About

Professor for Political Science at SOCIUM, Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy, University of Bremen, Germany. Current research projects: Protests and Social Cohesion: Local Conflict Dynamics in Comparison Research Institute on Social Cohesion Global Developments in Health Care Systems German Research Foundation, Collaborative Research Center 1342: Global Dynamics of Social Policy MARDY: Modeling ARgumentation DYnamics in Political Discourse German Research Foundation, Priority Programme 1999 - Robust Argumentation Machines (RATIO) Protestsurveys ipb - Institute for Protest and Social Movement Studies

Research Interests

Civil Society, Contentious Politics, Interest Groups, Policy Analysis, Social Movements, Methods, Climate Change, Mixed Methods, Protests, Activism

Current/Upcoming Events

Standing Groups and Research Networks

• Political Networks
• Participation and Mobilisation
• Political Economy and Welfare State Politics
• Internet and Politics
• Political Sociology
• Interest Groups