Prof. Dr. Sandra Destradi
| Position | Professor and Chair of International Relations |
|---|---|
| Office hours | By appointment. Please send me an email. |
| Address | Rempartstr. 15, KG IV, 79085 Freiburg |
| Room | 4325 |
| Phone | +49 - (0)761 - 203-3465 |
| sandra.destradi@politik.uni-freiburg.de |
Professional career
| Since 04/2020 | Professor (W3) of Political Science with a particular focus on International Relations, University of Freiburg, Germany From October 2023 until September 2025: inaugural DAAD long-term guest professor at Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel |
| 12/2016 – 03/2020 | Professor (W3) of Political Science, with a particular focus on International Relations and Regional Governance, Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg Head of Research Programme 4 ("Power and Ideas"), GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies |
| 10/2018 – 09/2019 | Parental leave |
| 10/2015 – 11/2016 | Interim professor, Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg |
| 09/2014 – 08/2015 | Jean Monnet Fellow, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute (EUI), Florence, Italy |
| 09/2014 – 03/2020 | Senior Research Fellow, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies (tenured position; on leave 09/2014-08/2015 and 10/2015-03/2020) |
| 11/2009 – 09/2014 | Research Fellow, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies |
| 10-11/2013 | Visiting Fellow, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi, India |
Education
| 12/2010 | Dr. Phil., University of Hamburg, Germany (summa cum laude) |
| 2006-2009 | Doctoral student at the University of Hamburg and GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies. Scholarship from Cusanuswerk. |
| 10-12/2008 and 02-05/2009 | Field research New Delhi, India. Visiting doctoral student, Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi, India |
| 2000-2005 | B.A. and M.A. in Political Science, International Relations and Diplomacy at University of Trieste, Italy (110/110 e lode). |
| 10/2003-02/2004 | Studies abroad (Erasmus) at University of Vienna, Austria, Department of Ethnology. |
Current Research Interests
- Global Governance and the Global South
- Populism and foreign policy
- Emerging powers in international politics
Selected Publications
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- *Destradi, Sandra (2023), Reluctance in World Politics: Why States Fail to Act Decisively. Bristol: Bristol University Press.
- *Destradi, Sandra, David Cadier and Johannes Plagemann (2021), Populism and Foreign Policy: A Research Agenda, in: Comparative European Politics 19(6), 663-682.
- *Destradi, Sandra and Johannes Plagemann (2019), Populism and International Relations: (Un-)Predictability, Personalization, and the Reinforcement of Existing Trends in World Politics, in: Review of International Studies 45(5), 711-730.
- *Plagemann, Johannes and Sandra Destradi (2019), Populism and Foreign Policy: The Case of India, in: Foreign Policy Analysis 15 (2): 283-301.
- *Destradi, Sandra (2018), Reluctant Powers? Rising Powers’ Contributions to Regional Crisis Management, in: Third World Quarterly 39 (12): 2222-2239.
- *Destradi, Sandra (2017), Reluctance in International Politics: A Conceptualization, in: European Journal of International Relations 23 (2): 315-340.
- *Plagemann, Johannes and Sandra Destradi (2015), Soft Sovereignty, Rising Powers and Subnational Foreign Policy-Making: The Case of India, in: Globalizations 12 (5): 728-743.
- *Vüllers, Johannes and Sandra Destradi (2013), Speech Is Silver, Silence Is Golden? The Consequences of Failed Mediation in Civil Wars, in: Civil Wars, 15, 4, 486-507.
- *Destradi, Sandra (2012), Indian Foreign and Security Policy in South Asia: Regional Power Strategies, Abingdon und New York: Routledge.
- *Destradi, Sandra (2010), Regional Powers and Their Strategies: Empire, Hegemony, and Leadership, in: Review of International Studies, 36, 4, 903-930.
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