Dr. Phlipp Köker administers the professorship 'Political System of the FRG and EU' at the University of Oldenburg in the summer semester 2025. His research focusses on comparative political institutions, presidential politics, political parties, and issues of gender and representation, specifically (but not only) in Central and Eastern Europe. In addition, Philipp Köker is interested in comparative university policies and student publishing.

• Senior Lecturer at Leibniz Universität Hannover in the Department of Comparative Government and the German Political System at the Institute of Political Science
• Research Associate at the Leibniz University of Hanover
• Senior Research Fellow in Politics and International Relations & Deputy Director, Jean Monnet Centre for European Studies (CEFEUS), School of Psychology, Politics & Sociology, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK
• Research Associate in Societal & Political Responses to Corruption in Europe EU FP7 ANTICORRP Project, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, UK

• Habilitation in Political Science at the Faculty of Philosophy, Leibniz Universität Hannover
• Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice: Postgraduate pedagogical studies at MA level, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK
• PhD in Political Science, University College London, UK
• MA in Politics, Security and Integration, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, UK
• BA Political Science, University of Mannheim