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Political Science Professors and Supervisors in Germany

Professors in political science in germany

250 professors found

Chair/Professor

University of Mannheim

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Germany

Research Interests

Political Communication

Comparative Politics

Political Science

Deliberative Democracy

Government Relations

Professor

Bielefeld University

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Germany

Research Interests

Public Policy

Comparative Politics

Policy Studies

Policy And Governance

Political Science

Assistant Professor

Free University

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Germany

Research Interests

Political Sociology

Comparative Politics

Government Relations

Political Behavior

Political Science

University of Oldenburg

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Germany

Research Interests

Political Communication

Political Sociology

Party Politics

Political Behavior

Voting Behavior

Professor

University of Bamberg

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Germany

Research Interests

Political Communication

Comparative Politics

Political Science

Coalition Politics

Political Behavior

Assistant Professor of Political Science

Philipps-Universität Marburg

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Germany

Research Interests

Political Communication

Political Sociology

Political Science

Party Politics

Political Behavior

Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

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Germany

Research Interests

Political Sociology

Comparative Politics

Democracy Studies

Political Science

Authoritarianism

Professor of Sustainability

IU Internationale Hochschule GmbH

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Germany

Research Interests

Political Economy

Global Governance

International Development

Political Science

Sociology

Professor of Comparative Politics

University of Bamberg

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Germany

Research Interests

Political Communication

Comparative Politics

Political Science

Party Politics

Government Relations

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Freie Universität Berlin

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Germany

Closing soon

Top university

Graduate School of East Asian Studies (GEAS) at Freie Universität Berlin is inviting applications for PhD places for the 2027 intake. The programme is a structured three-year doctoral programme embedded within a four-year PhD process, with a regional focus on East Asia, including China, Japan and Korea. Doctoral dissertations should analyse modern or contemporary East Asia in areas such as politics, society, economy, culture, law or history. The programme is designed for highly qualified candida...

Anthropology
Political Science
Business
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1 week ago

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Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

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Germany

GradAB is a joint interdisciplinary doctoral programme in labour market research run by the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) and the School of Business, Economics and Society at Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg. The programme is designed for outstanding early-career researchers interested in labour market topics and provides access to the IAB’s unique data resources on employment and social security. These resources support theoretically grounded and empirically driven re...

Sociology
Empirical Research
Business
+5 more

1 week ago

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TUD Dresden University of Technology

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Germany

The Schaufler Lab@TU Dresden invites applications for a doctoral fellowship in International Politics within the interdisciplinary guiding theme “Energy Cultures in Transition.” The Lab brings together researchers from the social sciences and humanities, artists, and STEM partners to examine how technology, science, and society shape one another. The doctoral project will investigate energy as a cultural, political, ecological, economic, and socio-technological phenomenon. Potential research dir...

Sociology
Political Science
International Relations
+5 more

5 days ago

Living costs in Germany

Estimated costs in Germany.

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Germany

Housing

Shared flats and off-campus rentals per year

€5.0k

$5,400/yr

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Utilities & Connectivity

Electricity, water, internet, and mobile per year

€662

$720/yr

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Personal Care

Toiletries, haircuts, and personal items per year

€552

$600/yr

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Clothing

Basic clothing and seasonal needs per year

€828

$900/yr

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Estimates based on university averages and Numbeo

Popular professors

Freie Universität Berlin

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Germany

Research Interests

Political Economy

Economic History

Urban Economics

Social Housing

Real Estate Economics

Professor

Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology

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Germany

Research Interests

Sociology

Income Distribution

Social Transformation

Political Science

Heidelberg University

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Germany

Research Interests

Environmental Politics

Climate Science

Environmental Governance

Policy And Governance

Climate Policy

Opportunities these professors hire for

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Jean-Louis van Gelder

Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law

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Germany

Just Landed

The Department of Criminology at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law in Freiburg im Breisgau is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for the project “Short-Term Mindsets and Crime: Testing and Validating the Theory.” The position sits within an interdisciplinary research program that aims to advance Short-Term Mindsets Theory , a framework that connects diverse predictors of criminal behavior through a temporal mechanism centered on immediate versus long-term outcom...

Sociology
Psychology
Decision Making
+4 more

Posted Yesterday

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RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research

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Germany

Closing soon

Just Landed

The ifo Institute – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher for the ifo Center for International Economics in Munich, Germany. The position is part of the institute’s junior faculty environment and is closely linked to the Department of Economics at LMU Munich. The successful researcher will join a team studying how globalization and international trade policy shape firms, workers, and economies. The advertised research agenda i...

Technology Innovation
International Trade
Trade Policy
+6 more

Posted Yesterday

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Philipp-Alexander Hirsch

Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law

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Germany

Just Landed

The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law in Freiburg im Breisgau is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for a project on the theory of normativity and the criminal law, focusing on the dialogue between German Normentheorie and UK/Anglophone approaches to legal normativity. The position sits in the independent Research Group Criminal Law Theory , headed by Prof. Dr. Dr. Philipp-Alexander Hirsch , within the Department of Criminal Law led by Prof. Dr. Tatjana Hörnle . The...

Philosophy
Law
Normative Theory
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