Short CV
Scientific qualification and university occupation
Study of Law, Political Science and Slavic Studies at the Georg-August-University of Göttingen, at the Freie Universität of
(West-) Berlin and at the Karls-University of Prague from the summer semester 1963 till the winter semester 1969/70.
Dr. jur. degree (doctoral thesis: The principles and basics of federalism in the Czechoslovakian Socialistic Republic),
July 1974.
Postdoctoral degree (postdoctoral thesis: the committees of enquiry of the German Bundestag. Practice and reform of the
parliamentary Enquete (committee of enquiry), April 1984,
Received the Venia Legendi for the subject Political Science.
Graduate assistant of the History of Law department of the University of Göttingen; Doctoral candidate, July 1970 till July 1971,
Postgraduate assistant/ employee of the department of Political Science and Public Law at the Comprehensive University of
Siegen, March 1977 until the end of 1989,
university professor of the Political Science department of the University of Siegen, since Febr. 1990,
professor of Political Science at the Karls-University of Prague, March 1994 until March 1997, visiting professor at the University of
Leiden/ Netherlands, Sept. 2001 till March 2002.
University teaching positions
Westphalian Wilhelms-University of Münster, winter semester 1983/84 till winter semester 1986/87, summer semester 1993,
Humboldt-University of Berlin, winter semester 1990/91 till summer semester 1992,
Technical University of Dresden, summer semester 1996,
Karls-University of Prague, since summer semester 1997,
University of Debrecen/ Hungary, summer semester
1999, 2001, 2003 (block courses).
Memberships in scientific associations
- Deutsche Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft (German Political Science Association)
- Deutsche Vereinigung für Parlamentsfragen (German Association for Parliament related issues)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Osteuropakunde (German Association for East Europe)
- Ceská spolecnost pro politické vedy (Czech Political Science Association)