Congratulations to all our graduates of the department!

On 4th of May 2024, the Department of Politics and Public Administration celebrated its successful graduates and said goodbye to them in a wonderful graduation ceremony. Our head of department Prof. Dr. Anke Hoeffler looked back on the time of study and praised the graduates. Afterwards the certificates were awarded and the best theses were presented. Some imressions can be found here. We congratulate all our graduates and wish them all the best for the future.

LakeMUN2024:
A successful debut in Konstanz

On 17th - 19th of May, students from our department organized the first major Model United Nations (MUN) conference in the history of our city. Model United Nations (MUN) are simulations of the United Nations in which students take on the roles of diplomats. This year, almost 170 participants took part to discuss social nd political topics. The participants were able to relax and network during an evening together at the water sports centre. The successful conclusion of the MUN was celebrated with a Diplomatic Ball. You can find a detailed report here. If you are interested in planning the next Model United Nations (MUN) in Konstanz, please contact nazan.elhadidi@uni-konstanz.de.

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).

The latest department
newsletter No. 34 is released

The department newsletter No. 34 has been published!

You can download the newsletter here.

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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Prof. Dr. Florian Kunze in an interview with Southwest Broadcast on compulsory attendance at work and health problems.

The University of Konstanz's long-term study on remote work has shown that employees often suffer from symptoms of stress and exhaustion when they are no longer allowed to work from home. Many companies would prefer to oblige all employees to work from the office again. Prof. Dr. Florian Kunze explains this in an interview with the Southwest Broadcast. You can listen to the full interview in German here. 

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Kilian Hampel in the German media: Why young Germans vote for populists

In the study Jugend in Deutschland 2024 (Youth in Germany 2024), Kilian Hampel shows that young Germans have lost their trust in the entire political system. The study shows that young people are confronted with existential fears: Old-age poverty, war, climate crisis, inflation and other financial problems. Among other things, a fifth of those surveyed, i.e. more than 2,000 young people, stated that they were in debt. 

The study also shows that young people want to be heard. Thereby parties…

Elisa Deiss-Helbig develops VOTO online voting aid for the municipal elections in Konstanz on the 9th of June 2024 

An election aid is now available specifically for Konstanz: Since the 12th of May 2024, the citizens of Konstanz have the opportunity to use the VOTO online election aid to compare general and specific issues of Konstanz with the positions of parties and alliances running for the municipal elections in Konstanz on the 9th of June 2024. Elisa Deiss-Helbig, political scientist at the Zukunftskolleg of the University of Konstanz, has set up the VOTO online election aid together with her team for…

Prof. Dr. Florian Kunze and the Konstanz home office study in the media: The obligation to return from the home office has only been introduced by a fifth of companies and has a negative impact on employee stress levels

In contrast to the prevailing public debate of recent months, which suggests that many companies have introduced a stronger obligation for employees to be present, data from the Konstanz home office study by Prof. Dr. Florin Kunze and his team show that this is only the case in a minority of 22 percent of companies. It is clear that stress and exhaustion are almost twice as high among employees who are subject to a greater presence obligation (21 per cent without presence obligation and 38 per…

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