Prof. Dr. Christoph Knill
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Geschwister Scholl Institute of Political Science
Chair of Empirical Theories of Politics
Oettingenstraße 67
D-80538 München
Germany
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Professor Dr. Christoph Knill is Chair of Political Science and Public Administration at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He studied public administration and political science at the University of Konstanz and obtained his PhD form the University of Bielefeld in 1994. He was research associate at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne (1994-1995), the European University Institute in Florence (1995-1998), and the Max-Planck Project Group for the Study of Common Goods in Bonn (1998-2000). Before joining the Department, Christoph Knill has been Professor of Political Science at the Universities of Jena (2001-2004) and Konstanz (2004-2014). The main research interests of Christoph Knill lie in the areas of comparative policy analysis and comparative public administration. In this context, his main focus is on policy-making in the European Union, the analysis of processes of international policy convergence and policy diffusion as well as research on policy implementation. With regard to these topics, his major thematic interest is on environmental, social and morality policies.