1971
Born in Berlin
1990-1994
Studied political science, German language and literature and philosophy at the Free University of Berlin
Title of diploma thesis: “Rational non-voting?”
1997
Doctorate (Dr. phil.) at the Free University of Berlin
Title of thesis: “Integration through the Constitution and Constitutional Jurisdiction?”
2003
Habilitation in political science at the University of Stuttgart
Title of thesis: “Trust, Constitution and Democracy
1990-1997
Scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation
1997-2001
Research assistant in Subproject I “Constitution as the Institutional Order of the Political” of SFB 537 “Institutionality and Historicity” at the TU Dresden
2001-2006
Research assistant and senior research assistant at the Institute for Social Sciences at the University of Stuttgart
2006-2007
Heisenberg Fellow of the German Research Foundation
2007-2008
Substitute for the W3 professorship in political science, especially political theory, at Helmut Schmidt University/University of the Federal Armed Forces, Hamburg
2009
Appointment as W3-Professor for Political Science, especially Political Theory, at the Helmut-Schmidt-University/University of the German Armed Forces, Hamburg
Memberships
DVPW, APSA, EpsNet
List positions
C4 Professorship Political Theory, University of Augsburg; Professorship for Empirical Democracy Research, Krems; W3 Professorship Contemporary Political Theory, University of Essen
Letzte Änderung: 17. February 2022