Academic Education
2011 - 2016	Dissertation in Political Science, Institute of Social Sciences, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
2008 - 2011	Master in Political Theory, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main/ TU Darmstadt
2009	Studies in Political Science, New School for Social Research, New York
2003 - 2008	Bachelor in Political Sciences and Slavic Philology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
2006 - 2007	Studies in Political Sciences and Slavic Philology, Charles-University Prague
Work Experience
2020 - 2022	Lecturer in Comparative Constitutionalism (parental leave: 5-11/2021), Tel Aviv University, The Buchmann Faculty of Law
2017 - 2022	Postdoctoral researcher, (parental leave: 3-9/2018), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Koebner Center for German History
2011 - 2017	Lecturer in Comparative Politics and Political Theory, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute for Social Sciences
2011 - 2017	Researcher, Comparative Political Science and the Political Systems of Eastern Europe (Silvia von Steinsdorff), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute for Social Sciences
08/2017 - 10/2017	Visiting Researcher, Princeton University, Department of Politics (invited by Jan-Werner Müller)
04/2016 - 06/2016	Visiting Researcher, Princeton University, Department of Politics (invited by Jan-Werner Müller)

Montesquieu and the Concept of the Non-Arbitrary State Petersen F. (2023) In: European Legacy, 28(1). Research article (journal)
Critical problems and pragmatist solutions Petersen F.; Brunkhorst H.; Seeliger M. (2022) In: Philosophy and Social Criticism, 48(10). Research article (journal)
Pragmatist democracy and the populist challenge Petersen F. (2022) In: Philosophy and Social Criticism, 48(10). Research article (journal)
The Constitutional Court of Turkey: Between Legal and Political Reasoning Steinsdorff, Silvia von; Göztepe, Ece; Abad Andrade, Maria; Petersen, Felix (2022) Baden-Baden: Nomos. Book (monograph)
Rethinking Rousseau: federal government and politics in commercial society Petersen F. (2021) In: History of European Ideas, 47(8). Research article (journal)

Duration: 01/05/2024 - 30/04/2025

Funded by: VolkswagenStiftung - Transformational Knowledge on Democracies under Change – Transdisciplinary Perspectives

Type of project: Individual project