Professor Dr. Ulrich Willems

Professur für Politische Theorie mit dem Schwerpunkt Politik und Religion (Prof. Willems)
Professor Dr. Ulrich Willems

Scharnhorststr. 100
48151 Münster

Participation in the Cluster of Excellence

 

 
Research Foci
  • Political Theory
  • Political and Juridical Constitution of Culturally and Religiously Plural Societies
  • Democratic Theory
  • Politics and Religion
  • Religious Policy
  • Political Sociology
  • Research on Associations
  • Social-Regulative Politics with a Focus on Biopolitics
CV

Academic Education

Habilitation, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Hamburg, venia legendi for political science
PhD in political science, TU Darmstadt
Studies of Evangelical Theology, Sociology, Political Science and Philosophy at Philipps-Universität Marburg
Diploma in Sociology, University of Marburg, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy
Theological Examination, Evangelical Church in the Rhineland
Studies of Evangelical Theology at the Theological Seminary Wuppertal

Positions

Principal Investigator of the Cluster of Excellence 20160 "Religion and Politics. Dynamics of Tradition and Innovation", University of Münster
Co-speaker of the graduate school "Religious plurality and its regulation in the region (RePliR)"
Member of the board of directors, Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics in Pre-Modern and Modern Cultures", University of Münster
Member of the "Centre for Advanced Studies in Bioethics", University of Münster
Speaker of the Centre for Religion and Modernity
Professor for Political Theory with a special focus on Politics and Religion at the University of Münster
Principal Investigator of the Cluster of Excellence "Relegion and Politics in Pre-Modern and Modern Cultures", University of Münster
Interim Professor for 'Political Science with a Focus on Politics and Religion', Department of Political Science, University of Münster
Interim Professor for 'Comparative Politics and Social Policies', Department of Political Science, University of Münster
Lecturer, Department of Political Science, University of Hamburg / Department of Political Science, Technical University of Darmstadt
Assistant Professor, Institute of Political Science, University of Hamburg
Research Fellow, Institute of Political Science, Technical University of Darmstadt
Research Fellow of the German Research Foundation-research project "The moralic demand as special interest" at the Institute of Political Science at Philipps-University of Marburg

External Functions

Institute for Political Science (Executive Director)
Institute for Political Science (Deputy Executive Director)
Member of the board of trustees Protestant Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (FEST)
International Political Science Association
Speaker of the section Political Sociology in the German Association of Political Sciences (DVPW)
Institute for Political Science (Deputy Executive Director)
Member of the Board of Directors of the German Political Science Association (Deutsche Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft, DVPW)
German Political Science Association (Standing Group "Organized Interests", Co-Speaker)
Member of the Academic Advisory Council of the German Political Science Association (Deutsche Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft, DVPW)
German Association for Political Science
Teaching

Seminars
Practical
Colloquium
Reading course
Other Course

Seminars
Practical

  • (in cooperation with Felix Petersen, Norbert Kersting, Antonia Graf, Svenja Ahlhaus, Ulrike Krause, Ulrich Hamenstädt, Antje Vetterlein, Christiane Frantz, Max Schulte, Oliver Treib, Thomas Dietz, Bernd Schlipphak, Hendrik Meyer, Carsten Wegscheider and Matthias Freise)
Colloquium
Other Course

Seminars
Colloquium
Reading course

Publications

Books

Books (Monographs)
  • . . Wertkonflikte als Herausforderung der Demokratie Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-10301-9.
  • . . Entwicklung, Interesse und Moral : die Entwicklungspolitik der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland
Books (Edited Collections)
  • Horton, John, Westphal, Manon, and Willems, Ulrich, eds. . The Political Theory of Modus Vivendi Heidelberg: Springer VDI Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-79078-7.
  • Weiberg-Salzmann, Mirjam Willems Ulrich, ed. . Religion and Biopolitics Cham: Springer VDI Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-14580-4.
  • Gerster, Daniel, van Melis, Viola, and Willems, Ulrich, eds. . Religionspolitik heute. Problemfelder und Perspektiven in Deutschland Freiburg: Herder Verlag.
  • Willems, Ulrich, Reuter, Astrid, and Daniel, Gerster, eds. . Religion und Moderne, Vol.3, Ordnungen religiöser Pluralität. Wirklichkeit - Wahrnehmung - Gestaltung Frankfurt/New York: Campus Verlag.
  • , , , , and . . Sozialtheorie, Moderne und Religion : Kontroversen um Modernität und Säkularisierung, edited by Ulrich Willems, Detlef Pollack, Helene Basu, Thomas Gutmann and Ulrike Spohn. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag.
  • Toens, Katrin, Willems, and Ulrich, eds. . Politik und Kontingenz Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
  • , , and . . Interessenvermittlung in Politikfeldern, edited by VSVerlag für Sozialwissenschaften. Wiesbaden.
  • Kleinfeld, Ralf, Willems, Ulrich, and Zimmer, Annette, eds. . Lobbying. Strukturen, Akteure, Strategien Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
  • . . Interessenverbände in Deutschland, edited by VSVerlag für Sozialwissenschaften. Wiesbaden.
  • , , and . . Lobbying in Deutschland, den USA und der Europäischen Union. Strukturen - akteure - Strategien, edited by VSVerlag für Sozialwissenschaften. Wiesbaden.
  • Willems, Ulrich, ed. . Schriftenreihe der Sektion Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte in der DVPW | Studies in Political Theory, Vol.4, Interesse und Moral als Orientierungen politischen Handelns Baden-Baden: Nomos.
  • Willems, Ulrich, ed. . Demokratie auf dem Prüfstand: Bürger, Staaten, Weltwirtschaft Opladen: Leske + Budrich.
  • Willems, Ulrich, ed. . Demokratie und Politik in der Bundesrepublik 1949-1999 Opladen: Leske + Budrich. doi: 10.1007/978-3-322-93261-7.
  • Willems, Ulrich, and von Winter, Thomas, eds. . Politische Repräsentation schwacher Interessen Opladen: Leske + Budrich. doi: 10.1007/978-3-663-11089-7.

Articles

Articles in Scientific Journals, Newspapers or Magazines
Research Articles (Journals)
Review Article (Journal)
Non-Scientific Contribution (Journal)
Book Contributions
Research Article (Book Contributions)
Review Article (Book Contribution)
  • . . “Kirchen/Religion.” in Handwörterbuch des politischen Systems der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, edited by Uwe Andersen, Jörg Bogumil, Stefan Marschall and Wichard Woyke. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-23666-3_120.
Entry in an Encyclopedia (Book Contribution)
  • . . “Religion.” in International Encyclopedia of Political Science, Vol. VII, edited by Bertrand Badie, Dirk Berg-Schlosser and Leonardo Morlino. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications.

Special Issues of Journals

Supervised Doctoral Studies