Multi-Level Governance

Exam retake "Introduction into the political system of the EU":

The appointment for the exam retake is scheduled on Monday, April 24, 2023 from 8.00 to 10.00 in HS 1034 (KG 1). The appointment was also published by email. 

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2 Job Offers in a research project / PhD candidates

Two positions as research associates / PhD candidates are available in the research project "Comparing the Forest Governance of Regional Regimes. A Comprehensive Analysis". Please find detailed information at the job offer.

Supervision of Bachelor and Master Thesis

Due to a research sabbatical, Prof. Panke will not be available for the supervision of Bachelor and Master Theses during the summer semester 2023. Her substitute will be Dr. Sören Stapel in all teaching matters. If you are interested in a supervision, please send an email to sekretariat.governance@politik.uni-freiburg.de.

Students who want to write their thesis at the chair for Multi-Level Governance should have their main focus in International Relations and ideally should have visited a lecture of Prof. Panke or Dr. Stapel in advance. Before starting, it is mandatory to visit the office hour and to obtain the supervision acceptance of Dr. Stapel.

If you want to discuss your proposal for your Bachelor or Master Thesis, please send an abstract of 2 pages (see template, in German) at least 3 working days prior to the appointment to this email-address: sekretariat.governance@politik.uni-freiburg.de

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• Sören Stapel, Diana Panke, Frederik Söderbaum (forthcoming): Regional International Organizations in Africa as Recipients of Foreign Aid: Why Are Some More Attractive to Donors than Others? In: Cooperation and Conflict. DOI: 10.1177/00108367221147791.
• Fredrik Söderbaum, Sören Stapel, Sally Wennergren (forthcoming): 'Something to everyone': Ownership as a moving target in Swedish and British regional foreign aid to Africa. In: Development Policy Review. 
• Diana Panke, Gordon Friedrichs (forthcoming): Regime Complexity as an Asset? The Negotiations of the Arms Trade Treaty. In: Journal of Global Security Studies. DOI: 10.1093/jogss/ogac039.
• Mathis Lohaus, Sören Stapel (forthcoming): Who commits to regional human rights treaties? Reputational benefits, sovereignty costs, and regional dynamics. In: Journal of Human Rights
• Diana Panke, Sören Stapel (forthcoming): Towards Increasing Regime Complexity? Why Member States Drive Overlaps between International Organizations. In: The British Journal of Politics and International Relations.
• Axel Heck, Stephanie Geise und Diana Panke (forthcoming): „Shiny Happy People Laughing: The Protest Paradigm, WUNC and the Visual Framing of Political Activism”. In: Visual Communication Quarterly.
• Diana Panke, Gurur Polat, Franziska Hohlstein (2022): "Diplomatic Deliberative Practices in International Organizations: Does Institutional Design Matter?". In: Diplomacy and Statecraft. Vol. 33, No. 4, 824-852.
• Fredrik Söderbaum, Sören Stapel (2022): Regionalism in Africa. In: Jürgen Rüland, Astrid Carrapatoso (eds.) Handbook on Global Governance and Regionalism. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 218-229.
• Diana Panke, Gurur Polat und Franziska Hohlstein (2022): Who Performs Better? A Comparative Analysis of Problem-Solving Effectiveness and Legitimacy Attributions to International Organizations. In: Cooperation and Conflict. Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 433-456
• Diana Panke, Franziska Hohlstein, Gurur Polat (2022): Why International Organizations Differ in their Output Productivity: A Comparative Study. In: International Studies Perspectives. Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 398-424
• Gordon Friedrichs (2022): Populist minds think alike? National identity conceptions and foreign policy preferences of populist leaders. In: Foreign Policy Analysis. Vol. 18, No. 2.
• Gordon Friedrichs (2022): The Effects of Polarization for U.S. foreign policy behavior in international negotiations: Revisiting the two-level game. In: International Studies Review. Vol. 24, No. 1.
• Sören Stapel (2022): Regional Organizations and Democracy, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law: The African Union, Organization of American States, and the Diffusion of Institutions. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Michal Grossman, Francis Shortgen, Gordon Friedrichs (2022): National Role Conceptions in a New Millennium: Defining a Place in a Changing World. London & New York: Routledge.
• Fredrik Söderbaum, Sören Stapel (2022): External Actors and Security Regionalism in Africa: A New Dataset of External Funding. In: Johannes Muntschick (ed.) Regionalism in Africa and External Partners: Uneven Relationships and (Un)Intended Effects. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 61-80.
• Diana Panke, Sören Stapel (2022): Architects of Regional Regime Complexity: States and Regional Organizations in Europe. In: Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 387-404.
• Diana Panke, Jürgen Rüland (2022): Why Asian states cooperate in regional arrangements: Asian reginalism in comparative pespective. In: International Relations, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 428-453. 

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