Professor Dr. Ulrich Willems
Current affiliations
- Professur für Politische Theorie mit dem Schwerpunkt Politik und Religion (Prof. Willems)
- Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics"
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
- Political Theory
- Political and Juridical Constitution of Culturally and Religiously Plural Societies
- Democratic Theory
- Politics and Religion
- Religious Policy
- Political Sociology
- Research on Associations
- Social-Regulative Politics with a Focus on Biopolitics
Academic Education | |
| 01/2003 | Habilitation, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Hamburg, venia legendi for political science |
| 01/1996 | PhD in political science, TU Darmstadt |
| 03/1990 | Diploma in Sociology, University of Marburg, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy |
| 10/1982 - 03/1990 | Studies of Evangelical Theology, Sociology, Political Science and Philosophy at Philipps-Universität Marburg |
| 03/1988 | Theological Examination, Evangelical Church in the Rhineland |
| 10/1980 - 09/1982 | Studies of Evangelical Theology at the Theological Seminary Wuppertal |
Work Experience | |
| since 01/2019 | Principal Investigator of the Cluster of Excellence 20160 "Religion and Politics. Dynamics of Tradition and Innovation", University of Münster |
| since 07/2016 | Co-speaker of the graduate school "Religious plurality and its regulation in the region (RePliR)" |
| since 10/2008 | Professor for Political Theory with a special focus on Politics and Religion at the University of Münster |
| since 10/2008 | Principal Investigator of the Cluster of Excellence "Relegion and Politics in Pre-Modern and Modern Cultures", University of Münster |
| 11/2009 - 10/2018 | Member of the board of directors, Cluster of Excellence "Religion and Politics in Pre-Modern and Modern Cultures", University of Münster |
| 01/2010 - 09/2018 | Member of the "Centre for Advanced Studies in Bioethics", University of Münster |
| 01/2012 - 03/2016 | Speaker of the Centre for Religion and Modernity |
| 04/2007 - 10/2008 | Interim Professor for 'Political Science with a Focus on Politics and Religion', Department of Political Science, University of Münster |
| 04/2006 - 03/2007 | Interim Professor for 'Comparative Politics and Social Policies', Department of Political Science, University of Münster |
| 04/2002 - 03/2006 | Lecturer, Department of Political Science, University of Hamburg / Department of Political Science, Technical University of Darmstadt |
| 04/1996 - 03/2002 | Assistant Professor, Institute of Political Science, University of Hamburg |
| 04/1992 - 03/1996 | Research Fellow, Institute of Political Science, Technical University of Darmstadt |
| 04/1990 - 03/1992 | Research Fellow of the German Research Foundation-research project "The moralic demand as special interest" at the Institute of Political Science at Philipps-University of Marburg |
Functions and Memberships | |
| since 04/2013 | Member of the board of trustees Protestant Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (FEST) |
| since 2011 | International Political Science Association |
| since 1990 | German Association for Political Science |
| 10/2018 - 09/2020 | Executive Director, Institute for Political Science |
| 10/2016 - 09/2018 | Deputy Executive Director, Institute for Political Science |
| 2006 - 2012 | Speaker of the section Political Sociology in the German Association of Political Sciences (DVPW) |
| 10/2008 - 09/2010 | Deputy Executive Director, Institute for Political Science |
| 09/2003 - 09/2009 | Member of the Board of Directors of the German Political Science Association (Deutsche Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft, DVPW) |
| 2000 - 2007 | Co-Speaker, Standing Group "Organized Interests", German Political Science Association |
| 09/2000 - 09/2003 | Member of the Academic Advisory Council of the German Political Science Association (Deutsche Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft, DVPW) |
Appointments | |
| 06/2008 | Offer to a Professorship for Political Science with a Focus on Politics and Religion, University of Münster (accepted) |
Publications
Westphal, Manon; Willems, Ulrich (eds.) (2023) In: Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (CRISPP), 26(3). Special issue of a journal | |
Westphal, Manon; Willems, Ulrich (2023) In: Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (CRISPP), 26(3). Review article (journal) | |
Willems, Ulrich (2021) Review article (book contribution) | |
Horton John, Westphal Manon, Willems Ulrich (eds.) (2019) Heidelberg: Springer VDI Verlag. Book (edited collection) | |
Weiberg-Salzmann Mirjam, Willems Ulrich (2019) In: Weiberg-Salzmann Mirjam, Willems Ulrich (eds.), Religion and Biopolitics. Cham: Springer VDI Verlag. Research article (book contribution) |
Projects
Duration: 01/11/2021 - 28/02/2025 Funded by: MKW - Förderlinie "Profilbildung" Type of project: Participation in other joint projects | |
Duration: 01/01/2021 - 30/06/2025 | 2nd Funding period Funded by: MKW - Forschungskolleg Type of project: Individual project | |
Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2025 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence Type of project: Main DFG-project hosted at University of Münster | |
Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2025 | 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Cluster of Excellence Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster | |
Duration: 01/07/2016 - 31/12/2020 | 1st Funding period Funded by: MKW - Forschungskolleg Type of project: Individual project |
Doctorates
| Discourses on Gender, Sexuality and Family in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania Candidate: Weber, Charlotte | Supervisors: Willems, Ulrich Period of time: 01/10/2019 - 28/02/2024 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Discourses on gender, sexuality and family in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania Candidate: Weber, Charlotte | Supervisors: Willems, Ulrich Period of time: until 30/09/2022 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Deliberative democracy and religion. The status of religious arguments in poliotical deliberation - a moderate-inclusive approach Candidate: Richter, Jan Achim | Supervisors: Willems, Ulrich; Niesen, Peter Period of time: 01/01/2010 - 02/02/2018 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at another university (NOT University of Münster) | |
| The normativity of agonistic politics. Conflict regulation and institutional design in pluralistic democracy Candidate: Westphal, Manon | Supervisors: Willems, Ulrich; Schmücker, Reinold Period of time: 01/01/2011 - 20/07/2016 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster | |
| Totality, charisma, authority.
The origins and transformations of totalist heterodoxies Candidate: Murariu, Mihai | Supervisors: Willems, Ulrich; Backes, Uwe Period of time: 01/04/2010 - 21/01/2016 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster |