Curriculum Vitae Assistant Professor Dr. Stefan Wurster Academic Associate Institute of Political Science Bergheimer Str. 58 69115 Heidelberg Tel: 06221/543419 Email: stefan.wurster@ipw.uniheidelberg.de 1
Personal data Date and place of birth: January 16, 1980 in Ulm Citizenship: German Marital status: Single Professional career As of April 2015 Junior Professor (W 1) of Political Science (main focus: Policy Field Studies/Policy Studies), University of Trier Sep. 2013 to present Responsible for the interdisciplinary research project, "Ergebnisse des Lokalen-Agenda-21-Prozesses in Heidelberg " and the follow-up project, "Determinanten Lokaler-Agenda-21-Prozesse" at the University of Heidelberg Oct. 2012 to present Coordinator of the doctoral course, "Politikperformanz autokratischer und demokratischer Regime" at the Institute of Political Science in Heidelberg Mar. 2009 to present Academic Associate, Chair of Professor Manfred G. Schmidt, Heidelberg Apr. 2007 - Oct. 2007 Lecturer as Scientific Associate, Institute of Political Science, Heidelberg Oct. 2003 - Feb. 2004 Scientific Assistant, Institute of Political Science, Heidelberg, as head of tutoring for Professor Axel Murswieck Education July 2010 to present Aug. 2005 - Feb. 2010 Postdoctoral project in Political Science on the subject of "Nachhaltigkeit und Regimetyp" (successful interim evaluation in April 2013) PhD in Political Science under Professor Manfred G. Schmidt in Heidelberg. Subject: "Zukunftsvorsorge in Deutschland". Finished with summa cum laude. 2
Feb. 2004 - June 2004 Studying abroad, at Autónoma de Barcelona University in Spain Oct. 2000 - July 2005 Master Studies in Political Science, Medieval and Modern History and Public Law, at Ruprecht Karls University, Heidelberg, graduated with the overall mark of Excellent (1.1) Sep. 1990 - June 1999 Friedrich-Abel-Gymnasium (Academic High School), Special Achievements Prize upon graduation Additional qualifications Apr. 2013 - July 2013 Oct. 2010 - Mar. 2013 Feb. 2012 - Aug. 2012 Feb. 2004 - June 2004 Feb. 2001 - July 2002 Successful attendance of the course, "Academic Writing in English. Publishing in English-Language Journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences" as part of the University of Heidelberg's continuing education program Baden-Württemberg Certificate for Academic Didactics at the "Zentrum für Studienberatung und Weiterbildung" (HDZ) Successful attendance of the Management Program "Auf dem Weg zur Professur", University of Heidelberg, sponsored as part of the Excellence Initiative Spanish course at the Language Lab, Autónoma de Barcelona University Studies-related foreign language training in Spanish at the Central Language Lab, University of Heidelberg University administration Aug. 2014 to present Aug. 2014 to present June 2010 to present Sep. 2011 to present Member of the search committee for the professorship W2 Political Science / Political Theory and W3 Didactics of Social Sciences at the University of Trier Staff Representative, Institute of Political Science, Heidelberg Elected member of Faculty Council, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Heidelberg (second term) Appointed representative for internal quality development and systems accreditation in the areas of Teaching and Research, Institute of Political Science, Heidelberg, and member of the Quality 3
Board for Teaching, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Heidelberg May 2011 - Aug. 2014 Apr. 2010 - Sep. 2011 Mar. 2009 - Sep. 2011 Chairman of the Library Commission, Institute of Political Science in Heidelberg Member of the Bachelor and Master Selection Committee, Institute of Political Science in Heidelberg Responsible for Tutorial Administration, Institute of Political Science in Heidelberg Raised third-party funds and scholarships Aug. 2015 Raised third-party funds from the Fritz Thyssen Foundation for the authors workshop "Legitimization strategies of autocracies" in Dresden ( 8,450) Oct. 2014 Applicant of the Interdisciplinary Research Project, "Determinanten Lokaler-Agenda-21-Prozesse - (Selbst-) Regulation, Einstellungsveränderung und Performanzentwicklung auf individueller und gesellschaftlicher Ebene", financed with funds from Excellence Initiative II, University of Heidelberg (about 50,000) Feb. 2014 Travel expenses scholarship by the German Academic Exchange Service for travel to a conference in Chicago about 1,500) Sep. 2013 Applicant of the Interdisciplinary Research Project, "Ergebnisse des Lokalen-Agenda-21-Prozesses in Heidelberg (Selbst-) Regulationsprozesse, Einstellungsveränderung und Performanzentwicklung auf individueller und gesellschaftlicher Ebene", financed by the Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE) (about 15,000) Aug. 2012 Travel expenses scholarship by the German Academic Exchange Service for travel to a conference in Madrid (about 1,000) July 2012 Co-applicant for the postdoctoral project, "Politikperformanz autokratischer und demokratischer Regime" at the Graduate Academy of Baden-Württemberg (about 255,000) 4
July 2012 March 2012 Nov. 2011 June 2006 - Mar. 2009 Oct. 2001 - July 2005 Travel expense scholarship by the Graduate Academy for travel to a conference in Madrid ( 1,000) Raised third-party funds from the Fritz Thyssen Foundation for the International Workshop Conference, "Varieties of Autocracy Institutions, Performance and Survival" in Heidelberg ( 15,000) Travel expense scholarship by the Graduate Academy for travel to a conference in Madrid ( 1,100) Scholarship in Graduate Support, Friedrich Ebert Foundation (about 40,000) Scholarship in Basic Support, Friedrich Ebert Foundation (about 6,000) Conferences, Lectures, Memberships and Expert Advisor Activities June 2016 Feb. 2015 June 2014 June 2014 Apr. 2014 Organization and management of the final workshop of the doctoral program "Politikperformanz autokratischer und demokratischer Regime" in Heidelberg Chair of the Panels on Legitimation, policy instruments and policy performance in autocracies at the Section Conference Comparative Politics in Hamburg "Vertrauensdozent", Friedrich Ebert Foundation Lecture: "Ergebnisse des Lokalen-Agenda-21-Prozesses in Heidelberg" as part of the public lecture series, Heidelberger Brücke, University of Heidelberg and the Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE) in Heidelberg Chair of the Panel on Recent Developments in Education Policy and the Panel on Patterns of Morality Policy, and Discussant on the panel on Recent Developments in Education Policy and on the panel on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at the 72nd Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), 2014 in Chicago 5
Apr. 2014 March 2014 Feb. 2014 Dec. 2013 Nov. 2013 Oct. 2013 Sep. 2013 Sep. 2013 June 2013 Lecture: The sustainability of fiscal policy in democracies and autocracies as part of the panel on Policy Responses to the Economic Crisis at the 72nd Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) 2014 in Chicago Member of the "2. Forum N Gestalten Beteiligen Messen des Forums Nachhaltigkeit" in Berlin Lecture: "Policy-Analyse des deutschen Stammzellgesetzes" as part of the Stem Cell Research Seminar, Philosophical Institute, University of Heidelberg Lecture: How to overcome trade-offs in energy policy, at the "Energy Symposium" in Prague, Learned Society of the Czech Republic and Heidelberg Academy of Sciences Lecture: "Zukunftsfähigkeit: Demokratien und Autokratien im Vergleich", at the Congress on Governance and Development, Cusanuswerk in Bonn Lecture: Sustainable Development, Policy Tools and Regime Type. Democracies and Autocracies in Comparison, at the Conference, "Politics, Region(s) and Culture in Comparative Political Science Comparative Political Science Section, Leipzig Lecture: Sustainable Development, Policy Tools and Regime Type. Democracies and Autocracies in Comparison, at the 10th Congress of the Junior Research Group on Environmental Sociology, "The Ecological Society and its Enemies", Flensburg Responsible for and chairing panel on "Governance-Modi und Politikperformanz autokratischer und demokratischer Regime " at the trilateral conference, "Politics of Diversity", by DVPW (German Association for Political Science) in Innsbruck Lecture: "Agieren Demokratien nachhaltiger?" as part of general studies at the University of Furtwangen (http://mediathek.hs- 6
furtwangen.de/index.php?cmd=videodetails&id=70fb7fb650cea08c6a1 4c1a234a00296) May 2013 May 2013 May 2013 Lecture: "Trade-offs in Energy Policy" at the Workshop on "Energy Policy Making in the EU: Building the Agenda" in Mannheim Lecture: "The connection between electoral system and voters' behaviour" as part of the International Round Table, "International practice and the experience of Uzbekistan in the course of democratizing the electoral system, in Khiva (Uzbekistan) Lecture: "Nachhaltige Entwicklung, Policyinstrumente und Regimetyp Demokratien und Autokratien im Vergleich", at the conference, "Challenges for Democracy through Climate Change" at the Institute of Cultural Sciences in Essen (http://www.kultur wissenschaften.de/home/text_material-2349.img) March 2013 Panel Chair at the conference, "Dominance of Economy, Reawakening of Politics, International Political Economics, of the DVPW Working Group on International Political Economics, Heidelberg, for the panel, "Akteure, Akteurskonstellationen und Veränderung in Krisenzeite " Sep. 2012 Lecture: "Sparen Autokratien leichter? Ein Vergleich der Nachhaltigkeit von Staatsfinanzen zwischen Demokratien und Autokratien", at the 2012 DVPW Congress, "Versprechen der Demokratie" in Tübingen July 2012 July 2012 March 2012 Lecture: "Sustainable development and regime type - Is democracy really superior?" at the 2012 IPSA World Congress in Madrid Lecture: Regime type and sustainable development - Do democracies really perform better than autocracies? at the 4th ECPR Graduate Conference, 2012 in Bremen Panel Chair and Discussant at the conference, "Prädemokratie, Postdemokratie, Autokratie? Zum Stand vergleichender Herrschaftsforschung", in the section, "Comparative Political 7
Science in Marburg, for the panel: "Performanz und politische Konflikte in autoritären Regimen ein Vergleich" March 2012 March 2012 Nov. 2011 Sep. 2011 Aug. 2011 May 2011 Jan. 2011 July 2010 June 2008 Interviews Organizer of the International Workshop Conference, "Varieties of Autocracy Institutions, Performance and Survival in Heidelberg Lecture: "The environmental performance of authoritarian rule in comparison. Is there a way to sustainable development?" at the International Workshop Conference, Varieties of Autocracy Institutions, Performance and Survival in Heidelberg Lecture: "The division of work in R&D policy and its performance effects", at the 4th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation in Madrid, Spain Lecture: "Arbeitsteilung und Performanz in der F&E-Politik", at the conference "Der Wandel Politischer Intervention" of the DVPW section, "Political Economics", in Bamberg Lecture: "Sustainability and Regime Type - Democracies and Autocracies in Comparison", at the ECPR Conference in Reykjavik Discussant in the panel: "Persistenz Autokratischer Systeme", at the 5th junior convention of the German Association for Asian Studies. Lecture: "Sustainability and regime type. Do Democracies really integrate future interest better than autocratic regimes?" at the DVPW Trilateral Conference in Basel Lecture: "Generationengerechtigkeit und Zukunftsvorsorge", as part of the Forum, "Environment and Justice", in Heidelberg Lecture: "Zukunftsvorsorge", as part of the Symposium of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation on the subject of "Sustainable Development", in Berlin SWR Television, South Korean Television, German Press Agency (dpa), Huffington Post, SWR 1 Radio, SWR 4 Radio, Radio Antenna 1, Radio M 94,5 8
Memberships Expert Advisor American Political Science Association (APSA), International Political Science Association (IPSA), German Association for Political Science (DVPW), Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE), Friedrich Ebert Foundation Alumni e. V., Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations (SRzG), United Europe e. V., membership in the following DVPW sections and working groups: Section for Comparative Political Science, Section for Policy Analysis and Administration Science, Section for Political Economics, Working Group for Democracy Research, Working Group for Comparative Dictatorship and Extremism Research, Working Group for Comparative Welfare State Research Journal for Political Science (ZPOL), Research in Social Stratification and Mobility (RSSM), Political Research Quarterly (PRQ), The Open Political Science Journal, Environment, Development and Sustainability, Postgraduate Sponsorship Program, University of Vienna, Scientific Advisory Board of the publication series of the section "Comparative Politics" (DVPW) List of teaching assignments Apr. 2015 Aug. 2015 Master Seminar: Demokratische und autokratische Regime im Vergleich, Overall evaluation: 1.4 (on a scale of 1 = "very satisfied" to 5 = "very Sep. 2012 Apr. 2014 Substantive and methodical training of stipendiaries in the doctoral course, "Politikperformanz autokratischer und demokratischer Regime" Sep. 2011- Apr. 2014 Supervision of research internships on the subject "Zukunftsfähigkeit und Regimetyp: Demokratien und Autokratien im Vergleich" Sep. 2014 - Mar. 2015 Bachelor Seminar: Grundlagen der Policy-Forschung, Overall evaluation: 1.8 (on a scale of 1 = "very satisfied" to 5 = "very 9
Sep. 2014 - Mar. 2015 Sep. 2013 - Mar. 2014 Bachelor Seminar: Grundlagen der Policy-Forschung, Overall evaluation: 2.2 (on a scale of 1 = "very satisfied" to 5 = "very Master Seminar: Forschungsseminar Quantitative Methoden, Overall evaluation: 2.3 (on a scale of 1 = "very satisfied" to 5 = "very Sep. 2013 - Mar. 2014 Bachelor Seminar: Deutschland in Europa, Overall evaluation: 1.9 (on a scale of 1 = "very satisfied" to 5 = "very Feb. 2013 Methodological training as part of the doctoral course, "Politikperformanz autokratischer und demokratischer Regime" Sep. 2012 - Mar. 2013 Sep. 2012 - Mar. 2013 Master Seminar: Nachhaltige Politik im OECD-Ländervergleich, Overall evaluation: 1.6 (on a scale of 1 = "very satisfied" to 5 = "very Bachelor Seminar: Einführung in die Policy-Analyse, Overall evaluation: 2.1 (on a scale of 1 = "very satisfied" to 5 = "very Apr. 2012 Aug. 2012 Master Seminar: Demokratische und autokratische Regime im Vergleich, Overall evaluation: 1.7 (on a scale of 1 = "very satisfied" to 5 = "very Apr. 2012 - Aug. 2012 Sep. 2011 - Mar. 2012 Educational Studies Seminar: Wirtschaftspolitik in Deutschland, Overall evaluation: 1.3 (on a scale of 1 = "very satisfied" to 5 = "very Master Seminar: Neue Formen politischer Steuerung, Overall evaluation: 1.5 (on a scale of 1 = "very satisfied" to 5 = "very Sep. 2011 - Mar. 2012 Bachelor Seminar: Grundlagen des Politischen Systems Deutschlands, Overall evaluation: 1.7 (on a scale of 1 = "very satisfied" to 5 = "very 10
Apr. 2011 - Aug. 2011 Master Seminar: Generationengerechte und Nachhaltige Entwicklung. Theoretische Zugänge und empirische Befunde, Overall evaluation: 1,7 (on a scale of 1 = "very satisfied" to 5 = "very Apr. 2011 - Aug. 2011 Bachelor Seminar: Die Staatstätigkeit Deutschlands unter dem Eindruck der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise, Overall evaluation: 1.5 (on a scale of 1 = "very satisfied" to 5 = "very Sep. 2010 - Mar. 2011 Master Seminar: Theorien und Methoden der Staatstätigkeitsforschung, Overall evaluation: 2.3 (on a scale of 1 = "very satisfied" to 5 = "very Sep. 2010. Mar. 2011 Apr. 2010 - Aug. 2010 Bachelor Seminar: Sozialpolitik im internationalen Vergleich, Overall evaluation: 1.8 (on a scale of 1 = "very satisfied" to 5 = "very Extended Seminar: Politik der Nachhaltigkeit, Overall evaluation: 1.3 (on a scale of 1 = "very satisfied" to 5 = "very Apr. 2010 - Aug. 2010 Bachelor Seminar: Staatstätigkeit in Deutschland, Overall evaluation: 1.1 (on a scale of 1 = "very satisfied" to 5 = "very Sep. 2009 - Mar. 2010 Sep. 2009 - Mar. 2010 Sep. 2009 - Mar. 2010 Apr. 2009 - Aug. 2009 Bachelor Seminar: Einführung in die Politische Wissenschaft, Overall evaluation: 1.4 (on a scale of 1 = "very satisfied" to 5 = "very Bachelor Seminar: Grundlagen des Politischen Systems der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Overall evaluation: 1.3 (on a scale of 1 = "very satisfied" to 5 = "very Bachelor Seminar: Grundlagen des Politischen Systems der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Overall evaluation: 1.4 (on a scale of 1 = "very satisfied" to 5 = "very Undergraduate Seminar: Staatstätigkeit in Deutschland, Overall evaluation: 1.0 (on a scale of 1 = "very satisfied" to 5 = "very 11
Apr. 2007 - Aug. 2007 Apr. 2007 - Aug. 2007 Undergraduate Seminar: Vergleichende Policy-Analyse, Overall evaluation: 1.8 (on a scale of 1 = "very satisfied" to 5 = "very Undergraduate Seminar: Staatstätigkeit in Deutschland, Overall evaluation: 1.2 (on a scale of 1 = "very satisfied" to 5 = "very Constantly updated information can also be viewed on my homepage, http://www.uniheidelberg.de//politikwissenschaften/personal/swurster. html. Heidelberg, August 03, 2015 12