Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science

• Introduction to Academic Work and Research

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  • 15001 Proseminar
    PSTWA Wehrhafte Demokratie: Theoretische Begründungen und aktuelle Herausforderungen (Cord Schmelzle)
    Schedule: Di 14-18 (Class starts on: 2025-10-14)
    Location: Garystr.55/121 Seminarraum (Garystr. 55)
    
  • 15002 Proseminar
    PSTWA History of Ideas of Pacifism (Dominique Miething)
    Schedule: Do 10-14 (Class starts on: 2025-10-16)
    Location: Ihnestr.21/B Hörsaal (Ihnestr. 21)
    
  • 15003 Proseminar
    PSTWA Political Participation (Philippe Joly)
    Schedule: Do 12-16 (Class starts on: 2025-10-16)
    Location: Ihnestr.21/E Seminarraum (Ihnestr. 21)
    
  • 15004 Proseminar
    PSTWA Introduction to Political Sociology (Marvin Reis)
    Schedule: Mi 12-16 (Class starts on: 2025-10-15)
    Location: Ihnestr.21/E Seminarraum (Ihnestr. 21)
    
  • 15005 Proseminar
    PSTWA Democracies and Autocracies in international Comparison (Anja Osei)
    Schedule: Do 10-14 (Class starts on: 2025-10-16)
    Location: Ihnestr.22/UG 2 Seminarraum (Ihnestr. 22)
    
  • 15006 Proseminar
    PSTWA Who votes for whom? Voting behavior in Germany and in comparison (Christoph Giang Nguyen)
    Schedule: Mo 10-14 (Class starts on: 2025-10-13)
    Location: Garystr.55/C Seminarraum (Garystr. 55)
    
  • 15007 Proseminar
    PSTWA Who votes for whom? Voting behavior in Germany and in comparison (Christoph Giang Nguyen)
    Schedule: Mo 14-18 (Class starts on: 2025-10-13)
    Location: Garystr.55/C Seminarraum (Garystr. 55)
    
  • 15008 Proseminar
    Introduction to International Organizations (Sören Stapel)
    Schedule: Mo 14-18 (Class starts on: 2025-10-13)
    Location: Garystr.55/A Hörsaal (Garystr. 55)
    
  • 15009 Proseminar
    PSTWA Introduction to Political Science work using the Example of Democracy Research (Maura Kratz)
    Schedule: Mo 10-14 (Class starts on: 2025-10-13)
    Location: Garystr.55/301 Seminarraum (Garystr. 55)
    
  • 15011 Proseminar
    PSTWA Is capitalism different around the world? An introduction in to the comparitive political economy (Anton Harms)
    Schedule: Mo 10-14 (Class starts on: 2025-10-13)
    Location: Ihnestr.21/E Seminarraum (Ihnestr. 21)
    
  • 15012 Proseminar
    PSTWA International Politics of Money (Asja Riggert)
    Schedule: Do 10-14 (Class starts on: 2025-10-16)
    Location: Ihnestr.22/UG 3 Seminarraum (Ihnestr. 22)
    
  • 15013 Proseminar
    European Asylum and Border Policy (David Niebauer)
    Schedule: Mo 12-16 (Class starts on: 2025-10-13)
    Location: Ihnestr.21/B Hörsaal (Ihnestr. 21)
    

• Introduction to Political Science Methodology

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  • 15010 Lecture
    Methods of empirical Political Science (Dieter Ohr)
    Schedule: Fr 10-12 (Class starts on: 2025-10-17)
    Location: HFB/A Hörsaal (Garystr. 35-37)
    
  • 15021 Proseminar
    Introductions to qualitative Methods in Political Science (Brigitte Kerchner)
    Schedule: Mo 12-14 (Class starts on: 2025-10-13)
    Location: Ihnestr.21/A Hörsaal (Ihnestr. 21)
    
  • 15022 Proseminar
    Qualitative research Methods in Theory & Practice (Ursula Elisabeth Frübis)
    Schedule: Mo 10-12 (Class starts on: 2025-10-13)
    Location: Ihnestr.21/F Seminarraum (Ihnestr. 21)
    
  • 15023 Proseminar
    Foundations in Political Inquiry: Democracy and the Politics of Solidarity (Rouven Symank)
    Schedule: Blockveranstaltung: Fr, 17.10.25: 10-13:30 Fr, 05.12.25: 10-17:30 Sa, 06.12.25: 10-13:30 Fr, 12.12.25: 10- 17:30 Sa, 13.12.25: 10-17:30 (Class starts on: 2025-10-17)
    Location: Garystr.55/301 Seminarraum (Garystr. 55)
    

• Theory, History of Ideas, and Foundations of Politics

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  • 15030 Lecture
    Modern Political Theory (Bernd Ladwig)
    Schedule: Di 14-16 (Class starts on: 2025-10-14)
    Location: HFB/B Hörsaal (Garystr. 35-37)
    
  • 15070 Lecture
    Transformation and Sustainability (Philipp Lepenies)
    Schedule: Mi 10-12 (Class starts on: 2025-10-15)
    Location: HFB/B Hörsaal (Garystr. 35-37)
    
  • 15033 Proseminar
    Borders and Movements: Intro to the Political Theory of Migration (Leon Jonas Schlüter)
    Schedule: Do 14-16 (Class starts on: 2025-10-16)
    Location: Ihnestr.21/B Hörsaal (Ihnestr. 21)
    
  • 15034 Proseminar
    Redefreiheit: Philosophische Grundlagen und aktuelle Kontroversen (Cord Schmelzle)
    Schedule: Mo 12-14 (Class starts on: 2025-10-13)
    Location: Ihnestr.22/UG 4 Seminarraum (Ihnestr. 22)
    
  • 15035 Proseminar
    Die Politische Sozialisation von Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen (Joanna Bedersdorfer)
    Schedule: Mi 12-14 (Class starts on: 2025-10-15)
    Location: Ihnestr.22/UG 2 Seminarraum (Ihnestr. 22)
    
  • 15041 Proseminar
    Max Webers Staatssoziologie (Sebastian Huhnholz)
    Schedule: Mo 16-18 (Class starts on: 2025-10-13)
    Location: Ihnestr.21/B Hörsaal (Ihnestr. 21)
    

• Comparative Political Systems

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  • 15050 Lecture
    Introduction to the government system of Germany (Sabine Kropp)
    Schedule: Mo 14-16 (Class starts on: 2025-10-13)
    Location: HFB/D Hörsaal (Garystr. 35-37)
    
  • 15150 Lecture
    Introduction to Comparative Politics with a Focus on Africa (Anja Osei)
    Schedule: Mi 12-14 (Class starts on: 2025-10-15)
    Location: HFB/B Hörsaal (Garystr. 35-37)
    
  • 15051 Proseminar
    Polity, Politics, Policy: What is Politics? (Antonios Souris)
    Schedule: Mo 10-12 (Class starts on: 2025-10-13)
    Location: Garystr.55/323 Seminarraum (Garystr. 55)
    
  • 15071 Proseminar
    From organic to fair: private certification and supply chain legislation (Lena Partzsch)
    Schedule: Do 12-14 (Class starts on: 2025-10-16)
    Location: Ihnestr.22/UG 4 Seminarraum (Ihnestr. 22)
    
  • 15081 Proseminar
    Right-wing extremism in Germany (Carsten Koschmieder)
    Schedule: Do 10-12 (Class starts on: 2025-10-16)
    Location: Ihnestr.21/F Seminarraum (Ihnestr. 21)
    
  • 15082 Proseminar
    Political Participation - Parties, Elections, Plebiscites (Andreas Feser)
    Schedule: Mo 12-14 (Class starts on: 2025-10-13)
    Location: Ihnestr.22/UG 3 Seminarraum (Ihnestr. 22)
    
  • 15083 Proseminar
    Classism and Political Education (Joanna Bedersdorfer)
    Schedule: Mi 10-12 (Class starts on: 2025-10-15)
    Location: Garystr.55/B Seminarraum (Garystr. 55)
    
  • 15084 Proseminar
    Intro to election research (Aiko Wagner)
    Schedule: Do 14-16 (Class starts on: 2025-10-16)
    Location: Garystr.55/C Seminarraum (Garystr. 55)
    
  • 28628a Seminar
    Medien machen Schule: Politische Bildung als Fundament der Demokratie (Medienkompetenz für die Lehrkräftebildung) (Alexander Sängerlaub, Tong-Jin Smith)
    Schedule: Termine siehe LV-Details (Class starts on: 2025-10-15)
    Location: Gary 55/302a
    

• International Relations

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  • 15090 Lecture
    Introduction to International Relations (Tobias Berger)
    Schedule: Mi 14-16 (Class starts on: 2025-10-15)
    Location: HFB/D Hörsaal (Garystr. 35-37)
    
  • 15130 Lecture
    Introduction to peace and conflict studies (Lisa Bogerts)
    Schedule: Do 12-14 (Class starts on: 2025-10-16)
    Location: HFB/B Hörsaal (Garystr. 35-37)
    
  • 15091 Proseminar
    Theories of International Relations (Tobias Berger)
    Schedule: Mo 10-12 (Class starts on: 2025-10-13)
    Location: Garystr.55/121 Seminarraum (Garystr. 55)
    
  • 15092 Proseminar
    Quantitative Methods: International Organizations in comparison (Sören Stapel)
    Schedule: Di 16-18 (Class starts on: 2025-10-14)
    Location: Garystr.55/204 PC-Pool (Garystr. 55)
    
  • 15093 Proseminar
    Introduction to Computational Methods and International Relations (Federico Salvati)
    Schedule: Do 16-18 (Class starts on: 2025-10-16)
    Location: Ihnestr.22/UG 2 Seminarraum (Ihnestr. 22)
    
  • 15094 Proseminar
    Climate Crisis (1) - Scientific approaches to climate movements, climate policy and environmental populism (Luisa Girnus)
    Schedule: Do 10-12 (Class starts on: 2025-10-16)
    Location: Garystr.55/121 Seminarraum (Garystr. 55)
    
  • 15095 Proseminar
    Climate Crisis (2) - Scientific approaches to climate movements, climate policy and environmental populism (Luisa Girnus)
    Schedule: Do 12-14 (Class starts on: 2025-10-16)
    Location: Garystr.55/121 Seminarraum (Garystr. 55)
    
  • 15111 Proseminar
    Global Social Policy (Teresa Fehrenbach)
    Schedule: Do 10-12 (Class starts on: 2025-10-16)
    Location: Ihnestr.22/G Hörsaal (Ihnestr. 22)
    
  • 15112 Proseminar
    The Political Economy of Climate Change (Niklas Kramer)
    Schedule: Mi 16-18 (Class starts on: 2025-10-15)
    Location: Ihnestr.22/G Hörsaal (Ihnestr. 22)
    
  • 15121 Proseminar
    EU-policy-making and the socio-ecological transformation (Miriam Hartlapp-Zugehör)
    Schedule: Mi 12-14 (Class starts on: 2025-10-15)
    Location: Garystr.55/105 Seminarraum (Garystr. 55)
    
  • 15122 Proseminar
    Differentiated Europe (Kristine Graneng)
    Schedule: Mo 14-16 (Class starts on: 2025-10-13)
    Location: Ihnestr.21/A Hörsaal (Ihnestr. 21)
    
  • 15123 Proseminar
    The EU in the Public Sphere (Kristine Graneng)
    Schedule: Mi 10-12 (Class starts on: 2025-10-15)
    Location: Ihnestr.22/G Hörsaal (Ihnestr. 22)
    
  • 15124 Proseminar
    Auswärtiges Handeln der EU: Ziele, Instrumente und Politikfelder (Mathis Lohaus)
    Schedule: Di 10-12 (Class starts on: 2025-10-14)
    Location: Garystr.55/C Seminarraum (Garystr. 55)
    
  • 15127 Proseminar
    Theories and History of European Integration (Sabine von Oppeln)
    Schedule: Do 12-14 (Class starts on: 2025-10-16)
    Location: Ihnestr.22/G Hörsaal (Ihnestr. 22)
    
  • 15131 Proseminar
    Welt-Anschauungen: Bildanalyse und visuelle Kommunikation in der Konfliktforschung (Lisa Bogerts)
    Schedule: Do 16-18 (Class starts on: 2025-10-16)
    Location: Garystr.55/C Seminarraum (Garystr. 55)
    
  • 15132 Proseminar
    Conflicts in a multipolar world (Mariam Salehi)
    Schedule: Mo 16-18 (Class starts on: 2025-10-13)
    Location: Garystr.55/302b Seminarraum (Garystr. 55)
    
  • 15133 Proseminar
    Transnational Activism in Global Politics (Laura Kotzur)
    Schedule: Blockveranstaltung: Fr, 17.10.25: 14–16 (Einführungs-Sitzung, online via Webex) Fr, 09.01.26: 14–20 Sa, 10.01.26: 10–17:30 Fr, 30.01.26: 14–20 Sa, 31.01.26: 10–17:30 Fr, 13.02.26: 14–16 (Abschluss-Sitzung) (Class starts on: 2025-10-17)
    Location: Garystr.55/105 Seminarraum (Garystr. 55)
    
  • 15134 Proseminar
    On "greening": colonialism, capitalism and violence in green extractivism (Angela Maria Sánchez Alfonso)
    Schedule: Blockveranstaltung: Fr 17.10.2025: 14–17:30 Fr 31.10.2025: 14–17:30 Sa 01.11.2025: 10–17:30 Fr 06.02.2026: 14–17:30 Sa 07.02.2026: 10–17:30 Fr 13.02.2026: 14–17:30 (Class starts on: 2025-10-17)
    Location: Garystr.55/121 Seminarraum (Garystr. 55)
    

• Theory, History of Ideas, and Foundations of Politics

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  • 15191 Advanced seminar
    Market and State (Thomas Rixen)
    Schedule: Mi 16-18 (Class starts on: 2025-10-15)
    Location: Ihnestr.21/E Seminarraum (Ihnestr. 21)
    
  • 16052 Seminar
    Philosophie und Politik(wissenschaft) der (Un)gleichheit (Stefan Gosepath)
    Schedule: Di 12:00-14:00 (Class starts on: 2025-10-14)
    Location: Habel 30\SER 1 Seminarraum (Habelschwerdter Allee 30)
    
  • 15172 Advanced seminar
    Reading semnar on criticism and crisis: Koselleck reads Hobbes (Mounir Zahran)
    Schedule: Di 16-18 (Class starts on: 2025-10-14)
    Location: Garystr.55/A Hörsaal (Garystr. 55)
    
  • 15181 Advanced seminar
    Idealist and materialist perspectives on the state (Jenny Stupka)
    Schedule: Mo 14-16 (Class starts on: 2025-10-13)
    Location: Ihnestr.21/F Seminarraum (Ihnestr. 21)
    
  • 15182 Advanced seminar
    Religion, secularism and laicism: philosophical, sociological and historical perspectives from France, Germany and beyond (Kolja Lindner)
    Schedule: Mo 10-12 (Class starts on: 2025-10-13)
    Location: Garystr.55/105 Seminarraum (Garystr. 55)
    

• Comparative Political Systems

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  • 15222 Advanced seminar
    Transformation to sustainability - types, opportunities and limits of scientific policy advice (Prof. Dr. Dirk Messner)
    Schedule: Blockveranstaltung: Fr 14-18 24.10.25 / 07.11.25 + 21.11.25 / 05.12.25 + 19.12.25 / 09.01.26 + 23.01.26 / 06.02.26 (Class starts on: 2025-10-24)
    Location: Ihnestr.22/UG 2 Seminarraum (Ihnestr. 22)
    
  • 15223 Advanced seminar
    Autotarism in Russia in comparative perspective (Alexander Libman)
    Schedule: Mo 18-20 (Class starts on: 2025-10-13)
    Location: Garystr.55/105 Seminarraum (Garystr. 55)
    
  • 15231 Advanced seminar
    Party system in transition: Germany in comparatative perspective (Aiko Wagner)
    Schedule: Do 10-12 (Class starts on: 2025-10-16)
    Location: Garystr.55/105 Seminarraum (Garystr. 55)
    
  • 15211 Advanced seminar
    State reforms in Germany: Politics, Processes, Perspectives (Antonios Souris)
    Schedule: Mo 16-18 (Class starts on: 2025-10-13)
    Location: Ihnestr.22/G Hörsaal (Ihnestr. 22)
    
  • 15221 Advanced seminar
    Theories and Applications of Political Psychology (Christoph Giang Nguyen)
    Schedule: Di 12-14 (Class starts on: 2025-10-14)
    Location: Ihnestr.21/E Seminarraum (Ihnestr. 21)
    
  • 15232 Advanced seminar
    Political Culture in Germany (Aiko Wagner)
    Schedule: Fr 10-12 (Class starts on: 2025-10-17)
    Location: Garystr.55/C Seminarraum (Garystr. 55)
    

• International Relations

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  • 15284 Advanced seminar
    Parliament and Regime in Interplay (Robin Schädler)
    Schedule: Blockveranstaltung: 21.11.25: 10–13:30 22.11.25: 10–17:30 05.12.25: 10–17:30 06.12.25: 10–17:30 19.12.25: 10–13:30 (Class starts on: 2025-11-21)
    Location: Garystr.55/B Seminarraum (Garystr. 55)
    
  • 15241 Advanced seminar
    Comparative Regional Research (Sören Stapel)
    Schedule: Di 10-12 (Class starts on: 2025-10-14)
    Location: Garystr.55/302b Seminarraum (Garystr. 55)
    
  • 15281 Advanced seminar
    Europe and the Mediterranean between cooperation and conflict (Cilja Harders)
    Schedule: Di 16-18 (Class starts on: 2025-10-14)
    Location: Ihnestr.21/B Hörsaal (Ihnestr. 21)
    
  • 15282 Advanced seminar
    Israel's regional foreign relations: Continuites and Changes (Sabine Hofmann)
    Schedule: Blockveranstaltung: Fr., 24.10.25; 14:15-17:45 Fr., 7.11.25; 14:15-17:45 Fr., 23.1.26; 14:15-17:45 Sa., 24.1.26; 10-17 Fr., 30.1.26; 14:15-17:45 Sa., 31.1.26, 10-17 Fr., 6.2.26, 14:15-15:45 (Class starts on: 2025-10-24)
    Location: Ihnestr.21/B Hörsaal (Ihnestr. 21)
    
  • 15283 Advanced seminar
    Democracy, State Capacity and Development with a Focus on Africa (Matthew Sabbi)
    Schedule: Mo 12-14 (Class starts on: 2025-10-13)
    Location: Ihnestr.22/UG 4 Seminarraum (Ihnestr. 22)
    

• Political Science Research

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  • 15541 Colloquium
    Colloquium African Politics (Anja Osei)
    Schedule: Mi 14-16 (Class starts on: 2025-10-15)
    Location: Ihnestr.22/UG 2 Seminarraum (Ihnestr. 22)
    
  • 15543 Colloquium
    Colloquium Current Debates in the Maghreb, Mashreq and Gulf (Cilja Harders)
    Schedule: Mo 16-18 (Class starts on: 2025-10-13)
    Location: Ihnestr. 22/ 301 C
    
  • 15544 Colloquium
    Colloquium Recent Trends in Systems Analysis (Sabine Kropp)
    Schedule: Di 16-18 (Class starts on: 2025-10-14)
    Location: Ihnestr.21/E Seminarraum (Ihnestr. 21)
    
  • 15545 Colloquium
    Colloquium Political and Legal Theory (Sebastian Huhnholz)
    Schedule: Mo 18-20 (Class starts on: 2025-10-13)
    Location: Ihnestr.22/UG 2 Seminarraum (Ihnestr. 22)
    
  • 15546 Colloquium
    Colloquium European Integration and Comparative Politics (Miriam Hartlapp-Zugehör)
    Schedule: Di 16-18 (Class starts on: 2025-10-14)
    Location: Ihnestr.22/UG 2 Seminarraum (Ihnestr. 22)
    
  • 15547 Colloquium
    Colloquium EU and IB (Tobias Berger, Mathis Lohaus)
    Schedule: Mo 12-14 (Class starts on: 2025-10-13)
    Location: Ihnestr.22/UG 5 Seminarraum (Ihnestr. 22)
    
  • 15548 Colloquium
    Colloquium Political Science (Philipp Lepenies)
    Schedule: Mi 12-14 (Class starts on: 2025-10-15)
    Location: Ihnestr.22/ 301 C
    
  • 15549 Colloquium
    Colloquium Political Theory and Philosophy (Bernd Ladwig)
    Schedule: Di 18-20 (Class starts on: 2025-10-14)
    Location: Garystr.55/105 Seminarraum (Garystr. 55)
    
  • 15550 Colloquium
    Colloquium: BA and MA Theses in International and Comparative Political Economy (Thomas Rixen)
    Schedule: Mo 12-14 (Class starts on: 2025-10-13)
    Location: Ihnestr.22/ 301 C
    
  • 15551 Colloquium
    Colloquium Political Sociology (Aiko Wagner)
    Schedule: Do 16-18 (Class starts on: 2025-10-16)
    Location: Ihnestr.21/F Seminarraum (Ihnestr. 21)
    
  • 15558 Colloquium
    Colloquium Political Science (Lora Anne Viola)
    Schedule: Mo 10-12 (Class starts on: 2025-10-13)
    Location: Garystr.55/101 Seminarraum (Garystr. 55)
    

• Germany and France in Europe

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  • 15297 Proseminar
    Germany and France: political institutions, processes and selected policy fields (Jana Windwehr)
    Schedule: Di 10-12 (Class starts on: 2025-10-14)
    Location: Ihnestr.21/E Seminarraum (Ihnestr. 21)