Courses
Courses in political science offered at the Department of Political Science cover a wide range of the discipline. There are courses in Comparative Politics, Political Economy, Democratic Theory, International Relations, European and Multi-Level Politics, qualitative and quantitative methods, Political Theory and History of Ideas, as well as other areas.
The current course catalogue is available via the KLIPS campus management system. You can browse the catalogue by faculty, institute, and so on. Alternatively, you can view available courses by study programme.
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Course catalogue in KLIPS
Courses winter term 25/26 (Department for Political Science)
Bachelor
Grundlagen der Internationalen Beziehungen, Prof. Thomas Jäger (BM Internationale Beziehungen)
Forschungslogik und -design, Paul Michel (SM Forschungslogik und -design)
Forschungslogik und -design, Friedrich Haas (SM Forschungslogik und -design)
Digitalization & AI: Shaping the Future of European Politics and the Way We Study It, Lukas Hetzer (SM Repräsentation und Wahlen)
Social and Welfare Policy in the US, Sarah Halpern-Meekin (SM Vertiefung Politikwissenschaft)
Die Zwei-Staaten-Lösung für den Nahen Osten. Akteure und deren Darstellung in den Medien, Prof. Thomas Jäger (SM Internationale und Mehrebenenpolitik)
Wer könnte einen Waffenstillstand in der Ukraine verhandeln?, Prof. Thomas Jäger (SM Internationale und Mehrebenenpolitik)
Praktikum: Politikwissenschaft in der Praxis, Dr. Birgit Bujard (SM Praktikum)
Berufsfelder: Politikwissenschaft in der Praxis, Dr. Birgit Bujard (SM Berufsfelder)
Kolloquium Sozialwissenschaften (Bachelor): Department Politikwissenschaft, Lukas Hetzer (Bachelorarbeit Sozialwissenschaften)
Kolloquium Sozialwissenschaften, Prof. Thomas Jäger (Bachelorarbeit Sozialwissenschaften)
Master
European Politics, Prof. Sven-Oliver Proksch (Core Module European Politics)
Introduction to Quantitative Methods (Lecture & Lab), Dr. Jens Wäckerle / Helena Heberer (Core Module Quantitative Methods)
Research Design and Research Logic, Nils Blossey (Core Module Research Design)
Research Design and Research Logic, Ece Özbey (Core Module Research Design)
Democratic Theory and Practice, Dr. Lea Kaftan (Core Module Democratic Theory and Practice)
Politics of Sport, Nils Ringe (SM Special Topics Political Science I)
Radical Right Parties and Coalition Politics in Europe, Prof. Sven-Oliver Proksch (SM Special Topics Political Science I)
Institutional Reform of the European Union (NRW debattiert Europa), Prof. Sven-Oliver Proksch (SM Special Topics Political Science I)
Governing for the Long-Term: Democracy and the Politics of Major Policy Challenges, Prof. Michael Bechtel (SM Special Topics Political Science II)
Sicherheitspolitische Exkursion, Katharina Berninger (SM Special Topics Political Science II)
Applied International Relations and Geopolitics, Prof. Klemens Fischer (SM Special Topics Political Science II)
Chaos? Great Power Competition, Power Measurement and the Modelling of Order, Patrick Kessler (SM Special Topics Political Science II)
Applied Programming in Python for Political Scientists, Dr. Christopher Klamm (SM Applied Theories and Methods Political Science II)
Bemühungen um die Nichtverbreitung von Massenvernichtungswaffen, Prof. Holger Mey (SM Applied Theories and Methods Political Science II)
Internship, Dr. Birgit Bujard (Supplementary Module Internship)
Political Science MA Research Seminar, Prof. Sven-Oliver Proksch (SM Research Seminar)
Political Science MA Research Seminar, Prof. Michael Bechtel (SM Research Seminar)
Kolloquium Politikwissenschaft (Master): Research Questions and Research Designs in the area of International Relations, David Jacobs (SM Research Seminar)
Other Courses
Bachelor
Grundlagen der Vergleichenden Analyse Politischer Institutionen, Prof. André Kaiser (BM Vergleichende Analyse Politischer Institutionen)
Einführung in die politikwissenschaftliche Korruptionsforschung, Dr. Anna Schwickerath (SM Repräsentation und Wahlen)
Authoritarian Politics, Dr. Düzgün Arslantas (SM Politische Institutionen)
Politische Ökonomie der Digitalisierung, Moritz Walter (SM Vergleichende Politische Ökonomie)
Die großen Transformationen der politischen Ökonomie, Jonas Horn (SM Vergleichende Politische Ökonomie)
Die Politische Ökonomie von Wohnungs- und Bodenmärkten, Hanna Doose (SM Vergleichende Politische Ökonomie)
Kolloquium Sozialwissenschaften: CCCP, Dr. Anna Schwickerath (Bachelorarbeit Sozialwissenschaften)
Master
Comparative Political Institutions, Dr. Düzgün Arslantas (CM Comparative Political Institutions)
Authoritarianism: Theories, Dynamics, and Contemporary Challenges (SM Special Topics Political Science I)
Who Rules the Economy? The Political Economy of Labor and Business, Prof. Christine Trampusch (SM Special Topics Political Science II)
Direct Democracy, Prof. André Kaiser (SM Applied Theories and Methods Political Science I)
We Need to Go Deep: How to Study the Political and Institutional Foundations of Political Economies, Prof. Christine Trampusch (SM Applied Theories and Methods Political Science II)
Kolloquium Politikwissenschaft: CCCP Research Seminar, Prof. Christine Trampusch (SM Research Seminar)
Kolloquium Politikwissenschaft: CCCP Research Seminar, Prof. André Kaiser (SM Research Seminar)
Previous Semesters
SoSe 25
Bachelor
- Grundlagen der Europäischen Politik - Das politische System der Europäischen Union (Prof. Sven-Oliver Proksch)
- Einführung in die Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft: Vergleichende Politische Ökonomie (Prof. Christine Trampusch)
- Forschungslogik und Design (Nils Blossey)
- Das Politische System der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Anne Puers)
- Formelle und informelle Institutionen im Vergleich (PD Dr.habil. Elena Semenova)
- Einführung in die politikwissenschaftliche Korruptionsforschung (Dr. Anna Schwickerath)
- Populism in the 21st Century (Ece Özbey)
- Die Politische Ökonomie der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Dr. Michael Kemmerling)
- Die Politische Ökonomie der Finanzialisierung (Leonie Fernholz)
- Macht und Machtlosigkeit - Deutsche Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik in einer sich wandelnden Weltordnung (David Jacobs)
- Scholz und die Zeitenwende (Prof. Thomas Jäger)
- Im Schatten der Weltpolitik: internationale Beziehungen abseits der großen Debatten (David Jacobs)
- Trump und die amerikanische Demokratie (Prof. Thomas Jäger)
- Chip oder Geld? Political Economy of Development, Growth, and East Asia (YUNG Ka Chun)
- Current Questions in International and Comparative Political Economy (Jonas Horn, YUNG Ka Chun)
Master
- Public Policy - Democracy and Globalization (Prof. Michael Bechtel)
- Introduction to Qualitative Methods (Lecture)
- Introduction to Qualitative Methods (Laboratory, Friedrich Haas)
- Computational Text Analysis of Political Representation (Prof. Sven-Oliver Proksch)
- PROTEUS Seminar: The EU´s Strategic Agenda – Setting the path for the legislative term 2024 - 2029 (Prof. Wolfgang Wessels)
- Advanced Survey Methods and Challenges to Democracy (Lukas Hetzer, Jasmin Rath)
- Strategic Models of Democratic Politics (Jun.Prof. Chitralekha Basu)
- Climate Politics (Prof. Michael Bechtel)
- Reproductive Justice (Dr. Danielle Pullan)
- EU-UK relations after Brexit (Dr. Birgit Bujard)
- Decentralization, Federalism, and Seperatism in Europe (Prof. André Kaiser)
- Research Design and Research Logic in Comparative Politics (Prof. André Kaiser)
- Parties and Party Systems (Dr. Düzgün Arslantas)
- Comparative Political Economy (Lecture, Dr. Michael Kemmerling)
- We Need to Go Deep: How to Study the Political and Institutional Foundations of Political Economies (Prof. Christine Trampusch)
- Research Seminars
