Sandra Brunsbach is a political scientist and Senior Lecturer at Kiel University. Her research focuses on political parties, representation, local-level politics, and gender equality. Her publications examine women’s representation in the German Bundestag, the programmatic development of political parties, the intra-party consequences of membership growth, and the implementation of gender quotas in local party branches.

Read more from Sandra Brunsbach:

Brunsbach, Sandra and Ines Weber. 2026. „Implementing Gender Quotas Locally: How Alliance 90/The Greens Enforce the Women’s Statute in District Branches.“ German Politics. (Online First) https://doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2026.2618711

Brunsbach, Sandra, Stefanie John und Sebastian U. Bukow. 2025. „Consequences of Membership Growth – The Case of the German Green Party.“ Party Politics 31 (2): 228–38. https://doi.org/10.1177/13540688241306725

Brunsbach, Sandra and Ines Weber. 2025. „Alte Regeln, neue Mitglieder: Kontroversen um das Frauenstatut im Zuge des Mitgliederwachstums bei Bündnis 90/Die Grünen.“ Femina Politica 34 (2): 104–13. https://doi.org/10.3224/feminapolitica.v34i2.09