Prof. Dr. Gwendolyn Sasse

Gwendolyn Sasse is Academic Director of ZOiS and Einstein Professor for the Comparative Study of Democracy and Authoritarianism at the Department of Social Sciences of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

Her academic career began with the study of history, Slavonic studies and political science at the University of Hamburg and led her to an MSc and PhD in political science at the London School of Economics. After that, she took up a post as Assistant Professor at the Central European University, and then as Lecturer/Senior Lecturer at the London School of Economics. In 2013, she became Professor of Comparative Politics at the Department of Politics and International Relations and at the Oxford School for Global and Area Studies at the University of Oxford . She maintains her connection with Oxford as a Senior Research Fellow at Nuffield College and is also a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the think tank Carnegie Europe.

  Curriculum Vitae (last updated: 15/04/21)