Research Focus

German pension politics, policy networks, social network analysis, international environmental treaties

Academic Career

08/2008 - 03/2012
Doctoral student at the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods (Bonn)

10/2007 - 07/2008
Doctoral student at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (Rostock)

since 10/2007
Fellow of the MaxNetAging Research School (MNARS)
Max Planck International Research Network on Aging (MaxNetAging)

since 10/2007
Doctoral student
Department of Politics and Management, University of Konstanz
Working title: Advocacy coalitions in German pension politics

05/2007 - 11/2007
Research assistant
Center of Excellence "Cultural Foundations of Integration", University of Konstanz
Project title: Risk communication and discourse networks

10/2005 - 05/2007
Student assistant
Chair of Empirical Theory of the State, Prof. Volker Schneider
Department of Politics and Management, University of Konstanz
Project title: Policy networks and political theory

10/2002 - 05/2007
Diplom student (MA equivalent)
Department of Politics and Management, University of Konstanz
Major: Policy analysis and evaluation

Publications

Schneider V., Leifeld P., Malang T., Coping with Creeping Catastrophes: National Political Systems and the Challenge of Slow-Moving Policy Problems, Long-Term Policies: Governing Social-Ecological Change, Siebenhüner B., Jacob K., Arnold M., (Eds.): Routledge, In Press.

Leifeld P., Schneider V., Information Exchange in Policy Networks, American Journal of Political Science, In Press.

Leifeld P., Haunss S., Political Discourse Networks and the Conflict over Software Patents in Europe, European Journal of Political Research, In Press. Abstract

Leifeld P., Haunss S., A Comparison between Political Claims Analysis and Discourse Network Analysis: The Case of Software Patents in the European Union, issue 2010/21, Bonn, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, 2010. Abstract Full text

Leifeld P., Schneider V., Institutional communication revisited: Preferences, opportunity structures and scientific expertise in policy networks, issue 2010/12, Bonn, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, 2010. Abstract Full text

Janning F., Leifeld P., Malang T., Schneider V., Diskursnetzwerkanalyse. Überlegungen zur Theoriebildung und Methodik, Politiknetzwerke, Modelle, Anwendungen und Visualisierungen, Schneider V., Janning F., Leifeld P., Malang T., (Eds.), Wiesbaden, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, pp. 59-92, 2009.

Leifeld P., Eine Ko-Zitationsanalyse der quantitativen Netzwerkanalysen in der Politikwissenschaft, Politiknetzwerke. Modelle, Anwendungen und Visualisierungen, Schneider V., Janning F., Leifeld P., Malang T., (Eds.), Wiesbaden, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, pp. 93-113, 2009.

Leifeld P., Malang T., Glossar der Politiknetzwerkanalyse, Politiknetzwerke, Modelle, Anwendungen und Visualisierungen, Schneider V., Janning F., Leifeld P., Malang T., (Eds.), Wiesbaden, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, pp. 371-389, 2009.

Politiknetzwerke. Modelle, Anwendungen und Visualisierungen, Schneider V., Janning F., Leifeld P., Malang T., (Eds.), Wiesbaden, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, pp. 406, 2009.

Schneider V., Leifeld P., Überzeugungssysteme, Diskursnetzwerke und politische Kommunikation: Ein zweiter Blick auf die deutsche Chemikalienkontrolle der 1980er Jahre. , Politiknetzwerke, Modelle, Anwendungen und Visualisierungen, Schneider V., Janning F., Leifeld P., Malang T., (Eds.), Wiesbaden, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, pp. 139-158, 2009.

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