Niklas Ferch
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- Niklas Ferch
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Doctoral Researcher
at the Department of Political Science
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Justus Liebig University Giessen
Institute of Political ScienceKarl-Gloeckner-Strasse 21E
D-35394 Giessen
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Philosophikum II Room E122
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☎ +49 641 99 23134
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Summer semester 2024
Mondays between 1:00 and 2:00 pm
Lecture-free period summer 2024
Monday 22 July (9-12am and 1-4pm)
Tuesday 13 August (2-6pm)
Wednesday 4 September (9-12am)
Thursday 19 September (9-12am and 1-4pm)
All dates and mandatory registration via Stud.IP.
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Latest Publications
Niklas Ferch (August 2023):
Pandemie, Politik und populäre Musik - Formen politischer Partizipation populärer Musiker:innen in der COVID-19-Pandemie.
(The Pandemic, Politics and Popular Music - Forms of Popular Musicians' Political Participation during the COVID-19 Pandemic; publication in German language only)
In: Claudia Hattendorff, Simone Abendschön, Ansgar Schnurr & Nicole Zillien (Eds.): Bilder der Pandemie. Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf die Visualisierungen einer unsichtbaren Gefahr. Frankfurt am Main/ New York: Campus, pp. 123-149.Niklas Ferch (2021):
Der politische Habitus im Digitalen. Eine Analyse digitaler Instrumente politischer Parteien.
(The Political Habitus in the Digital. An Analysis of Political Parties' Digital Tools; publication in German language only)
In: Andreas Langenohl, Katrin Lehnen & Nicole Zillien (Eds.): Digitaler Habitus. Zur Veränderung literaler Praktiken und Bildungskonzepte. Frankfurt am Main/ New York: Campus, pp. 135-164.Michael Hunklinger & Niklas Ferch (September 2020):
Trans*Voting: Demand and Supply Sides of Trans*Politics in Germany.
In: European Journal of Politics and Gender, Volume 3(3), pp. 389-408.
Online (Open Access) through the European Journal of Politics and Gender.Dorothée de Nève & Niklas Ferch (December 2019):
Instrumente innerparteilicher Demokratie. Ein digitales Dossier aus vergleichender Perspektive.
(Instruments of intra-party democracy. A digital dossier from a comparative perspective; publication in German language only)
Berlin/London: Friedrich Ebert Foundation, 172 pages.
Free Access through the Online Library of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
CV
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Academic work experience
since
04/2019Research Associate (50%) with focus on teaching
at the Department of Political Sience of Justus Liebig University Giessen
07/2019– 04/2022 Research Associate (25%)
at the Professorship for the German Political System and Comparative Politics (Prof. Dr. Dorothée de Nève) of Justus Liebig University Giessen
10/2019 – 12/2019
Research Associate (25%)
at the Centre for Media and Interactivity of Justus Liebig University Giessen
12/2018 – 06/2019 Research Associate (50%)
at the Professorship for the German Political System and Comparative Politics(Prof. Dr. Dorothée de Nève) of Justus Liebig University Giessen (as part of a externally-funded project on intra-party democracy, funded by Friedrich Ebert Foundation)
2015 – 2019 Lecturer
at the Department of Political Sience of Justus Liebig University Giessen
10/2018 – 12/2018 Academic Assistant
at the Centre for Media and Interactivity of Justus Liebig University Giessen
06/2018 – 09/2018 Student Assistant
at the Centre for Media and Interactivity of Justus Liebig University Giessen
06/2014 – 09/2018 Student Assistant
at the Professorship for the German Political System and Comparative Politics (Prof. Dr. Dorothée de Nève) of Justus Liebig University Giessen
Academic training
10/2015 – 09/2018 Master studies in Social Policy (M. A. Sozialpolitik)
at Bremen University
09/2016 – 02/2017 semester abroad (30 ECTS, M. Sc. Comparative Public Policy and Welfare Studies)
at the University of Southern Denmark (funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the EU)
04/2015 – 09/2015 Master studies (M. A. Demokratie und Governance)
at Justus Liebig University Giessen
08/2013 – 01/2014 semester abroad (30 ECTS, M. A. Political Science)
at Aarhus University (funded by the Erasmus programme of the EU)
10/2011 – 03/2015 Bachelor studies (B. A. Social Sciences)
at Justus Liebig University Giessen
Research Areas
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Focus in Research and Teaching
- Germany's political and social system
- political parties and participation
- politics and popular music
Dissertation project
Populäre Musik und Politik. Ein politikwissenschaftliches Analysemodell zur Beziehung von populärer Musik und Politik mit einer Anwendung auf das Werk Herbert Grönemeyers (working title)
since 2020; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dorothée de Nève
Teaching
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Summer semester 2024
- Unconditional Basic Income - Theories & Practices (seminar in English; BA Social Sciences, Module M13, plus International students)
- Populäre Musiker:innen und Politik (proseminar in German; teaching profession 'Politics and Economy')
winter semester 2023/24
- Germany’s Political and Social System in Comparative Perspective (proseminar in English; BA Social Sciences, Module M1, plus International students)
- Populäre Musiker:innen und Politik (proseminar in German; teaching profession 'Politics and Economy')
Summer semester 2023
- Unconditional Basic Income - Theories & Practices (seminar in English; BA Social Sciences, Module M13, plus International students)
- Populäre Musiker:innen und Politik (seminar in German; teaching profession 'Politics and Economy')
Wintersemester 2022/23
- Germany’s Political and Social System in Comparative Perspective (proseminar in English; BA Social Sciences)
summer semester 2022
- Germany’s Political and Social System in Comparative Perspective (proseminar in English; BA Social Sciences)
- Politikfeldanalyse Sozialpolitik in Deutschland (seminar in German; teaching profession 'Politics and Economy')
- Politikfeldanalyse Sozialpolitik in Deutschland (B) (seminar in German; teaching profession 'Politics and Economy')
winter semester 2021/22
- Germany’s Political and Social System in Comparative Perspective (proseminar in English; BA Social Sciences)
- Das politische und soziale System Deutschlands (teaching profession 'Politics and Economy')
summer semester 2021
- Politikfeldanalyse Sozialpolitik in Deutschland (seminar in German; teaching profession 'Politics and Economy')
- Germany’s Political and Social System in Comparative Perspective (seminar in English; BA Social Sciences + Exchange students) (with Johannes Diesing)
- Straßenwahlkampf zur Bundestagswahl 2021 (A) (seminar in German; teaching profession 'Politics and Economy') (with Johannes Diesing)
winter semester 2020/21
- Politikfeldanalyse Sozialpolitik in Deutschland (proseminar in German; teaching profession 'Politics and Economy')
- Comparative Social Policy (seminar in English; BA Social Sciences)
- Introduction to Germany`s Political and Social System (seminar in English; BA Social Sciences)
summer semester 2020
- Expert Interviews (seminar in English; BA Social Sciences)
- Introduction to the German Political and Social System (seminar in English) (with Johannes Diesing)
- (Eine) Zukunft nach dem Kapitalismus denken!? (seminar in German; BA Social Sciences) (with Johannes Diesing)
- Politikfeldanalyse Sozialpolitik in Deutschland (seminar in German; teaching profession 'Politics and Economy')
winter semester 2019/20
- Introduction to Social Policy Analysis (seminar in English; BA Social Sciences)
- Unconditional Basic Income - Theories and Practices (seminar in English; BA Social Sciences)
- Expert*inneninterviews (seminar in German; BA Social Sciences)
- Comparative Social Policy (seminar in English; MA Demokratie und Governance)
summer semester 2019
- DDR - 30 Jahre nach dem Mauerfall (Mo 10-12) (seminar in German; teaching profession 'Politics and Economy')
- DDR - 30 Jahre nach dem Mauerfall (Mo 12-14) (seminar in German; teaching profession 'Politics and Economy')
winter semester 2018/19
- Einführung in die Sozialpolitik (A) (seminar in German; BA Social Sciences)
- Einführung in die Sozialpolitik (B) (seminar in German; BA Social Sciences)
summer semester 2018
- Politisches und soziales System der BRD (A) (seminar in German; teaching profession 'Politics and Economy')
- Politisches und soziales System der BRD (B) (seminar in German; teaching profession 'Politics and Economy')
summer semester 2017
- Politisches und soziales System der BRD (seminar in German; teaching profession 'Politics and Economy')
summer semester 2015
- Politisches System der BRD (seminar in German; teaching profession 'Politics and Economy')
- Schlüsselprobleme in Gesellschaft und Schule (seminar in German; teaching profession)
Publications
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Monographs and Editorships
- de Nève, Dorothée & Niklas Ferch (2019): Instrumente innerparteilicher Demokratie. Ein digitales Dossier aus vergleichender Perspektive. Berlin/London: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
- Krell, Christian, Henri Möllers & Niklas Ferch (Eds.) (2019): Reclaiming Action. Strategien progressiver Parteien in Zeiten des wachsenden Rechtspopulismus in Dänemark, Norwegen, Schweden und Deutschland. Stockholm/Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
- Krell, Christian, Henri Möllers & Niklas Ferch (Eds.) (2018): Reclaiming Action. Progressive Strategies in Times of Growing Right-Wing Populism in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Germany. Stockholm/Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
Journal Articles (peer-reviewed)
- Hunklinger, Michael & Niklas Ferch (2020): Trans* voting: demand and supply side of trans* politics in Germany. European Journal of Politics and Gender, 3(3), pp. 389-408. https://doi.org/10.1332/251510820X15780296516691
- de Nève, Dorothée & Niklas Ferch (2018): LGBTIQ*-Wähler*innen in Berlin und Wien. Politische Präferenzen, Parteienwettbewerb und elektorale Resonanz. GENDER. Zeitschrift für Geschlecht, Kultur und Gesellschaft, 10(3), pp. 118-135. https://doi.org/10.3224/gender.v10i3.09
- de Nève, Dorothée, Niklas Ferch, Michael Hunklinger & Tina Olteanu (2018): LGBTIQ*-Wahlstudie 2017 zur Bundestagswahl in Deutschland und zur Nationalratswahl in Österreich. Femina Politica. Zeitschrift für feministische Politikwissenschaft, 27(1), pp. 149-157. https://doi.org/10.3224/feminapolitica.v27i1.18
Chapters in Anthologies
- Ferch, Niklas (2023): Pandemie, Politik und populäre Musik - Formen politischer Partizipation populärer Musiker:innen in der COVID-19-Pandemie. In: Claudia Hattendorff, Simone Abendschön, Ansgar Schnurr & Nicole Zillien (Eds.): Bilder der Pandemie. Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf die Visualisierungen einer unsichtbaren Gefahr. Frankfurt am Main/ New York: Campus, pp. 123-149.
- Ferch, Niklas (2021): Der politische Habitus im Digitalen. Eine Analyse digitaler Instrumente politischer Parteien. In: Andreas Langenohl, Katrin Lehnen & Nicole Zillien (Eds.): Digitaler Habitus. Zur Veränderung literaler Praktiken und Bildungskonzepte. Frankfurt am Main/ New York: Campus, pp. 135-164.
- Möllers, Henri, Christian Krell und Niklas Ferch (2019): Das Reclaiming Action-Projekt - Strategien progressiver Parteienim Umgang mit wachsendem Rechtspopulismus (Einleitung). In: Christian Krell, Henri Möllers & Niklas Ferch (Eds.): Reclaiming Action. Strategien progressiver Parteien in Zeiten des wachsenden Rechtspopulismus in Dänemark, Norwegen, Schweden und Deutschland. Stockholm/Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, pp. 10-17.
- Ferch, Niklas & Henri Möllers (2019): Vergleich früherer, gegenwärtiger und zukünftiger Strategien im Umgang mit Rechtspopulismus in Dänemark, Norwegen, Schweden und Deutschland. In: Christian Krell, Henri Möllers & Niklas Ferch (Eds.): Reclaiming Action. Strategien progressiver Parteien in Zeiten des wachsenden Rechtspopulismus in Dänemark, Norwegen, Schweden und Deutschland. Stockholm/Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, pp. 115-148.
- Möllers, Henri, Christian Krell & Niklas Ferch (2018): The Reclaiming Action Project: Progressive Party Strategies in Times of Growing Right-Wing Populism (Introduction). In: Christian Krell, Henri Möllers & Niklas Ferch (Eds.): Reclaiming Action. Progressive Strategies in Times of Growing Right-Wing Populism in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Germany. Stockholm/Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, pp. 7-13.
- Ferch, Niklas & Henri Möllers (2018): Comparison of Past, Present and Possible Future Strategies Against Right-Wing Populism in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Germany. In: Christian Krell, Henri Möllers & Niklas Ferch (Eds.): Reclaiming Action. Progressive Strategies in Times of Growing Right-Wing Populism in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Germany. Stockholm/Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, pp. 98-127.
Other
- Hunklinger, Michael, Niklas Ferch & Dorothée de Nève (2021): If LGBTQ voters had decided Germany’s election, the Greens would be in charge. Washington Post, 12 October 2021.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/12/if-lgbtq-voters-had-decided-germanys-election-greens-would-be-charge/ - Daßbach, Ina, Niklas Ferch & Dorothée de Nève (2021): Zehn NoGos im Kommunalwahlkampf - auch in Gießen. Gießener Anzeiger, 11 March 2021. https://www.giessener-anzeiger.de/lokales/stadt-giessen/nachrichten-giessen/zehn-nogos-im-kommunalwahlkampf-auch-in-giessen_23301441
- de Nève, Dorothée & Niklas Ferch (2020): Parteien, Partizipation und das Digitale. Frankfurter Rundschau 30.01.2020, p. 10. https://www.fr.de/meinung/parteien-partizipation-digitale-13510501.html
Conferences/Talks
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November
2023Presentation and Discussion as part of the Department of Political Science's annual Lecture Series (Ringvorlesung) (online):
Die gesellschaftspolitischen Motive in den Liedtexten von Herbert Grönemeyer am Beispiel der freiheitlichen demokratischen GrundordnungOctober
2023Participation in MOMENTUM: Hegemonie in Hallstatt/Austria with Presentation of the paper Die gesellschaftspolitischen Motive in den Liedtexten von Herbert Grönemeyer am Beispiel der freiheitlichen demokratischen Grundordnung
Presentation and Discussion at the Center for German and European Studies (Zentrum für Deutschland- und Europastudien, DESK), Tokyo University (online): The socio-political motifs in the song lyrics of the famous German singer Herbert GrönemeyerNovember
2022Presentation and Discussion as part of the Department of Political Science's annual Lecture Series (Ringvorlesung) (online): Pandemie, Politik und Pop. Formen politischer Partizipation populärer Musiker:innen in der COVID-19-Pandemie November 2021 Presentation and Discussion as part of the Department of Political Science's annual Lecture Series (Ringvorlesung) (online): Wahlforschung bei Spezialpopulationen: Das LGBTIQ*-Wahlstudien-Projekt November 2020 Presentation and Discussion at the Autumn School on Democracy and Leadership of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Nepal (online): Digital Tools for Strengthening Intra-Party Democracy (together with Prof. Dr. Dorothée de Nève)
Presentation and Discussion for the Parteischule of the SPD (online): Reformen der innerparteilichen Demokratie. Was ist neu und funktioniert? (together with Prof. Dr. Dorothée de Nève)
November
2019Input at the Autumn Conference of the Gesprächskreises Sozialwissenschaften of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Berlin: (Digitale) Instrumente innerparteilicher Demokratie im internationalen Vergleich
Presentation at the international conference Digitaler Habitus - Zur Veränderung literaler Praktiken und Bildungskonzepte of the Centre for Media and Interactivity (ZMI) in Gießen: Konfigurationen des Digitalen Habitus im Kontext digitaler Instrumente innerparteilicher Demokratie
July
2019Participation in the European Conference of Politics & Gender in Amsterdam/The Netherlands with Presentation of the paper LGBTIQ* Rights Contested Again. Backlash in Europe (together with Prof. Dr. Dorothée de Nève) June
2019Participation in the 26. International Conference of Europeanists of the Council for European Studies of the Columbia University New York in Madrid/Spanien with Presentation of the paper The Variety of General Education Systems in Europe from a Welfare Studies Perspective
December 2018 Participation in Beyond Interregnum. A Conference on the Future Architecture of Europe of the Department for European Policy and the Study of Democracy (Prof. Dr. Ulrike Guérot) at the Donau University in Krems/Austria with Presentation of the paper The Variety of General Education Systems in Europe from a Welfare Studies Perspective
November 2018 Presentation at Kassel University Reclaiming Action: Strategien progressiver Parteien in Zeiten des wachsenden Rechtspopulismus in Dänemark, Norwegen, Schweden und Deutschland
March 2018 Participation in the 25. International Conference of Europeanists of the Council for European Studies of the Columbia University New York in Chicago/USA with Presentation of the paper LGBTIQ* Voters in Berlin and Vienna (de Nève & Ferch); co-funded by the Women's and Equal Opportunities Commissioner of the Justus Liebig University Gießen and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation