Dr. Frank Mattheis

Profile

Dr Frank Mattheis is a research associate at the Chair for Multi-Level Governance (Prof Diana Panke). He is trained in Global Studies and holds a MA double degree from the Universities of Leipzig and Vienna as well as a Dr. phil. from the University of Leipzig. Previous academic appointments include the Institute for European Studies at the Université libre de Bruxelles, the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria and the Centre for Area Studies at the University of Leipzig. He is also Associate Research Fellow at the United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies.

Research interests

•  Comparative regionalism (esp. Sub-Saharan Africa and South America)
• Interregionalism (esp. Europe-Africa)
• Finances of regional organisations
• Maritime regionalism
• Globalisation projects of regional organisations

Selected scientific publications

• Lopez Lucia, Elisa and Mattheis, Frank (Eds.) (2021): The unintended consequences of interregionalism – effects on regional actors, societies and structures. Routledge, Abingdon. ISBN: 9780367554842
• Engel, Ulf and Mattheis, Frank (with Eds.) (2020): The Finances of Regional Organisations in the Global South: Follow the Money. Routledge, Abingdon. ISBN: 9780367152468
• Bourgeois, Robin, Mattheis, Frank and Kotsopoulos, John (2020): Post-normal times: Re-thinking the future of the EU-Africa relationship. European Journal of Futures Research, 8(9). Online first. DOI: 10.1186/s40309-020-00167-8. 
• Mattheis, Frank, Russo, Alessandra and Luca Raineri, Luca (2019): Fringe regionalism - When peripheries become regions. Palgrave, Cham. ISBN: 9783319974088
• Kotsopoulos, John and Mattheis, Frank (guest editors) (2018): Special Issue - Broadening the debate on EU–Africa relations: towards reciprocal approaches. South African Journal of International Affairs, 25(4). DOI: 10.1080/10220461.2018.1551154.
• Wunderlich, Jens-Uwe and Mattheis, Frank (2017): Regional actorness and interregional relations: ASEAN, the EU and Mercosur. Journal of European Integration, 39(6), 723-738. DOI: 10.1080/07036337.2017.1333503. 

See also: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8533-5154

Selected other publications

• Mattheis, Frank (2021) La Zone de libre-échange continentale africaine: une décolonisation par le marché ? Alternatives Economiques, Hors-Série N°122, 68-69. https://www.alternatives-economiques.fr/zleca-une-decolonisation-marche/00094832
• Mattheis, Frank and Staeger, Ueli (2020) How member states and partners impede the African Union’s quest for financial autonomy. The Conversation, 22.12.2020. https://theconversation.com/how-member-states-and-partners-impede-the-african-unions-quest-for-financial-autonomy-151115
• Mattheis, Frank (2020) The Covid-19 crisis and regional organisations: more money, more problems? The Conversation, 07.05.2020. https://theconversation.com/the-covid-19-crisis-and-regional-organisations-more-money-more-problems-137530
• Gakusi, Albert-Enéas, Delponte, Laura, Mattheis, Frank and Coulibaly, Mohamed (2018) Addressing Regional Integration Challenges in Central Africa: Evaluation of the Regional Integration Strategy and Operations of the African Development Bank, 2011-2016. African Development Bank, Abidjan. http://idev.afdb.org/en/document/evaluation-afdb-regional-integration-strategy-and-operations-central-africa-2011-2016