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Winter semester 2025/2026 19 Seminars
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Preliminary studies
Advanced courses
Practical course
Colloquium
Research group
Workgroup
Project group
Council conference
Internship
Language course
Subject didactics
Excursion
Tutorial
Committee 		SWS Semester weekly hours Teachers Degree
1.07.411 Approaches to Organisations Monday: 12:00 - 14:00, weekly (from 13/10/25)
Description:
The seminar "Approaches to Organisations" provides an overview on conceptual approaches to organisations covering conceptualisations of organisations as rational, natural and open systems. We thereby cover the “classics” of organisational sociology while analysing their relevance for a modern, increasingly digitalized society. Students are encouraged to understand and apply the different approaches to real life examples. The seminar "Approaches to Organisations" provides an overview on conceptual approaches to organisations covering conceptualisations of organisations as rational, natural and open systems. We thereby cover the “classics” of organisational sociology while analysing their relevance for a modern, increasingly digitalized society. Students are encouraged to understand and apply the different approaches to real life examples. 		Seminar 2 Prof. Dr. Jannika Mattes
  • Master
1.07.112 It's a man's world - men as political actives, gatekeepers, and objects (of study) - Part 1 Monday: 08:00 - 10:00, weekly (from 13/10/25)
Dates on Monday, 20.10.2025, Tuesday, 04.11.2025, Wednesday, 12.11.2025 20:00 - 21:30
Description:
Lecture 2 Darius Ribbe
  • Bachelor
1.07.462 Social Inequality Wednesday: 10:00 - 12:00, weekly (from 15/10/25)
Description:
In the seminar "Social Inequality", students examine how social inequality is reproduced in organizations such as the labour market, the education system and the welfare state and how factors such as education, gender, age or migration background contribute to various inequalities. The seminar consists of two parts: First, we will discuss and debate key theoretical concepts, causes and mechanisms of social inequality, focusing on how inequalities arise or are transfered within and between generations. In the second part, we will analyse data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) using R to deepen our theoretical understanding and apply key empirical methods in a targeted manner. At the end of the semester, students will be able to conduct their own small, quantitative research project on the (re)production of social inequality in different organizational contexts. In the seminar "Social Inequality", students examine how social inequality is reproduced in organizations such as the labour market, the education system and the welfare state and how factors such as education, gender, age or migration background contribute to various inequalities. The seminar consists of two parts: First, we will discuss and debate key theoretical concepts, causes and mechanisms of social inequality, focusing on how inequalities arise or are transfered within and between generations. In the second part, we will analyse data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) using R to deepen our theoretical understanding and apply key empirical methods in a targeted manner. At the end of the semester, students will be able to conduct their own small, quantitative research project on the (re)production of social inequality in different organizational contexts. 		Seminar 2 Prof. Dr. Gundula Zoch
  • Master
1.02.901 Research in Education Sciences through International Dialogue Wednesday: 10:00 - 12:00, weekly (from 29/10/25)
Description:
Bitte beachten: Falls Sie Fragen zum Seminar haben, wenden Sie sich bitte an die private Mailadresse von Herrn Kemma Tsujino: mailto:kemma.jp@gmail.com. Bitte beachten: Falls Sie Fragen zum Seminar haben, wenden Sie sich bitte an die private Mailadresse von Herrn Kemma Tsujino: mailto:kemma.jp@gmail.com. 		Seminar - Prof. Kemma Tsujino
1.07.473 Advanced Topics in Political Science The course times are not decided yet.
Description:
Workgroup - in Bearbeitung
  • Master
1.07.431 Knowledge, learning and organisations Wednesday: 16:00 - 18:00, weekly (from 15/10/25)
Description:
In this seminar we will discuss how knowledge is produced in modern society. At the core of the seminar will be the discussion of Monika Krause's monograph 'Model Cases.' The examination performance consists of a 15 minutes oral exam, which will be held short after the end of the seminar. In this seminar we will discuss how knowledge is produced in modern society. At the core of the seminar will be the discussion of Monika Krause's monograph 'Model Cases.' The examination performance consists of a 15 minutes oral exam, which will be held short after the end of the seminar. 		Seminar 2 Prof. Dr. Sina Farzin
  • Master
1.07.451 Qualitative research methods Tuesday: 10:00 - 12:00, weekly (from 14/10/25), Location: A06 4-411
Dates on Thursday, 05.02.2026, Tuesday, 31.03.2026 09:30 - 11:30, Location: A06 0-001, A06 4-411
Description:
Seminar 2 Douglas Becker, M.A.
  • Master
1.07.112.1 It's a man's world - men as political actives, gatekeepers, and objects (of study) - Part 2 Monday: 10:00 - 12:00, weekly (from 13/10/25)
Description:
Seminar 2 Darius Ribbe
  • Bachelor
1.01.804 Anwendungen Künstlicher Intelligenz in der Weiter- und Hochschulbildung (Schwerpunkt Bildungsmanagement und Mediendidaktik) Tuesday: 16:00 - 18:00, weekly (from 14/10/25)
Description:
Seminar 2 Priv.-Doz. Dr. Wolfgang Müskens
  • Master
1.07.441 Quantitative research methods Wednesday: 08:00 - 10:00, weekly (from 15/10/25), Location: A06 3-313 (OLExS-Labor)
Dates on Thursday, 12.02.2026, Thursday, 26.03.2026 08:30 - 10:30, Location: A01 0-006, A06 4-411
Description:
Seminar 2 Prof. Dr. Sebastian Schnettler, Ph.D.
  • Master
1.07.481 Project Coaching - Introduction Dates on Wednesday, 05.11.2025 12:00 - 16:00
Description:
This course will accompany students in the beginnings of writing their "project" report. We will cover those topics that are relevant for the participants, e.g. scientific writing, research methods, structuring a report, etc. It should be visited in the second semester of the Master programme. This course will accompany students in the beginnings of writing their "project" report. We will cover those topics that are relevant for the participants, e.g. scientific writing, research methods, structuring a report, etc. It should be visited in the second semester of the Master programme. 		Seminar - Prof. Dr. Jannika Mattes
  • Master
1.07.473 Introduction to quantitative text analysis Thursday: 10:00 - 12:00, weekly (from 16/10/25)
Description:
Words shape politics: they convey policy goals, signal priorities, and frame debates in the media. In this course, we explore how social scientists can turn texts into data to better understand political communication. You will learn how to automatically analyze political texts using the statistical software R—starting with straightforward methods such as dictionaries and gradually moving toward more advanced techniques like large language models. Along the way, we will discuss not only how to apply these tools, but also what the results mean from a political and qualitative perspective. The course is designed for master’s students with no prior experience in R or text analysis. All you need is curiosity and a willingness to experiment with coding; the technical skills will be built step by step. By the end, you will be equipped with practical tools to study how language shapes politics and with a critical understanding of what these methods can (and cannot) reveal. Words shape politics: they convey policy goals, signal priorities, and frame debates in the media. In this course, we explore how social scientists can turn texts into data to better understand political communication. You will learn how to automatically analyze political texts using the statistical software R—starting with straightforward methods such as dictionaries and gradually moving toward more advanced techniques like large language models. Along the way, we will discuss not only how to apply these tools, but also what the results mean from a political and qualitative perspective. The course is designed for master’s students with no prior experience in R or text analysis. All you need is curiosity and a willingness to experiment with coding; the technical skills will be built step by step. By the end, you will be equipped with practical tools to study how language shapes politics and with a critical understanding of what these methods can (and cannot) reveal. 		Seminar 2 Dylan Paltra
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IDM 3GO Dozent_in
  • Master
  • Promotion
1.07.471 Gender and Political Institutions (Advanced Topics in Political Science) Tuesday: 12:00 - 14:00, weekly (from 14/10/25)
Description:
Seminar 2 PD Dr. Philipp Köker
  • Master
1.07.422 Comparative Political Organizations Monday: 10:00 - 12:00, weekly (from 13/10/25)
Description:
Political science asks questions of who gets what, when, and why. None of these answers typically relate to individuals, as politics per se influences groups of people. Accordingly, people organize to engage in politics. Social movements, interest groups, and in particular political parties don’t just aim to influence their own members, or have a goal for themselves, but aim to create rules for everyone around them. Most research in political science is focused on the study of democracies, in particular Western states. Most models of electoral accountability are based on the idea of competition around political programs. This is of course a very idealistic, and most likely, very limited view on political organizations. We know that politics takes place below policy issues and public rules. individual ambitions, networks of patronage and transactionary politics occur in and even shape all political systems. To a certain extent, they produce more commonality than the wide range of institutionalization we find in comparative politics. While its sister course deals with the light side of political parties, communication, and electoral rules, this course deals with less formal organizations, political manipulation and selec-tion. Delving inside political organizations we focus on how to work with the occult side of politics. Learning Objectives • Understanding role of institutions and organizations • Comparative Approach to Politics • Analytical thinking Formalia This course introduces you to the political science of political organizations. To understand variation and commonalities, we apply a comparative approach. Broadening our perspective across the globe, we will, together, analyze parties in very different cultural and historical con-texts. In this course we will learn the logic of typologies, comparative approaches and game theory to find a common analytical framework to identify the makings of different political systems, the relevant organizations they entail, how they work, and how they differ from oth-ers. Literature: Each session has three types of reading assignments: Basic readings are required readings. We discuss these papers in the session, so I need you be prepared. They form the theoretical basis. These papers are typically entry-level chapters from textbooks or edited volumes that introduce the session. They inform a literature review as re-quired in the other course, but are not part of it. Case readings are required for the session presenter. If the session does not have a presenter, I might discuss them in more detail. They are comparison against which you should evaluate your selected case. Further readings are helpful seed papers from which to start the literature overview. They are additional introductions. Your Case: In this course, we will stay on the descriptive side. We read papers on the basics, introducing important concepts such as organizational form and institutions. We want to directly apply this lens to other cases. Moving beyond the “usual suspects” of the EU and US, we aim to find out if these concepts matter in other contexts, too. Possible Cases: • European Union • United States • China • Iran • Sub Saharan Africa or any single country • Arabic States (Syria, Iraq, Egypt) • Turkey • India • Pakistan • Argentinia/Brazil • Venezuela/Cuba • New Zealand (Party System Change) Each of you will choose a country they are interested or familiar with, and step by step, map organizations in these contexts. You will learn to understand and summarize papers together, and then apply this knowledge to papers assigned only to you. Over the course of the semes-ter, you will hand in your notes and do presentations. Presentations are oral presentations but require slides. I need your self-explanatory slides at the day before the presentation. We will assign the presentation topic in the first session. Your presentation is always the topic of the course, applied to your case, compared to the empirical paper we read in class. Make sure you plan your presence accordingly. If you can’t present on a given day, I need to know this as soon as possible, but at least one week in advance, unless you are ill. In the latter case, you can do the presentation in the week after. Final Paper: As your final paper, I want you to do a literature overview. You apply a course topic of a specific session to your case, for example, “Patronage in India”. The literature provided by the extended readings of the session can be a starting point for either a literature review or a case study. You an either use a topic from this course or from the parallel course. A literature overview focuses on breadth. It requires you to collect, skim and summarize a large body of literature. It is evaluated by completeness. It is an extension of an annotated bibliography (AB), and exists not as a paper, but as a table. In contrast to an AB it should con-tain every candidate to be included, whether you read it or not. The idea is that you identify 20 papers you would use for a literature review, but still account for the rest. You may reuse this in other contexts. Of the 20 papers you select to be included the full citation, the central message, the function it would have in your literature review and a brief evaluation should be provided. It also contains an evaluation based on your first impression, journal ranking and other information (see session 2). Political science asks questions of who gets what, when, and why. None of these answers typically relate to individuals, as politics per se influences groups of people. Accordingly, people organize to engage in politics. Social movements, interest groups, and in particular political parties don’t just aim to influence their own members, or have a goal for themselves, but aim to create rules for everyone around them. Most research in political science is focused on the study of democracies, in particular Western states. Most models of electoral accountability are based on the idea of competition around political programs. This is of course a very idealistic, and most likely, very limited view on political organizations. We know that politics takes place below policy issues and public rules. individual ambitions, networks of patronage and transactionary politics occur in and even shape all political systems. To a certain extent, they produce more commonality than the wide range of institutionalization we find in comparative politics. While its sister course deals with the light side of political parties, communication, and electoral rules, this course deals with less formal organizations, political manipulation and selec-tion. Delving inside political organizations we focus on how to work with the occult side of politics. Learning Objectives • Understanding role of institutions and organizations • Comparative Approach to Politics • Analytical thinking Formalia This course introduces you to the political science of political organizations. To understand variation and commonalities, we apply a comparative approach. Broadening our perspective across the globe, we will, together, analyze parties in very different cultural and historical con-texts. In this course we will learn the logic of typologies, comparative approaches and game theory to find a common analytical framework to identify the makings of different political systems, the relevant organizations they entail, how they work, and how they differ from oth-ers. Literature: Each session has three types of reading assignments: Basic readings are required readings. We discuss these papers in the session, so I need you be prepared. They form the theoretical basis. These papers are typically entry-level chapters from textbooks or edited volumes that introduce the session. They inform a literature review as re-quired in the other course, but are not part of it. Case readings are required for the session presenter. If the session does not have a presenter, I might discuss them in more detail. They are comparison against which you should evaluate your selected case. Further readings are helpful seed papers from which to start the literature overview. They are additional introductions. Your Case: In this course, we will stay on the descriptive side. We read papers on the basics, introducing important concepts such as organizational form and institutions. We want to directly apply this lens to other cases. Moving beyond the “usual suspects” of the EU and US, we aim to find out if these concepts matter in other contexts, too. Possible Cases: • European Union • United States • China • Iran • Sub Saharan Africa or any single country • Arabic States (Syria, Iraq, Egypt) • Turkey • India • Pakistan • Argentinia/Brazil • Venezuela/Cuba • New Zealand (Party System Change) Each of you will choose a country they are interested or familiar with, and step by step, map organizations in these contexts. You will learn to understand and summarize papers together, and then apply this knowledge to papers assigned only to you. Over the course of the semes-ter, you will hand in your notes and do presentations. Presentations are oral presentations but require slides. I need your self-explanatory slides at the day before the presentation. We will assign the presentation topic in the first session. Your presentation is always the topic of the course, applied to your case, compared to the empirical paper we read in class. Make sure you plan your presence accordingly. If you can’t present on a given day, I need to know this as soon as possible, but at least one week in advance, unless you are ill. In the latter case, you can do the presentation in the week after. Final Paper: As your final paper, I want you to do a literature overview. You apply a course topic of a specific session to your case, for example, “Patronage in India”. The literature provided by the extended readings of the session can be a starting point for either a literature review or a case study. You an either use a topic from this course or from the parallel course. A literature overview focuses on breadth. It requires you to collect, skim and summarize a large body of literature. It is evaluated by completeness. It is an extension of an annotated bibliography (AB), and exists not as a paper, but as a table. In contrast to an AB it should con-tain every candidate to be included, whether you read it or not. The idea is that you identify 20 papers you would use for a literature review, but still account for the rest. You may reuse this in other contexts. Of the 20 papers you select to be included the full citation, the central message, the function it would have in your literature review and a brief evaluation should be provided. It also contains an evaluation based on your first impression, journal ranking and other information (see session 2). 		Seminar 2 Prof. Dr. Marius Sältzer
  • Master
1.01.803 Learning Design (Schwerpunkt Bildungsmanagement und Mediendidaktik) Tuesday: 12:00 - 14:00, weekly (from 14/10/25)
Description:
• This seminar is on the fundamentals of designing technology-enhanced learning. Our seminar will focus on instructional design models, particularly ADDIE, and its elements. Our topics will include instructional models, learning management systems, and the functions of digital tools in education and learning. • The seminar is not driven by technological determinism. On the contrary, it is based on an instrumentalist approach. It does not aim at teaching the technology itself, but how to facilitate it with pedagogical considerations. • The seminar will be held in English. However, you can submit your assignments, communicate with your peers and me, and contribute to the discussions in German. I would like to strongly emphasize the need for reading the wide literature published in English, the scientific and academic language in the world. • For any questions, please drop an email to the module leader OR Berrin Cefa. • This seminar is on the fundamentals of designing technology-enhanced learning. Our seminar will focus on instructional design models, particularly ADDIE, and its elements. Our topics will include instructional models, learning management systems, and the functions of digital tools in education and learning. • The seminar is not driven by technological determinism. On the contrary, it is based on an instrumentalist approach. It does not aim at teaching the technology itself, but how to facilitate it with pedagogical considerations. • The seminar will be held in English. However, you can submit your assignments, communicate with your peers and me, and contribute to the discussions in German. I would like to strongly emphasize the need for reading the wide literature published in English, the scientific and academic language in the world. • For any questions, please drop an email to the module leader OR Berrin Cefa. 		Seminar 2 M. Sc. Berrin Cefa
  • Master
1.02.067 Vertiefung in ausgewählte Verfahren und Methoden der Prävention, Intervention und Rehabilitation im Förderschwerpunkt GE (bilingual) Friday: 10:00 - 12:00, weekly (from 17/10/25)
Description:
Seminar 2 Franziska Brucke
  • Bachelor
1.07.461 Labour Markets in Transition Friday: 10:00 - 12:00, weekly (from 17/10/25)
Description:
In the seminar “Labor Markets in Transition”, the transformation of the postwar employment regime which was characterized by a standard employment relationship based on stable industrial jobs and permanent contracts tracts will be analysed. The focus of the current innovation-centred, globally linked, digitalised knowledge society of the present is no longer on the industrial production of standardized goods, but on the flexible provision of knowledge-based products and services by flexibly, sometimes precariously, employed persons. In this seminar, three facets of these changing labour markets and employment relations will be considered. In the seminar “Labor Markets in Transition”, the transformation of the postwar employment regime which was characterized by a standard employment relationship based on stable industrial jobs and permanent contracts tracts will be analysed. The focus of the current innovation-centred, globally linked, digitalised knowledge society of the present is no longer on the industrial production of standardized goods, but on the flexible provision of knowledge-based products and services by flexibly, sometimes precariously, employed persons. In this seminar, three facets of these changing labour markets and employment relations will be considered. 		Seminar 2 Dr. Sven Broschinski
  • Master
1.07.421 Political Parties in Democracies and Autocracies Tuesday: 16:00 - 18:00, weekly (from 14/10/25)
Description:
This seminar surveys the function and changing role of political parties around the world. First, the course discusses “classic” aspects of political party scholarship – basic functions of political parties, types of political parties, party systems, and party change, primarily with reference to (Western) Eu-ropean party systems. The second part of the course then focusses on the different role of parties in democratic and hybrid regimes beyond Europe (Latin America, Sub-saharan Africa, East and South-East Asia) as well as in various autocracies (post-Soviet Eurasia, Middle East), and assesses how West-ern models of political parties and party competition can / cannot be applied. This seminar surveys the function and changing role of political parties around the world. First, the course discusses “classic” aspects of political party scholarship – basic functions of political parties, types of political parties, party systems, and party change, primarily with reference to (Western) Eu-ropean party systems. The second part of the course then focusses on the different role of parties in democratic and hybrid regimes beyond Europe (Latin America, Sub-saharan Africa, East and South-East Asia) as well as in various autocracies (post-Soviet Eurasia, Middle East), and assesses how West-ern models of political parties and party competition can / cannot be applied. 		Seminar 2 PD Dr. Philipp Köker
  • Master
1.07.474 Advanced Social Research Methods The course times are not decided yet.
Description:
Workgroup - in Bearbeitung
  • Master
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