PD Dr. Philipp Köker

02.2018 - present

Akademischer Rat a. Z. (02.2021 - present)
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (02.2018 – 01.2021)
Arbeitsbereich für Vergleichende Regierungslehre und politisches System Deutschlands, Institut für Politikwissenschaft
Leibniz Universität Hannover, GER

10.2016 – 02.2018

Senior Research Fellow in Politics and International Relations &
Deputy Director, Jean Monnet Centre for European Studies (CEFEUS)
School of Psychology, Politics & Sociology
Canterbury Christ Church University, UK

09.2014 – 05.2016

Research Associate in Societal & Political Responses to Corruption in Europe, EU FP7 ANTICORRP Project (Grant No. 290529)
School of Slavonic and East European Studies
University College London, UK

10.2012 – 06.2014

Postgraduate Teaching Assistant (PGTA)
School of Slavonic and East European Studies
University College London, UK

01.2008 – 06.2009

Studentische Hilfskraft, Projekt „Coalition Conflict and Intra-Party Politics“ Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung (MZES)
Universität Mannheim, GER

Habilitation in Political Science
Faculty of Humanities, Leibniz Universität Hannover, GER

Thesis:             “Institutions and Legitimacy in the Presidential Life Cycle”
Lecture:           “Party People: Candidates and Party Evolution”

03.2017 – 05.2018

Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP)
Canterbury Christ Church University, UK

09.2010 – 02.2015

PhD in Political Science
University College London, UK

"Veto et Peto: Patterns of Presidential Activism in Central and Eastern Europe”

Funded by the SSEES Foundation Scholarship & SSEES Excellence Scholarship of the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies

Winner of the ECPR Jean Blondel PhD Prize 2016 for the best thesis in politics

09.2009 – 11.2010

MA (with distinction) in Politics, Security and Integration
School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, UK

08.2006 – 06.2009

B.A. Politikwissenschaft (Nebenfach: Öffentliches Recht)
ECTS Grade “A- Excellent“ (Top 10% des Jahrgangs)
Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften, Universität Mannheim, DE