Dr. habil. Tim Seidenschnur

Tim Seidenschnur is a research associate in the DFG-funded project "Multiple competition in research and teaching: South Korea and the USA as international comparative cases" and is coordinating the DFG research group “Multiple Competition in Higher Education ─ Internationalization and International Comparison”.

From April 2024 to February 2025, he held the deputy professorship "Higher Education Research" at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Kassel.

From 2021 to 2024 he has already coordinated the DFG research group “Multiple Competition in the Higher Education” and was a research associate in the project “Multiple Competitions in Teaching and Research”. From 2018 to 2021, Tim Seidenschnur was coordinator of the research focus Governance and Organization at INCHER. Before he was a research assistant to Prof. Dr. Georg Krücken in the DFG-funded project ‘Legitimation of Management Consulting in Different Institutional Contexts’ (LegU). The LegU project took place in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Rick Vogel and Julia Galwa from the University of Hamburg. Before Tim Seidenschnur worked on the LegU project at INCHER, he worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Special Sociology at the University of Würzburg and as a lecturer at the Chair of Macrosociology at the University of Kassel. Tim Seidenschnur completed his doctorate in 2012 on the topic of "contextual antisemitism" supervised by Prof. Dr. Heinz Bude in Kassel. Since then, his research interests have focused on sociological theory, particularly organizational sociology and higher education research.

Books

Seidenschnur, Tim (2013): Antisemitismus im Kontext. Erkundungen in ethnisch heterogenen Jugendkulturen. Bielefeld: transcript (Sozialtheorie).

Seidenschnur, Tim (2010): Streit um die Wehrmacht. Die Debatten um die Wehrmachtsausstellungen im Wandel der Generationen. Marburg: Tectum-Verlag (Wissenschaftliche Beiträge aus dem Tectum-Verlag. Reihe Geschichtswissenschaft, 9).

Edited Special Issues

Veiga, Amélia; Seidenschnur, Tim (Eds.) (2025): Effects of the Pandemic Crisis on European Higher Education. Learning and Teaching. The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences (Special Issue) 18 (3). https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/latiss/18/3/latiss.18.issue-3.xml, checked on 9/15/2026.

Bloch, Roland; Mitterle, Alexander; Seidenschnur, Tim (Eds.) (2024): How do universities compete? Studies in Higher Education (Special Issue) 49 (10). https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cshe20/49/10, checked on 7/29/2026.

Krücken, Georg; Mishra, Shweta; Seidenschnur, Tim (Eds.) (2021): Theories and methods in higher education research – a space of opportunities. European Journal of Higher Education (Special Issue) 11 (sup1). https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rehe20/11/sup1, checked on 9/15/2026.

Editorials

Veiga, Amélia; Seidenschnur, Tim (Eds.) (2022): The Role of European universities in an age of pandemic. CHEF, Danish School of Education, Aarhus University. Copenhagen (CHEF Working Paper on University Reform, 37).

Journal Articles (in chronological order)

Götze, Nicolai; Kosmützky, Anna; Krücken, Georg; Seidenschnur, Tim; Vogel, Rick (2026): Multiple Competition? An Analysis of Thematic Research Clusters on Competition and Higher Education. Higher Education Quarterly 80 (1), Article e70105. https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.70105

Seidenschnur, Tim (2026): In Need of a Coalition of the Willing. How University Presidents Depend on Partners for Organisational Leadership. Journal of Organizational Sociology [Online First], 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1515/joso-2025-0059

Krücken, Georg; Götze, Nicolai; Seidenschnur, Tim (2025): Lions, game players and niche providers: Universities' positioning in funding competitions in Germany. Higher Education Quarterly 79 (1), Article e70005. https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.70005.

Veiga, Amélia; Buschkamp, Leonie; Dakowska, Dorota; Seidenschnur, Tim; Magalhães, Antonio; Wright, Susan (2025): The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on higher education governance in Europe. Learning and Teaching 18 (3), 6–35. https://doi.org/10.3167/latiss.2025.180302

Veiga, Amélia; Seidenschnur, Tim (2025): Introduction. Effects of the pandemic crisis on European higher education. Learning and Teaching 18 (3), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.3167/latiss.2025.180301

Bloch, Roland; Mitterle, Alexander; Seidenschnur, Tim (2024): How do universities compete? Introduction to the special issue. Studies in Higher Education 49 (10), 1701–1709. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2024.2395418

Buschkamp, Leonie; Seidenschnur, Tim (2024): Competition on hold? How competing discourses shape academic organisations in times of crisis. Higher Education 88 (2), 569–585. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-023-01130-9

Seidenschnur, Tim; Götze, Nicolai; Krücken, Georg (2024): Multiple roles of the state – federal states and their roles in how universities compete in Germany. Studies in Higher Education 49 (10), 1753–1762. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2024.2392660

Götze, Nicolai; Krücken, Georg; Seidenschnur, Tim (2022): Reflexionspfade von Ausschreibungswettbewerben. Die Exzellenzinitiative und der Qualitätspakt Lehre im Vergleich. Das Hochschulwesen 70 (1+2), 49–59. https://www.universitaetsverlagwebler.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/HSW-70-2022-Nr.-12.pdf, checked on 7/29/2026.

Pineda, Pedro; Seidenschnur, Tim (2022): Translating student evaluation of teaching. How discourse and cultural environments pressure rationalizing procedures. Studies in Higher Education 47 (7), 1326–1342. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2021.1889491

Seidenschnur, Tim; Galwa, Julia; Krücken, Georg; Vogel, Rick (2022): Consulting in context: Legitimacy of management consultants in public administration and at universities. Management Revue 33 (1), 19–41. https://doi.org/10.5771/0935-9915-2022-1-19

Krücken, Georg; Mishra, Shweta; Seidenschnur, Tim (2021): Theories and methods in higher education research – a space of opportunities. Introduction to the Special Issue. European Journal of Higher Education (Special Issue) 11 (sup1), 461–467. https://doi.org/10.1080/21568235.2021.2004905

Pineda, Pedro; Seidenschnur, Tim (2021): The metrification of teaching: Student evaluation of teaching in the United States, Germany and Colombia. Comparative Education 57 (3), 377–397. https://doi.org/10.1080/03050068.2021.1924447

Seidenschnur, Tim (2021): A typology of social characters and various means of control. An analysis of communication during the early stages of the corona pandemic in Germany. European Societies 23 (S1), S923–S941. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616696.2020.1857422

Seidenschnur, Tim; Veiga, Amélia; Jungblut, Jens; Magalhães, António (2020): Hopes, beliefs, and concerns. Narratives in German and Portuguese universities regarding Brexit. Higher Education 79 (5), 867–884. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-019-00443-y

Seidenschnur, Tim (2019): The Logic of Innovation. A Study on the Narrative Construction of Intrapreneurial Groups in the Light of Competing Institutional Logics. Historical Social Research 44 (4), 222–249. https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.44.2019.4.222-249

Seidenschnur, Tim; Krücken, Georg; Galwa, Julia; Vogel, Rick (2018): Berater im Spiegel des Feldes. Eine professionssoziologische Rekonstruktion ihrer Legitimierung in Verwaltungen und Universitäten. Soziale Welt 69 (1), 6–32. https://doi.org/10.5771/0038-6073-2018-1-6

Seidenschnur, Tim; Krücken, Georg; Vogel, Rick; Galwa, Julia (2016): Beratung von Universitäten. Lernprozesse zwischen universitärem Denken und ökonomischer Logik. Hochschulmanagement 11 (3), 66–72.

Vogel, Rick; Galwa, Julia; Krücken, Georg; Seidenschnur, Tim (2016): Legitimierungsprobleme und-strategien von Managementberatern im öffentlichen Sektor. der moderne staat 9 (2), 253–275. https://elibrary.utb.de/doi/abs/10.3224/dms.v9i2.26345, checked on 6/16/2026.

Seidenschnur, Tim (2014): Extremismus – Theoretische Optionen und Herausforderungen in der Forschung. Soziologische Revue 37 (1). https://doi.org/10.1524/srsr-2014-0007

Seidenschnur, Tim; Weiß, Johannes (2014): Klassiker-Test: Zehn Einführungen. Soziologische Revue 37 (3), 263–272. https://doi.org/10.1515/srsr-2014-0046

Articles in Editorials (in chronological order)

Seidenschnur, Tim; Krücken, Georg (2026): Gefragt und ohne Plan? Die Rolle von Beratungen in der Organisationsgesellschaft. In: Maja Apelt, Ingo Bode, Raimund Hasse, Uli Meyer, Victoria V. Groddeck, Maximiliane Wilkesmann, Arnold Windeler (Hg.): Handbuch Organisationssoziologie. Wiesbaden: Springer, 667–684. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-15920-7_63

Seidenschnur, Tim; Buschkamp, Leonie (2025): Die documenta gGmbH: Eine Organisation im Stess. In: Heinz Bude, Meron Mendel (Eds.): Kunst im Streit. Antisemitismus und postkoloniale Debatte auf der documenta fifteen. Frankfurt, New York: Campus, 297–320.

Götze, Nicolai; Krücken, Georg; Seidenschnur, Tim (2024): Multipler Wettbewerb – multiple Wettbewerbsakteure? Der staatliche Wettbewerb im Hochschulbereich und die Transformation von Bundesländern in Wettbewerbsakteure. In: Wolff-Dietrich Webler (Hg): Überzogener und überhitzter Wettbewerb in der Wissenschaft I. Wissenschaftsförderung und ihre Irrwege. 2., überarbeitete Auflage. Bielefeld: UVW UniversitätsVerlagWebler (Hochschulwesen - Wissenschaft und Praxis, 43), 41–67. https://doi.org/10.53183/9783946017547

Götze, Nicolai; Krücken, Georg; Seidenschnur, Tim (2023): Multipler Wettbewerb – multiple Wettbewerbsakteure? Der staatliche Wettbewerb im Hochschulbereich und die Transformation von Bundesländern in Wettbewerbsakteure. In: Wolff-Dietrich Webler (Hg.): Überzogener und überhitzter Wettbewerb in der Wissenschaft. Wissenschaftsförderung und ihre Irrwege. 1. Auflage. Bielefeld: UVW UniversitätsVerlagWebler (Hochschulwesen - Wissenschaft und Praxis, 43), 41–62. https://doi.org/10.53183/9783946017325

Seidenschnur, Tim; Pineda, Pedro (2022): Germany. In: Amélia Veiga, Tim Seidenschnur (Eds.): The Role of European universities in an age of pandemic. Copenhagen (CHEF Working Paper on University Reform, 37), 143-164.

Veiga, Amélia; Seidenschnur, Tim (2022): Conclusion and summary. In: Amélia Veiga, Tim Seidenschnur (Eds.):  The Role of European universities in an age of pandemic. Copenhagen (CHEF Working Paper on University Reform, 37), 246–259.

Veiga, Amélia; Seidenschnur, Tim (2022): Introduction. In: Amélia Veiga, Tim Seidenschnur (Eds.): The Role of European universities in an age of pandemic. Copenhagen (CHEF Working Paper on University Reform, 37), 1–12.

Seidenschnur, Tim; Krücken, Georg (2019): Constructing the Consultant as a Legitimate Actor: The Role of Active Clients in Universities. In: Hokyu Hwang, Jeannette A. Colyvas, Gili S. Drori (Eds.): Agents, actors, actorhood. Institutional perspectives on the nature of agency, action, and authority. Bingley: Emerald Publishing (Research in the sociology of organizations, 58), 111–133. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20190000058008

Jungblut, Jens; Seidenschnur, Tim (2018): Germany: Much ado about nothing? – Perceptions in German universities regarding the impact of Brexit. In: Aline Courtois (Ed.): Higher education and Brexit. Current European Perspectives. London (Special Report), 47–59. https://www.researchcghe.org/publication/higher-education-and-brexit-current-european-perspectives/, checked on 6/9/2026.

Seidenschnur, Tim (2015): Kontextueller Antisemitismus in einem Alltag ohne Antisemiten. In: Heinz Bude, Michael Dellwing, Scott Grills (Eds.): Kleine Geheimnisse. Wiesbaden: Springer, 159–183. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-00487-3_10

Seidenschnur, Tim (2014): Spaß am Antisemitismus – Gegenkultur im Sozialisationsraum Schule. In: Dr.-Lothar-Beyer-Stiftung (Hg.): Passagen in den Sozialwissenschaften. Beiträge der Stipendiaten. Kassel: Kassel University Press, 92–113.