Chair of Public Administration & Public Policy

Pauline Hoffmann is a research fellow at the Chair of Public Administration and Public Policy at Zeppelin University. After contributing to the joint research project HybOrg, she is now working on the InnoLoK project, which examines local crisis management during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Pauline is interested in (inter)national interventions in times of crisis. This is also reflected in her dissertation project (start: October 2023), which investigates the performance of international and supranational organizations in the humanitarian aid sector. She uses novel disaggregated data and experimental research designs.During her PhD, she visited the University of Stockholm (Prof. Lisa Dellmuth) and the University of Heidelberg (Prof. Axel Dreher).

Pauline graduated from the University of Mannheim and Lund University with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science. During her master’s studies, she visited the University of Konstanz, University of Zurich, and Utrecht University. She completed a M.A. in Politics and Public Administration with specializations in International Administration and Conflict Management and Methods and a M.Sc. in European Governance. Alongside her studies, Pauline contributed to the work of internationally operating research institutions and think tanks like the GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences and the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP).

Pauline was selected for the 2023 Young DGAP Fellowship (October 2023 – March 2024).