PhD in Public Administration
A list of all substantial courses which I attended as part of my doctoral studies.
Winter 2014/2015 & summer 2015
Public Administrations and Organizational Theory
Field: Public Administration Theory, Organisational Theory
Taught by Prof. Apelt & Dr. Hustedt
Methods of Organizational and Administrative Research
Field: Organisational Theory, Social Science Methods
Taught by Prof. Korff
One of my outputs in this course was an analysis of how Michael Kaeding used Lieberman’s “nested analysis” approach to mixed methods in his doctoral thesis.
Master of Arts Public Policy & Management
A list of all substantial courses which I attended during my graduate studies at Universität Potsdam from 2010 to 2013.
Winter 2010/2011
Business Systems and Varieties of Capitalism
Field: economic sociology, varieties of capitalism
Taught by Prof. Sorge
As part of the course, I produced a handout on convergence among multi-national enterprises (German).
Denationalization and Privatisation: Institutional Change in the Public Sector
Field: Public Administration Theory, Organisational Theory
Taught by Prof. Edeling
As part of this course, I produced a presentation on privatization of water services (German).
Public Management A
Field: Public Management
Taught by Prof. Proeller
As part of the lecture, I produced a case study on change management and a presentation on public accounting systems (both in German).
Government and Governance in Developing Countries
Field: Development Studies
Taught by Prof. Fuhr
Summer 2011
Selected Aspects of Public Management
Taught by Prof. Proeller
Training Research Project on Case Studies in Public Management
Taught by Prof. Proeller
As part of the course, I produced a presentation on multi-case study research (in German).
My group explored the use of key performance indicators with Berlin’s police.
Introduction to Institutional Ethnography
Taught by Dr. Scheffer
As an exercise, I conducted an institutional ethnography of Stiftung Nord-Süd-Brücken‘s small-scale grant selection committee.
Winter 2011/2012
Consulting Practice in Public Management
A mock consulting job for ]init[ AG, where my group conducted a study on mobile citizen services in German municipalities.
Influencing the Policy Process: actors, instruments, legitimacy
Taught by Dr. Humborg
As part of the seminar, I produced a presentation on associations as interest groups (in German).
Current Topics of E-Government
Taught by Dr. Proske
As part of the seminar, I produced a presentation on apps and portals in m-government (in German).
Summer 2012
Transcultural Political Theory
Taught by Dr. Knobloch
Financial markets from the perspective of (economic) sociology
Taught by Prof. Lohr
Qualitative Methods: Interviews, Text Analysis and Observation
Taught by Prof. Vetterlein
As part of the seminar, I produced a presentation on participant observation.
Winter 2012
Postcolonial Theory
Taught by Laura Stielike
Bachelor of Arts Political Science & Economics
A list of all substantial courses which I attended during my undergraduate studies at WWU Münster.
Winter 2006/2007
Introduction to Political Science
Field: Political Science
Taught by Prof. Schubert
Political System of the Federal Republic of Germany
Field: Politics of Germany
Taught by Prof. Robert
As part of the course, I produced a presentation on Ernst Fraenkel’s structural analysis of modern democracy (in German).
Statistics I
Field: Quantitative Research
Taught by Dr. Marko Heyse
Business Accounting
Field: Accounting
Taught by Prof. Krafft
Summer 2007
International Politics
Field: International Relations
Taught by Prof. Feske
Comparative Political Science
Field: Comparative Politics
Taught by Prof. Young
As part of the lecture, I wrote a short analysis of China’s political system from a rational-choice institutionalism point of view (in German).
Statistics II
Field: Quantitative Research
Taught by Dr. Marko Heyse
Microeconomics
Taught by Prof. Krol
Introduction to Business Administration
Taught by Prof. Dilger
Winter term 2007/2008
Emerging Markets and Economic Growth in Subsahara Africa
Taught by Prof. van den Boom
As part of the seminar, I produced a presentation on Ghana as a development dictatorship (in German).
Social Policy
Taught by Hendrik Meyer.
As part of the seminar, I wrote an essay on dual hospital financing in the German health system (in German).
Microfinance and International Finance: Poverty Alleviation and Empowerment II
Modeling and Simulation: Software-supported Analysis
Taught by Prof. Bresinsky
In the seminar, we simulated the Darfur conflict using the system simulation software Vensim.
Economic and Financial Policy
Taught by Prof. Apolte
European Economic Policy
Public Choice Theory
Taught by Prof. Apolte
Macroeconomics
Taught by Prof. Apolte
Summer term 2008
Transatlantic Governance and Regulation of the (Subprime) Financial Crisis
Growth, (Sustainable) Development and Beyond
Taught by Prof. Fuchs)
Introduction to Political Economy
Taught by Rebecca Hegemann)
Welfare Systems in Europe
Taught by Prof. Apolte & Dr. Schulze Buschoff
As part of the course, I wrote an essay on parental benefits in Sweden (German)
Business Cycles and Employment
Taught by Prof. Apolte
Here is my part of a group paper on the Dutch polder model in labour policy (German).
Economic Growth and Development
Taught by Eric Meyer
Competition Policy
Taught by Dr. Malina
Winter 2008/2009
Introduction to Development Cooperation
Taught by Prof. Kevenhörster
As part of the course, I wrote an essay on the organisation of German bilateral development cooperation (German)
Non-Governmental Organisations in Development Policy
Taught by Prof. van den Boom
Crisis and Regulation in Global Financial Markets
Field: Political Economy, Social Studies of Finance
Taught by Prof. Young
Constitutional Economics
Taught by Prof. Müller
Happiness Economics
Taught by Prof. Müller
Summer 2009
Introduction to Anarchism
Management of Non-Profit Organisations
Taught by Prof. Dilger
Winter 2009/2010
Behavioral Economics
Taught by Prof. Müller
For the seminar, I produced a presentation about homo economicus, its empirical anomalies, and alternative economic theories of behavior