Georg-August-University of Göttingen Phone + 49 551 39 139 96 Department of Political Science Fax + 49 551 39 8426 Platz der Göttinger Sieben 3 D - 37073 Göttingen j.becker@sowi.uni-goettingen.de www.uni-goettingen.de/de/97905.html ACADEMIC POSITION 2008 - present Research Assistant and Lecturer at the Georg-August-University of Göttingen (Chair in Comparative Politics and Political Economy, Prof. Dr. Andreas Busch) EDUCATION 2008 - present Ph.D.-Student, Faculty of Social Sciences, Georg-August- University of Göttingen 2007 Master of Arts, Social Sciences (minor: Economics), University of Osnabrück 2006 Bachelor of Arts, Social Sciences, University of Osnabrück 2002 Prediploma of Administrative Management, University of applied science of Osnabrück RESEARCH INTERESTS - Political System of Germany and in Comparative Perspective (Especially: Parliamentarianism and Public Policy) - Policy Analysis - Political Economy of Welfare States I
PUBLICATIONS Vom (ge)rechten Weg abgekommen? Bewertungen von Hartz IV durch die Bevölkerung. (currently under review; together with Meike May). The National Environmental Premium in Germany: A Rapid Reaction to the Financial Crisis at the Expense of Democracy? In: Goettingen Journal of international Law (GoJIL), Vol 2, No 1, 2010, p. 43-62 (together with Marcus Höreth and Jared Sonnicksen). Regional Governance in den Metropolregionen Stuttgart und Hannover Braunschweig-Göttingen. In: Kleinfeld, Ralf; Plamper, Harald; Huber, Andreas (ed.): Regional Governance. Steuerung, Koordination und Kommunikation in regionalen Netzwerken als neue Formen des Regierens. Göttingen: V&R unipress, 2006, p. 155-167. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED TALKS Legitimacy at risk? Justice evaluation of the recent German labour market reform - 4 th ECPR Graduate Conference in Bremen, 04.-06.07.2012 (together with Meike May). Staatliches Krisenmanagement im Vergleich - Theoretische Überlegungen zur Analyse von Gesetzgebungsprozessen - Annual Meeting of FoJuS: From bad to worse? Public Policy and public administration in times of crisis, in Bremen 03./04.12.2010. New challenges for demorcacy? - Orientation Meeting of the Fulbright Commission in Göttingen, 14.09.2010. Krisenreaktionen im Vergleich: Institutionalisierte Konfliktaustragungen oder Politische Ad-Hoc-Entscheidungen? - Annual Meeting of the Political Economy Section of the German Political Science Association in Zurich (Switzerland): Die Politische Ökonomie von Konflikten, 10./11.09.2010. The National Environmental Premium in Germany: A Rapid Reaction to the Financial Crisis at the Expense of Democracy? - Workshop for Doctoral and Postdoctoral researchers in Göttingen: Strategies for solving global crisis. The financial crisis and beyond, 16./17.10.2009. II
Germany today: The political system of Germany and the super election year 2009 - Orientation Meeting of the Fulbright Commission in Göttingen, 15.09.2009. REVIEW ACTIVITIES SOZIALER FORTSCHRITT. Unabhängige Zeitschrift für Sozialpolitik. German Review of Social Policy. GRANTS AND AWARDS 2011 Research Funding of the Faculty of Social Sciences 2011 Teaching Award (First Prize), Faculty of Social Sciences, Georg-August-University of Göttingen 2010 KMU-Network Travel Grant 2009 DFG Summer School Grant ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS 2011 Erasmus-Teaching-Mobility, Lund University (SE) 2010 Methods-Week at the GGG, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Courses: Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Fuzzy Sets; Introduction to STATA 2009-2010 University Didactic Certificate, Georg-August-University of Göttingen 2009 42 nd Essex Summer School in Social Sciences Data Analysis, University of Essex (UK), Course: Comparative Methods III
MEMBERSHIP German Political Science Association - Political Economy Section - Comparative Politics Section - Forum Junge Staats-, Policy- und Verwaltungsforschung (FoJuS) Alumni Social Science Association, University of Osnabrück TEACHING EXPERIENCES at the Georg-August-University of Göttingen: WT 2012/13 ST 2012 ST 2011 WT 2010/11 Political Economy of Welfare Systems Welfare and Work: Labour Market Policy in Comparative Perspective (with Excursion to Brüssel) Comparative Analysis of Westeuropean Political Systems Westeuropean Politics in Times of Crises Political Economy of Welfare Systems ST 2010 WT 2009/10 ST 2009 WT 2008/09 Democracy and Civil Society in Germany Unlimited Governance (with Excursion to Berlin) Political Institutions, Actors and the Forming of Political Will Comparative Analysis of Political Systems IV
at the Lund University: WT 2010/11 The Welfare System of Germany Policy making in times of Crises at the University of Osnabrück: WT 2009/10 ST 2009 WT 2008/09 Politics as a Profession Ways to Working-Life - Job Application Training for Masterstudents Democracy and Civil Society Political Systems: Africa ST 2008 Democratic Governance: Changes in Europe ST= Summer Term; WT= Winter Term ACADEMIC SELF-GOVERNMENT - Executive Board (Department of Political Sciences) - Research Committee (deputy member) - Committee for Study-Scholarships (deputy member) - Diploma Examination Board - Student Advisory Service (Department of Political Science) - Master Selection Committee - Master Examination Board - Appointments Committee (last amended in October 2012) V