Dr Lisa H. Anders is Lecturer in German & European Politics / DAAD Fachlektorin. Her work focuses on the German political system, EU responses to democratic backsliding in EU member states, European (dis)integration and the politicisation of the EU.

Prior to joining King’s, Lisa worked at the University of Leipzig and the University of Potsdam. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Leipzig and a Master’s degree in Social Sciences from the Humboldt University of Berlin.

Lisa is a speaker of the Standing Group on European Studies and Comparative Regionalism is a research group of the German Political Science Association (DVPW).

Office hours

Wednesday: 14.00 - 15.00

Friday: 11.00 - 12.00

Research interests

• German political system
• EU responses to democratic backsliding
• European (dis-)integration
• EU Politicisation

Teaching

6AAOB314 Contemporary German Politics

5AAOB207 Research Methods in Political Science

4AAOB122 The Emergence of the Modern German State

PhD supervision

Lisa is happy to supervise PhD students working on similar topics to herself.

Latest publications

Priebus, Sonja/Anders, Lisa H. (2023): Fundamental Change Beneath the Surface: The Supranationalisation of Rule of Law Protection in the European Union, Journal of Common Market Studies, https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13489

Anders, Lisa H./Riese, Dorothee (2022): Politische Akteure und Institutionen in Deutschland. Eine forschungsorientierte Einführung in das politische System, Wiesbaden, Springer VS (Textbook on the German political system), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-37553-9

Lorenz, Astrid/ Anders, Lisa H. (2021): Illiberal Trends and Anti-EU Politics in East Central Europe, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54674-8