Dieter Roth (political scientist)
Dieter Roth (born 1938 in Germany) is Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. Education. Roth studied Sociology, Political Science and Economics at the Universities of Heidelberg, Frankfurt/Main, Mannheim, Michigan/Ann Arbor and at Cornell University. Roth obtained his doctorate degree in political science from the University of Mannheim. He also received an honorary doctorate from the University of Heidelberg. Career. After obtaining his Ph.D. he worked as Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Mannheim under Rudolf Wildenmann. In 1974, Dieter  Roth co-founded the "Forschungsgruppe Wahlen", a leading German political polling group. He has been a board member and shareholder in the Institut für Praxisorientierte Sozialforschung (ipos). Due to his work with the Forschungsgruppe Wahlen as a primary partner of Channel 2 (ZDF) television in the area of political polling, spanning a period of more than thirty years, Dieter Roth is one of the most widely known poll experts in Germany. Since 1999, Roth has been Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the University of Heidelberg.