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Pascal Walther

Cohort 2025

Topic of PhD-Thesis: Pro and Contra. A Political Theory of Debate 

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dorothea Gädeke

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Freie Universität Berlin

Doctoral Researcher

Education and Work Experience

  • 09/2022 - 07/2025, Freie Universität Berlin, MA: Political Science 
  • 09/2022 - 12/2024, Sciences Po Paris, MA: European Affairs, Cultural Policy & Management 
  • 08/2018 - 09/2022, Freie Universität Berlin, BA: Political Science 
  • 08/2018 - 09/2022, Sciences Po Paris, Franco-German Campus Nancy, BA: Social Sciences, Political Humanities 
  • 06/2023 - 10/2023, Hertie Foundation, Student Assistent, Project and Event Management (Jugend debattiert)  
  • 04/2022 - 06/2022, Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation, Internship, Project and Event Management (Culture & Politics//Politics an Eastern Germany) 

Fellowships, Stipends and Awards

  • since 11/2025, PhD Scholarship of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
  • 04/2025-09/2025, Exposé Scholarship of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
  • 01/2019-03/2025, Student Scholarship of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
  • 2021, 1st place in the German Student Essay Competition

Research Interests

  • Ancient Greek and Ancient Chinese Thought 
  • Contemporary Democratic Theory
  • Theories of the Public Sphere
  • Political Rhetoric
  • Political Psychology