Prof. Dr. Theresa Gessler

Professor of Political Science with a Focus on Democratic Political Decision-Making

Address

University of Hamburg

Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Political Science

Von-Melle-Park 9

20146 Hamburg

Office

VMP 9

Room: Staircase B, Room B 535

Office hours

By appointment.

Contact

Tel: +49 40 42838-3937, +49 40 239523937

Email: theresa.gessler"AT"uni-hamburg.de

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2339-6266

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RFDbkFMAAAAJ&hl=de

Github: https://github.com/theresagessler

Information regarding consultation hours

Due to my absence in the winter term, my consultation hours will be available only in urgent cases (e.g. for supervising theses that have already been approved). Appointments can be made by email(theresa.gessler"AT"uni-hamburg.de).

Consultation hours

Curriculum vitae

Academic Career

2019: PhD in Political and Social Sciences, dissertation: Political conflict on immigration and democracy in Europe.
2015–2019: Doctoral studies at the European University Institute (Florence, Italy).
2013–2015: Master's degree in Political Science, specialisation in research methods at the Central European University (Budapest, Hungary)

2009–2013: Bachelor studies in Sociology, minor in History and Philosophy of Science at the Goethe-Universität Frankfurt.

Professional activity

Since September 2025: Professorship for Political Science with a Focus on Democratic Political
Decision-Making at the University of Hamburg.
2022–2025: Junior Professor of Comparative Politics (tenure track) at the Faculty of Cultural Studies of the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder).
2022–2025: Visiting Researcher of the Center for Civil Society Research at the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB).
2019–2022: Digital Democracy Lab & Chair of Policy Analysis, Institute of Political Science, Universität Zürich
2021: Adjunct Professor of Data Science at the University of Mannheim.