Entscheidungsprozesse und Konfliktlinien auf europäischer Ebene? Zu den Politikbereichen, die näher untersucht werden, gehören die Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik in der Eurozone, die EU-Außenpolitik, die Migrationspolitik und die Sozialpolitik. DER KURS RICHTET SICH AUSDRÜCKLICH AN LEHRAMTSSTUDIERENDE, da der Leistungsnachweis die Gestaltung einer Seminarsitzung und die Erstellung einer Prüfung (inkl. Reflexion über diese) beinhaltet. Hierzu werden eingangs im Kurs wichtige Grundkonzepte des Lehrens bzw. der Hochschulbildung wiederholt bzw. eingeführt.
Masterforum II (Kolloquium)
Dozent/in: Natascha Zaun
Termin:
wöchentlich | Dienstag | 10:15 - 11:45 | 13.10.2025 - 30.01.2026 | C 14.201 Seminarraum
Inhalt: The seminar is designed to help master students write their master thesis by discussing their work with the instructor and other students.