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Publication

Dr. Nele Kortendiek, Prof. Dr. Lisbeth Zimmermann, and Dr. Lily Young: New publication in the Zeitschrift f眉r Internationale Beziehungen (ZIB)

New Publication from the Chair:
The latest issue of the Zeitschrift f眉r Internationale Beziehungen (ZIB), Volume 32 (2025), Issue 1, features a new article by Dr. Nele Kortendiek, Prof. Dr. Lisbeth Zimmermann, and Dr. Lily Young:

"Weil nicht sein kann, was nicht sein darf: Wie das Kontestationsmanagement in internationalen Organisationen Betroffene doppelt selektiert" ("What Must Not Be, Cannot Be: How Contestation Management in International Organizations Doubly Selects Affected Groups") (pp.鈥�79鈥�98).

Please note: The article is available in German only.

DOI:

Publication

Dr. Alexandros Tokhi and Prof. Dr. Lisbeth Zimmermann: The Far Right and International Organizations

Together with Dr. Alexandros Tokhi, Prof. Dr. Lisbeth Zimmermann shows that the participation of far-right parties in government has significant negative effects on the funding of international organizations (IOs). Specifically, governments with far-right participation reduce their earmarked contributions to IOs by almost 30%, while bilateral aid commitments remain unchanged. The authors explain this by arguing that the anti-migration agenda of the far right is difficult to reconcile with the liberal mandates of most IOs.

The article has been published in the Review of International Organizations.

Award-winning book

Dr. Nele Kortendiek:聽Global Governance on the Ground - Organizing Migration and Asylum at the Border

Nele Kortendiek's book 鈥楪lobal Governance on the Ground - Organising Migration and Asylum at the Border鈥� was recently published by Oxford University Press.

It was awarded the Dissertation Prize of the German Political Science Association (DVPW) and the Chadwick Alger Prize for the best book on multilateralism and international organisations by the International Studies Association (ISA).https://academic.oup.com/book/59022


ERC Starting Grand

Prof. Dr. Lisbeth Zimmermann receives ERC Starting Grant

Prof. Dr. Lisbeth Zimmermann has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant. The holder of the Chair of International Institutions and Peace Processes now has 鈧�1.5 million at her disposal for the research project 'The Effects of Far Right Challenges on International Organizations (FARRIO)'. Find out more about the research project here.

The official website for the FARRIO project with further information can be found


Bookreview

International Norm Disputes wurde von International Affairs als Book of the Week ausgew盲hlt!

馃摀 Die gemeinsame Rezension unseres Buches und Contesting the World von Lucrecia Garc铆a Iommi k枚nnen Sie  lesen.

馃摀 You can read Lucrecia Garc铆a Iommi's joint review of our book and "Contesting the World" here

 馃摎 And check out our Oxford University Press book - co-authored by Lisbeth Zimmermann, Nicole Deitelhoff, Max Lesch, Antonio Arcudi, and Anton (Anjo) Peez - here (there is a 30% discount code: ASFLYQ6)


Publication

New Publication in聽International Studies Quarterly聽(ISQ)

Ben Christian analyzes the culture of criticism in the UN Secretariat and describes how the suppression and avoidance of internal criticism leads to problematic learning blockades. 

Find the open access article here:


Current Events

Invitation

Talk "The Politics of International Norms: A Rhetorical Approach鈥� by Anette Stimmer on July 2, 12:00-14:00


We would also like to cordially invite you to the talk 鈥淭he Politics of International Norms" by Anette Stimmer (University of St Andrews) on Wednesday, July 2nd, 12:00-14:00 at the Normative Orders building (5.01).鈥�

Anette Stimmer is presenting her current book 鈥淭he Politics of International Norms: A Rhetorical Approach" (CUP).

We look forward to welcoming you to the event (please register with Max Kutzner, kutzner@soz.uni-frankfurt.de)

Invitation

Talk 鈥淧racticing Norm Localization in the International Human Rights Regime鈥� by Adam Kochanski on July 9, 12:00-14:00


We would like to cordially invite you to the talk 鈥淧racticing Norm Localization in the International Human Rights Regime" by Adam Kochanski (University of Guelph, currently Fellow at the Research Center Transformations of Political Violence) on Wednesday, July 9th, 12:00-14:00 in Seminarhaus, 2.101.

For further information on the talk and lecture series, please visit: .

We look forward to welcoming you to the event.

Past Events and Postings


Online talk 鈥� 13 May 2025: Careers in development cooperation 鈥� insights from experts with practical experience Digital information event for students at 看片软件

Careers in development cooperation 鈥� insights from experts with practical experience

Development cooperation (DC) helps shape global processes 鈥� from sustainable infrastructure and educational support to crisis prevention. At the same time, it offers diverse and meaningful career paths for university graduates. But how do you get started in German DC? What skills are in demand, and what is everyday work like at organisations such as GIZ or KfW? Three DC employees report on their professional experience, talk about opportunities and challenges in the field, and answer questions from students.

Moderated discussion followed by a Q&A session.

Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 4:30鈥�6:00 p.m. (online)

Join: https://uni-frankfurt.zoom-x.de/j/64240526396?pwd=YpwLTvJS6bCtllqYjn1jbOqMSzDhNj.1

Meeting ID: 642 4052 6396

Access code: 544567


Jan Alber has been KfW's Country Director in Uganda since mid-2023. Prior to that, he spent several years as a KfW project manager in the areas of urban development in South Asia (India and Bangladesh) and WASH in the context of displacement in East Africa (Sudan, South Sudan and Ethiopia). He joined KfW through the KfW trainee programme. Before joining KfW, Jan Alber completed a vocational training programme in banking and a master's degree in business administration.

Christelle Dorner is a consultant for GIZ in the advisory project on the Africa policy of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) with a focus on EU issues. She previously worked as a junior consultant in the renewable energies and climate cluster in Accra, Ghana. She started her GIZ career in 2020 as an intern at the GIZ representative office in Brussels, after working as a trainee at the European Parliament and for a short time at Expertise France in Brussels.

Doroth茅e Honauer is currently a project manager seconded by KfW Development Bank to the Rabat office in Morocco. She is responsible for project financing in the climate and water sectors. Prior to this, she managed a drinking water portfolio in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an energy portfolio in Madagascar and a digitalisation portfolio in Rwanda as a project manager. Before joining KfW, she studied International Studies/Peace and Conflict Research at 看片软件 Frankfurt.

Student Conference - The Far Right and International Organizations, 09.05.25

We would like to invite you to our student conference 鈥淔ar Right and International Organizations." MA students will present their independent research projects from their two-semester 鈥淔orschungspraktikum". See the following poster for more information


Science Talk 'Tapping into Knowledge' 鈥� Asteroids, international relations, the cultural brain and the state's right to protect us from disease
FRANKFURT. What can we learn from rock samples from space? How has the idea of peace behind the United Nations changed? How does our brain learn to understand, speak and make music? And does the state have to protect us from the emergence of diseases? These are questions that the guests of the two new Science Talks 'Tapping into Knowledge' will discuss.

Two researchers, a moderator, a bar at different locations and live music 鈥� these are the ingredients of 看片软件's Science Talks. 'Wissen angezapft' is about breakthroughs and flops, and scientists explain why they want to get to the bottom of certain questions.

The guests at the first Science Talks in the 2025 summer semester on

Tuesday, 6 May at 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.)
at PASTEL, Lindleystra脽e 15, are geoscientist Frank Brenker, who will talk about the influence of asteroids on life, and political scientist Lisbeth Zimmermann, who will discuss the UN as an institution of peace 鈥� where do we stand today?

Among other things, Frank Brenker explores the question of whether asteroids are dangerous to life on Earth and why we owe life on Earth to asteroids. As an expert in planetary and extraterrestrial processes on the nanoscale and director of the Schwiete Cosmochemistry Laboratory, Brenker has the privilege of examining rock samples from space on a regular basis. What is the UN's track record and what challenges does it face today? Political scientist Lisbeth Zimmermann provides insight into these questions. She specialises in international relations and researches the transformation of international institutions.

The musical backdrop for the Science Talk will be provided by the male quartet 4xDelay.

The Science Talk will be moderated by cabaret artist Britta Hoffmann. Admission is free.

Lecture 鈥� Prof. Dr. Lisbeth Zimmermann guest speaker at the Polytechnic Society: Mission impossible? UN peacekeeping missions under scrutiny

In the past, the United Nations has played an important role in containing military conflicts and developing peace processes. In the 1990s in particular, when the permanent members of the UN Security Council were willing to cooperate constructively after the end of the East-West conflict, the UN's peacekeeping missions became an important instrument of international politics, for example in the former Yugoslavia. In the last decade, however, we have seen both a shift away from UN-led organisations towards regional organisations and an increasing complexity of tasks. Together with growing global polarisation, this raises the question of the extent to which the UN will be able to continue to fulfil its peace-promoting role in the future.

18 March 2025, 7 p.m. Evangelische Akademie, R枚merberg 9, 60311 Frankfurt a.M. In person on site

and via YouTube livestream: https://polytechnische.de/Saison_2024/2025/18-03-lisbeth-zimmermann-un-friedensmissionen-auf-dem-pruefstand

Further information

Dissertation 鈥� Dr Lily Young successfully defends her dissertation

On 20 February 2025, Lily Young successfully defended her dissertation entitled 鈥業nternational Organizations' Power Dynamics and Quantified Knowledge: The Case of Child Labour鈥�. In it, she shows how international organisations shape power relations both among themselves and vis-脿-vis affected groups by collecting and disseminating quantified data. In her new role as Children's Rights Monitoring Officer at the German Children's Fund, Lily Young is now addressing this issue from the perspective of civil society.

Fellowship

Max Weber Fellowship for Dr. Nele Kortendiek

Dr. Nele Kortendiek has been awarded a Max Weber Fellowship and will spend a year at the European University Institute (EUI) from autumn 2024 researching global governance in times of crisis and contestation.


Guest lecture - Contesting the heavens: US antipreneurship and the regulation of space weapons (EJIS, 2023)


Adam Bower's research explores the interaction of international law, norms, and political power in shaping outcomes in global politics. Theoretically, he is interested in understanding how actors strategically engage with international institutions and how norms and legal rules in turn shape and constrain future policy choices in often unanticipated ways. He studies these dynamics in the fields of arms control and disarmament (鈥渃onventional" and space weapons), international humanitarian and criminal law (International Criminal Court), and the governance of outer space activities.

Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 12:00-14:00, Seminar Building (Seminarhaus) 3.104


NMUN registration, Frankfurt delegation Winterterm 24/25

The National Model United Nations (NMUN) is the largest and oldest simulation of the United Nations. It takes place every year in New York City with about 5000 participants. Each delegation from a university jointly represents one state at the five-day simulation. The participants of each delegation are divided into different committees and represent "their" state as realistically as possible. Students work on given topics in informal and formal sessions, draft resolutions, and vote upon them. The NMUN is a unique opportunity to get in touch with international politics and diplomacy, to gain experience in project management, fundraising, PR etc. and to get an insight into working processes of international organizations. Besides, it offers the opportunity to meet students from all over the world and gain intercultural experience.

The NMUN delegation of the 看片软件 for the upcoming NMUN will be constituted at the end of this lecture period in this summer semester. Afterwards, the joint preparation time begins which includes a weekly seminar and self-organized working groups. 

Prerequisite for the participation in the delegation of 看片软件 is either the attendance of the course "International Organizations" or already existing Model United Nations or similar experience in whatever form.

If you would like to participate, please mail by July 14, 2024 to l.zimmermann@soz.uni-frankfurt.de and m.braeutigam@soz.uni-frankfurt.de. 

Publication

Dr. Nele Kortendiek:聽Beyond Authority - Governing Migration and Asylum through Practice on the Ground

Nele Kortendiek publishes new open access paper 'Beyond Authority - Governing Migration and Asylum through Practice on the Ground' in the European Journal of International Relations. Contrary to common assumptions, the paper shows and conceptualises how international organisations govern global challenges beyond their mandates and informally negotiated authority. Read the paper 

Visit - Yassine Ben Mokhtar, visiting scholar from the Universit茅 Internationale de Rabat

From 24 June to 5 July, Yassine Ben Mokthar from the UIR will visit the transMID research group based at the chair. He is conducting research on the role of the African Migration Observatory of the African Union Commission in migration policy and governance. During his visit to Frankfurt, he will exchange ideas with researchers from the chair and the research group in a roundtable discussion and other events.


Starting in January 2024, Dr Nele Kortendiek will lead a research project funded by the DFG as part of the research group on the enforcement of refugee protection by international organisations. Together with Melina Tretmans, a doctoral student in the project, she is conducting a comparative study of how the UNHCR and IOM develop and implement gender norms and standards for the protection of migrants with disabilities. To this end, they are analysing processes of alignment and differentiation at headquarters level and in the field, and identifying factors that promote effective protection on the ground.

Further information can be found on the research focus pages.