• 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. Florian Kunze was interviewed in the podcast "Go Home, Homeoffice!" about the development of the working world in Germany!

In the podcast "Go Home, Homeoffice!", Prof. Florian Kunze comments on the development of the working world in Germany since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and its effects. In the podcast of Hessischer Rundfunk, he also shows which developments we can see in the USA and how these can be transferred to Germany.

In the podcast "Go Home, Homeoffice!" by the Hessian Broadcasting Corporation, Prof. Florian Kunze was asked about the advantages and disadvantages of the home office.  He shows the results of his own studies and presents how the Covid-19 pandemic has changed the working world in Germany. What lessons can be learned from the working world in the USA, and much more. The podcast of Studio Komplex can be listened here. Prof. Kunze can be heard from minute 33:20.

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