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German Social Sciences and History

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Markus Holzinger
Volkswagen Group (Germany)
2
Zavier Nunn
Columbia University
3
Jan M. Böhm
Unknown
4
Nicole Holzhauser
Technische Universität Braunschweig
5
Ashley T. Rubin
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
6
Andreas Häckermann
University of Erfurt
7
Tsuo-Yu Cheng
Nanjing University
8
Emre ŞAN
Istanbul 29 Mayis University
9
Anja Sattelmacher
Cal Poly Humboldt
10
Michael Grüttner
Technische Universität Berlin

Rising Stars Papers

1
Karl Poppers kritischer Rationalismus heute
Mohr Siebeck eBooks|2025
37 cit.
2
Normativity is not a replacement for theory
Theory and Society|2025
18 cit.
3
Neo-Institutional Analyses of Criminal Legal Organizations and Policies
Annual Review of Law and Social Science|2024
11 cit.
4
Stagnated, on the Verge of Breakthrough, or Both? The State of Big Theories of Legal Phenomena
Law & Social Inquiry|2025
5 cit.
5
Zahlt sich systemrelevante Arbeit aus?
Arbeit|2024
1 cit.
6
Queer Livability: German Sexual Sciences and Life Writing By InaLinge, University of Michigan Press. 2023. pp. 268. $24.95 (paperback), $70 (hardback)
The German Quarterly|2025
0 cit.
7
Appropriate research conduct in an age of political polarization: an intervention
Theory and Society|2026
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Désirée Waibel
University of Bremen
2
Whitney Monaghan
Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute
3
Peter Pichler
University of Graz
4
Timo Seidl
University of Vienna
5
Claudia Hoock
Unknown
6
Bård Hobæk
Norwegian Institute for Water Research
7
Boris Nieswand
University of Tübingen
8
Guillaume Plas
Université de Lille
9
Françoise Willmann
Université de Lorraine
10
Alexander S. Busch
University Hospital Münster

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
As Open as Possible, as Autonomous as Necessary: Understanding the Rise of Open Strategic Autonomy in EU Trade Policy
JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies|2022
139 cit.
2
Moving on to not fall behind? Technological sovereignty and the ‘geo-dirigiste’ turn in EU industrial policy
Journal of European Public Policy|2023
114 cit.
3
Dynamic Changes of Reproductive Hormones in Male Minipuberty: Temporal Dissociation of Leydig and Sertoli Cell Activity
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism|2022
59 cit.
4
Digital sovereignty - Rhetoric and reality
Journal of European Public Policy|2024
54 cit.
5
The Solutionist Ethic and the Spirit of Digital Capitalism
Theory Culture & Society|2023
50 cit.
6
The (False) promise of solutionism: ideational business power and the construction of epistemic authority in digital security governance
Journal of European Public Policy|2023
49 cit.
7
Karl Poppers kritischer Rationalismus heute
Mohr Siebeck eBooks|2025
37 cit.
8
Investing in the knowledge economy: The comparative political economy of public investments in knowledge‐based capital
European Journal of Political Research|2022
15 cit.
9
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and nonbinary representation on Australian scripted television in the 2000s and 2010s
Media International Australia|2024
13 cit.
10
Regulatory Means for Interventionist Ends: GBER and the Transformation of the EU State Aid Regime
Governance|2025
9 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Martin Jay
University of California, Berkeley
2
Joachim Schwermer
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics
3
Uwe Krähnke
Bielefeld University
4
Thomas Scheffer
Goethe University Frankfurt
5
Nico Stehr
Eurac Research
6
Evelyn Ruppert
Goldsmiths University of London
7
Michael Warner
Imperial College London
8
Matthias Naumann
Institute of Geography of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
9
Sebastian Schipper
Goethe University Frankfurt
10
Helen Hughes
Australian National University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Publics and Counterpublics
Public Culture|2002
3.7k cit.
2
Fear of a Queer Planet: Queer Politics and Social Theory.
Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews|1994
2.5k cit.
3
Sex in Public
Critical Inquiry|1998
2k cit.
4
The Dialectical Imagination: A History of the Frankfurt School and the Institute of Social Research, 1923-1950.
Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews|1974
825 cit.
5
Max Weber: An Intellectual Portrait
The American Historical Review|1960
720 cit.
6
Reassembling Social Science Methods: The Challenge of Digital Devices
Theory Culture & Society|2013
450 cit.
7
SCOPIC REGIMES OF MODERNITY
Unknown Journal|1988
443 cit.
8
Downcast Eyes: The Denigration of Vision in Twentieth-Century French Thought
The Art Bulletin|1994
336 cit.
9
Consciousness and Society. The Reorientation of European Social Thought, 1890-1930
Books Abroad|1960
310 cit.
10
Gütekriterien qualitativer Sozialforschung. Ein Diskussionsanstoß
Zeitschrift für Soziologie|2018
304 cit.

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