Visiting Professor

Dr. Manuela Glaab is Visiting Professor for Public Policy at Erfurt university (Franz Haniel Chair of Public Policy). At the Geschwister-Scholl-Institute for Political Science at Ludwig-Maximiliams-University Munich she is permanent lecturer (Akademische Oberrätin). Since 2000 she has been Director of the Research Group on German Affairs at the Munich based Center for Applied Policy Research (C.A.P.). She was Visiting Professor for comparative politics at the University of Heidelberg in 2008/09 and at the University of Duisburg/Essen 2005/06. She also taught European politics and policy at Tel Aviv University, Israel in the year 2000. She researched and published on the German unification, party politics and campaigning, policy advice and consulting and on third way government's reform policies. Currently her research focuses, both theoretically as well as empirically, on the field of political leadership and strategic management in western democracies.

More information:  Gsi.uni-muenchen.de | cap-imu.de

Latest project : Battle for the Bundestag -The German Election of 2009

Latest Publication(s):

The Left Party after Lafontaine’s retreat from leadership – What comes next, in: AICGS Advisor, February 18, 2010 (link)

Les èlections au Bundestag 2009. Campagne électorale, résultats et formation du gouvernement. Note du Cerfa, (2009) 70 (with Michael Weigl); L’avenir des partis politiques en France et en Allemagne, Septentrion Presses Universitaires: Villeneuve d' Ascq 2009 (ed. with Claire Demesmay); Editorial: Leadership – neue Impulse für die Politikberatung?, in: Zeitschrift für Politikberatung, (2009) 2, 183-185; Leistungen und Grenzen politischer Strategieberatung, in: Zeitschrift für Politikberatung, (2008) 2, 280-288; „Leadership matters“ – auch und gerade in Strategiefragen, in: Forschungsjournal Neue Soziale Bewegungen, (2008) 1, S. 97-101; Politische Führung als strategischer Faktor, in: Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, (2007) 2, S. 303-332; Strategy and Politics: The Example of Germany, in: Thomas Fischer et al. (eds.), The Strategy of Politics. Results of a Comparative Study, Gütersloh 2007, pp. 61-106.

• Introduction to European Public Policy
• Interests and Lobbying in the EU
• European Media Policy and Communication
• Political Consulting and Policy Advice