Meet our host

Professor of Austrian Politics in European and/or Comparative Perspective

Marcelo Jenny studied political science and journalism and communication science at the University of Vienna (Mag. 1994). After several years working in survey research (SORA, Vienna), he completed his doctoral studies in political science at the University of Mannheim (2009).

Between 2009 and 2016 he was Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for Political Science of the University of Vienna and member of the Austrian National Electoral Study (AUTNES) for the Nationalrat Election 2013. He is currently a member of the ACIER Research Consortium of the Universities of Vienna, Innsbruck and Salzburg for the Nationalrat Election 2017.

His research focuses on electoral behaviour, election campaign and party competition, parliamentarism, content and sentiment analysis of political communication.

Assistant Professor on Parliamentarism and Political Parties in a Comparative Perspective

David Willumsen is Assistant Professor (tenure-track) of Parliamentarism and Political Parties in a Comparative Perspective. Previously, he was Interim Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Konstanz, and a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the University of Innsbruck and at LMU Munich. He holds a PhD from the European University Institute, Florence, an M.Sc. and a B.Sc. from the London School of Economics, and has been a visiting PhD researcher at ETH Zurich.

His thesis has been published under the title The Acceptance of Party Unity in Parliamentary Democracies (Oxford University Press), and he has published research articles in journals such as Electoral Studies, European Journal of Political Research, European Union Politics, Journal of European Public Policy, Parliamentary Affairs, Party Politics, and West European Politics.

Assistant to the Dean at the Dean's Office of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences

Sven Jeschke studied political science and international economics at the Universities of Innsbruck and Limerick (Ireland) and received his doctorate in political science from the University of Innsbruck in 2017.

His doctoral research was entitled English in Vocational Education and Training. An Educational Policy Inventory of the Hybrid System in Tyrolean Vocational Schools and among Company Trainers: Foreign-Language Competency, Permeability and Structure-Formational Options Creating Structures to Enhance the Attractiveness of VET in Tyrol.

Sven uses his knowledge in this field as a certified Tyrolean Apprentice Trainer. 

Sven is also the contact person at the faculty for congress organisations. He has previously organised several major congresses, including the 3-Nations-Conference of Political Science 2013, the ECPR Graduate Conference 2014 and the Austrian Sociology Congress 2015.

Student Assistant and Master’s degree student in Software Engineering and Secondary Education

Tobias Antensteiner completed his Bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education with the subjects Computer Science and Mathematics in Graz, Austria. Since October, he has been studying for a Master’s degree in Software Engineering at the University of Innsbruck, alongside his consecutive Master’s degree in Secondary Education.

In addition to his long-time honorary office as a student representative at the Student Union at the University of Graz and the Graz University of Technology, he has worked as a student assistant in research and administration as well as in teaching at the University of Graz, the University College of Teacher Education Styria and at the University of Innsbruck.

Currently, besides his employment at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Innsbruck, Tobias has been a member of the Local Organising Committee since March, primarily responsible for recruiting, training and coordinating the more than 60 mainly student assistants, without whose commitment the organisation of the ECPR General Conference 2022 would not be possible.

Student Assistant and Master’s degree student in Political Science: European and International Politics and MSc Organization Studies

Marco Achhorner has already been employed in various (assisting) positions at the University of Innsbruck. Previously, he also worked for the Austrian Embassy in Berlin and in a management position for the City of Innsbruck, among others.

He studied Political Science at the University of Innsbruck and at Loughborough University in the UK. Since graduating with a bachelor's degree, he has been pursuing two master's degrees: MA Political Science: European and International Politics and MSc Organization Studies.

Within the Local Organising Committee, he is mainly responsible for the organisation of side events (yoga, pub quiz, guided city tours) as well as specific organisation and coordination processes concerning the local infrastructure (registration, signposting, etc.). Furthermore, he is facilitating the presence of the mobile coffee service by 'Brennpunkt coffee competence' and 'Futterkutter'. He also provided ECPR with information regarding the host university and city.