Jonathan Olsen

Candidate statement

I serve on the editorial board of German Politics & Society and German Politics, and on the executive board of the International Association for the Study of German Politics (IASGP). In addition, I serve on the executive board of the DAAD Alumni Association (USA) and in that capacity have helped to organize several events for DAAD AA (USA) including a panel at this year’s GSA annual meeting on German foreign policy in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. I have had a long association with the German Studies Association and participated in many GSA annual meetings over the last 25 years. One of my first academic publications was in the GSA’s journal, German Studies Review. In addition, I organized the Political Science section of the GSA for the 2006 and 2012 conferences. My area of research is in German political parties, and I have written on both the Linke and AfD. I’m both a three-time Fulbrighter (once as a student, twice more as a Guest professor) and a German Academic Exchange Service alumnus (also as a Guest Professor). If elected, I would like to attract more political scientists to the organization and to find ways to offer cross-disciplinary collaborations.