Reimut Zohlnhöfer

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Reimut Zohlnhöfer (* 1972 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) is a German political scientist and full professor at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg .

Live and act

After graduating from high school, Zohlnhöfer studied political science , economics and German at the University of Heidelberg from 1992 . After a stay abroad in 1996 at the University of Essex , he obtained his master's degree in 1998, before he did his doctorate in 2001 at the University of Bremen . In 2008 he finally completed his habilitation at the University of Heidelberg and moved to the University of Bamberg .

Since 2011 Zohlnhöfer has held the chair for political science, especially for comparative analysis of political systems at the Institute for Political Science . Born in Freiburg, he worked a. a. already as a John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University and received an offer from the University of Hanover in 2011 , which he refused. Zohlnhöfer is a recognized expert in the field of policy research and a renowned scientist who also critically assesses current politics and repeatedly takes up these aspects in his works. In addition to his teaching and research activities, he is also the Dean of Studies of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Chairman of the Board of Directors of HeiKa (Heidelberg Karlsruhe Research Partnership), Liaison Lecturer of the German National Academic Foundation and was Director of the IPW from 2013 to 2015.

Research priorities

Zohlnhöfer's research focuses on comparative policy analysis , political economy , party research and the analysis of processes and political content in the Federal Republic of Germany . One project deals with the change in economic policy intervention in developed democracies , which is reflected in increasing liberalization and privatization , falling corporate tax rates and budget consolidation. Another project, carried out in collaboration with Raanan Sulitzeanu-Kenan ( Hebrew University , Jerusalem ), analyzes on an experimental basis the question of whether governments are punished less for unpopular or failed measures if these measures do not fit their ideological orientation. The further development and critical empirical application of the multiple streams approach of comparative policy research, according to which politics is not to be understood as rational problem solving, but rather as the coupling of already existing political projects with newly emerging problems, is at the center of another project. Interim results of these projects have been published in leading international journals such as Comparative Political Studies , the European Journal of Political Research or the Policy Studies Journal .

Publications (selection)

  • together with Georg Wenzelburger (Hrsg.): Handbuch Policy-Forschung . Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2015, ISBN 978-3-658-01967-9 .
  • together with Thomas Saalfeld (ed.): Politics in the shadow of the crisis. A balance sheet by the Merkel government, 2009–2013 . Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2015, ISBN 978-3-658-05212-6 .
  • together with Christoph Egle (ed.): The second grand coalition. A balance sheet by the Merkel government, 2005–2009. Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2010, ISBN 978-3-531-16796-1 .
  • Reimut Zohlnhöfer: Globalization of the economy and fiscal adjustment reactions in Western Europe . Nomos, Baden-Baden 2009, ISBN 978-3-8329-4462-9 .
  • Reimut Zohlnhöfer: The Economic Policy of the Kohl Era: An Analysis of Key Decisions in the Policy Fields of Finance, Labor, and Denationalization, 1982–1998. Leske + Budrich Verlag, 2001, ISBN 978-3-8100-3159-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Institute for Political Science: Reimut Zohlnhöfer Curriculum Vitae. Retrieved April 28, 2018 .
  2. ^ A b Institute for Political Science Heidelberg: Chairs. Retrieved April 28, 2018 .
  3. ^ Harvard University: Reimut Zohlnhöfer | Center for European Studies at Harvard University. April 27, 2018. Retrieved April 28, 2018 (American English).
  4. ^ Hella Gebhardt: Professorium | IPW Heidelberg. Retrieved April 28, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Annual program 2017. Accessed April 28, 2018 .
  6. ^ Daniel Al-Kayal: The Transformation of Government Intervention in the Economy in Advanced Democracies. Retrieved April 28, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Andrea Ficht: Political Expectations and Responsibility Attribution. Retrieved April 28, 2018 .
  8. ^ Hella Gebhardt: Theoretically Refining the Multiple Streams Framework. Retrieved April 28, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Andrea Ficht: [ipw] [Zohlnhöfer] Research. Retrieved April 28, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Zohlnhöfer, Reimut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German political scientist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiburg in Breisgau