Prof. Dr. Norbert Kersting

© Norbert Kersting

Chair of Comparative Political Science - Municipal and Regional Politics

Institute for Political Science

Room 310
Scharnhorststraße 100
D-48151 Münster

Phone: +49 251 83-25399
Only for colleagues: norbert.kersting@uni-muenster.de

For students: l.lrp@uni-muenster.de
www.urii.de

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  • CV

    since 2016 Chair of the Research Committee 05: "Comparative studies of local government and politics" of the International Political Science Association (IPSA)
    2016 - 2022 Vice-Chair Research Committee 10: "Electronic democracy" of the International Political Science Association (IPSA)
    2015 - 2020 Chair of the German Political science association's working group on "Digitalisation and Politics"
    since 2014 Vising prof and fellow at Electoral Integrity Project at Sydney University (chaired by Pippa Norris)
    2012 - 2014 Head of Department for Political Science, Münster University
    2006 - 2016 Chair Research Committee 10: "Electronic democracy" of the International Political Science Association (IPSA)
    since 2018 COST Action Constitutional deliberation: Working group 2 on Online- participation
    2004, 2005 Member of the expert group at the Hearing "Gesetz zur Änderung der hessischen Gemeindeordnung" (Law on the local constitution) and "Volksentscheide" (Referendums at the state level) of the commission of the Parliament of the State of Hesse
    2000 - 2016 Board of the Research Committee 05: "Comparative studies of local government and politics" of the International Political Science Association (IPSA)
    1999 Member of the expert group at the Hearing "Gesetz zur Stärkung der kommunalen Bürgerbeteiligung und der kommunalen Selbstverwaltung" (Law to strengthen citizen participation and local government) of the commission of the Parliament of the State of Hesse
    1998 Founding member of INPUT (Institut für Politik- und Organisationsberatung GbR) (consultant in the public sector: surveys and workshops on organization restructuring etc.)
    1997 -2004 Member of the commissions of the senate of the University of Marburg on: "Internal and external communication"; Targets and structural development planning; "Evaluation" ; "Doctoral studies" at Philipps University Marburg
    1997 Founding member of "Wissenschaft und politische Praxis" (Social science and politics) (WPP) e.V.(conferences and workshops on New public management etc.)
    1994 - 1998 Member of the advisory board on "New Public Management reform" of the City of Marburg
    since 1989 Organizer and editor of "Marburger Meinungsbilder" (Opinion polls in Marburg) . Ca. 20 different empirical research projects: surveys in the public sector (employees), customer surveys, representative opinion polls on New Public Management reform, political attitudes, customer profiles etc.
  • Positions

    Chair "Democratic Transformation and Regionale Integration (DAAD)" at Stellenbosch University (South Africa )
    Vorsitzender des Research Committees 10: "Electronic Democracy" der International Political Science Association (IPSA)
    C4 Prof. "Political system of Germany" at University Kassel
    Länderbeauftragter Germany: E-democraticizing the parliaments and parties in Europe. Forschergruppe am European University Institute, Florence. Projektleitung Prof. Philippe C. Schmitter
    Vertretung der am Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Marburg ausgeschriebenen Hochschuldozentur/Professur:„Politikwissenschaftliche Methoden und empirische Demokratietheorie “ Studienberatung/Praktikumbetreuung
    C3 Prof. "Coparative politics " at University Koblemz - Landau
    Lehrbeauftragter an der Universität Giessen
    Full Professor „Comparative Political Science- Local and Regional Politics“ at Muenster University , Aufbau des Forschungszentrums „Urban and Regional Innovation and Internet“
    Vorstandsmitglied des Research Committees 05: "Comparative Studies on Local Government and Politics" der International Political Science Association (IPSA)
    Assistant professor at Institute for Political Science Philipps University Marburg
    Visiting professor an der School of Public Management and Planning der Stellenbosch University, Südafrika
    Co Investitigator (chair : Prof. D. Berg-Schlosser): Selfhelp and political participation of urban poor in he global South
    Projektgruppe zur Entwicklung neuer makroqualitativer Methoden (QCA etc.)
    Lehrforschungsprojekte: Politik im Mehrebenensystem, Partizipationsforschung, E-democracy, Verfassungsreform, Verwaltungsreform, Kommunalpolitik, Lehrevaluation, empirische Methoden, Komparatistik
    Assistant at Institute for Political science Philipps Universität Marburg
    Interdisziplinary Habitat-reseachproject at University Marburg
  • Academic Education

    Habilitation
    Dissertation. Supoervisor Dr. D. Berg-Schlosser Topic : Politcal Participation and urban lifestyle in the global South
    MA (Diploma) Sociology, Political science, Economics and Pädagogics at Philipps University Marburg
    MA (Diploma) Soziology, Political science, Economics and Pädagogics at Philipps University Marburg
    Soziology and Political Science at Universidad Complutense de Madrid
    BA (Pre- Diploma) Soziology, Political science, Economics and Pädagogics at Philipps University Marburg
  • Research Foci

    • Comparative Politics
    • Local government
    • Online Participation - E-Administration
    • Demokratietheorie
    • Bürokratieforschung
    • Methoden der Politikwissenschaft
    • Entwicklungspolitik und -theorie
  • Reviewer

    (in alphabetical order)

  • Conferences

    • 2015 Crowdsourcing und crowd monitoring Hitzehaus Münster
    • 2014 E-democracy IPSA conference Convener von 7 Research Committee 10 panels bei International Political Science Association (IPSA) conference in Montreal
    • 2013 Participatory Budgeting  Jena. April 2013, Jena
    • 2013 Unequal  participation in democratic procedures. Chances and risksof  citizen participation: Conference of the workers chamber Citizen participation, April 2013, Vienna
    • 2013 Municipal Rating. An introduction into the question. Meeting of the competence center sustainable municipal financial politics. (debt sustainability of german municipalities. April 2013 NRW Bank Münster)
    • 2013 Councils und mayors. State chancellery Baden-Wurttemberg. April 2013, Stuttgart
    • 2013 Participatory Budgeting in german comparison. Rhineland-Palatinate commission of enquiry participation and municipal finance, March 2013, Mainz
    • 2013 Local governance reform in global perspective. Councillor Conference, February 2013, FES
    • 2013Participation in global comparison. state chancellery Baden-Wurtttemberg. January 2013, Stuttgart
    • 2013 Mega sport event legacies. Univerity Chemnitz. January 2013, Chemnitz
    • 2013 Electronic Democracy. An Introduction. Workshop Internet and Democracy. Hitzehaus Januar 2013, Münster
    • 2013 Electronic representation. Conference on Problems of representation in modern democracies. Univ. Oslo January 2013
    • 2012 Electronic democracy. Meeting electronic participation. December 2012 University Hamburg, Hamburg
    • 2012 Citizen Engagement and polititical Participation. Conference series of the BMZ (Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development) Engagement for Africa, Dezember 2012 Hamburg, Cologne and Leipzig
    • 2012 Municipal Finance in federal comparison. Introduction into the question. Meeting of the competence centre sustainablemunicipal  financial politics. November 2012: NRW Bank Münster
    • 2012 Direct und deliberative Democracy. An Introduction. AG DDD. DVPW (German Association for Political Science) Meeting. September 2012 Tübingen
    • 2012 Urban innovation. An introduction. Euroloc summer school. Sept 2012 Münster
    • 2012 Representativity und participation. Keynote speech Bertelsmann congress citizen participation September 2012, Berlin
    • 2012 IPSA Internet User and political trust in Europe. (with Mare Ainsaar) paper accepted at panel Social media revolution. IPSA conference July 2012 in Madrid
    • 2012 Local Reforms. DAAD scholarship recipients national conference : July 2012 Münster
    • 2012 Deliberation and particpation. Panel introduction. Conference Deliberative democracy June 2012
    • 2011 Academic Perspectives on e-governance. Panelist at Plenary session, International UN-conference on theory and practice of e-governance in Tallinn (Estonia)
    • 2011 Electronic democracy and the quality of political discourse. A contradiction? Panel Slovenian political science conference 12 June 2011 in Portoroz, Slovenia
    • 2011 Electronic democracy and the quality of democracy. Problems and prospects. Panel Slovenian political science conference 12. June 2011 in Portoroz, Slovenia
    • 2011 E-participation. An Introduction: Democracy and open government. Lightning talks, CEDEM 11, Univ. Krems

     

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