Prof. Dr. Swen Hutter

Garystr. 55
Room 303
14195 Berlin
Office hours
Tuesdays 2-3 p.m.
Online office hour (Webex)
Booking via Calendly
No regular office hour during term break. Please check Calendly for available dates.
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CV
Since 10/2018: Lichtenberg-Professor in political sociology at Freie Universität Berlin. and Vice Director of the Center for Civil Society Research a joint initiative of Freie Universität and WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
04/2014-09/2018: Research fellow at the European University Institute, Florence
09/2013-03/2014: Senior research and teaching associate at the Geschwister-Scholl-Institute for Political Science, University of Munich
09/2012-08/2013: Max Weber fellow at the European University Institute, Florence
01/2011: PhD (Dr. phil, summa cum laude) in political science, University of Munich
10/2005 - 08/2012: Research and teaching associate at the Geschwister-Scholl-Institute for Political Science, University of Munich
10/1999 - 06/2005: Master (lic. phil.) in political science, communication studies, and international law, University of Zurich and Växjö/Sweden
Research interests
Political conflict, social movements, political parties, civil society, political participation and cleavage structures
Selected publications
Hutter, Swen and Hanspeter Kriesi (eds.) 2019. European Party Politics in Times of Crisis. Cambridge University Press. 2019.
Hutter, Swen, Edgar, Grande, and Hanspeter Kriesi (eds.). 2016. Politicising Europe: Integration and Mass Politics. Cambridge University Press. 2016.
Hutter, Swen. 2014. Protesting Culture and Economics in Western Europe: New Cleavages in Left and Right Politics. University of Minnesota Press.
For further information and a full list of publications, please visit my personal webpage www.swen-hutter.eu