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Since 02/2014: Universität St. Gallen

Assistant Professor in Political Theory of Global Governance within the School of Economics and Political Science (SEPS) and the university’s profile area ‘Global Democratic Governance’ (2-year appointment from 02/2014 to 01/2016, during which I will be on leave from the Universität Bremen).

Since 10/2010: Universität Bremen (currently on leave)

Director of the research group ‘Changing Norms of Global Governance’ at the Institute for Intercultural and International Studies (InIIS) and funded as a part of the Emmy Noether Programme of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

Member of the directorate of the Institute for Intercultural and International Studies (InIIS).

Since 01/2012: Universität Luzern

External lecturer in Political Science and International Relations for the M.A. programmes in World Society and World Politics, Political Science, and Religion – Economics – Politics.

Prior Work Experience

2012 – 2013: Universität Zürich

External lecturer in Political Science and International Relations.

2005 – 2010: University of Bremen

Senior researcher (‘wissenschaftlicher Assistent’) at the Chair for International Relations (Prof. Dr. Bernhard Zangl). Teaching at undergraduate and graduate level and research in the field of global governance, including both positive and normative research.

2008 – 2009: Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)

Freelance work as an external expert for the sector programme ‘Policy Advice for Sustainable Hydropower’.

2003 – 2005: Freie Universität Berlin, Otto-Suhr-Institut Für Politikwissenschaft, Germany

Lecturer for undergraduate courses in international relations.

2002 – 2005: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany

Research fellow (since 9/2002) and leader (since 8/2003) of the Global Governance Project.

Visiting Scholarships

2010: Lunds Universitet, Sweden

Guest Researcher at Department for Political Science on invitation from the Transdemos research group.

2008: IHEID Genève

Guest Researcher at the Institut de Hautes Études Internationales et du Développement (IHEID) on invitation from the Gruoupe de Recherche sur l’Environment et la Gouvernance (GREG).

2004: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Guest Researcher at the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Environmental Policy Analysis Department (EPA).

Education

02/2012: Universität Bremen

Habilitation (venia legendi for Political Science) with a cumulative work on transformations from international politics to global governance (Referees: Prof. Dr. Peter Mayer, Bremen; Prof. Dr. Klaus Dieter Wolf, Darmstadt; Prof. Dr. Bernhard Zangl, LMU München).

2002 – 2006: Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Doctoral studies in Political Science with a dissertation on the democratic legitimacy of transnational rule-making (Supervision: Prof. Frank Biermann and Prof. Thomas Risse).

2000 – 2002: Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Graduate Student of Political Science & International Relations.

1999 – 2000: University of Kent at Canterbury, UK

Studies abroad at the Department of Politics and the Kent Law School.

1997 – 1999: Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

Undergraduate studies in Political Science, Philosophy and History.

Organization of Conferences and Workshops

2013 The Legitimation and De-Legitimation of GLobal Governance Organizations: Conference at the Universität Bremen, September 2013.

2013 Global Environmental Justice: Workshop at the Universität Bremen (with Ina Lehmann and Darrel Moellendorf, April 2013).

2010 7th Pan-European IR Conference, Stockholm, Sweden: Section ‘Re-Discovering International Organisations’ (10 panels, jointly organized with Dieter Kerwer).

2008 Internationale Beziehungen und Organisationsforschung: Workshop at the Munich Center for Communication and Governance (w. Edgar Grande, Dieter Kerwer and Andreas Nölke).

2008 Sicherheit, Wirtschaft, Umwelt: Biennial conference of the Young Researchers Group of the International Politics Section of the German Political Science Association, Arnoldshain, Germany (with Silke Weinlich).

2007 Macht, Ohnmacht, Gegenmacht. Nichtstaatliche Akteure im Globalen Regieren: HWK Delmenhorst (with Kerstin Blome and Charlotte Dany).

2006 Effektivität und Legitimität Globaler Politiknetzwerke: Workshop at the FU Berlin, Collaborative Research Centre 700 ‘Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood’ (with M. Beisheim).

2001-2002 Berlin Conferences on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change: First two events of a new international conference series at the Freie (with Frank Biermann and Sabine Campe).

Peer-Review Activities

Journals

• Business & Society
• Cambridge Review of International Affairs
• Development and Change
• Environmental Politics
• European Journal of International Relations
• Global Environmental Politics
• Global Governance
• Global Policy
• Governance
• International Affairs
• International Environmental Agreements
• International Relations
• International Studies Review
• International Studies Quarterly
• International Theory
• Journal of Environment and Development
• Politische Vierteljahresschrift
• Regulation & Governance
• Review of International Studies
• Security Dialogue
• Swiss Political Science Review
• Transnational Legal Theory
• Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen

Working Paper Series

• Forschungsstelle für Umweltpolitik, FU Berlin
• Global Governance Project (glogov.org)
• Sfb 597 „Staatlichkeit im Wandel“, Universität Bremen
• Institut für Interkulturelle und Internationale Studien, Universität Bremen

Publishers

• Palgrave Macmillan
• Pluto Press
• Routledge

Funding Agencies

• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
• Nederlandse Organisatie foor Wetenschapalijk Onderzoek (NWO)
• Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen (FWO)
• Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes

Academic Activities and Membership

International Studies Association (ISA; Environmental Studies Section, International Organizations Section, and International Ethics Section)

German Association for Political Science (DVPW)

Speaker of the Young Researchers’ Group of the German Association for Political Science’s International Relations Section (2004 to 2008)

Management Committee of COST Action 0802 ‘Transformations of Global Environmental Governance’, funded by the European Commission (2009-2012)

Co-chair of the working group ‘Transnationalization’ of COST Action 0802 ‘Transformations of Global Environmental Governance’, funded by the European Commission (2009-2012)

Co-ordinator of the Research Group ‘New Mechanisms of Global Environmental Governance’  of the international Global Governance Project (until 2012)

Working Group on Social and Environmental Accountability of the Private Sector (SEAPRISE) at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (since 2006)

Theme on Governance, Equity and Rights (TGER) at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (since 2006)

Sounding Body for the Revisions of the Impacts Code of the International Social and Environmental Accountability Labelling (ISEAL) Alliance (since 2013)

Parental Leave

March 2009 to March 2010 (12 months)

November 2011 to March 2012 (4 months)

February 2013 to July 2013 (reduction of work time)