Institute of Political Science
Welcome to the website of the Institute of Political Science at the University of Tübingen. Founded in 1952, we are the oldest political science department in Germany, and a renowned centre of excellence in both teaching and research. We offer a wide range of courses and programmes in political science for both BA and MA students. Cutting edge research is undertaken in our research units led by our professors, all international specialists in their respective fields.
Study
Master Programmes:
- Master of Public Policy and Social Change (MA)
- Master's Programme "Democracy & Governance in Europe" (MADRE)
- Master of Peace Research and International Relations (MA)
- M.A. Programme in "Comparative & Middle East Politics and Society" (CMEPS)
- Master Politik und Gesellschaft Ostasiens
- Master of Education "Politikwissenschaft" (Teacher Training)
Bachelor's Programmes:
- Bachelor's Programme "Politikwissenschaft" (B.A.)
- Bachelor of Education (B.Ed., Teacher Training)
Staff
Abels, Gabriele (Professor)
Abels, Joscha (Research Officer)
Afscharian, Dominic (Research Officer - Fus-Project)
Andrä, Christine (Research Officer)
Augenstein, Lea (Research Officer)
Barrios, Harald (Private Lecturer)
Berten, John (Research Officer / Lecturer)
Betz, Johanna (Research Officer - Project GROEG)
Bieling, Hans-Jürgen (Professor)
Bruzelius, Cecilia (Junior Professor)
Buchner, Julia (Administration)
Buhr, Daniel (Adjunct Supernumery Professor)
Conradi, Elisabeth (Private Lecturer)
Cress, Anne (Research Officer)
Dierksmeier, Claus (Professor)
Diez, Thomas (Professor)
Dreier, Volker (Private Lecturer)
Edel, Mirjam (Senior Lecturer, tenured)
Eilfort, Michael (Honorary Professor)
Frankenberger, Rolf (Senior Lecturer, tenured / Academic Counsellor)
Futterer, Andrea (Research Officer - Project GROEG)
Glynn, Natalie (Research Officer / Lecturer)
Große Hüttmann, Martin (Senior Lecturer, tenured / Academic Counsellor)
Hasenclever, Andreas (Professor)
Jäger, Uli (Honorary Professor)
Jopp, Mathias (Honorary Professor)
Kassem, Sarrah (Research Officer)
Kiefer, Maximilian (Research Officer)
Kuisma, Mikko (MPPSC Program Lead)
Locher-Finke, Birgit (Honorary Professor)
Lucke, Franz von (Research Officer)
Meier-Braun, Karl-Heinz (Honorary Professor)
Menze, Thore (Research Officer - Fus-Project)
Messerschmidt, Maike (Research Officer)
Mohr, Edward (Research Officer - Fus-Project)
Nagel, Melanie (Research Officer - Project GROEG)
Nickisch, Petra (Administration)
Nies, Antje (Administration)
Pawlowski, Natalie (Research Officer)
Plieninger, Jürgen (Librarian)
Reiss, Lea (Research Officer - MiSP-Project)
Sändig, Jan (Research Officer)
Schlag, Gabi (Senior Lecturer, tenured / Academic Counsellor)
Schlumberger, Oliver (Professor)
Schrogl, Kai-Uwe (Honorary Professor)
Schulten, Thorsten (Honorary Professor)
Seeleib-Kaiser, Martin (Professor)
Sowula, Jakob (wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter)
Templ, Karl-Ulrich (Lecturer)
Tocci, Natalie (Honorary Professor)
Trautner, Bernhard (Honorary Professor)
Tremmel, Jörg (Adjunct Supernumery Professor)
Wagner, Stief (Administration)
Zolleis, Udo (Honorary Professor)
News
09.01.2018
Open Lecture: Securitization Beyond the West, Democracy and Verbality
Juha Vuori, University of Turku at Thursday, 11 January 2018· 10:00 c.t. · Lecture Room 10, Neue Aula
Juha Vuori is Professor at the Department of Political Science of the University of Turku, where he also earned his doctorate. Previously, he held positions at the University of Tampere and the University of Helsinki and was a visiting researcher at the University of Copenhagen.
His research interests include securitization theory, with a particular focus on its application in non-democratic contexts as well as the visualities of securitization, Chinese foreign and security policy and surveillance studies. In his current project ‘Colours of Security’, he studies the use of colours as elements of political symbolism.
Vuori’s latest publications include Visual Security Studies: Sights and Spectacles of Insecurity and War (co-ed. with Rune Andersen; forthcoming Routledge, 2018) and Critical Security and Chinese Politics: The Anti-Falungong Campaign (Routledge, 2014). His work has been published in Security Dialogue, European Journal of International Relations and Critical Studies on Security.
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