Curriculum Vitae
Previous and Current Position | Education | Visiting Fellowships | Awards | Referee | Offered professorships
Previous and Current Position
| 12/1997 - 09/2000 | Research Fellow ('wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter') at the Center for Social Policy Research, Department 'Theory and Constitution of the Welfare State' (head: Manfred G. Schmidt), Bremen University. |
| 10/2000 - 03/2002 | Research Fellow at the Center for Social Policy Research, Department "History and Institutions of the Welfare State" (head: Stephan Leibfried), Bremen University. |
| 04/2002 - 2006 | Assistant Professor ("wissenschaftlicher Assistent") at the Center for Social Policy Research, Department "History and Institutions of the Welfare State" (head: Stephan Leibfried), Bremen University |
| 2006 - present | Professor of Comparative Public and Social Policy |
Education
| 2004 | Habilitation in Political Science, University of Bremen, (referees: Prof. Dr. Manfred G. Schmidt, Prof. Dr. Klaus Armingeon, Prof. Dr. Stephan Leibfried) |
| 1998 | Dr. phil., University of Vienna, Department of Political Science (referees: Prof. Dr. Emmerich Tálos, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang C. Müller) |
| 1997 | Mag. rer. soc. oec., University of Vienna, Economics |
| 1994 | Mag. phil., University of Vienna, Political Science and Modern History |
Visiting Fellowships
| 2009 | Visiting Professor Jacobs University Bremen |
| 2008 - 2009 | Visiting Professor University of Vienna |
| 09/2004 - 03/2005 | Visiting Fellow at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge MA. |
| 09/2002 | Max-Planck-Institute for the Studies of Societies, Cologne |
| 05/2000 | Visiting Lecturer at the Department for European Studies, University of Basle |
| 06 - 09/1997 | Department of Political Science, University of Heidelberg |
| 10/1995 - 07/1996 | Department of Political Science, University of Berne |
Awards
| 2011 | Preis der Fritz Thyssen Stiftung für sozialwissenschaftliche Aufsätze des Jahrgangs 2010 (1. Preis, together with Carina Schmitt) |
| 2011 | Prize for the most downloaded article published in the Journal of European Public Policy (vol. 15) |
| 2008 | Preis der Fritz Thyssen Stiftung für sozialwissenschaftliche Aufsätze des Jahrgangs 2007 (2. Preis, together with Reimut Zohlnhöfer) |
| 2007 | Preis der Fritz Thyssen Stiftung für sozialwissenschaftliche Aufsätze des Jahrgangs 2005 (1. Preis, together with Francis G. Castles und Stephan Leibfried) |
| 2007 | Wissenschaftspreis der Margaretha Lupac Stiftung - Stiftung für Parlamentarismus und Demokratie, Wien (together with Emmerich Tálos) |
Referee
| American Journal of Political Science |
| Policy Studies Journal |
| American Political Science Review |
| British Journal of Political Science |
| Comparative European Politics |
| Swiss Journal of Sociology |
| European Journal of Political Research |
| Journal of European Social Policy |
| Journal of Europan Public Policy |
| West European Politics |
| Comparative Political Studies |
| European Union Politics |
| Acta Politica |
| Swiss Political Science Review |
| Politische Vierteljahresschrift |
| Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie |
| Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft |
| Zeitschrift für Sozialreform |
| Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft |
| Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft |
| Routledge |
| Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) |
| Jubiläumsfonds der Österreichischen Nationalbank |
| Schweizerischer Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung |
| Dutch National Science Foundation (NWO) |
| Fritz Thyssen Stiftung |
| Promotionsförderung des Evangelischen Studienwerk e.V. Villigst |
| Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes |
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Offered professorships
| 2006 | University of Constance (declined) |
| 2006 | University of Bremen (accepted) |
| 2011 | University of Vienna (declined) |
| 2011 | University of Southern Denmark, part-time (accepted) |
