Profile

Professional career

• since 04/2014
  Lecturer (LfbA) at the Institute of Political Science (work area "Political system of Germany and Politics in Europe") at Leipzig University
• 04/2013 - 09/2016
  Research Assistant (04/2015 – 09/2016) resp. Lecturer (LfbA; 04/2013 – 03/2015) at the Institute of Political Science at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
• 04/2008 - 02/2014
  Contract Lecturer (Lehrbeauftragter or Honorarverträge) at Friedrich Schiller University Jena (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014), TU Ilmenau (2008, 2009) and Free University of Berlin (2012)
• 11/2007 - 03/2008
  Academic Assistant (wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft) at the Institute of Political Science at Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Education

• 10/2012 - 01/2013
  Additional qualification in the field of Public Relations (PR), Leipzig and Berlin
• 04/2011
  Doctorate (Dr. phil.) at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, with a dissertation on East German state party associations
• 04/2008 - 03/2011
  Doctorate scholarship, Graduate Academy of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
• 04/2003 - 11/2007
  Study of political science, modern history and informatics at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, completed with a master's degree (Magister Artium)

main research areas

• parties in Germany
• elections at various levels in Germany and Europe
• coalition formation in Germany
• federalism and Bundesrat

memberships

• German Association of Parliamentary Issues (DVParl)
• German Political Science Association (DVPW)
• Saxon Competence Center for State and Local Politics (SKLK)

• Kommunalpolitik und Kommunalverwaltung in Wissenschaft und Praxis am Beispiel Migration und Integration

  Lorenz, Astrid

  Duration: 10/2015 – 06/2017

  Funded by: BMBF Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung; Haushaltsmittel (TG51, Overhead)

  Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Politisches System Deutschlands und Politik in Europa
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• Probleme der Repräsentation: Perspektiven aus Mittel- und Osteuropa

  Karolewski, Ireneusz Pawel; Pates, Rebecca

  Duration: 01/2025 – 01/2028

  Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Politische Theorie und Demokratieforschung
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more projects

• Lorenz, A.; Anders, L. H.; Träger, H.

  European Parliament Elections in East Central Europe: Participation, Eurosceptic Voting, and Perceptions of Young People

  In: Kolleck, N.; Karolewski, I. P. (Eds.)

  Rethinking Citizenship in Central and Eastern Europe: Insights from Education and Political Research. Bristol (UK): Bristol University Press. 2025. pp. 64–88.

  DOI: 10.56687/9781529240818-007
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• Höhne, B.; Kölzer, J.; Träger, H.

  Geography of Shrinkage: Local Population Decline and Electoral Support for the Anti-establishment Parties AfD and BSW in East German State Elections

  German Politics. 2025.

  DOI: 10.1080/09644008.2025.2489409
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• Träger, H.; Oppelland, T.

  Populäre und unpopuläre ‚Landesfürsten‘: die Bewertung von Amtsinhabern bei Landtagswahlen

  In: Heinze, A.-S.; Jun, U.; Oppelland, T. (Eds.)

  Regionale Vielfalt? Neue Trends subnationaler Parteiensysteme in Deutschland. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 2025. pp. 99–118.

  DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-46156-0_5
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• Träger, H.; Samstag, S. J.; Rustenbeck, H.

  Klein- und Kleinstparteien in den Bundesländern: eine Analyse der institutionellen Rahmenbedingungen und Erfolgsfaktoren

  In: Heinze, A.-S.; Jun, U.; Oppelland, T. (Eds.)

  Regionale Vielfalt? Neue Trends subnationaler Parteiensysteme in Deutschland. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 2025. pp. 71–98.

  DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-46156-0_4
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• Lorenz, A.; Träger, H.

  Radikal ungebunden. Wie die Ostdeutschen wählen und warum das so ist

  In: Hanselle, R.; Marguier, A. (Eds.)

  Im Demokratielabor. Ostdeutschland zwischen Freiheit und Populismus . Freiburg im Breisgau: Verlag Herder. 2024. pp. 125–137.

  ISBN: 978-3-451-39769-1
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Dr. Hendrik Träger teaches on the following topics:

• Political system of the Federal Republic of Germany (e.g. parties, elections, security and defense policy)
• Comparison of political systems (e.g. parliamentary vs. presidential systems, electoral and party systems)