Main research interests
- Comparative public policy (social policy, labor market, health care, consumer and economic policy)
- Social service provision, public administration and third sector
- Comparative welfare state research
- Regulatory politics in the United States and the European Union
- Interest groups and political parties
Research projects
New roles of political advisors: discourse based consultancy and strategic monitoring
Project management: | Rolf G. Heinze and Christoph Strünck |
| Time frame: | April 2006 - November 2006 |
| Funding: | Hans-Böckler-Stiftung |
Flexicurity: new patterns of employment and their challenges to social security
| Project management: | Christoph Strünck |
| Time frame: | March 2003 - July 2003 |
| Funding: | Ministerium für Arbeit, Soziales, Qualifikation und Technologie des Landes NRW |
Political culture and participation in declining areas
| Project management: | Ulrich von Alemann, Karl-Heinz Reuband, Christoph Strünck |
| Time frame: | January 2002 till July 2003 |
| Funding: | Ministerium für Städtebau und Wohnen, Kultur und Sport des Landes NRW |
Western welfare states in transition - social policy as investment policy
| Project management: | Rolf G. Heinze and Christoph Strünck |
| Time frame: | March 1999 till December 1999 |
| Funding: | Federal Chancellery |