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Full Professor (W3) and Chair of Comparative Political Behavior

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Full Professor (W3) and Chair of Comparative Politics

University of Hamburg

Professor (W2) of Empirical Political Science

University of Bamberg

Juniorprofessor (W1) for Policy Analysis and Public Administration

University of Konstanz

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Nuffield College, University of Oxford

Visiting Research Fellow

Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

Ph.D. in Political Science

University of Mannheim

Lobbying in the EU: Interest Group Influence on Policy Formation, supervised by Prof. Dr. Berthold Rittberger

Master in Political Science and Economics

University of Heidelberg

Visiting Student

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Visiting Student

Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Grenoble

Member of the Review Board

German Research Foundation (DFG Fachkollegium)

Member of the Starting Grant Panel (SH2)

European Research Council (ERC)

Member of the User Advisory Board

Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (GESIS)

Member of the Advisory Board

Social Science Advisory Council regarding the Corona Pandemic, State Government of Berlin

Associate Editor

The Journal of Politics

Member of the Advisory Board

University of Bamberg

Associate Editor

Research & Politics

Associate Editor

European Union Politics

Member of the Editorial Board

Interest Groups & Advocacy

Council Member

European Political Science Association

Member of the Editorial Board

Journal of European Public Policy

German Research Foundation

COUNTERRIGHT; Principal Investigator, with Anselm Hager (Berlin), Grant amount: € 677,818

German Research Foundation

Renewal of Research Training Group 2458: The Dynamics of Demography, Democratic Processes and Public Policy (DYNAMICS), Speaker of the Research Training Group, Grant amount: € 7.1 Million

Volkswagen Foundation

The impact of COVID-19 on public support for the European Union (COVIDEU), Grant amount: € 1.5 Million

German Research Foundation

Project Title: Interest Groups and the Ministerial Bureaucracy in germany: Studying lobbying success at the administrative stage (MINISTERIALLOBBY), Co-PI: Kai-Uwe Schnapp (University of Hamburg), Grant amount: € 363,808

European Union

OPTED Project, Principal Investigator, Amount of lead subproject: € 73,125

German Research Foundation

Research Training Group 2458: The Dynamics of Demography, Democratic Processes and Public Policy (DYNAMICS), Speaker of the Research Training Group, Grant amount: € 4.1 Million

German Research Foundation

Excellence Cluster The Contestations of the Liberal Script (SCRIPTS), principal Investigator, Amount of lead subprojects since 2021: € 548,850

German Research Foundation

Project Title: Policy-Making in Coalition Governments: The Enactment of Coalition Agreements (COALITIONPOLICY), Cooperation Partner: Hanna Bäck (University of Lund), Grant amount: € 500,900

German Research Foundation

Project Title: Bringing policies back in: Explaining payoff allocation in coalition governments, Cooperation Partner: Hanna Bäck (University of Lund), Grant amount: € 334,394

Internal Research Promotion, University of Bamberg

Project Title: Do governments keep their promises? A comparative analysis of the fulfilment of legislative pledges Cooperation Partner: Radoslaw Zubek (University of Oxford), Grant amount: € 1,882

Fritz Thyssen Stiftung

Project Title: Interest representation in Germany: A longitudinal study of interst groups registered at the Bundestag, Grant amount: € 100,000

British Academy

Project Title: Citizens, interst groups and legislative activity: A longitudinal study of interst representation, Grant amount: £ 7,124

American National Science Foundation

Project Title: Framing of Public Policy Debates in the European Union, together with Frank Baumgartner (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and Christine Mahoney (University of Virgina), conducted in collaboration with the INTEREURO Project funded by the European Science Foundation, Grant amount: $ 300,000

Karin-Islinger-Foundation

Project Title: Interest Group Influence on Policy Formulation in the European Union, Grant amount: € 1,000

Best Paper Award

European Union Studies Association (EUSA)

Best PhD Thesis Prize

University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES)

The Best PhD Thesis Prize is awarded annually and recognizes outstanding and original contributions in the area of contemporary European Studies.

Lorenz-von-Stein Prize

Mannheim Center for European Social Research (MZES)

The Lorenz-von-Stein Prize is awarded annually to one student with an outstandig dissertation in the subjects of Political Science, Social Psychology or Sociology.

Young Scholar Award

University of Mannheim

The Young Scholar Award is awarded for outstanding performances and innovative projects of doctoral students in the Social Sciences at the University of Mannheim.

Honorary Mention Award

4th Annual Graduate Confernce in Political Science, International Relations & Public Policy