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Current Research Projects

The Political Sociology of Cosmopolitanism and Communitarianism
Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Merkel, Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn
ongoing since 2011
Rule of Law Promotion and Legalization beyond the Nation-State
Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn
Dr. Theresa Reinold, Dr. des.
ongoing since 2011
Hague Institute for the Internationalization of Law (HiiL)
Decision Making in International Organizations: The Selection and Design of Formal and Informal Decision Rules in International Institutions
Autumn Lockwood Payton Ph.D.
ongoing since 2011
WZB
Asymmetric Negotiations in International Institutions
Autumn Lockwood Payton Ph.D.
ongoing since 2011
WZB
Authority beyond states: Legal, political and philosophical perspectives on international institutions
Dr. Martin Binder, Birgit Schlütter (Norwegian Center for Human Rights)
Seit 2011
DAAD
International organizations and the protection of fundamental rights of individuals
Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn
Dr. Monika Heupel, Gisela Hirschmann, Dr. Theresa Reinold, Dr. des.
ongoing since 2010
German Research Foundation (DFG)
The Legitimacy of the UN Security Council
Dr. Martin Binder, Dr. Monika Heupel
ongoing since 2010
WZB
Rule of law promotion through international organizations and NGOs
Dr. Monika Heupel
ongoing since 2009
WZB and HiiL
Principles of a Just International Tax Regime
Dr. Thomas Rixen
ongoing since 2008
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), WZB, Université de Montréal
Supranationalization and Politicization
Dr. Thomas Rixen, Bernhard Zangl
ongoing since 2008
WZB
Path Dependence and Change in International Governance Institutions
Dr. Thomas Rixen, Dr. Lora Anne Viola
ongoing since 2008
WZB
The Denationalization of Problem Perceptions and the Assignment of Responsibility to Political Institutions
Dr. Matthias Ecker-Ehrhardt, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Merkel, PD Dr. Bernhard Weßels, Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn
ongoing since 2007
WZB
Sovereign Inequality and the Politics of Membership in the International System
Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn, Dr. Lora Anne Viola
ongoing since 2006
WZB
Humanitarian Crises and the International Politics of Selective Intervention
Dr. Martin Binder
ongoing since 2005
WZB
Public Discourse and Understanding in Light of Humanitarian Crises
Dr. Matthias Ecker-Ehrhardt
ongoing since 2005
WZB
Multistakeholder Cooperation in Sustainable Development Policy – With Special Focus on Civil Society Groups and the Mining Sector
PD Dr. Helmut Weidner
ongoing since 2005
WZB
Climate Change Policy and Equity (Global Justice) in a Cross-Cultural Perspective: The Role of Moral Capacities in Global Negotiations and Political Responses of Industrial Countries to Climate Change
PD Dr. Helmut Weidner
ongoing since 2005
WZB
Legalization Beyond the Nation State
Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn, Prof. Dr. Gunnar Folke Schuppert, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Merkel
Tim Gemkow
ongoing since 2004
Eigenmittel WZB

Completed Research Projects

The Institutional (Non-)Change in International Taxation
Dr. Thomas Rixen
2007 - 2010
WZB
The Politicization of International Institutions (Book Project)
Dr. Martin Binder, Dr. Matthias Ecker-Ehrhardt, Dr. Thomas Rixen, PD Dr. Helmut Weidner, Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn
2008 - 2009
WZB
The Politicization of United Nations Conferences and Institutional Change
Kathrin Böhling
09 2008 - 07 2009
WZB
“Private” Engagement and Public Interest in Transnational Contexts — The “World Citizen” as a Political Actor?
Tine Stein
10 2007 - 09 2008
WZB
Regulation of the Internet
Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn, Peter Mayer
Dr. Jeanette Hofmann, Rolf Bendtrath, Volker Leib
2005 - 2008
German Research Foundation (DFG) and WZB
Ein Trend zu transnationaler Solidarität? Die Entwicklung des Spendenaufkommens in der Not und Entwicklungshilfe
Katrin Radtke
01 2005 - 04 2007
WZB
Weltgesellschaft und Modernisierung
Susanne Fuchs
01 2006 - 01 2007
WZB
Welfare State Formation in the Enlarged European Union – Patterns of Reform in the Post-Communist New Member States
Susanne Fuchs
04 2006 - 09 2007
WZB
Der Verlust der Eindeutigkeit – Annäherung an Individuum und Gesellschaft
Susanne Fuchs
12 2006 - 07 2007
WZB
Organizing Peacebuilding – An Investigation of Interorganizational Coordination in International Post Conflict Reconstruction Efforts
Anna Herrhausen
2006 - 2007
self-financed