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)

Wie das Bundesverfassungsgericht demokratisch resilient gemacht werden kann. Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit zwischen formalisierter Rechtspolitik und demokratischer Praxis Petersen, Felix (2025) In: Bürger & Staat, 3-2025. Review article (journal)
Die Verstetigung von Bürgerräten in Deutschland Felix Petersen (2025) Web publication (blog article)
Inquiring transformations of state, economy and society Petersen, Felix; Seeliger, Martin (2025) In: Journal of Political Sociology, 3(1). Editorial (journal)
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)

Duration: 01/05/2024 - 31/01/2026

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

Type of project: Individual project