• Top result in the Shanghai Global Ranking 2023
    1st place in Germany, 38th place worldwide

    In the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2023, the University of Konstanz achieved the 1st place nationwide in the category "Political Sciences".  With the 38th place, the department reaches the worldwide top 50. These results reinforce the department's claim to be a top location for political science and public administration in Germany. The department was able to even surpass its very good results from the previous year (2022: 42nd place globally; 2nd place nationally). In the category "Public Administration", the University of Konstanz achieved, as in the previous year, a place in the global ranking group 51-75. Among German universities, this corresponds to ranking group 2-3 and is also an improvement compared to the previous year (2022 ranking: group 3-4 nationally).

  • The latest department
    newsletter No. 33 is released

    The department newsletter No. 33 has been published!

    You can download the newsletter here.

  • Politics and Public Administration - Our Mission - Our Research

    The Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz is one of the largest social science departments in Germany. We are recognized for excellent research and teaching in four areas of expertise: (i) democracy and public policy, (ii) international studies (iii) management and public administration, as well as (iv) data and methods. We place our students in top positions in academia, and the public, private and non-profit sectors – in Germany, Europe and worldwide.

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The silent majority on the streets? Who actually goes to demonstrations against right-wing extremism.

Since the beginning of 2024, protests against right-wing extremism have been very popular across Germany. But is it really a "silent majority" that is standing up for democracy? Marco Bitschnau and Sebastian Koos found that the participants mostly feel they belong to the upper middle class, are politically left of centre and have above-average educational qualifications. Many have no experience of protesting and are concerned about the rise of the AfD, but are more nuanced when it comes to…

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Professor Kunze: Will working from home become a discontinued model?

During the coronavirus pandemic, working from home was the norm for many people. No more inconvenient commuting, more space for a good work-life balance. Company buildings were sold off and office space reduced. But that all seems to be over. More and more bosses are calling their employees back to the office. This is causing a lot of resentment and unrest in the workforce. Why this recall campaign? What are the business motives behind it? And: How will we work in the future? Doris Maull…

Dr. Keremoglu: Autocratic states secure their influence on the internet

In recent years, state intervention in digital communication has increased. However, in order for governments to gain and maintain control over digital data flows, they must secure access to the network infrastructure at the ISP level. Eda Keremoglu et al. have analysed how the network topology of the internet is changing in different political environments. They show that in autocratic countries, state (and not private) providers have a significantly higher degree of control over transit…

Prof. Dr. Florian Kunze on the conflict between compulsory attendance and working from home

In an interview with Deutschlandfunk radio, Prof. Dr. Florian Kunze explains the reasons for the trend towards the introduction of compulsory attendance, which is due to the lack of development of new work cultures in Germany. He points out that the introduction of mandatory attendance can lead to employee demotivation and make it more difficult to attract suitable employees. He also points out that managers fear a subjective loss of control due to home office regulations, but that home office…

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