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Goethe University Frankfurt
Department of Social Sciences ⎪ Institute for Political Science Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 6 ⎪ 60629 Frankfurt/Main (Germany)
0049 (0)69 798 366 46 [email protected]
EDUCATION
2016 (expected) PhD, Political Science Goethe University Frankfurt
01/2010 Magister Artium in Political Science and History Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
10/2012 – present Goethe University Frankfurt
Academic Fellow at the Department of Social Sciences
Chair for Qualitative Empirical Methods in the Social Sciences (Prof. Claudius Wagemann)
10/2012 – present Goethe University Frankfurt
Fellow at the Social Science Methods Center
Organizer of the GU Methods Winter School for B.A. Students in the Social Sciences
10/2011 – 09/2012 Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
Academic Fellow at the Institute for Political Sciences Chair for Comparative Politics (Prof. Uwe Wagschal) 11/2011 – 09/2012 &
04/2008 – 07/2010
Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
Personal Assistant of Prof. em. Wolfgang Jäger (former President of the University of Freiburg) 08/2005 – 02/2010 Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
Student Assistant at the Chair for Comparative Politics (Prof. Wolfgang Jäger)
VISITING FELLOWSHIPS AND LECTURESHIPS
01/2016 – 06/2016 European University Institute, Florence
Visiting Doctoral Student at the Department for Political and Social Sciences
(Prof. Alexander Trechsel)
01/2016 – 06/2016 Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence
Visiting Fellow at the Department for Political Science and Sociology
(Prof. Giliberto Capano) 02/2015 – present University of Lucerne
Visiting Lecturer at the Institute for Political Science (Prof. Joachim Blatter)
07/2013 – 10/2014 Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Visiting Researcher at the Government Department (Prof. Stephen Wayne)
02/2014 – 04/2014 University of California, Irvine
Visiting Fellow at the Center for the Study of Democracy (Prof. Charles Ragin)
07/2013 – 12/2013 American University, Washington, DC
Visiting Fellow at the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies (Prof. James Thurber)
FIELDS OF RESEARCH AND TEACHING
US politics with focus on the presidency ⎪ quality of democracies ⎪ comparative politics of Western democracies
Qualitative research methods ⎪ Qualitative Comparative Analysis ⎪ set-theoretical approaches ⎪ concept formation ⎪ case study designs
PUBLICATIONS
Edited Volumes
Lammert, Christian, Markus B. Siewert and Boris Vormann (eds.), 2015. Handbuch Politik USA. Wiesbaden: VS Springer. (Handbook on the Political System of the United States of America)
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Wagemann, Claudius, Jonas Buche and Markus B. Siewert, forthcoming. QCA and Business Research: Work in Progress or a Consolidated Agenda? Journal of Business Research, [manuscript accepted].
Buche, Jonas and Markus B. Siewert, forthcoming. Qualitative Comparative Analysis in der Soziologie. Perspektiven, Potentiale und Anwendungsbereiche. Zeitschrift für Soziologie, Vol. 44(6).
Engartner, Tim, Markus B. Siewert, Maria Theresa Meßner and Christiane Borchert, 2015. Politische Partizipation ‚spielend’ fördern? Charakteristika von Planspielen als didaktisch-methodische Arrangements handlungsorientierten Lernens. Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, Jg. 25(2), 187-215.
Articles without Peer-Review
Siewert, Markus B. and Claudius Wagemann, 2014. Kein Vorbild mehr? Zur Krise der US-Demokratie. POLIS, 3/2014, 18-20.
Chapters in Edited Volumes
Siewert, Markus B. and Claudius Wagemann, forthcoming. The Quality of Democracy in the United States of America in a Comparative Perspective. In Fantoni, Marcello and Leonardo Morlino (eds.). Comparing Democracies. The American Exceptionalism Revisited, Rome: Viella, 23-54. Siewert, Markus B. and Georg Wenzelburger, forthcoming. Medien und politische Kommunikation.
In Wagschal, Uwe, Sebastian Jäckle and Georg Wenzelburger (eds.). Schlüsselbegriffe der Vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer. (Media and Political
Communications. In Key Terms in Comparative Politics).
Fricke, Carola and Markus B. Siewert, forthcoming. Bürokratie und Verwaltung. In Wagschal, Uwe, Sebastian Jäckle and Georg Wenzelburger (eds.). Schlüsselbegriffe der Vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer. (Bureaucracies. In Key Terms in Comparative
Politics).
Lammert, Christian, Markus B. Siewert and Boris Vormann, 2015. Fremde Vertraute: Traditionelle Leitbilder und neue Herausforderungen der US Politik. In Lammert, Christian, Markus B. Siewert and Boris Vormann (eds.). Handbuch Politik USA. Wiesbaden: VS Springer, 1-12. (Unknown Intimates: Traditional Leitmotifs and New Challenges to US Politics. In Handbook on
Siewert, Markus B., 2015. Der Präsident der USA: Zwischen Führungsanspruch und Machtbeschränkung. In Lammert, Christian, Markus B. Siewert and Boris Vormann (eds.).
Handbuch Politik USA. Wiesbaden: VS Springer, 135-154. (The American President. In
Handbook on the Political System of the United States of America).
Siewert, Markus B. and Claudius Wagemann, 2015. Demokratie in der Krise? Zur Qualität der US-amerikanischen Demokratie. In Lammert, Christian, Markus B. Siewert and Boris Vormann (eds.). Handbuch Politik USA. Wiesbaden: VS Springer, 659-681. (The Quality of American
Democracy. In Handbook on the Political System of the United States of America).
Haas, Christoph M. and Markus B. Siewert, 2012. What a President Can? Politikwissenschaftliche Analyseperspektiven zum US-Präsidenten und der Präsidentschaft Barack Obamas. In Jäger, Wolfgang and Christoph M. Haas (eds.). What a President Can – Barack Obama und
Reformpolitik im Systemkorsett der USA. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 13-17. (What a President can? Analytical Perspectives on the US Presidency and the Obama Administration. In What a President can – Barack Obama and the Politics of Reform).
Siewert, Markus B. and Christoph M. Haas, 2012. Change (un)limited? Präsident Obamas politische Handlungsmöglichkeiten zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit. In Jäger, Wolfgang and Christoph M. Haas (eds.). What a President Can – Barack Obama und Reformpolitik im
Systemkorsett der USA. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 207-218. (Change (un)limited? President Obama’s Opportunities for Action between Aspiration and Reality. In What a President can – Barack Obama and the Politics of Reform).
Eith, Ulrich and Markus B. Siewert, 2010. Das „unechte“ Unikat: Der Deutsche Bundesrat. In Riescher, Gisela, Christoph M. Haas and Sabine Ruß (eds.). Zweite Kammern. 2. Aufl., München/Wien: Oldenbourg Verlag, 97-126. (The German Bundesrat: the „Unreal“ Unicum. In
Second Chambers).
Siewert, Markus B. and Christian Zettl, 2007. Politische Elite. In Jäger, Wolfgang, Christoph M. Haas and Wolfgang Welz, Wolfgang (eds.). Regierungssystem der USA. Ein Lehr- und Handbuch, 3. Aufl., München/Wien: Oldenbourg Verlag, 347-361. (Political Elites“. In The Political System
of the USA). Miscellaneous
Siewert, Markus B., 2013. Recension to Sozialpolitik in den USA. Eine Einführung. By Britta Grell and Christian Lammert, Wiesbaden: VS Springer. Politische Vierteljahresschrift, Jg. 54(4), 757-759.
Siewert, Markus B., 2010. Tagungsbericht Privatisierung. Idee, Ideologie und Praxis seit den 1970er Jahren. In Arbeitskreis Historische Forschungen, April 2011. (Conference Proceedings:
Privatization: Idea, Ideology and Practice since the 1970s. In Arbeitskreis Historische Forschungen).
TEACHING
Winter 2015/2016 Set-Theoretical Thinking and the Study of Democracy B.A., in English
Research Design M.A., in English
Summer 2015 Configurational Thinking and the Study of Democracy B.A./M.A., in English; University of Lucerne
Introduction to the US Political System in a Comparative Perspective
B.A., in German
Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences – Project Seminar B.A., in German; co-teaching with Claudius Wagemann Globalization in US and European Perspectives
B.A. in English; co-teaching with Matthias Hofferberth (University of Texas, San Antonio)
Winter 2014/2015 Research Design M.A., in English
Simulation US-Presidential Elections
B.A., in English; together with Alexandra Ochs, Marc Meller, and Vincent Berendes
Summer 2014 Qualitative Empirical Methods and Concept Formation B.A., in German; co-teaching with Jonas Buche
Winter 2013/2014 Concepts and Concept Formation in the Social Sciences B.A., in German
The Quality of the American Democracy in Interdisciplinary Perspective
B.A., in English; co-teaching with Stefanie Müller Role Plays and Simulations in Teaching Political Science M.A., in German; co-teaching with Tim Engartner
Summer 2013 Introduction to the Political System of the United States of America B.A., in German
Winter 2012/2013 Measuring Democracy
M.A., in English; co-teaching with Claudius Wagemann Summer 2012 Introduction into Comparative Politics
B.A. in German
Winter 2011/2012 Introduction to Political Science B.A., in German
WORKSHOPS FOR DOCTORAL AND POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
11/2015 – 02/2016 Research Design
Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence (together with Claudius Wagemann)
10/2015 Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)
Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence (together with Claudius Wagemann)
09/2015 Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Set-Theoretical Strategies for Concept Formation
Georg-August-University Göttingen; 10. Methodsweek Göttingen Graduate School for the Social Sciences (together with Jonas Buche) 06/2015 Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Fuzzy Sets
Viadrina University Frankfurt/Oder; Department for Political Science
05/2015 Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Fuzzy Sets – A Method for Case-Oriented Research
Leuphana University Lüneburg; Department of Political Science (together with Jonas Buche)
04/2015 Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Fuzzy Sets – An Introduction to Set-Theoretical Approaches in the Social Sciences Humboldt University Berlin; Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences (together with Jonas Buche)
01/2015 Introduction to Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) Justus-Liebig-University Giessen; Department of Sociology (together with Jonas Buche)
01/2015 Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) – An Introductory Workshop
Tilburg University; International Conference on QCA (together with Jonas Buche)
12/2014 Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Fuzzy Sets – A Method for Case-Oriented Research
Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg; Center for Southeast-Asian Studies (together with Jonas Buche)
07/2014 Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and Set-Theoretical Strategies for Concept Formation
Georg-August-University Göttingen; 9. Methodsweek Göttingen Graduate School for the Social Sciences (together with Jonas Buche) 07/2014 Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) – An Introduction
Georg-August-University Göttingen; Department for Social Sciences (together with Jonas Buche)
Introductory Workshop
Goethe University Frankfurt; International Conference on QCA (together with Jonas Buche)
SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS
06/2015 Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research Fellowship, Syracuse (NY)
07/2013 – 09/2013 German Academic Exchange Service PhD research grant, Washington, DC
07/2013 – 09/2013 APSA Centennial Center for Political Science and Public Affairs Fellowship, Washington, DC
07/2013 – 09/2013 APSA Presidency and Executives Section PhD research grant, Washington, DC
09/20012 Fulbright Commission American Studies Summer Institute Fellowship, San Francisco / Washington, DC
08/2010 – 11/2010 Graduate Stipend Program of Baden-Württemberg PhD starting grant
05/2009 – 07/2009 German Academic Exchange Service M.A. thesis research grant, Washington, DC
RESEARCH,TEACHING AND CONFERENCE TRAVEL GRANTS
09/2015 – 02/2016 Starting grant for project development (5.000,-€) Goethe University Frankfurt
Main applicant together with Claudius Wagemann 07/2015 Teaching grant for internationalization (4.500,-€)
Friends of the Goethe University
Main applicant together with Matthias Hofferberth (University of Texas, San Antonio)
07/2015 Study abroad grant (9.500,-€)
German Academic Exchange Service
Joint seminar on globalization in US and European perspectives Main applicant together with Matthias Hofferberth (University of Texas, San Antonio)
06/2015 Conference travel grant (400,-€)
03/2015 – 09/2015 Small research grant (3.500,-€) Goethe University Frankfurt
Project on women representation in national parliaments Main applicant together with Jonas Buche
03/2015 Conference travel grant (500,-€)
Goethe University, Institute for Political Science 07/2014 – 02/2015 Teaching grant (35.000,-€)
German Ministry for Education and Research
Project on developing simulations for teaching political science Main applicant together with Tim Engartner
07/2014 Conference travel grant (1.300,-€) German Academic Exchange Service 04/2014 Conference travel grant (500,-€)
Goethe University, Institute for Political Science 09/2013 – 08/2014 Innovative teaching grant (35.000,-€)
Goethe University Frankfurt
Project on developing simulations for teaching political science Main applicant together with Tim Engartner
07/2013 – 12/2014 Starting grant for project development (5.000,-€) Foundation German-American Academic Relations Project on revolving door and lobbying in the US and EU Collaboration on the proposal with Claudius Wagemann
CONFERENCE PAPERS
07/2015 QCA and Business Research – Work in Progress or a Consolidated Agenda?
5th Global Innovation and Knowledge Academy (GIKA), Valencia
(together with Claudius Wagemann and Jonas Buche)
06/2015 Assessing Women’s Legislative Representation in Europe and Beyond – A Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) 4th European Conference on Politics and Gender, Uppsala (together with Jonas Buche)
06/2015 Applying Regression Analysis and fsQCA to the Study of Women’s Legislative Representation
4th European Conference on Politics and Gender, Uppsala (together with Antje Buche and Jonas Buche)
04/2015 In What Ways Can Exogenous Challenges Impact the Qualities of Democracies? Towards an Analytical Framework
03/2015 When Do Presidents Prevail and Fail within the Legislative Arena? Explaining President George W. Bush’s Success on the Substance of Legislation
12th Presidential Conference “The Presidency of George W. Bush” at
Hofstra University
03/2015 When Quality of Democracy Meets Set Theory
Conference “Quality of Democracy: Challenges of a New Research Agenda”, Brussels (together with Claudius Wagemann and Jonas Buche)
01/2015 Comparing OR Combining? Assessing the Small Value of Valuing fsQCA versus Regression Analysis
Conference “Qualitative Comparative Analysis – Social Science Applications and Methodological Challenges, Tilburg (together with Antje Buche and Jonas Buche)
01/2015 When Do Presidents Prevail and Fail within the Legislative Arena? Explaining President George W. Bush’s Success on the Substance of Legislation
Conference “Qualitative Comparative Analysis – Social Science Applications and Methodological Challenges, Tilburg
10/2014 Zurück in die Zu(ku)nft: Perspektiven von Qualitative Comparative Analysis in der (deutschsprachigen) Soziologie
37. Congress of the German Association of Sociology, Trier (together with Jonas Buche)
08/2014 When POTUS Does (Not) Get What He Wants – A Fuzzy-Set QCA of Presidential Success on the Substance of Legislation
Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC
07/2014 When POTUS Does (Not) Get What He Wants – A Fuzzy-Set QCA of Presidential Success on the Substance of Legislation
23rd World Congress of the International Political Science Association, Montréal
04/2014 Presidential Legislative Success – Approaching a Fuzzy Concept with a Fuzzy Method
INVITED TALKS
01/2015 Presidential Success in the Legislative Arena – Detecting Different Pathways through a Fuzzy-Set QCA
Colloquium of the John-F.-Kennedy Institute, FU Berlin
11/2014 Presidential Success in the Legislative Arena – Detecting Different Pathways through a Fuzzy-Set QCA
Colloquium of the Center for Democracy Studies, Leuphana University Lüneburg
11/2014 Lobbying and Interest Group Politics in the US and Europe in Comparative Perspective
Workshop US Democracy in Comparative Perspective, Stanford University (together with Claudius Wagemann)
11/2013 Negotiating Politics, Media and Society in the Arena of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report
Weilburg Seminar for Teachers, Ingelheim (together with Christiane Borchert)
04/2013 Presidential Legislative Success – Approaching a Fuzzy Concept with a Fuzzy Method
Colloquium Comparative Sociology, University of Irvine, California 11/2012 Change (Un)Limited? The Presidency of Barack Obama between
Change and Continuity
Talk at the University of Applied Sciences North Switzerland, Bale
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
07/2016 Chair of the Panel Set-Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Inequality
24th World Congress of the International Political Science Association, Istanbul
01/2016 Organizer of the 2. GU Methods Winter School for B.A. Students of the Social Sciences
Goethe University (together with Jonas Buche)
01/2015 Organizer of the 1. GU Methods Winter School for B.A. Students of the Social Sciences
Goethe University (together with Jonas Buche)
12/2014 Organizer of the Conference Evaluating Classroom Gaming Simulations
Wiesneck / Freiburg (together with Tim Engartner, Stefan Rappenglück and Maria Theresa Meßner)
07/2014 Chair of the Panel Combining Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Case Studies in Mixed-Methods Designs
23rd World Congress of the International Political Science Association, Montréal
04/2014 Discussant of the Panel on Executive Politics: Presidential Policy Making: Foreign and Domestic
Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Seattle 11/2013 Organizer of the Conference The United States in Times of Crisis?
Annual Meeting of the Political Science Section of the German Association for American Studies, Lambrecht (together with Christian Lammert and Boris Vormann)
11/2012 Organizer of the Presidential Election Night 2012
Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Carl-Schurz-House and Center for Political Education, Freiburg (together with Christoph Haas and Michael Wehner)
PEER REVIEWING ACTIVITIES
Since 2015 Journal for Business Research Since 2013 Congress and the Presidency
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Since 2013 International Political Science Association (IPSA) • RC: Concepts and Methods
• RC: Quality of Democracy
German Association for Political Science (DVPW) • Section: Methodology
• Working Group: Democracy Studies Since 2012 American Political Science Association (APSA)
• Section: Presidency and Executive Politics • Section: Qualitative and Multi-Method European Consortium for Political Science (ECPR)
• Standing Group: Democratic Innovations
• Standing Group: Presidential Politics (since 2015) German Association for American Studies (GAAS/DGFA)
DEPARTMENTAL SERVICES
10/2013 – 04/2014 Member of the Search Committee for the Chair of European Union and Multilevel Governance, Goethe University
04/2013 – 03/2014 Representative of the Faculty within the Institute for Political Science, Goethe University
04/2013 – 09/2013 Member of the Search Committee for the Chair of Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences, Goethe University
10/2012 – 04/2013 Member of the Search Committee for the Chair of Empirical Democracy Research, Goethe University
FURTHER SKILLS AND INTERESTS
Languages German (native speaker) English (fluent)
French (basic)
Latin (Advanced Latinum)
Software Tools for analysis: R, SPSS, fsQCA, MaxQDA
Office software: Microsoft Office, Citavi, OLAT, FIONA Normal life interests Sports: Tennis (DTB B-Licence), Soccer
