About

Isabelle is currently leading ‘DIPART. Digital Party Research’ – a junior research group on digital party research, located at the NRW School of Governance, Institute for Political Science at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Before, she worked at the department of political science, University of Trier. Isabelle does research on political organizations, especially political parties, comparative politics, and information technology/internet and politics. When not researching she likes doing and teaching Yoga, running, hiking, road bikes, and swimming.

Research Interests

Europe (Central and Eastern), Comparative Politics, Cyber Politics, Elites, Executives, Government, Institutions, Local Government, Media, Political Leadership, Political Participation, Political Parties, Representation, Social Capital, Political Sociology, Internet, Methods, Party Members, Post-Structuralism, Qualitative, Quantitative, Social Media, Ethics, Technology, Empirical

Current/Upcoming Events

Standing Groups and Research Networks

• Political Networks
• Political Parties
• Political Communication
• Internet and Politics
• Elites and Political Leadership
• Political Sociology
• Comparative Political Institutions