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Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rüland

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Position

Incumbant of the chair of International Politics

Consultation time Tuesday 2.00-3.45 p.m.
(requests and aplications: sekretariat.rueland@politik.uni-freiburg.de)
Adress Rempartstr. 15, KG IV, 79085 Freiburg
Room 4325
Telephone +49 - (0)761 - 203-3465
E-Mail juergen.rueland@politik.uni-freiburg.de


Résumé

Jürgen Rüland, born 1953, studied political science, history and German literature at the University of Freiburg, Germany. He earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Freiburg in 1981 and his habilitation degree (Habilitation) at the same university in 1989. From 1978 to 1991 he worked as a research fellow at the Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institute Freiburg. He was professor pro tempore of Political Science at the University Passau (1991-1993) and professor of Political Science at the University of Rostock (1993-1998). Since 1998 Rüland holds a chair for International Relations at the University of Freiburg. From 2000-2002 he served as Dean of the Faculty of Humanities IV. Since November 2009 Prof. Rüland is the Chairperson of the Freiburg University’s Southeast Asia Program, which is sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). 

Before, from 2001-2007, Prof. Rüland was also the Director of the Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut Freiburg, a noted German think tank specializing in development research. In 2006 he became Chairman of the Advisory Board of the GIGA German Institute for Global and Area Studies, Hamburg. He was re-appointed for a second term in 2010. From 1995 to 2003 he was the Chairman of the Advisory Board on Southeast Asia of the German Society of Asian Studies (DGA). Starting in 2009 he served for two terms as a Board Member of the German Society of Political Science (DGfP).

Prof. Rüland was a visiting scholar at the University of Stanford, the National University of Singapore, the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, the University of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University, Chiang Mai University, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta. From 1999 to 2008, he was external examiner at the Faculty of Economics and Public Administration of the University of Malaya. He was re-appointed for the 2013/14-2017/18 term. In 2009, Universitas Indonesia appointed him as an Adjunct Professor.

Mr. Rüland is currently a member of the editorial boards of the The Pacific Review, European Journal of East Asian Studies, Asia Europe Journal, Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen (ZIB) and Internationales Asienforum. In 2007, Pacific Affairs awarded him and Christl Kessler the William L. Holland Prize for the best article in 2006. He was the Stanford University/National University of Singapore Distinguished Fellow for Southeast Asia 2010 and fellow at the Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies (FRIAS) 2010/2011. Currently, he holds a FRIAS Senior Fellowship throughout 2015.

Prof. Rüland authored or co-authored 14 monographs and edited or co-edited 20 volumes. He is the author or co-author of more than 150 book chapters and journal articles. He contributed, inter alia, to the European Journal of International Relations, the Journal of European Public Policy, Security Dialogue, Foreign Policy Analysis, International Relations and Development, The Pacific Review, Pacific Affairs, Asian Survey, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, European Journal of East Asian Studies, Contemporary Southeast Asia, European Foreign Affairs Review and Asia Europe Journal.

His research interests include cooperation and institution-building in international relations, globalization and regionalization, international relations and security in the Asia-Pacific region, democratization, political, economic, social and cultural change in Southeast Asia.

 Teaching

Summer term 2016
  • Lecture: International Relations: Globalization and Regionalization
  • Seminar: The making of social categories in Makassar, Indonesia - Perspectives from Anthropology and International Relations (with Prof. Dr. Judith Schlehe) – Preparation of a field research in Indonesia
  • Field Research in Makassar, Indonesia, jointly conducted with the Gadjah Mada University, Yogyarkata and the Hassanuddin University, Makassar: The making of social categories in Makassar, Indonesia (August - October 2016)
Winter term 2015/16
  • Lecture: Introduction to International Politics
  • Seminar: International Migration, Worldview and Identities in Indonesia (with Mirjam Lücking)
  • Seminar: Menschenrechte in Südostasien (Human Rights in Southeast Asia, with Dr. Stefan Rother)
  • Seminar: Zur Demokratisierung von Regionalorganisationen des Globalen Südens (Democratization of Regional Organizations in the Global South)

Summer term 2015

  • Lecture: International Relations: Globalization and Regionalization
Winter term 2014/15
  • Lecture: Introduction to international Politics
Summer term 2014
  • Lecture: International Relations: Globalization and Regionalization
  • Seminar: China als Gegenstand der Außenpolitik (China as a subject of foreign policy)
  • Seminar: Region, state and society – cultures of cooperation (mit Prof. Dr. Judith Schlehe) – Preparation of a field research in Indonesia
  • Field Research in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, jointly conducted with the Gadjah Mada University, Yogyarkata: Region, state and society – cultures of cooperation (28. August - 28. September 2014)
Winter term 2013/14
  • Lecture: Introduction to International Politics
  • Seminar: Transnationale Zivilgesellschaft und Demokratie in Asien (Transnational Civil Society and Democracy in Asia, with Dr. Stefan Rother)
  • PS: Culture, Society and Politics in Indonesia: An Introduction from Anthropological and Political Science Perspectives (mit Prof. Dr. Judith Schlehe)
Summer term 2013
  • Lecture: International Relations: Globalization and Regionalization

Selected Recent Publications

 Books

  • Nguitragool, Paruedee / Rüland, Jürgen (2015): ASEAN as an Actor in International Fora. Reality, Potential and Constraints. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

  • Keßler, C. & Rüland, J. (2008): Give Jesus a Hand! Charismatic Christians: Populist Religion in the Philippines, Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press .

  • Rüland, J., Jürgenmeyer, C., Nelson, M.L., & Ziegenhain, P. (2005): Parliaments and Political Change in Asia: A Comparative Study of India, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Korea and Thailand, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 324 S.

Edited Volumes

  • Huotari, M. & Rüland, J. (2014): Context, Concepts and Comparison in Southeast Asian Studies – Introduction to the Special Issue, Pacific Affairs, Vol. 87, No. 3, S. 415-440.

  • Huotari, M., Rüland, J. & Schlehe, J. (eds.) (2014): Methodology and Research Practice in Southeast Asian Studies. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 334 S.
  • Rüland, J., Manea, M.G. & Born, H (eds.) (2013): The Politics of Military Reform. Experiences from Indonesia and Nigeria, Heidelberg: Springer.
  • Rüland, J., Kessler, C. & Rother, S. (guest editors) (2009): Democratisation through International Migration?, in: European Journal of East Asian Studies, Vol. 8, No. 2, S. 161-180 .
  • Rüland, J., Schubert, G., Schucher, G. & Storz, C. (eds.) (2008): Asia-Europe Relations: Building Block or Stumbling Block for Global Governance?, London: Routledge, 293 S.
  • Rüland, J. & Jetschke, A. (guest editors) (2008): Special Issue – Toward ASEAN’s Fifth Decade: Performance, Perspectives and Lessons for Change, in: The Pacific Review, Vol. 21, No. 4.
  • Hoadley, S. & Rüland, J. (eds.) (2006): Asian Security Re-assessed, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 381 S.
  • Hänggi, H., Roloff, R., & Rüland, J. (eds.) (2006): Interregionalism and International Relations, London: Routledge, 364 S.
  • Rüland, J., Hanf, T., & Manske, E. (eds.) (2006): American Third World Policies After the End of the Cold War, Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 269 S.
  • Rüland,. J. (guest editor) (2005), East Asian Regionalism after the Asian Crisis – Decline or New Momentum?, in: European Journal of East Asian Studies, Vol. 4, No. 2.
  • Rüland, J., Manske, E., & Draguhn, W. (eds.) (2002): The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation: The First Decade, London: RoutledgeCurzon, 226 S.

Peer reviewed journal articles

  • Huotari, M. & Rüland, J. (2014): Context, Concepts and Comparison in Southeast Asian Studies, in: Pacific Affairs, 87(3): 415-440.

  • Rüland, J. & Bechle, K. (2014): Defending state-centric regionalism through mimicry and localisation: regional parliamentary bodies in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Mercosur, in: Journal of International Relations and Development, 17(1): 61-88.

  • Rüland, J. (2014): The Limits of Democratizing Interest Representation: ASEAN’s Regional Corporatism and Normative Challenges, in: European Journal of International Relations, 20(1): 237-261.

  • Rüland, J. (2013): Constructing Regionalism Domestically: Local Actors and Foreign Policymaking in Newly Democratized Indonesia, in: Foreign Policy Analysis, 10(2): 181-201.

  • Rüland, J. (2010): Balancers, multilateral utilities or regional identity builders? International relations and the study of interregionalism, in: Journal of European Public Policy, 17(8): 1271-1283 .

  • Rüland, J. (2009): Deepening ASEAN Cooperation through Democratization? The Indonesian Legislature and Foreign Policymaking, in: International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 9(3): 373-402.

  • Jetschke, A. & Rüland, J. (2009): Decoupling Rhetoric and Practice: The Cultural Limits of ASEAN Cooperation, in: The Pacific Review, 22(2): 179-203.

  • Rüland, J. & Jetschke, A. (2008): 40 Years of ASEAN: Perspectives, Performance and Lessons for Chance, in: The Pacific Review, 21(4): 397-409.

  • Kessler, C. & Rüland, J. (2006): Responses to Rapid Social Change: Populist Religion in the Philippines, in: Pacific Affairs, 79(1): 73-96.

  • Rüland, J. (2006): Interregionalism and the Crisis of Multilateralism: How to Keep the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Relevant?, in: European Foreign Affairs Review, 11(1): 45-62.

  • Rüland, J. (2005): The Nature of Southeast Asian Security, in: Security Dialogue, 36(4): 545-563.

  • Rüland, J. (2005): East Asian Regionalism: From Stagnation to Re-Invention, in: European Journal of East Asian Studies, 4(2): 149-176.

Dobule blind peer-reviewed journal articles

  • Rüland, J. (2012): The Rise of ‘Diminished Multilateralism’: East Asian and European forum shopping in Global Governance, in: Asia Europe Journal, 9(2-4): 255-270.

  • Rüland, J. (2012): Introduction to the First Four Articles: Governance, Decentralization and Democratization in Southeast Asia, in: European Journal of East Asian Studies, 11(1): 5-16.

  • Rüland, J. (2011): Southeast Asian Regionalism and Global Governance: ‘Multilateral Utility’ or ‘Hedging Utility?’, in: Contemporary Southeast Asia, 33(1): 83-112. 

Book Chapters

  • Rüland, J., Lang, J.S. & Wiese, Y. (2014): Political Analysis and the Southeast Asian Press: Decoding Meaning and Tracing Events, in: M. Huotari, J. Rüland & J. Schlehe (eds.), Methodology and Research Practice in Southeast Asian Studies, Houndsmille, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, S. 144-166.

  • Rüland, J. (2013): Participation without Democratization: The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) and ASEAN Regional Cooperation, in: O. Costa, C. Dri & S. Stavridis (eds.), Parliamentary Dimensions of Regionalization and Globalization. The Role of Inter-parliamentary Institutions, Houndsmille, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, S. 166-188.

  • Rüland, J. & Manea, M.G. (2013): The Legislature and Military Reform in Indonesia, in: J. Rüland, M.G. Manea & H. Born (eds), The Politics of Military Reform. Experiences from Indonesia and Nigeria, Heidelberg: Springer, S. 123-146.

  • Manea, M.G. & Rüland, J. (2013): Taking Stock of Military Reform in Nigeria, in: J. Rüland, M.G. Manea & H. Born (eds), The Politics of Military Reform. Experiences from Indonesia and Nigeria, Heidelberg: Springer, S. 57-76.

  • Rüland, J. & Manea, M.G. (2013): The Politics of Military Reform in Indonesia and Nigeria, in: J. Rüland, M.G. Manea & H. Born (eds), The Politics of Military Reform. Experiences from Indonesia and Nigeria, Heidelberg: Springer, S. 1-28.

  • Rüland, J. & Nguitragool, P. (2011): Does Regime Type Matter? Southeast Asia's New Democracies and the Democratic Peace Hypothesis Revisited, in: A. Croissant & M. Bünte (eds.), The Crisis of Democratic Governance in Southeast Asia, Houndsmille, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, S. 230-250.

  • Rüland, J. & Werz, N. (2010): Politikwissenschaft und Regionalstudien in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, in: I. Gerlach, E. Jesse, M. Kneuer & N. Werz (eds.), Politikwissenschaft in Deutschland, S. 383-412.

  • Rüland, J. (2009): Malthus oder Mahathir? Bevölkerung, Ökonomie und die politische Gestaltung der Globalisierung in Südostasien, in: H.W. Maul & M. Wagener (eds.), Ostasien in der Globalisierung, Baden-Baden: Nomos, S. 61-82.

  • Rüland, J. (2009): Good Governance statt Demokratie? Zur Lokalisierung eines universalen Konzepts in Thailand, in: H. Weiland, I. Wehr & M. Seifert (eds.): Good Governance in der Sackgasse, Baden-Baden: Nomos, S. 107-121.

  • Rüland, J. & Storz, C. (2008): Interregionalism and Interregional Cooperation: The Case of Asia-Europe Relations, in: J. Rüland, G. Schubert, G. Schucher & C. Storz (eds.): Asia-Europe Relations: Building Block or Stumbling Block for Global Governance?, London: Routledge, S. 3-31.

  • Rüland, J., Hanf, T., & Manske, E. (2006): American Policies Toward the Global South in the Post-Cold War, Post-Bipolar Era: An Introduction, in: J. Rüland, T. Hanf & E. Manske (eds.): American Third World Policies After the End of the Cold War, Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, S. 3-32.

  • Rüland, J. (2006): Conclusion and Perspectives: U.S. Policy Toward the Global South After September 11, 2001, in: J. Rüland, T. Hanf & E. Manske (eds.): American Third World Policies After the End of the Cold War, Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, S. 231-254.

  • Rüland, J. (2006): Interregionalism: An Unfinished Agenda, in: H. Hänggi, R. Roloff & J. Rüland (eds.): Interregionalism and International Relations, London: Routledge, S. 295-313.

  • Hänggi, H., Roloff, R., & Rüland, J. (2006): Interregionalism: A New Phenomenon in International Relations, in: H. Hänggi, R. Roloff & J. Rüland (eds.): Interregionalism and International Relations, London: Routledge, S. 3-14.

  • Rüland, J. (2006): Ethnic Conflict, Separatism and Terrorism, in: S. Hoadley & J. Rüland (eds.) (2006): Asian Security Re-Assessed, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, S. 211-250 (refeered).

  • Rüland, J. (2006): Traditionalism and Change in the Asian Security Dialogue, in: S. Hoadley & J. Rüland (eds.): Asian Security Re-Assessed, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, S. 346-368.

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