Contact
+49 711 685 82751
+49 711 685 82333
Email
Breitscheidstr. 2
70174 Stuttgart
Room: 4.101
Office Hours
Open consultation by telephone: Wednesdays 10:30–11:30 a.m.
Please refer to the German-language website for the exact dates.
Subject
- Interest groups
- Lobbying
- Representation
- Turnout
My research concerns the political participation of citizens and organizations, in particular their strategies and success in shaping policy agendas and legislation. I investigate these activities and their outcomes comparatively across many countries and political systems.
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Recently taught M.A. courses:
Comparative Public Policy
Democratization
Interest Groups and Social Movements
Interest Groups, Government, and Public Opinion
The Politics of Climate Change
Recently taught B.A. courses:
Analyzing Public Policy
Business and Politics
Comparative Political Institutions
Interest Group Politics in Germany and the EU
Since 2014
Full Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Stuttgart
2015
Visiting Professor, Sciences Po Bordeaux
2012 – 2014
Full Professor of Political Science, Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen
2010 – 2012
Senior Lecturer, Politics and International Relations, University of Aberdeen
2009 – 2010
Visiting Researcher, Mannheim Centre for European Social Research
2004 – 2010
Lecturer, Politics and International Relations, University of Aberdeen
2005
Ph.D., Political Science, Trinity College Dublin
1999 – 2004
Doctoral Studies, Trinity College Dublin and Duke University
1999
M.A. in Political Science, Law, Media and Communications Studies, Philipps University Marburg
1992 – 1999
Study of Political Science, Law, Media and Communications Studies, Philipps University Marburg and University of Dublin – Trinity College
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Curriculum Vitae & Publications
Populations, Access and Bias in Multi-Level-Lobbying (PABIM), 10/2024–09/2026, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)