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Political System of Germany

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Teambild des Lehrstuhls für das Politische System der BRD (2025)

Teambild des Lehrstuhls für das Politische System der BRD (2025)

Image: Prof. Dr. Marion Reiser

Professor

Marion Reiser, Univ.-Prof. Dr
Mitarbeiterinnenbild Marion Reiser
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Room 430
Carl-Zeiß-Straße 3
07743 Jena Google Maps site planExternal link

Secretariat

Ines Schildhauer
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Image: Ines Schildhauer
Room 431
Carl-Zeiß-Straße 3
07743 Jena Google Maps site planExternal link

Research Focuses

  • Political sociology
  • Party and party system research
  • Elite research
  • Parliamentary research
  • Regional and local political research
  • Comparative democracy research
  • Psephology

Lecturers

Helene Franke

Dr. Robin Graichen

Dr. Jörg Hebenstreit de

Alexander Hentschel

Dr. Anne Küppers de

Heinrike Rustenbeck

Pauline Stockmann

Pierre Zissel, M.A. de

Permanent Research and Teaching Fellow

Dr. Michael Edinger de

Student Assistants

Beate Conrad, B.A.

Rosalie Hoppe

Aurelius Nowitzky, B.A.

Benita Sewing

Annalena Steinberg

Profile of our work

The chair covers the entire range of topics related to the German political system in the European multi-level system. Our research and teaching focuses on the study of political parties, elites, parliament and elections. We include comparative perspectives as well as aspects of the Europeanization of the political system. In addition, the chair is also responsible for the training in the field of quantitative methods.