Research Interests

• German Electoral and Legislative Politics (Imperial Period, Weimar & post-1945)
• Political Careers, their Determinants and Effects
• The Religious Cleavage and European Party Systems
• Parliamentarization in France and/or Italy since 1900 - a Quantitative Approach
• Carl Schmitt's Theory of International Relations/Law
• Varieties of Education Systems
• The Role of the Welfare State in the Political Economy of Advanced Industrialiszed Countries