Comparative Research Methods: Design and Analysis

Dirk Berg-Schlosser is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Marburg in Germany and currently affiliated with the University of Naples Federico II. He has held significant academic positions, including Director of the Institute of Political Science and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy at Philipps-University, Marburg. His extensive teaching and research experience spans several universities, including those in Munich, Aachen, Augsburg, Nairobi, Stellenbosch, and Berkeley. From 1988 to 2000, he chaired the Research Committee on "Democratization in Comparative Perspective" for the International Political Science Association (IPSA) and served as Chair of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) from 2003 to 2006. He was also Vice-President of IPSA from 2006 to 2009. Berg-Schlosser initiated the IPSA Summer Schools on Research Methods across various global locations and coordinated these schools from 2009 to 2016. His research interests include political culture, empirical democratic theory, development studies, comparative politics, and comparative methodology. He has published extensively in these areas and is a fellow of the Stellenbosch Institute of Advanced Studies (STIAS). Additionally, he teaches courses on Comparative Research Designs and Methods, contributing to the academic community's understanding of complex political dynamics.