European Union (EU)
Dr. Helmut Philipp Aust
Professor of Law
Department of Law
Public Law
Van't-Hoff.-Str. 8, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- International law
- Human rights
- German and foreign constitutional law
Dr. Arnd Bauerkämper
Professor of History
Department of History and Cultural Studies
Berlin School for Comparative European History
Koserstraße 20, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Resistance against the Nazi regime
- Organizations of the Nazi dictatorship
- Warfare
- Anti-Semitism
- Policy toward Jews
- Hitler’s personality
- Broad internal and external policies of the “Third Reich”
- Relationship of political institutionalization and social anchoring of Europe
- Economic, social, and cultural interactions
- History of the EEC, EC, and EU
- Fascism in Europe (1918 - 1945)
- Dealing with National Socialism
- Fascism and collaboration in Europe after 1945
- History of the GDR
- Historical terrorism research
- History of memories of the Second World War
Dr. Tanja Börzel
Jean Monnet Chair and Director of the Center for European Integration
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science
Center for European Integration
Ihnestr. 22, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Treaties of Rome
- EU enlargement
- European environmental policy
- Institutional structure under the Treaty of Lisbon
- EU Presidency
- “EU foreign affairs”
Dr. Christian Calliess
Professor of Law
Department of Law
Public Law, European Law
Boltzmannstr. 3, 14195 Berlin
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Areas of Expertise
- European law
- European politics
- Constitutional law
- Environmental law
- Environmental policy
- Human rights
Dr. Jürgen Gerhards
Professor of Sociology
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Institute of Sociology
Macrosociology
Garystraße 55, 14195 Berlin
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Areas of Expertise
- Cultural similarities and differences between EU member states and candidate states
- Cultural sociology
- Public sociology
Theocharis Grigoriadis, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
School of Business & Economics
Institute for East European Studies
Economics
Garystraße 55, 14195 Berlin
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Areas of Expertise
- Comparative economic systems
- Economic history
- Political economics
- Development assistance
Dr. Miriam Hartlapp
Professor of Political Science
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science
Center for Comparative Politics and Policy of Germany and France
Ihnestraße 22, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- European social and internal market policy
- Comparison of political policy in France and Germany
- Implementation of EU policies
- European Commission and European Court of Justice
Prof. Dr. Tobias Hofmann
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science
Center for International Relations
Ihnestr. 22, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- European integration (European Union)
- International relations (economic relations, conflicts)
- International organizations (free trade agreements, World Trade Organization, United Nations)
- Political institutions (Europe, USA, Asia)
- Political economy (trade, investment, exchange rates)
Dr. Swen Hutter
Professor of Political Sociology
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Institute of Sociology
Political Sociology
Garystrasse 55, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Social movements
- Protest
- Political parties
- Right-wing populism
- Civil society
- Europe
Dr. Alexander Kriwoluzky
School of Business & Economics
Faculty in Cooperation with the German Institute for Economic Research Berlin
Chair of Empirical Macroeconomics and Fiscal and Monetary Policy
Phone (Office)
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Areas of Expertise
- Inflation
- Monetary policy
- Fiscal policy
- European Integration
- Gas Embargo
Prof. Dr. Isabella Löhr
Department of History and Cultural Studies
History - Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut
International History of the Twentieth Century
Koserstraße 20, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Migration and refugee research
- language and migration
- democracy and migration
- history of international organizations and international law
- student mobility
Dr. Lena Partzsch
Professor of Comparative politics
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science
Department of Comparative Politics with a focus on environmental and climate policy
Ihnestraße 22, Berlin 14195
Areas of Expertise
- Environmental policy
- Climate policy
- Development policy
- ethical consumption
- certification
- supply chain laws
Dr. Ingo Peters
Associate Professor of Political Science
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science
Center for Transnational Relations, Foreign and Security Policy
Ihnestr. 22, 14195 Berlin
Phone (Office)
Areas of Expertise
- Transatlantic relations
- EU / NATO / OSCE
- German foreign policy
- Security policy
- EU external relations
- Conflicts in Europe
- Self-determination
Professor of Law Bettina Rentsch
Department of Law
Civil Law
Junior Professor for Civil Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law
Boltzmannstr. 3, 14195 Berlin
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Interviews are possible in English, German and French.
Areas of Expertise
- Private international law
- International civil procedure
- Harmonization of European private law
- Corporate law
- Social theory in business/corporate law
- Anti-Semitism in private law
- Feminist theory and private law
Dr. Thomas Risse
Professor of Political Science
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science
Ihnestraße 22, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- German foreign policy
- Transatlantic relations
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization and American foreign policy since the end of the Second World War
- European integration
- Europe and Russia
- America and Europe
- Current issues in European politics
- EU Presidency
- “EU foreign affairs”
- International relations in light of the Geneva Convention and UN Human Rights Declaration
- Fragile states
- Governance export
Dr. Thomas Rixen
Professor of Political Science
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science
International and Comparative Political Economy
Ihnestr. 22, 14195 Berlin
Phone (Office)
Areas of Expertise
- Political economy
- Globalization
- International tax policy
- Financial markets
- Tax havens
- Tax competition
- Inequality
- Regulation
Dr. Jochen Töpfer
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Institute for East European Studies
Division of Sociology
Garystraße 55, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Social, political, and economic aspects of the transformation processes in Eastern Europe
- Emphasis on southeastern Europe / former Yugoslavia / Albania
- Privatization
- Informality and neo-feudalism
- Parties and political elites
- Sociology of religion: structures, actors, processes
- Religion and society
- Religion and politics
- Religion and conflict
Dr. Mihai Varga
Institute for East European Studies
Department of Sociology
Garystraße 55, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Development and economic policies in Eastern Europe
- Social movements, nationalism, and right-wing extremism in Eastern Europe
Dr. Sabine von Oppeln
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science
Ihnestraße 22, 14195 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- European Union
- German and French European policy
- German-French relations
- Comparative politics in France and Germany
Dr. Michael Zürn
Professor of Political Science
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science
c/o Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB)
Reichpietschufer 50, 10785 Berlin
Areas of Expertise
- Global governance
- G8/G20 Summit
- EU treaties
- International organizations
- International legalization and international rule of law
- Rising powers / BRIC and ISA
- War and new forms of violence
- Peace
- Humanitarian intervention
- Transnational social movements
- NGOs
- Protest / resistance
- Ruling authority in an international system