teaching.

I teach mostly in comparative politics, with a focus on public policy, institutions, political behavior, judicial politics, legislative politics, and research design. I also advise Bachelor and Master theses in these areas.

Selection of Courses

Comparative Public Policy and Administration

Lecture combined with applied seminar. This course approaches public policy and administration from a comparative perspective. It introduces classical and modern literature on public policy and administration, policy implementation, and policy evaluation. Empirical examples include health and welfare policy, agricultural and rural policy, immigration, and integration policy.

Judicial Politics in Comparative Perspective

Seminar. This course examines courts as political institutions and judges as political actors. It introduces major approaches to explaining judicial action, judicial influence, and court-politics interactions. The course compares the Anglo-American supreme court model with the European constitutional review model and discusses judicial motivations, intra-court decision-making, political constraints, and the broader impact of courts on political systems.

Comparative Legislative Research

Seminar. This course covers the design, functions, and workings of legislatures in comparative perspective. It discusses legislative institutions, legislative behavior, lawmaking, budgetary politics, oversight, appointments, impeachment, and relations between legislatures, governments, courts, and society.

Modern Democracy in Comparative Politics

Seminar. This German-language course introduces modern democracy in comparative perspective. It covers democratic theory, democratic institutions, citizen participation, democratic governance, and comparative methods. Students also practice core techniques of academic writing.

Advanced Readings in Comparative Politics

Seminar. This course surveys major topics and contributions in comparative politics through original texts. It compares classic approaches with newer research and covers state and nation-building, political culture, parties, and policymaking. Students practice theoretical comparison, methodological reflection, and academic discussion in English.

What students say

Anonymous course evaluations from my three most recent courses, with grades from A (excellent) to F (fail).

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