Prof. Dr. Swen Hutter
Garystr. 55
Room 310
14195 Berlin
Office hours
The office hour takes place on following date 23.07.2025: 11 am-12 pm. To sign up for a consultation (online via Webex) please check Calendly for available slots.
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Since 10/2022: Director of the Center for Civil Society Research at Freie Universität Berlin and WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
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
Political conflict, social movements, political parties, civil society, political participation and cleavage structures
Bojar, Abel, Gessler, Theresa, Hutter, Swen and Kriesi, Hanspeter (eds.). 2021. Contentious Episodes in the Age of Austerity: Studying the Dynamics of Government-Challenger Interactions. Cambridge University Press.
Hutter, Swen and Kriesi, Hanspeter (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.
Hutter, Swen. 2014. Protesting Culture and Economics in Western Europe: New Cleavages in Left and Right Politics. University of Minnesota Press.