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Expert lists for the Bundestag election

Researchers at Humboldt-Universität are available for media inquiries

Scientists from Humboldt-Universität (HU) will be available to answer media questions about the Bundestag elections on February 23, 2025.

Their main topics include: Parliamentarism in the federal states, parties, state constitutional jurisdiction, government formation, political communication, transformations of societies, labor market economics, migration policy and European policy.

Experts at the Humboldt-Universität

Politics

Prof. Dr. Andreas Schäfer,
Institute for Social Sciences
Department of Domestic Politics of the Federal Republic of Germany

Andreas Schäfer conducts research at the interface of political communication and democratic decision-making processes.

Topics: Party systems, parliamentarism, political communication, politicization, democratic innovations, democratic theory

andreas.schaefer.1@hu-berlin.de

Dr. Werner Reutter,
Institute for Social Sciences

The private lecturer conducts research on the topic of “State constitutional courts and the judicialization of politics in the German federal states”.

Topics: Parliamentarism in the federal states, state constitutional jurisdiction, government formation

werner.reutter@sowi.hu-berlin.de

Prof. Dr. Hanna Schwander, Institute of Social Sciences
Department of Political Sociology and Social Policy

Topics: The influence of post-industrial transformations of welfare states, labor markets and societies on the political process.

hanna.schwander@hu-berlin.de

Prof. Dr. Naika Foroutan, Institute of Social Sciences
Department of Integration Research and Social Policy, Director of the Berlin Institute for Integration and Migration Research (BIM) at the HU and Director of the German Center for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM)

Topics: Migration policy, integration and post-migrant societies, transformation of immigration countries

bim.direktorium@hu-berlin.de

Prof. Dr. Heike Klüver, Institute for Social Sciences
Department of Political Behavior in Comparison

Topics: Comparative political behavior, interest groups, parties, coalition governments, political representation, legislative processes, European politics

heike.kluever@hu-berlin.de

Economics

Prof. Michael C. Burda, PhD, Institute for Economic Theory II
Professor of Economics at the HU

Topics: Labor Economics, Macroeconomics, European Integration, Economics

burdamic@cms.hu-berlin.de
keidel@wiwi.hu-berlin.de

Further information

Link to the HU's expert lists