• 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.

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 does not lead to a drop in productivity. You can find the full interview in German here.

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