Top result in the Shanghai Global Ranking 2023
1st place in Germany, 38th place worldwide

In the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2023, the University of Konstanz achieved the 1st place nationwide in the category "Political Sciences".  With the 38th place, the department reaches the worldwide top 50. These results reinforce the department's claim to be a top location for political science and public administration in Germany. The department was able to even surpass its very good results from the previous year (2022: 42nd place globally; 2nd place nationally). In the category "Public Administration", the University of Konstanz achieved, as in the previous year, a place in the global ranking group 51-75. Among German universities, this corresponds to ranking group 2-3 and is also an improvement compared to the previous year (2022 ranking: group 3-4 nationally).

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newsletter No. 33 is released

The department newsletter No. 33 has been published!

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Politics and Public Administration - Our Mission - Our Research

The Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz is one of the largest social science departments in Germany. We are recognized for excellent research and teaching in four areas of expertise: (i) democracy and public policy, (ii) international studies (iii) management and public administration, as well as (iv) data and methods. We place our students in top positions in academia, and the public, private and non-profit sectors – in Germany, Europe and worldwide.

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CHE Ranking 2024: Excellent results once again for the Department of Politics and Public Administration

The Department of Politics and Public Administration is one of the eight subjects at the University of Konstanz that were re-evaluated in this year's CHE ranking. The results are excellent (as in the last CHE rankings in 2021 and 2018). In 13 out of 14 indicators, the department performs above average, often with top rankings. The assessment is particularly good in the categories of study organisation, support during the studies, support for exchange programmes and library facilities.

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Kilian Hampel shows on WDR that Gen Z is insecure and dissatisfied.

In their youth study, Kilian Hampel, Simon Schnetzer and Prof Klaus Hurrelmann show that young people between 14 and 29 are pessimistic about the future. This is one of the findings of the 2024 Youth Study. Mental stress is also on the rise among Gen Z: almost one in nine people of this age are receiving treatment for mental disorders. You can find the full article about the study in German here. 

Jun-Prof. Dr Lukas Rudolph is investigating factors in Bangladesh that motivate people to (not) migrate.

Strange things have been happening to the Jamuna, a river that flows through Bangladesh, for some time now: it continues to expand. In the process, it is devouring thousands of hectares of fertile farmland and taking the homes of tens of thousands of people with it. Like a hungry animal. People are therefore leaving their villages all along the Jamuna. They are being watched closely. More than eight thousand kilometres away, Jun. Prof. Dr Lukas Rudolph and Prof. Dr Vally Koubi are tracking every…

Dr Deiss-Helbig shows in the MDR that a large proportion of the population does not perceive the fulfilment of election promises.

The majority of the population is of the opinion that the government and the parties generally do not fulfil any or very few election promises. Yet 60 per cent of the governments' election promises have been at least partially implemented. In the MDR interview, Dr Deiss-Helbig reveals a gap between perception and reality. One of the reasons for this could be that sober facts sometimes only play a minor role in voters' favour. So-called "motivated thinking" is relevant: "General attitudes and…

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