DAAD Visiting Assistant Professor(206) 616 9232switek@uw.eduPlease contact via emailOffice Hours: T 1:00-2:00pm, by appt; https://washington.zoom.us/j/94467529650Fields of Interest Area Studies Comparative Politics European Politics European Union Political Science Social Movements West European Party PoliticsBackground and ExperienceSummaryUniversity of Duisburg Essen (Germany), Ph.D. Political Science, 2015Niko Switek is DAAD Visiting Assistant Professor for German Studies at the Henry M. Jackson School for International Studies and the Department of Political Science at the University of Washington. His research interests focus on political parties and party systems as well as on coalition politics. He wrote extensively about the German green party 'Bündnis 90/Die Grünen' and the green party family in Western Europe. In addition he worked on parties on European level ('Europarties') and just recently compiled a volume on fictional TV series about politics. Research Publications, Book Chapters Switek, N. & Weissenbach, K. (2020). An Ever-Closer Party? The Institutionalization of the European Green Party After the 2019 European Election. In Die Europawahl 2019. Ringen um die Zukunft Europas, edited by Kaeding, M., Mueller, M. & Schmaelter, J., 63-77. Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-17409-5_6. Publications, Articles Bukow, S., & Switek, N. (2017). Ökonomie sticht Ökologie? Programmatische Reaktionen der grünen Parteifamilie als Folge der globalen Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise. Zeitschrift Für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft, 11(1), 104–128. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12286-017-0336-y Switek, N. (2016). Inside the Europarty: Research at the junction of party politics and European integration. Journal of European Integration, 38(6), 737–741. https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2016.1195196 Publications, Books Switek, N. (2015). Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. Koalitionsentscheidungen in den Ländern. Nomos. Projects German Politics in Popular Culture: Logics and Consequences of Transforming Political Institutions, Processes, and Actors into Entertainment (In progress) One Small Step for Candidates, One Giant Leap for Europarties? The consequence of the Spitzenkandidaten instrument in the European Elections 2014 on their subsequent institutionalization (In progress) Teaching Spring 2021 POL S 448 A: Politics of the European Union Winter 2021 POL S 447 A: Advanced Seminar in Comparative Politics Autumn 2020 POL S 346 A: Governments of Western Europe POL S 447 C: Advanced Seminar In Comparative Politics POL S 548 A: Comparative Political Parties Spring 2020 POL S 448 A: Politics of the European Union Winter 2020 POL S 346 A: Governments of Western Europe Spring 2019 POL S 447 A: Advanced Seminar in Comparative Politics POL S 548 A: Comparative Political Parties Winter 2019 POL S 332 A: Topics in Comparative Politics News & Events Related Events Political Equality Without Social Equality? Social Distortion of Low Voter Turnout in the European Elections 2019 Across Nine European Capitals - Feb 11 2020 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm May 28th: Trade Deficit, NATO Dues, Refugee Policies – Partner and Ally Germany in the Spotlight of Trump's Criticism - May 28 2019 - 4:30pm to 6:30pm Germany After Merkel - Jan 16 2019 - 1:30pm to 2:30pm Share: Print PDF