Chairs of the Institute and Junior Research Groups

Find your way directly to the chairs and junior research groups at our institute

Chair / Junior Research Group	Supervision
Comparative Politics and European Integration	Prof. Dr. Michèle Knodt
Comparative Politics and German Government	Prof. Dr. Christian Stecker
International Relations	Prof. Dr. Markus Lederer
Political Theory and History of Ideas	Prof. Dr. Dirk Jörke
Public Management, Public Policy	Prof. Dr. Nathalie Behnke
Transnational Governance	Prof. Dr. Jens Steffek
Methodology in Political Science and Philosophy of Science	adj. Prof. Dr. Björn Egner
Junior Research Group Clean Circles	adj. Prof. Dr. Kai Schulze
Former Chairs
Housing and Energy Policy	adj. Prof. Dr. Kai Schulze

Research Focuses

Research at the Institute of Political Science enjoys an excellent reputation both nationally and internationally. For many years, the common focus has been on research into new forms of governance in multi-level systems. Find out more about our main research focuses here.