Fields of research
- Political Theory and the History of Ideas, especially modern state theory, political power theory, domination and vested interest, political theories of culture and democracy, nationalist theories and conceptions of Europe, treaty theory, and legitimation research.
- Methods of Political Science, especially methodology and theories of knowledge, ideology critique, comparison of theories and comparative research into political cultures, qualitative empirical social research and triangulation of methods, (deep) hermeneutics, content analysis and historical reconstruction.
- Political Culture Studies, especially comparison of political cultures in Europe (in relation to political systems), legal and historical dimensions of political culture, methods of political cultural research, minorities policies and minorities conflicts in Europe, antisemitism, right-wing extremism, political culture in the relations between Germany, Austria, Poland and the Czech Republic.
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