Research focuses

Comparative Political Institutions; Federalism, Decentralization and Multilevel Governance; Party Systems;

Curriculum vitae

• Since 2019 Principal Investigator Cluster of Excellence 2126: ECONtribute: Markets & Public Policy (PI)
• Since 2017 Vice-President of the German consortium for the foundation of the Turkish-German  University,  Istanbul
• Since 2016 elected member of DFG Fachkollegium 111 Sozialwissenschaften
• Since 2016 member of Rectorate Tenure Commission, University of Cologne
• Since 2014 member of Board, Competence Area II - Social and Economic Behavior at the University of Cologne
• Since 2013 member of Advisory Board, Centre for Elections, Media and Participation at University of Exeter (CEMAP)
• Since 2012 member of „Emerging Fields Initiative“ Advisory Board, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
• 2009 - 2015 Executive Committee, European Consortium for Political Research
• Since 2007 International Max Planck Research School The Social and Political Constitution of the Economy
• Since 2003 Full Professor, University of Cologne (C4, from 2009 W3), (other job offers: Bamberg, Freiburg)
• 2000 - 2001 Full Professor pro tempore, University of Konstanz
• 2000 Habilitation, University of Mannheim
• 1996 - 2003 Assistant Professor, University of Mannheim (2000 - 2003 on leave)
• 1994 Dr phil, University of Freiburg

Selected publications

• Arslantas, Düzgün and André Kaiser. 2022. The ‘Competitive Authoritarian’ Turn in Turkey: Bandwagoning versus Reality. Third World Quarterly 2022, DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2022.2147061.
• Gushchina, Kristina and André Kaiser. 2021. Multi-Level Governance and Women’s Legislative Representation. European Journal of Political Research 60:4, 934–953.
• Röth, Leonce, and André Kaiser, 2019. Why Accommodate Minorities Asymmetrically? A Theory of Ideological Authority Insulation. European Journal of Political Research 58:2, 557-581.
• Spies, Dennis C., and André Kaiser. 2014. Does the Mode of Candidate Selection Affect the Representativeness of Parties? Party Politics 20: 576-590.
• Biela, Jan, Annika Hennl, and André Kaiser. 2013. Policy Making in Multilevel Systems. Federalism, Decentralisation, and Performance in the OECD Countries, Colchester: ECPR Press.
• Sauermann, Jan, and André Kaiser. 2010. Taking Others into Account: Self-Interest and Fairness in Majority Decision Making. American Journal of Political Science 54: 667–685.
• Kaiser, André. 2008. Parliamentary Opposition in Westminster Democracies: Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The Journal of Legislative Studies 14: 20–45.
• Franzmann, Simon, and André Kaiser. 2006. Locating Political Parties in Policy Space A Reanalysis of Party Manifesto Data. Party Politics 12: 163–188.
• Kaiser, André. 2002. Mehrheitsdemokratie und Institutionenreform: Verfassungspolitischer Wandel in Australien, Großbritannien, Kanada und Neuseeland im Vergleich. Frankfurt/Main; New York: Campus Verlag.
• Kaiser, André. 1997. Types of Democracy. From Classical to New Institutionalism. Journal of Theoretical Politics 9: 419–444.