Dr. Stefan Rother

Résumé

Stefan Rother is a researcher and lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Freiburg, Germany.  His research focus is on international migration, global governance, social movements, regional integration and non-/post-Western theories of international relations. As part of the “Southeast Asian studies at Freiburg” program, he currently conducts the research project “Democratisation from below? Newly emerging transnational political spaces for migrants’ rights activists in Southeast Asia”. Until spring 2014, Dr. Rother was editorial manager of the International Quarterly for Asian Studies and Senior Researcher at the Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institute for socio-cultural research at the University of Freiburg. At ABI, he was part of the research project, “Democratisation through Migration? Political Attitudes of Philippine Return Migrants” (2005-2007). Since October 2014, Mr. Rother is a Junior Fellow of the Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies (FRIAS) under the research focus "Dynamic Alignments and De-alignments in Global Southeast Asia" working on a research project "Regional Democratisation from below? Alignments, Dealignments and Re-alignments in Southeast Asian Transnational Civil Society".

Rother has successfully completed his doctorate at the Department of Political Science, University of Freiburg in summer 2012 with the thesis “Diffusion in transnational political spaces: Political activism of Philippine labor migrants in Hong Kong". He has conducted extensive fieldwork in Southeast Asia as well as participant observation at global governance fora and civil society parallel and counter-events at the UN, ILO, ASEAN and WTO-level. Stefan Rother has recently published articles in Third World Quarterly, Cooperation and Conflict, European Journal of East Asian Studies, International Migration, Migration Studies, the German Journal for Political science (ZPol) and several edited volumes. He is a board member of the German Association for Asian Studies (DGA) and speaker of the working group on migration in the German political science association (AK Migrationspolitik in der DVPW). Stefan Rother is also a trained journalist and has more than 20 years of experience as editor and freelance writer for several daily and weekly newspapers.

Selected Publications

Co-Editor of the Springer VS Series “Studien zur Migrations- und Integrationspolitik”

Books:

(2016) Democratization through Migration? Political Remittances and Participation of Philippine Return Migrants. Lanham: Lexington Books. (with Christl Kessler) (refereed)

(2004): Identitäten, Normen und die Logik der Anarchie. Die ASEAN aus konstruktivistischer Perspektive, Freiburg: Arnold-Bergstraesser, 103 pp. ISBN 3-928597-41-8 .

Edited Volumes:

(2016): (ed.) Migration und Demokratie. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. (refereed)

(2013): mit Hunger, Uwe, Roswitha Pioch (eds.) Migrations- und Integrationspolitik im europäischen Vergleich. Jahrbuch Migration - Yearbook Migration 2012/2013. Münster: LIT Verl.

Guest Edited Special Journal Issues:

(2015): Civil Society and Democracy in South and Southeast Asia, in ASIEN - The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, 136 (July).

(2015) with Nicola Piper: Migration and Democracy, International Migration, Vol 53(3).

(2009) with Jürgen Rüland and Christl Kessler: International Migration and Democratisation in East Asia, European Journal of East Asian Studies, Vol 8 (2).

Journal Articles:

(2015) Democratizing ASEAN through “Alternative Regionalism”? The ASEAN Civil Society Conference and the ASEAN Youth Forum, in ASIEN - The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, 136 (July), pp. 98-119.  (refereed)

(2015) Civil Society and Democracy in South and Southeast Asia — An Introduction, in ASIEN - The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, 136 (July), pp. 5-13. 

(2015): Migration and Democracy: Citizenship and human rights from a multi-level perspective. Editorial, in International Migration 53(3), pp 3-7. (with Nicola Piper)

(2015): Alternative Regionalism from Below: democratising ASEAN’s migration governance, in International Migration, 53(3), pp 36-49.  (with Nicola Piper) (refereed)

(2014): ASEAN Civil Society under the Myanmar Chairmanship, GIGA Focus International Edition No. 10.

(2014): More than Remittances: Resisting the Dominant Discourse and Policy Prescriptions of the Global ‘Migration-Development-Mantra, in Journal of Development Studies, 30(1), pp. 44-66.  (with Nicola Piper) (refereed)

(2013) Review Essay: Global migration governance without migrants? The nation-state bias in the emerging policies and literature on global migration governance, in Migration Studies 1 (3), pp. 363–71.

(2012): Let's Argue about Migration: advancing a right(s) discourse via communicative opportunities, in Third World Quarterly Vol.33 (9), pp. 1735–50. (with Nicola Piper) (refereed)

(2012): Wendt meets East: ASEAN cultures of conflict and cooperation. in Cooperation and Conflict Vol. 47 (1), pp. 49–67. (refereed)

(2012): Standing in the Shadow of Civil Society? The 4th Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) in Mexico, in International Migration Vol. 50 (1), pp.179–88.

(2010): „Inseln der Überzeugung“ nicht in Sicht: Der Nationalstaat, NGOs und die globale Governance von Migration, in ZPol - Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, Vol. 20 (3-4), pp. 409-439. (refereed)

 (2009): Changed in Migration? Philippine Return Migrants and (un)-democratic remittances, in European Journal of East Asian Studies, Vol. 8 (2), pp. 245-274. (refereed)

 (2009): „Inside-Outside“ or „Outsiders by choice“? Civil society strategies towards the 2nd Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) in Manila, in ASIEN - The German Journal on Contemporary Asia, 111 (April), pp.95-107.  

Chapters in edited volumes:

(2016 forthcoming): Democracy on the move?  The potential link between circular migration and democratization, in Impact of Circular Migration on Human, Political and Civic Rights. A Global Perspective. eds. Solé, C., Parella, S., Sordé, T. and Nita, S, Heidelberg/New York: Springer. (refereed)

 (2016) Demokratisierung und Migration – Ebenen, Akteure, Diffusionskanäle. In Migration und Demokratie, ed. Stefan Rother, Wiesbaden: Springer VS, pp. 255-282. (refereed)

(2016) Migration und Demokratie: Einführung in das Buch. In Migration und Demokratie, ed. Stefan Rother, Wiesbaden: Springer VS, pp. 1-14.

(2015): Auswanderung als Entwicklungsstrategie? Die Philippinen. In Migration gerecht gestalten: Weltweite Impulse für einen fairen Wettbewerb um Fachkräfte, ed. Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung, pp. 211-224.

(2013): A Tale of Two Tactics: Civil Society and Competing Visions of Global Migration Governance from Below, in Disciplining the Transnational Mobility of People, eds. Martin Geiger and Antoine Pécoud. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 41–62. (refereed)

2013) Multikulturelle Gesellschaft und Leitkultur und Parallelgesellschaft-Segregation-Ausgrenzung In Deutschland Einwanderungsland. Begriffe - Fakten - Kontroversen, eds. Karl-Heinz Meier-Braun, and Reinhold Weber. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, pp. 229–32/232–235.

(2012): Immer wieder sonntags: Die Schaffung sozialer, politischer und transnationaler Räume durch migrantische Hausangestellte in Hongkong in Urbanisierung und internationale Migration. Migrantenökonomien und Migrationspolitik in Städten, eds. Frauke Kraas, and Tabea Bork. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verl.-Ges., pp. 167–80. (refereed)

(2011) (with Nicola Piper): Transnational Inequalities, Transnational Responses: The Politicization of Migrant Rights in Asia In Globalization and Inequality in Emerging Societies, ed. Boike Rehbein: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 235–55.

 (2010): "Demokratie“ als Rücküberweisung? Der Einfluss von ArbeitsmigrantInnen auf die demokratische Entwicklung ihrer Heimatländer, in: Reese, Niklas; Welkmann, Judith (Hg.): Das Echo der Migration. Wie Auslandsmigration die Länder des globalen Südens verändert. Unkel: Horlemann-Verlag, pp. 252-261.

(2009): Arbeitsmigration zwischen Nationalstaat und Global Migration Governance: Das Beispiel des Entsendelandes Philippinen, in: Heribert Weiland/Ingrid Wehr und Matthias Seifert [Hrsg.]: Good Governance in der Sackgasse, Baden-Baden: Nomos, pp. 217-240. (refereed)

(2009): Transnational political spaces: Political activism of Philippine labor migrants in Hong Kong, in: Jorge V. Tigno (ed.): State, Politics and Nationalism Beyond Borders: Changing Dynamics of Filipino Overseas Migration, Quezon City: Philippine Migration Research Network and Philippine Social Science Council Publishing, pp. 109-140.

(2009): ‘Graswurzel Global: Der Asian Migrants Coordinating Body (AMCB) in Hongkong’ (Global Grassroots: The Asian Migrants Coordinating Body (AMCB) in Hong Kong), in: Uwe Hoering, Oliver Pye, Wolfram Schaffar, and Christa Wichterich (eds.), Globalisierung bringt Bewegung. Lokale Kämpfe und transnationale Vernetzungen, Verlag Westfälisches Dampfboot: Münster, pp. 136-151.

Shorter articles, editorials, reports (selection):

(2016) Migration und Entwicklung; Wohlstand für Alle. Außenansicht, Süddeutsche Zeitung 26. Februar.

(2016): “Comment: Migrants’ participation matters” D+C (Development + Cooperation) January: 40.

(2014): „Challenging Issues: The Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) in Stockholm“ D+C (Development + Cooperation) 41 (6): 228.

(2014): „Labour Mobility and the ASEAN Economic Community“ Insight Asia-Pacific (3): 14–15.

(2014):  "Comment: First success in 18 years. Even after first major negotiation success WTO remains controversial." D+C (Development + Cooperation) 55(1): p. 42. (with Angela Geck)

(2013): „Politökonomische Regionalanalyse: ASEAN“ für das Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ). (with  Jürgen Rüland, Cristian von Lübke, Astrid Carrapatoso)

(2012): 4 Kommunenporträts im Kapitel „Kommunen und Integration: Rahmenbedingungen und Handlungsansätze“ des Jahresgutachten 2012 des Sachverständigenrats deutscher Stiftungen für Integration und Migration (SVR): „Erfolgreiches Quartiersmanagement“ in  Leinefelde-Worbis, „Kommunales Engagement für das Zusammenleben“ in Wietze, „Bürger und Kommune für eine tolerante Stadt“ in Zwickau sowie „Integration durch Bildung“ in Arnsberg.

 (2012): "Kommentar: Im globalen Hamsterrad. Am Nutzen von zirkulärer Migration sind Zweifel angebracht." Welt-Sichten (3), pp. 8–9.

(2012): “Das Global Forum on Migration and Development. Steuerung von Migration oder Beteiligung von Migrantinnen und Migranten?“ Brot Für die Welt Aktuell (34).

(2012): "Editorial: The World Social Forum on Migration in Manila", in ASIEN - The German Journal on Contemporary Asia (125): pp. 6–7.

(2011): „Migration im Interessenkonflikt. Das Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) in Mexiko“, in: Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik, No. 1, pp. 29-32.

(2010) “Comment: A historical step - The International Labour Conference (ILC) has decided to draft a binding convention on the rights of domestic workers”, in Development + Cooperation, 51 (7), p. 307.

(2010): Country Studies "Indonesia" and "Philippines", in: Analysis of mobility management systems in technical cooperation partner countries. Project study of GTZ, Eschborn 2010.

(2010/2011/2013/2016): bpb Online Dossier Innerstaatliche Konflikte/Friedenskonsolidierung: Kambodscha. http://www.bpb.de/themen/YYLHJU.html

(2009): “The allure of non-binding talks. The Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD)”, in Development + Cooperation, 50 (9), pp. 331-333.

(2009): „Raus aus dem Käfig. In Hongkong kämpfen Migrantinnen um ihre Rechte“, in Welt-Sichten, Nr. 2, pp. 31-33.

(2008): „…und sie migrieren immer noch – Arbeitsmigration in Südostasien 10 Jahre nach der Finanzkrise“, in südostasien, 24 (1), pp. 12-15.

and more than 2500 newspaper articles on various topics.