Welcome to my personal homepage! I am Professor for Political Science, Qualitative Methods at the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS), co-hosted by the University of Bremen and Jacobs University. My research interests are the dynamics of party competition and parties as organizations. I am also working on social science methods with an emphasis on case studies, Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA), and multimethod research.
News
New publication
David Kühn and I are excited that our article Are there really two cultures? A pilot study on the application of qualitative and quantitative methods in political science is online first with the European Journal of Political Research.
BIGSSS launches departs-program and offers PhD positions (EU-COFUND)
BIGSSS successfully applied for funding under the EU-COFUND program and now launches its BIGSSS-departs program. Here is more information about the program and eligibility criteria for applying to the program. The deadline is September 15.
IPSA Committee on Concepts & Methods working paper series
Working on political science concepts or methodology/methods? Consider submitting paper your to the IPSA Committee on Concepts & Methods. Here is the call for papers.
