Thomas Saalfeld
PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE POLITICS
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Office: Feldkirchenstr. 21, Room: F21/03.14, 96052 Bamberg, Germany
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E-Mail: thomas.saalfeld(at)uni-bamberg.de
Phone: +49 (0)951/863-2555
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Pillar 4: Governance, Institutional Change and Political Behaviour
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// CURRENT POSITIONS
- Professor of Comparative Politics
- Liaison lecturer of the Friedrich Naumann-Stiftung
- Member of the Selection Panel for DAAD Scholarships
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// SUPERVISION
Professor Dr. Thomas Saalfeld is particularly interested in supervising doctoral students in the areas of legislative organization, parliamentary voting behaviour, the political representation of immigrants and ethnic minorities in Europe, the political economy of cabinet durability in European democracies, decision-making within political parties and the use of principal-agent models in the study of political institutions.
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// RESEARCH
His research focuses on legislative organization and behaviour, coalition government and political representation in European democracies. Amongst other outlets, his research was published in academic journals such as the European Journal of Political Research, International Studies Quarterly, the Journal of Legislative Studies, the Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica, Parliamentary Affairs and West European Politics.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
- Representation of Ethnic Minorities in Parliaments of Liberal Democracies
- Anxieties of Democracy in Europe and North America
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// SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Fernandes, Jorge, Saalfeld, Thomas and Schwemmer, Carsten: ‘The Politics of Select-Committee Assignments in the British House of Commons.’ In: Legislative Studies Quarterly, Early View (2021), pp. 1-32.
Bergmann, Henning, B?ck, Hanna and Saalfeld, Thomas: ‘Party-system polarization, legislative institutions and cabinet survival in 28 parliamentary democracies, 1945-2019.’ In: West European Politics, Vol. 45, No. 3 (2022), pp. 612-637.
Hohendorf, Lukas, Saalfeld, Thomas and Sieberer, Ulrich: ‘Veto power fosters cooperative behaviour: institutional incentives and government-opposition voting in the German Bundestag.’ West European Politics, Vol. 44, No. 4 (2021), pp. 921-945.
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// RELATED CONTENT
Find articles and events on the website of the Graduate School which are connected to Professor Saalfeld's work and contributions:
Professor Saalfeld's website at the Chair of Comparative Politics.
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ORGANIZER & HOST
RESEARCH WORKSHOP
LEADERS. CANDIDATES. ACTIVISTS. The Dynamics of Party Organization
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