Dr. Carmen Wunderlich
| Function | Interim Professor of Political Science with a focus on International Relations |
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| Office Hours | Regular office hours: Wednesday between 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM Available appointments and registration at: calendly.com/carmen-wunderlich/sprechstunde Office hours are held digitally or in person. |
| Address | Rempartstr. 15, KG IV, 79085 Freiburg |
| Room | 4325 |
| Phone | +49 - (0)761 - 203-3465 |
| carmen.wunderlich@politik.uni-freiburg.de |
Professional Background
since 10/2023 | Interim Professor of Political Science with a focus on International Relations, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg |
| 04/2023 – 09/2023 | Interim Professor of "International Relations and Sustainable Development" (W3), Institute of Political Science, University of Münster |
| since 11/2022 | Member of the research network "Rethinking Nuclear Deterrence," Harvard University & MacArthur Foundation |
| 03/2020 – 04/2021 | Parental leave |
| since 11/2018 | Academic Counselor on a temporary basis at the Chair for International Relations and Development Policy, Institute of Political Science, University of Duisburg-Essen
since 04/2023: on leave due to interim professorship since 04/2021: Head of the sub-project "Social Constructivist Approaches to Confidence Building and Verification" within the BMBF-funded joint project VeSPoTec - Center for Integrated Interdisciplinary Verification Research |
| since 2018 | Associated Researcher, Peace Research Center Prague (PRCP), Charles University Prague |
| 02/2016 – 10/2018 | Research Associate (Post-Doc), Leibniz Institute for Peace and Conflict Research/Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) |
| 02/2016 – 12/2016 | Parental leave |
| 10/2015 – 02/2016 | Scientific Coordinator (interim position) Leibniz Research Alliance: "Crises of a Globalized World," (PRIF) |
| 05-06 & 10-12/2014 | Visiting Scientist, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, Research Area "Global Governance" |
| 01 – 05/2012 | Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP), Vienna/Austria |
| 10/2008 – 02/2016 | Research Associate and Doctoral Candidate, PRIF, Program Area "Transnational Actors" and "International Security"
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Academic Education
| 01/2016 | PhD (Dr. phil.) at the University of Frankfurt. Dissertation Title: "Black Sheep or Wolves in Sheep's Clothing: Rogue States as Norm Entrepreneurs" |
| 06/2008 | First State Exam in German and Political Science, Goethe University Frankfurt |
| 2001-2007 | Studies in Political Science, Philosophy, and German Studies, Goethe University Frankfurt |
Research Interests
- Global Norm Dynamics | Norm Research in International Relations
- Contestation and Dissent in International Politics, especially focusing on so-called Rogue States and self-organized working children in the Global South
- Nuclear Disarmament, Arms Control, and Non-Proliferation
- Global Governance
- Peace and Conflict Research
- Theories of International Relations, particularly social constructivist approaches
Current Publications (Selection)
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* = peer-reviewed
- * Blinded by Delight? A Plea for De-Moralising the Scholarship on Norm Entrepreneurs, in: European Review of International Studies 9:3, pp. 363-388. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27182574
- * Reevaluating Constructivist Norm Theory: A Three-Dimensional Norms Research Program (with Jeffrey S. Lantis), in: International Studies Review, 24:1, viab059, https://doi.org/10.1093/isr/viab059
- * The Vitality of the NPT after 50 (with Maria Rost Rublee), in: Contemporary Security Policy, 43:1, pp. 5-23, https://doi.org/10.1080/13523260.2022.2037969
- Rüstungsdynamiken. Abrüsten statt Wettrüsten (with Jana Baldus, Michael Brzoska, Caroline Fehl, Sascha Hach, Moritz Kütt, Tim Thies and Maren Vieluf), in: BICC/HSFK/IFSH/INEF (Eds.): Peace Report 2022, Berlin: LIT Verlag, pp. 93-109.
- Gender, Diversity and Violence. Sustainable Peace (with Laura Isabella Brunke, Tobias Debiel, Elvan Isikozlu, Clara Perras, Patricia Rinck, Carolin Rosenberg, Victoria Scheyer, Cornelia Ulbert, Lars Wirkus, Simone Wisotzki), in: BICC/HSFK/IFSH/INEF (Eds.): Peace Report 2022, Berlin: LIT Verlag, pp. 69-88.
- * Forum: Nonuse of Nuclear Weapons in World Politics:
Stellenausschreibung: Studentische Hilfskraft am ABI