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GIGA Academic Staff - Ufen

PD Dr. Andreas Ufen

GIGA Institute of Asian Studies
Rothenbaumchaussee 32
20148 Hamburg
Germany
(on leave)

Phone: +49 (0)40 - 42 88 74-32
Fax: +49 (0)40 - 410 79 45

Email:

Andreas Ufen

Biographical data:

  • Political Science at Free University of Berlin (1988-1994); MA in Political Science, University of Berlin; Ph.D., University of Hamburg, Faculty for Political Science: April 2000 "Herrschaftsfiguration und Demokratisierung in Indonesien (1965-1999)"; "Power Configuration and Democratization in Indonesia (1965-1999)"
  • Professional career:
Oct. 2011-
Sep. 2013:		 Substitute professor for political science at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Since Sep. 2012: Coeditor of the Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs
Aug./Sep. 2012: Visiting Professor, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City
2010-Oct. 2011: Coordinator of the GIGA Doctoral Programme
Since 2000: Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute of Asian Studies; Lecturer at University of Hamburg (Political Science and Indonesian Studies)

 

Memberships:

  • American Political Science Association (APSA)
  • Advisory Council, German Association for Asian Studies
  • European Association for Southeast Asian Studies (EUROSEAS)

 

Teaching:

  • WS 2012/13: Institut für Politische Wissenschaft, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Vorlesung: Politik in Ostasien
  • WS 2012/13: Institut für Politische Wissenschaft, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Masterseminar: Internationale Politik in Asien
  • WS 2012/13: Institut für Politische Wissenschaft, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Hauptseminar: Demokratisierung in Asien
  • SS 2012: Institut für Politische Wissenschaft, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Hauptseminar: Globalisierung
  • SS 2012: Institut für Politische Wissenschaft, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Hauptseminar: Ethnizität und Nationalismus in Asien
  • SS 2012: Institut für Politische Wissenschaft, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Proseminar: Parteien und Parteiensysteme in Asien
  • SS 2012: Institut für Politische Wissenschaft, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Proseminar: Internationale Beziehungen im asiatisch-pazifischen Raum
  • SS 2012: Institut für Politische Wissenschaft, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Proseminar: Politische Systeme in Ostasien
  • WS 2011/2012: Institut für Politische Wissenschaft, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Master-Seminar: Regionale Kooperation in Ostasien
  • WS 2011/2012: Institut für Politische Wissenschaft, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Proseminar: Entwicklungstheorie und Demokratisierung
  • WS 2011/2012: Institut für Politische Wissenschaft, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Proseminar: Autoritäre Regime in Asien
  • WS 2011/2012: Institut für Politische Wissenschaft, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Vertiefungsseminar: Einführung in die Parteienforschung
  • SS 2009: Institut für Politische Wissenschaft, Universität Hamburg, Seminar: "Islam und Politik"
  • WS 2008/2009: Institut für Politische Wissenschaft, Universität Hamburg, Seminar: „Parteien und Parteiensysteme in Asien“
  • WS 2008/2009: Asien-Afrika-Institut, Universität Hamburg, Seminar: „Demokratisierung in Indonesien“
  • SS 2008, Asien-Afrika-Institut, Universität Hamburg, Seminar: „Islam und Politik in Indonesien und Malaysia“
  • SS 2008, Institut für Politische Wissenschaft, Universität Hamburg, Seminar: „Islam und Politik in Südostasien“
  • 2005/2006, University Hamburg, Faculty for Political Science, (with Marco Bünte): "Politische Gewalt in Südostasien" ("Political Violence in Southeast Asia")

 

Current research:

  • Democratization
  • Islamization
  • Political parties
  • Weak states and political violence
  • Regional integration

 

Research Project:

  • Since July 2004 (until December 2006): head of the research project "Islam and Politics in Southeast Asia" (German Research Foundation); the project focuses on cleavages in the political party systems of Indonesia and Malaysia and specifically on the role of political Islam

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Publications (selection):

  • 2013: Country Report Malaysia, Bertelsmann SGI (Sustainable Governance Indicators) 2013 (forthcoming)
  • 2013: Lipset and Rokkan in Southeast Asia: Indonesia in Comparative Perspective, in: Dirk Tomsa and Andreas Ufen (eds.), Political Parties in Southeast Asia. Clientelism and Electoral Competition in Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines, 2013, London und New York: Routledge, 40-61 (forthcoming)
  • 2013 (with Dirk Tomsa): Introduction: Clientelism and Electoral Competition in Southeast Asia, in: Dirk Tomsa and Andreas Ufen (eds.): Political Parties in Southeast Asia. Clientelism and Electoral Competition in Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines, 2013, London und New York: Routledge, 1-19
  • 2013 (with Dirk Tomsa, eds.): Political Parties in Southeast Asia. Clientelism and Electoral Competition in Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines, London, New York: Routledge
  • 2012: Party Systems, Critical Junctures, and Cleavages in Southeast Asia, in: Asian Survey, 52, 3, 441-464 (see also: Party Systems, Critical Junctures and Cleavages in Southeast Asia, Working Paper Series No. 129, City University of Hong Kong, March 2012)
  • 2012: Politischer Islam in Indonesien seit 1998, in: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, Indonesien, 11-12, 30-36 (Full text)
  • 2012: Ethnizität, Islam, Reformasi: Die Evolution der Konfliktlinien im Parteiensystem Malaysias, Opladen: VS Verlag, 307 pp. (Flyer)
  • 2010: Political Islam and Democratization in Southeast Asia, in: Marco Bünte and Aurel Croissant (eds.), The Crisis of Democratic Governance in Southeast Asia, Houndmills Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan 75-92
  • 2010: Electoral Campaigning in Indonesia: The Professionalization and Commercialization after 1998, in: Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs 4/2010, 11-37 (Full text)
  • 2010: Forms of Campaigning and the Transformation of Political Parties in Indonesia, in: LSE Ideas Special Report (2010): Democratisation & New Voter Mobilisation in Southeast Asia, 6-9 (Full text)
  • 2010: The legislative and presidential elections in Indonesia in 2009, in: Electoral Studies 29, 281-285
  • 2010: Die Institutionalisierung der Parteiensysteme in Ostmalaysia (Sarawak und Sabah): Demokratisierung oder Herrschaftsstabilisierung?, in: ASIEN 112-113, Oktober, 85-102 (Full text)
  • 2009: Die Aushöhlung der Diktatur. Die Eigendynamik des elektoralen Autoritarismus in Malaysia, in: WeltTrends. Zeitschrift für internationale Politik, 69, 17, 7-24 (Full text)
  • 2009: Mobilizing Political Islam: Indonesia and Malaysia Compared, in: Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 47, 3, 308–333 (Full text)
  • 2009: The Transformation of Political Party Opposition in Malaysia and its Implications for the Electoral Authoritarian Regime, in: Democratization, 16, 3, 604-627 (Full text)
  • 2009: Parlamentswahlen in Indonesien: Präsident Susilo im Aufwind; GIGA Focus Asien, Nr. 5/2009, Hamburg: GIGA (pdf)
  • 2009 (with Marco Bünte, eds.): Democratization in Post-Suharto Indonesia, London: Routledge 2009 (About the book / Reviews: 1, 2, 3)
  • 2009: The New Order and Its Legacy: Reflections on Democratization in Indonesia, in: Marco Bünte and Andreas Ufen (eds.), Democratization in Post-Suharto Indonesia, London: Routledge, 3-29
  • 2009: Political Parties and Democratization in Indonesia, in: Marco Bünte and Andreas Ufen (ed.), Democratization in Post-Suharto Indonesia, London: Routledge, 153-175
  • 2008: The 2008 Elections in Malaysia. Uncertainties of Electoral Authoritarianism, in: Taiwan Journal of Democracy, 2, 1, 155-169 (Full text)
  • 2008: “Roots of Democracy”, in: Inside Indonesia, no. 92, April-June (Full text)
  • 2008: „Islamisierungsmuster in Südostasien“, in: Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, 1/2008, 1-78
  • 2008: “From Aliran to Dealignment. Political Parties in Post-Suharto Indonesia”, in: South East Asia Research, 16, 1, 5-41 (Full text)
  • 2008: “Political party and party system institutionalisation in Southeast Asia: lessons for democratic consolidation in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand”, in: The Pacific Review, 21, 3, 327­350
  • 2008: "Konfliktlinien und Wählermobilisierung in Südostasien", in: Karsten Grabow and Patrick Köllner (eds.): Parteien und ihre Wähler: Gesellschaftliche Konfliktlinien und Wählermobilisierung im internationalen Vergleich. Sankt Augustin/Berlin: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (Schriftenreihe "Im Plenum"), 93-112
  • 2008: „Die komplexe Dynamik der Islamisierung. Der malaysische Islam im Spannungsfeld von Staat, politischer Gesellschaft und Zivilgesellschaft“, in: H. Warnk and F. Schulze (eds.): Religion & Identität: Muslime und Nicht-Muslime in Südostasien; Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 111-136
  • 2008: Politischer Neubeginn in Malaysia: Die Parlamentswahlen vom März 2008, GIGA Focus Asien, Nr. 4/2008, Hamburg: GIGA (pdf)
  • 2008: The Evolution of Cleavages in the Indonesian party system, GIGA Working Paper No 74, April 2008, Hamburg (Full text)
  • 2007: “Wahlen in Aceh. Neue Hoffnung auf Frieden?“, in: Südostasien aktuell, 1/07; 107-119

Complete list

 

Lectures (selection):

  • Vorträge zu Parteien und Parteiensystemen in Südostasien (University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, 7 September 2012; De La Salle University, Manila, 6 September 2012; City University, Hongkong, 3 April 2012; Monash University, Kuala Lumpur, 30 March 2012; University of Nottingham, Kuala Lumpur, 26 March 2012; Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, 29 February 2012)
  • Accountability von Parteien in Indonesien, Konferenz: Strengthening Political Accountability in Southeast and East Asia: Approaches, Achievements and Setbacks during the Past Decade; Trier, 25 May 2012
  • "Direct Local Elections and the Fragmentation of Party Organization in Indonesia", APSA-Konferenz, Seattle, 1 September 2011
  • "Transition in Indonesia - A Crisis of Democratic Governance?", Summer School: "Democracy and Security Revisited - Transformations in Egypt and Tunisia and EU Re- (Dis-) Orientation", DGAP, Berlin, 18 July 2011
  • "Decentralization and new forms of electoral campaigning in Post-Suharto Indonesia", Konferenz "Decentralization and Democratization in Southeast Asia" an der Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, 17 June 2011 (programme)
  • "Lipset and Rokkan in Southeast Asia. The Translation of Social Cleavages", EuroSEAS Conference, EuroSEAS, Göteburg, 26 August 2010
  • "The Decline of Cleavage Voting in Indonesia", Workshop on 'Political Parties and Party System in Post-Reformasi Indonesia: Outlook, Challenges, and Future Trajectory', S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 14 July 2010
  • "Political Islam in Southeast Asia", Political Islam Seminar, European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) for the European Commission, Directorate General, Brüssel, 19 March 2010
  • “Forms of Campaigning, Party Types and the Decline of Cleavage-Based Mobilization in Indonesia” (paper giver), Democratisation and New Forms of Voter Mobilisation in Southeast Asia, LSE, London, 12 February 2010
  • “Research on Southeast Asian Politics: Trends in Europe” (paper giver), Panel zu "Approaching Southeast Asian Politics: Trends and Variations in a Global Context", International Convention of Asia Scholars 6, Daejeon, Korea, 6 August 2009
  • „Südostasien mit Schwerpunkt Indonesien und Malaysia“, Workshop des Auswärtigen Amtes mit dem GIGA, „Religion und Konflikt in Afrika, Nahost und Südostasien“, Auswärtiges Amt, Berlin, 20 May 2009
  • “Analyzing Cleavages in Party Systems – How relevant is the Lipset/Rokkan approach in Southeast Asia?”, World Social Science Forum, International Social Science Council/UNESCO , Bergen, 10 May 2009 (Plenary Sessions)
  • "Malaysia: One Year after the 2008 elections - An Outside Perspective", KAS-Forum: Malaysia - One Year after 08/03, KAS, Kuala Lumpur, 16 February 2009 (Full ltext)
  • “Political Islam and Democratization in Southeast Asia”, Challenges and Prospects of Democratic Governance in Southeast Asia, GIGA und das Institut für Politische Wissenschaft, Heidelberg, 16 January 2009
  • “Political Party Opposition in Southeast Asia”, Asia Centre (Sciences Po), Paris, 18 November 2008
  • "Political Parties and Islam in Indonesia", Seminar, Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta, 31 July 2008
  • “Democratic Consolidation and the Role of Parties in Southeast Asia: Indonesia in Regional Comparison”, Conference: Indonesia ten years after (1998-2008), University of Amsterdam, 22 May 2008
  • „National Identity, Ethno-Religious Conflict and Democratization in Indonesia after Suharto“, Asien-Pazifik-Kolloquium im Wintersemester 2007/2008 “Nationale Identitäten in Südostasien” (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg), 13 December 2007
  • “Political Islam and Democracy in Indonesia and Malaysia”, EuroSEAS, Neapel 13 September 2007
  • “Islamisation and Democratisation in Southeast Asia”, ECPR, Pisa 7 September 2007
  • "Gesellschaftliche Konfliktlinien und Wählermobilisierung in Südostasien (Cleavages and Voter Mobilization in Southeast Asia)", Conference on Parteien und ihre Wähler (Political Parties and their Voters), jointly organized by GIGA and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Berlin, 23 May 2007
  • "The Institutionalization of Political Party Systems in Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines)", Annual Meeting, Association for Asian Studies, Boston (USA), 23 March 2007

 

Media Article:

  • Menschenrechte in Malaysia (Audio-Datei)
    Interview (Domradio, July 19, 2011)
  • Indonesien und Malaysia
    Ein Pakt mit dem Kapital, Artikel (in: Merkur spezial – Islam im Griff der Tradition, Rheinischer Merkur Nr. 43, 22.10.2009)
  • Malaysia’s Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi has handed in his resignation and made way for his deputy Najib Razak
    Interview (Deutsche Welle Radio, April 2, 2009) (Audio Datei)

Update: January 22, 2013

  
 
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