TONIA BIEBER is a Research Fellow at the TranState Research Center 'Transformations of the State' at the University of Bremen, Germany MICHAEL DOBBINS is a Senior Researcher at the University of Konstanz and an associate of the TranState Research Center 'Transformations of the State' at the University of Bremen, Germany ANJA P. JAKOBI is a Senior Researcher at the TranState Research Center 'Transformations of the State' at the University of Bremen, Germany PHILIPP KNODEL is a Research Fellow at the TranState Research Center 'Transformations of the State' at the University of Bremen, Germany DENNIS NIEMANN is a Research Fellow at the TranState Research Center 'Transformations of the State' at the University of Bremen, Germany JANNA TELTEMANN is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Empirical and Applied Sociology (EMPAS) and an associate of the TranState Research Center 'Transformations of the State', both at the University of Bremen, Germany HEIKO WALKENHORST is Head of Unit 'Northern Europe' at the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and an associate of the TranState Research Center 'Transformations of the State' at the University of Bremen, Germany