Jürgen Wilfried Falter (born 22 January 1944) is a German political scientist. His research interests include political extremism and

xenophobia Xenophobia () is the fear or dislike of anything which is perceived as being foreign or strange. It is an expression of perceived conflict between an in-group and out-group and may manifest in suspicion by the one of the other's activities, a ...

.Forschungsschwerpunkte
Falter's website at the University of Mainz. Born in Heppenheim,

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, Falter enrolled with a political science and modern history major at the

University of Heidelberg } Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, (german: Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; la, Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis) is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, ...

in 1963 before finishing his studies with a

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at the

Free University of Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and t ...

in 1968.Walter's curriculum vitae
at the University of Mainz. He earned his

doctoral degree A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''li ...

in 1973 and his

Habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in many European countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching and further education, usually including a ...

in 1981, both from the

Saarland University Saarland University (german: Universität des Saarlandes, ) is a public research university located in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state of Saarland. It was founded in 1948 in Homburg in co-operation with France and is organized in si ...

. In 1983 he accepted a chair at the

Otto-Suhr-Institut The Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft (''Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science'', also ''OSI'') is a prestigious research institute of the Free University of Berlin. It is the leading political science institution in Germany and one ...

in Berlin, a position he held until 1992. In 1993 he joined faculty at the University of Mainz.

Selected publications

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References

External links

Website at the University of Mainz
1944 births Living people People from Bergstraße (district) German political scientists Free University of Berlin alumni Academic staff of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz {{Germany-scientist-stub