Education: University of Munich, University of Hull, UK

Career: Thomas Saalfeld is a Reader in Political Science in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent, Canterbury. He is also Director of Learning and Teaching of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Director of Research of the Department of Politics and International Relations. Before joining the University of Kent in 1996, he held teaching and research positions at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Munich, the University of Hull and the Dresden University of Technology. He also taught for short periods at Bogaziçi University in Turkey, the Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Lille, France, and the University of Tampere in Finland. His research interests include German and comparative politics, political institutions, coalition politics, and migrants as political actors. Thomas Saalfeld is Associate Editor of the Journal of Legislative Studies and co-editor of the journal German Politics (see url below).

Publications include: Members of Parliament in Western Europe: Roles and Behaviour (co-editor) 1997, Großbritannien: Eine politische Landeskunde (in German, Introduction to British Politics) 1998, Bundestagswahl ’98: End of an Era? (co-editor) 1999; numerous articles in professional journals

Contact details: Address: Room N3.W2, Department of Politics and International Relations, Rutherford College, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NX, England; Tel: +44 (0)1227 824001; Fax: +44 (0)1227 827033; Email: t.k.saalfeld@kent.ac.uk ; Website: http://www.kent.ac.uk/politics/ ; Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/09644008.asp/ .