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CURRICULUM VITAE Dr. JÖRN FISCHER
________________Personal and Contact Information_________________________
Date of Birth August 2, 1976
Place of Birth Darmstadt/Germany
Address Private: University Office:
xxxxx Universität zu Köln – Lehrstuhl für
xxxxx Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
Gottfried-Keller-Str. 1
Phone I xxxxx D-50931 Köln
Phone II +49 (0) 173 / 511 81 77 +49 (0) 221 / 470 5948
e-Mail xxxxx joern.fischer@uni-koeln.de
________________Academic Education____________________________________
July 2011 PhD in Political Science at the Chair of Comparative Politics (Prof. Dr.
André Kaiser), University of Cologne, Faculty of Management, Economics
and Social Sciences
Dissertation on: ’Deutsche Bundesminister: Wege ins Amt und wieder
hinaus. Selektions- und Deselektionsmechanismen im Bundeskabinett
unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von Push-Rücktritten’ (’Federal
Ministers in Germany. Mechanisms of Selection and Deselection in the
Federal Cabinet with a particular emphasis on Push-Resignations’)
September 2006 Workshop on Event History Analysis, University of Cologne, Summer
School of the Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences
August 2006 Summer School in Methods and Techniques, Expert Interview, European
Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Ljubljana
July 2005 Workshop on Longitudinal Data Analysis in Economics and Social
Science, University of Cologne, Centre for Empirical Research in the
Economic and Social Sciences (CERESS)
January 2005 Diploma (MA equivalent) in Regional Studies Latin America,
University of Cologne
________________Positions and Work Experience inside Academia_____________
Current Senior Research Associate
(since Dec. 2011) at the Chair of Comparative Politics, University of Cologne
May 2008 - Research Associate
November 2011 at the Chair of Comparative Politics, University of Cologne
September 2010 - Visiting Fellow at the School of Politics and International Relations,
October 2010 Australian National University, Canberra
March 2005 - Research Assistant
April 2008 at the Chair of Comparative Politics, University of Cologne
August 2004 - Student Assistant
February 2005 at the Chair of Comparative Politics, University of Cologne
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________________Work Experience outside Academia (selection)______________
July 2012- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, *
November 2012 Bonn: Advisor in the Unit “Development Service”
* German International Cooperation, the public development agency (implementing).
April 2011- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, *
June 2012 Bonn: Personal Advisor to Managing Director Prof. Dr. Jürgen Wilhelm
November 2007 - German Development Service/weltwärts-Office, Bonn:
March 2011 Quality Assurance and Evaluation of the weltwärts-Programme
(international volunteer service in developing countries)
January 2004 - QUIFD – Agency for Quality in Voluntary Services, Berlin:
present Consultant and Evaluator (free lance)
July - Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development,
October 2002 Central America Department, Bonn: Internship
May 2002 - Deutsche Welle Training Center, Bonn: Accompanying Officer
May 2008 (interpreter and host) for foreign radio personnel (free lance)
(‘Deutsche Welle’: Germany's international public broadcaster)
September 1996 - Colegio Novalis, Montevideo/Uruguay:
December 1997 Civilian Service (instead of military service)
________________Academic Publications__________________________________
Journal Articles Fischer, Jörn/ Dowding, Keith/ Dumont, Patrick: The Duration and
Durability of Cabinet Ministers, in: International Political Science
Review 33: 5 (2012), 505-519.
Fischer, Jörn/ Haas, Benjamin: Im Rucksack Motivation. Internationale
Freiwilligendienste als Katalysator für späteres Engagement in
Deutschland, in: Blätter der Wohlfahrtspflege 159: 6 (2012), 225-228.
’. . .I take Political Responsibility!’: The Theoretical and Empirical
Relation between Ministerial Responsibility and Ministerial
Resignations in Germany, in: Public Administration 90: 3 (2012),
600-621.
Bäck, Hanna/ Meier, Henk Erik/ Persson, Thomas/Fischer, Jörn: European
Integration and Prime Ministerial Power. A Differential Impact on
Cabinet Reshuffles in Germany and Sweden, in: German Politics 21: 2
(2012), 184-208.
Freiwilligendienste und ihre Wirkung – vom Nutzen des
Engagements, in: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte (APuZ), Heft 48/2011,
54-62.
Fischer, Jörn/ Kaiser, André: Wie gewonnen, so zerronnen? Selektions-
und Deselektionsmechanismen in den Karrieren deutscher Bundesminister,
in: Politische Vierteljahresschrift, Special Issue 44/2010 „Politik
als Beruf“, ed. by Michael Edinger and Werner Patzelt, 192-212.
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________________Academic Publications, continued_________________________
Journal Articles Fischer, Jörn/ Kaiser, André: Der Bundestag: Sprungbrett oder
Auffangbecken? Ministerkarrieren zwischen Parlament und
Exekutive, in: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen 41: 1 (2010), 36-41.
Kaiser, André/ Fischer, Jörn: Linkages between Parliamentary and
Ministerial Careers in Germany , 1949 – 2008. The Bundestag as
Recruitment Pool, in: German Politics 18: 2 (2009), 140-154.
Fischer, Jörn/ Kaiser, André/ Rohlfing, Ingo: The Push and Pull of
Ministerial Resignations in Germany, 1969 – 2005, West European
Politics, 29: 4 (2006), 709-735.
Book Chapters Fischer, Jörn/ Richter, Sonja: Entwicklungspolitische Bildungsarbeit in
Theorie und Praxis, in: Ihne, Hartmut/Wilhelm, Jürgen (Hrsg.): Einführung
in die Entwicklungspolitik, Münster: LIT-Verlag (2012, im Erscheinen)
Pfefferminzbonbons vs. Gummibärchen oder die Bildungswirkungen
internationaler Freiwilligendienste, in: Forum Jugendarbeit International,
Schwerpunktthema "Internationale Jugendarbeit und ihre Bildungswirkungen“,
Bonn: IJAB (2012), 54-66.
Wirkungen in Freiwilligendiensten – Theorie und Empirie, in:
Slüter, Uwe (ed.): Jugendfreiwilligendienste. Herausforderungen und
Positionen, Düsseldorf: Verlag Haus Altenberg (2012), 52-65.
Fischer, Jörn/ Kaiser, André: Hiring and Firing Ministers under Informal
Constraints: Germany, in: Dowding, Keith/Dumont, Patrick (eds.): The
Selection of Ministers in Europe: Hiring and Firing, Abingdon: Routledge
(2009), 21-40.
Conference Papers Stolz, Klaus/ Fischer, Jörn: (Post-cabinet) careers of regional ministers
(Selection) in Germany (1990-2011). International Political Science Association,
Madrid, August 2012 [Panel ‘Regional cabinet ministers in Western
Europe: recruitment and turnover’]
Fischer, Jörn/ Stolz, Klaus: Patterns of Ministerial Careers across
Territorial Levels in Germany. Canadian Political Science Association,
Montreal, June 2010 [Panel ‘Elite Turnover in Multilevel Political Systems
I: European Cases’]
Fischer, Jörn/ Kaiser, André: The Push and Pull of Ministerial
Resignations in Germany 1975 – 2002. ECPR Joint Sessions Granada,
April 2005 [Workshop ‘The selection and deselection of Ministers’]
Book Reviews Manow, Philip: Die politische Anatomie demokratischer
Repräsentation. 170 pages. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt/M 2008,
published in: Das Parlament, 26/05/2008, Vol. 58, No. 22, p. 17.
Beucker, Pascal/ Überall, Frank: Endstation Rücktritt. Warum deutsche
Politiker einpacken. 352 pages. Econ Verlag, Berlin 2006, published in:
Das Parlament, 21/08/2006, Vol. 56, No. 34-35, p. 16.
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________________Academic Publications, continued_________________________
Book Series Scientific Series Interdisciplinary Studies on Volunteer Services,
Editorship 2011-current
Vol. 1: Schwinge, Brigitte: Verkehrte Welten: Über die Umkehrung der
Verhältnisse von Geben und Nehmen. Der weltwärts-
Freiwilligendienst als Selbstbehandlung im Kulturkontakt zwischen
Deutschland und Südafrika, Bonn: Scientia Bonnensis (2011).
Vol. 2: Haas, Benjamin: Ambivalenz der Gegenseitigkeit. Reziprozitäts-
formen des weltwärts-Freiwilligendienstes im Spiegel der
Postkolonialen Theorie, Köln: Kölner Wissenschaftsverlag (2012).
Journal Editorship Voluntaris – Zeitschrift für Freiwilligendienste // Journal of Volunteer
Services
_________________Referee (Journals)______________________________________
German Politics
International Review of Administrative Sciences
Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
_________________Teaching_____________________________________________
Winter 2007/08 Tutorial for the lecture ‘Einführung in die Vergleichende
Politikwissenschaft’
(Introduction to Comparative Political Science)
Winter 2005/06, Tutorial for the lecture ‘Grundzüge der Politischen Systeme’
Winter 2006/07, (Introduction to Political Systems)
Summer 2007
_________________Awards______________________________________________
September 2006 Publication Award of the Cologne Faculty of Management, Economics
and Social Sciences for the “outstanding publication” The Push and Pull
of Ministerial Resignations in Germany, 1969-2005 (with Kaiser/Rohlfing).
February 2005 Faculty Award of the Cologne Faculty of Arts for the diploma thesis
Ministerial Resignations in the Federal Republic of Germany, 1983-2002.
A quantitative Analysis.
_________________Memberships_________________________________________
Scholarly Network “The Selection and Deselection of Political Elites” (SEDEPE)
Cologne, November 30, 2012
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