I received my doctorate (DPhil) in political science from the University of Augsburg, Germany, in 2008 and my diploma (master’s degree-equivalent) in political science from the University of Augsburg, Germany, in 2001.

Prior to joining Laurier, I was assistant professor at the Technische Universität Darmstadt (2010-2013) and the FernUniversität in Hagen (2008-2010) as well as research assistant and lecturer at Universität Augsburg (2003-2008).

The main focus of my research is comparative federalism and multilevel politics more generally. I explore the patterns and implications of change in federations like Canada or Germany, as well as in regionalized states like the United Kingdom or Italy. I am also interested in the role of municipalities and supra- or international organizations. My current research focuses primarily on four topics:

• The patterns and implications of federal reforms
• Federalization
• Federalism and the politics of market building (especially through internal and external trade policy)
• Theories and methods in the field of federalism and multilevel politics

• Government of Bavaria Dissertation Grant, €8,640 (2002).
• Government of Canada Award, $14,000 (2003).
• Canada Research Chair (2013 to 2018).
• SSHRC Insight Grant: "The Politics of Federal Reform: Australia, Canada, Germany and Switzerland since the 1990s," $117,764 (2016 to 2020).

I am willing to supervise students who are interested in questions related to federalism and multilevel governance, as well as students interested in American, Canadian or West European politics more generally.

• Broschek, Jörg. “The Historical Construction of Social Order: Ideas, Institutions and Meaning Constellations” In Schriewer, Jürgen (ed.): World Culture Re-Contextualized. Meaning Constellations and Path Dependencies in Comparative and International Education Research. Washington D.C.: Taylor and Francis, 161-180. (2016).
• Broschek, Jörg. ”Federalism in America, Europe and Africa: A Comparative Analysis ” In Hofmeister, Wilhelm and Edmund Tayao (eds.): Federalism and Decentralization. Perceptions for Political and Institutional Reforms. Singapore/Manila, 23-50. (2016).
• Alcantara, Christopher, Jörg Broschek and Jen Nelles. “Rethinking Multilevel Governance as an Instance of Multilevel Politics: A Conceptual Strategy.” Territory, Politics, Governance 4 (1), 33-51. (2016).
• Broschek, Jörg. ”Pathways of Federal Reform: Australia, Canada, Germany and Switzerland” In: Publius: The Journal of Federalism 45 (1), 51-76. (2015).
• Broschek, Jörg. ”Authority Migration in Multilevel Architectures: A Historical-Institutionalist Framework.” In: Comparative European Politics 13 (6), 656-681. (2015).
• Benz, Arthur and Jörg Broschek (eds.) Federal Dynamics: Continuity, Change and Varieties of Federalism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (2013).