Dr. Andrea Volkens
Research fields
CV
2009-2016
Project director, research project "MARPOR Manifesto Research on Political Representation"
1996
Dr. phil. in political science, Freien Universität Berlin (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hans-Dieter Klingemann)
since 10 1989
Research fellow, Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB); 1989-2003 in the research unit "Institutiones and Social Change"; since 2003 in the research unit "Democracy and Democratization"
1988-1989
Teaching und research assistant, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg
1982-1989
Research fellow, Zentralinstitut für sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung (ZI 6), Freie Universität Berlin
1982
M.A. in sociology, psychology, and European ethnology, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Franz Urban Pappi)
1978-1982
Student teaching and research assistant, Institut für Soziologie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Selected Publications
since 2017
Member of
MARPOR – Manifesto Research on Political Representation
Funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Project director: Bernhard Weßels
Participating scientists: Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Wolfgang Merkel, Pola Lehmann, Theres Matthieß, Nicolas Merz, Sven Regel, Andrea Volkens, Carolin Herrmann, Jirka Lewandowski
In cooperation with: Judith Bara (Queen Mary University of London), Ian Budge (Universität Essex), Simon Franzmann (University of Düsseldorf), Michael McDonald (Binghamton University), Thomas Meyer (University of Vienna), Annika Werner (Griffith University, Australia)
2009-2017
Project director
MARPOR – Manifesto Research on Political Representation
Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG)
Participating scientists: Andrea Volkens, Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Wolfgang Merkel, Pola Lehmann, Nicolas Merz, Sven Regel, Annika Werner
In cooperation with: Judith Bara (Queen Mary University of London), Ian Budge (University of Essex), Vera Tröger (University of Essex)
1989-2009
Research management of the Comparative Manifestos Project (CMP)
1984-1989
Member of the Manifesto Research Group (MRG)