Current Position
| 08/2010- |
Assistant Professor at the Chair of Comparative Political Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU Munich) (including the following parental leaves: 06/2014 - 07/2015 and 10/2016 - 04/2017)
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Academic Career
| 04/2018- 09/2018 |
Interim Professor at the Chair of Comparative Political Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU Munich) |
| 11/2017- |
Habilitation Candidate at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU Munich) Topic: Multi-level party politics Members of the committee: Prof. Edgar Grande, Prof. Berthold Rittberger, Prof. Hermann Schmitt |
| 04/2016- |
Project Leader (together with Prof. Dr. Edgar Grande), DFG Project: European Elections and Political Conflict Structuring. A Comparative Analysis |
| 12/2015- |
External Fellow, Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung (MZES) |
| 05/2015- 02/2018 |
Responsible for the Euromanifestos Study together with Prof. Dr. Hermann Schmitt and for the project EUENGAGE (funded by the European Commission): Bridging the gap between public opinion and European leadership: Engaging a dialogue on the future path of Europe (Horizon 2020) |
Academic Education
| 10/2007- 06/2012 |
Universität Stuttgart, Germany (German-French Graduate School) PhD in Political Science, (Political Trust in New European Democracies; Supervisors: Prof. Dr. W. Gabriel & Prof. Dr. Sigrid Roßteutscher) |
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09/2000- 02/2007 |
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany Master (Magister Artium) in Sociology and Romance Studies (French Linguistics and Spanish Literature) |
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09/2003- 04/2004 |
Universidad de La Laguna, Spain Visiting Student |
Service to the Profession
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Committees |
Deputy Gender Equality Officer Faculty of Social Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU Munich) (since 11/2018) |
| Elected Member (Representative of the Academic Mid-level Faculty) of the Faculty Council of the Social Science Faculty, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU Munich) (2012-2014) | |
| Reviewer |
Comparative Politics, Journal of European Integration, European, Politics and Society, European Journal of Political Research, European Political Science Review, European Union Politics, German Journal for Comparative Political Research (Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft), International Political Science Review, Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of European Public Policy, mda (methods, data, analysis), Party Politics, Political Communication, Politics and Governance, Social Movement Studies, West European Politics, Regional & Federal Studies |
| Membership |
German Political Science Association (GPSA) / Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft (DVPW) |
For more information see my CV.
Outreach and invited talks
European elections - a first analysis, FernUni Hagen
Bayern 1, 24.05.2019 (6 to 9 am)
EL PAÍS, 19.05.2019
ProSieben - Galileo Experten Talk
DVPW Politikwissenschaft im Gespräch
DVPW Blog
New publications
Political parties' reactions to the crisis in EJPR
Spitzenkandidaten in EP elections in JEPP
Political parties in the EU multilevel electoral system in PP