Current Dissertations and Postdoc Projects

Dissertation by Anselm Fliethmann: 
Framing Inequalities 

Dissertation by Fabian Bergmann:
The Policy Dimension of Indigenous Peoples' Spatial Distributions and its Socio-Economic Implications

Habilitation by Thomas Malang:
Legislators beyond the Nation State: Changing Roles, Activities, and Patterns of
National Parliaments in a Globalized World

Dissertation by Sven-Patrick Schmid:
Consequences of Indigenous Policies

Postdoc project by Rusen Yasar:
Multilevel Politics of Wellbeing: The Link between Subjective Wellbeing and Politics at Regional, National and European Levels

Completed Dissertations and Postdoc Studies (University of Konstanz)

Dissertation by Clara Neupert-Wentz (2020):
Local Customary Institutions and Conflict.

Dissertation by Marius Bayer (2018):
Deliberation in the Lab : The Effect of Communication on Information Sharing, Cooperation, and Consensus.

Dissertation by Axel Bayer (2018):
Ensuring each other’s post? : exploring personal ties between politicians and traditional leaders.

Dissertation by Daniela Behr (2018):
Traditional institutions of governance : friend or foe of development?

Dissertation by Kelvin Munisi (2017):
Governance of transboundary water resources : Lake Victoria basin in a three country quandary.

Dissertation by Florian Kern (2016):
A town too small for the both of us? : the state, traditional authorities, and the coordination of public goods provision in East Africa.

Dissertation by Daniela Kromrey (2016):
African traditions of democracy: assessing the democraticness of traditional political systems and their effects on democracy in Africa.

Dissertation by Thomas Duttle (2015):
Differentiated Integration at the EU Member State Level: An Empirical Comparison of European Integration Theories.

Dissertation by Marcin Orzechowski (2015):
Heating up the conflict : climate change and the risk of violent conflict in Africa 1990-2009.

Dissertation by Valentin Gold (2013):
Shaping Conflict and Perceptions: The Influence of Political Institutions on Ethnicity in Africa.

Dissertation by Janine Reinhard (2012):
Normative Argumente in EU-Vertragsverhandlungen: Das bessere Argument als Verhandlungsressource?

Dissertation by Roos van der Haer (2012):
The heart of darkness : how organizational structure influence civilian abuse.

Dissertation by Jan Biesenbender (2012):
Bargaining at EU Intergovernmental Conferences 1986-2004.

Habilitation by Sebastian Haunss (2011):
Regulation of Knowledge.

Dissertation by Aike Müller (University of Hamburg, 2010):
Financing Global Environmental Politics. (Un)Equal Burden Sharing and the Power of the Purse.

Dissertation by Thomas Sommerer (2009):
Können Staaten voneinander lernen? Lernprozesse als Einflussfaktor des Wandels in der Umweltpolitik.

Dissertation by Claudia Landwehr (University of Hamburg, 2007):
Political conflict and political preferences ; communicative interaction
between facts, norms and interests.

Co-advisor and member of committee (completed)

Sophia Maria Timmermann (2022):
Does Party Politics Matter? Regional Integration in Mercosur

Joschka Proksik (University of Konstanz, 2019):
Peacebuilding and Organized Crime in Kosovo

Yiyi Chen (University of Konstanz, 2019):
Mediation Paradoxes Revisited: Selection Issues in the Mediation of Violent Disputes

Daniela Kroll (University of Konstanz, 2019):
The European Council and EU Decision-Making: Keeping a Watchful Eye on the Council

Anatol Itten (University of Lucerne, 2017):
Understanding the Conditions of Success and Failure in Public Mediation.

Andreas Raschzok (University of Konstanz, 2017):
Wandel und Persistenz in der Drogenpolitik: Eine Untersuchung zur Regulierung der Nachfrage nach illegalen Drogen in Europa.

Thomas Schäubli (ETH Zürich, 2016):
Differentiated Integration in the European Union.

Melanie Nagel (University of Konstanz, 2014):
Polarisierung im politischen Diskurs. Eine Analyse dynamischer Wissens- und Diskursnetzwerke am Beispiel von ‚Stuttgart 21‘.

Hanja Merit Blendin (University of Konstanz, 2013):
Die Psychologie der Abschreckung. Experimentelle Studien zum Akteursverhalten unter Stress.

Frederica Genovese (University of Konstanz, 2013):
The Power of the Strong, the Perseverance of the Weak. Explaining Climate Change Negotiations.

Kai Schulze (University of Konstanz, 2013):
Do parties and interest groups matter for international commitments? A comparative study of environmental and labor standards.

Eva-Maria Vögtle (University of Konstanz, 2013):
Causes and Conditions of Cross-national Policy Convergence. The impact of the Bologna Process on national higher education policy change.

Antje Witting (University of Konstanz, 2013):
The Role of Knowledge in Policy Development: Towards a De-carbonized British Road Transport Infrastructure.

Lilli Banholzer (University of Konstanz, 2012):
A multilevel approach to the successful reintegration of former combatants.

Martin Welz (University of Konstanz, 2011):
The African Union: Integration vs. Sovereignity.

Sabrina Weber (University of Konstanz, 2011):
Sozialdialoge auf EU-Ebene als Mehrebenensystem? Supranationale und nationale Perspektiven.

Stephan Heichel (University of Konstanz, 2011):
Faktoren des Policy-Wandels. Der Einfluss von institutionellen und parteipolitischen Vetospielern auf den umweltpolitischen Wandel im Staatenvergleich (1970-2005).

Isabel Plocher (University of Bamberg, 2010):
Good Governance durch Accountability?

Michael Dobbins (University of Konstanz, 2009):
Comparing Higher Education  Policies in Central and Eastern Europe: To converge or not to converge?

Margit Bussmann (Habilitation, University of Konstanz, 2009):
Globalization, Inequality, and Conflict: Contributions to Conflict and Development Research in International Relations .

Julie Chen (University of Konstanz, 2009):
Transnational Cooperation of Ethnopolitical Mobilization: A Survey Analysis of European Ethnopolitical Groups .

Jale Tosun (University of Konstanz, 2009):
Policy and Institutional Change in Emerging Market Democracies. Which Factors Account for Environmental Policy Making in Eastern Europe and Latin America? 

Arzu Hatakoy (University of Berlin, 2008):
The Effectiveness of Decision Making in European Union Treaty Negotiations. An Empirical Analysis of Arguing and Bargaining in the Debates on the European Constitutional Convention.