Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn

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Valerie Schmidt

Contact

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Katinka von Kovatsits
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E-mail: katinka.kovatsits@wzb.eu
Room: B 319
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Director of the Research Unit

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since 2019
Co-spokesperson of the Cluster of Excellence “Contestations of the Liberal Script” (SCRIPTS)

since 2004
Director of the research unit Global Governance at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center and Professor of International Relations at the Free University Berlin

2004−2009
Founding Dean of the Hertie School of Governance

2008
Co-Founder and Board Member of the Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies, Free University Berlin, Hertie School of Governance and WZB Berlin Social Science Center

2002−2004
Director of the CRC 597 "Transformations of the State" at the University of Bremen

2001−2003
Director of the Institute of Political Science at the University of Bremen

2001−2003
Co-founder and Board Member of the Graduate School of Social Sciences, University of Bremen

1997−2000
Director of the Centre for European Law and Policy, Bremen

since 1993
Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Bremen

1993−1996
Director of the Institute for Intercultural and International Studies (InIIS)

1991
Doctoral Thesis entitled "Spieltheorie, Funktionalismus und internationale Politik" submitted to the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Tübingen ("summa cum laude")

Selected Publications

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2023
Zürn, Michael (2023): "Authority in International Relations. Contracted, Inscribed, or Reflexive?". In: Christopher Daase/Nicole Deitelhoff/Antonia Witt (Eds.): Rule in International Politics. Cambridge/New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, S. 33-60.
Zürn, Michael (2023): "Die regulative Idee der Wahrheit und demokratische Regression". In: Leviathan - Berliner Zeitschrift für Sozialwissenschaft, Sonderband 40 "Zur Diagnose demokratischer Regression", herausgegeben von Peter Niesen. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, S. 54-82.
2022
Zürn, Michael (2022): "How Non-Majoritarian Institutions Make Silent Majorities Vocal. A Political Explanation of Authoritarian Populism". In: Perspectives on Politics, Vol. 20, No. 3, S. 788-807. (vorab online publiziert 26.05.2021)
Zürn, Michael (2022): "COVID-19 and the Legitimacy Crisis of Global Governance". In: Gonca Oguz Gok/Hakan Mehmetcik (Eds.): The Crises of Legitimacy in Global Governance. London/New York, NY: Routledge, S. 37-51.
Zürn, Michael/Albert, Mathias (2022): "Mut zur Teilhabe. Zur Zukunft der Politischen Theorie in der Poltikwissenschaft". In: Oliver Flügel-Martinsen/Dirk Jörke (Hg.): Vom Nutzen und Nachteil der Politischen Theorie und Ideengeschichte. Rainer Schmalz-Bruns zum Gedenken. Schriftenreihe der Sektion Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte in der DVPW | Studies in Political Theory, Bd. 41. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, S. 237-253.
2021
Börzel, Tanja A./Zürn, Michael (2021): "Contestations of the Liberal International Order. From Liberal Multilateralism to Postnational Liberalism". In: International Organization - IO, Vol. 75, No. 2, S. 282-305.
Schäfer, Armin/Zürn, Michael (2021): Die demokratische Regression. Edition Suhrkamp. Berlin: Suhrkamp, 246 S.
Zürn, Michael (2021): "On the Role of Contestations, the Power of Reflexive Authority, and Legitimation Problems in the Global Political System". In: International Theory - A Journal of International Politics, Law and Philosophy, Vol. 13, No. 1, S. 192-204. (vorab online publiziert 28.12.2020)
Zürn, Michael/Tokhi, Alexandros/Binder, Martin (2021): "The International Authority Database". In: Global Policy, Vol. 12, No. 4, S. 430-442. (vorab online publiziert 19.06.2021)
2020
Alter, Karen J./Zürn, Michael (2020): "Theorising Backlash Politics. Conclusion to a Special Issue on Backlash Politics in Comparison". In: The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Special Issue "Symposium on Backlash Politics in Comparison", edited by Karen J. Alter/Michael Zürn, S. 739-752. (vorab online pubiziert 10.09.2020)
Zürn, Michael (2020): "Unravelling Multi-Level Governance Systems". In: The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Vol. 22, No. 4, S. 784-791. (vorab online publiziert 20.08.2020)
Zürn, Michael/Kreuder-Sonnen, Christian (Eds.) (2020): After Fragmentation. Global Constitutionalism, Special Issue, Vol. 9, No. 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, S. 241-436.
2019
Rauh, Christian/Zürn, Michael (2019): "Authority, Politicization, and Alternative Justifications. Endogenous Legitimation Dynamics in Global Economic Governance". In: Review of International Political Economy, Vol. 27, No. 3, S. 583-611. (vorab online publiziert 16.08.2019)
Stephen, Matthew D./Zürn, Michael (Eds.) (2019): Contested World Orders. Rising Powers, Non-Governmental Organizations, and the Politics of Authority Beyond the Nation-State. Oxford/New York, NY: Oxford University Press, XIII, 393 S.
Tallberg, Jonas/Zürn, Michael (2019): "The Legitimacy and Legitimation of International Organizations. Introduction and Framework". In: The Review of International Organizations, Vol. 14, No. 4, S. 581-606. (vorab online publiziert 05.01.2019)
Zürn, Michael (2019): "Politicization Compared. At National, European, and Global Levels". In: Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 26, No. 7, Special Issue "The European Union beyond the Polycrisis? Integration and Politicization in an Age of Shifting Cleavages", S. 977-995.
Zürn, Michael (2019): "Denationalisierte Staatlichkeit und autoritärer Populismus. Vom Nutzen und Elend des Staatlichkeitsdiskurses". In: Gunnar Folke Schuppert (Hg.): Von Staat zu Staatlichkeit. Beiträge zu einer multidisziplinären Staatlichkeitswissenschaft. Staatsverständnisse, Bd. 134. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, S. 147-163.
Zürn, Michael/Benson, Robert (2019): "Untapped Potential. How the G20 can Strengthen Global Governance". In: South African Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 26, No. 4, S. 549-562. (vorab online publiziert 13.12.2019)
2018
Heupel, Monika/Hirschmann, Gisela/Zürn, Michael (2018): "International Organisations and Human Rights. What Direct Authority Needs for Its Legitimation". In: Review of International Studies, Vol. 44, No. 2, S. 343-366. (vorab online publiziert 02.10.2017)
Zürn, Michael (2018): "Ordnung als Problem der Weltpolitik". In: Mathias Albert/Nicole Deitelhoff/Gunther Hellmann (Hg.): Ordnung und Regieren in der Weltgesellschaft. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, S. 57-76.
Zürn, Michael (2018): A Theory of Global Governance. Authority, Legitimacy, and Contestation. Cambridge: Oxford University Press.
2016
Deitelhoff, Nicole/Zürn, Michael (2016): Lehrbuch der Internationalen Beziehungen. Per Anhalter durch die IB-Galaxis. C.H. Beck Paperback. München: C.H. Beck, 390 S.
Simmerl, Georg/Zürn, Michael (2016): "Internationale Autorität. Zwei Perspektiven". In: Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen, Jg. 23, H. 1, S. 38-70.
Zürn, Michael (2016): "Survey Article. Four Models of a Global Order with Cosmopolitan Intent - An Empirical Assessment". In: The Journal of Political Philosophy, Vol. 24, No. 1, S. 88-119. (vorab online publiziert 11. September 2015)
Projects

SCRIPTS - Cluster of Excellence “Contestations of the Liberal Script“ - Theory Network
Head: Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn, Prof. Dr. Tanja A. Börzel
Staff: Dr. Johannes Gerschewski
Duration: 01.01.2019-31.12.2025
Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG)

International Authority Database
Staff: Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn, Dr. Martin Binder, Autumn Lockwood Payton, Ph.D., Dr. Alexandros Tokhi
Duration: ongoing since 04.2012
Funding: Leibniz Association (SAW Senate Competition Committee; 04.2012−03.2016); WZB (since 04.2016)

The Politicization of European Integration
Staff: Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn, Prof. Dr. Pieter de Wilde, Dr. Christian Rauh
Duration: ongoing since 2011
Funding: WZB

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Contact

fax
+49 30 25491 342
michael.zuern [at] wzb.eu
Katinka von Kovatsits
Tel: +49 30 25491 341
Fax: +49 30 25491 342
E-mail: katinka.kovatsits@wzb.eu
Room: B 319
Reichpietschufer 50
D-10785 Berlin
room
B 303/304

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Research Fields

Global Governance
International Institutions
Political Theory
Rule of Law
Security, Climate, Science

Selected Talks ↓

SCRIPTS Ringvorlesung: Das liberale Skript: Gibt es das und was könnte es sein?

Freie Universität Berlin

31. Oktober 2022

Contestation of the Liberal Orders from the Inside and the Outside: A Keynote by Michael Zürn

Berlin Social Science Center & Freie Universität Berlin

Institut d'études européennes de l'ULB

19 October 2022

Democratising Democracy - Towards a Future Shaped Equally by All

Opening of Innocracy 2021

14 October 2021

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Suhrkamp Diskurs
Suhrkamp Verlag

Der Aufstieg des autoritären Populismus

Suhrkamp Verlag

08 May 2021

Michael Zürn - A Theory of Global Governance

GLOBE Webinar Series

10 February 2020

Recent Books

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Die demokratische Regression

Schäfer, Armin, and Michael Zürn (2021) Die demokratische Regression, Berlin: Suhrkamp. 247 Seiten.

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Contested World Orders_klein

Stephen, Matthew D., and Michael Zürn (Eds.) (2019) Contested World Orders: Rising Powers, Non-Governmental Organizations, and the Politics of Authority Beyond the Nation-State, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 408 pp.

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De Wilde, Pieter, Ruud Koopmans, Wolfgang Merkel, Oliver Strijbis, and Michael Zürn (Eds.) (2019) The Struggle Over Borders: Cosmopolitanism and Communitarianism, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 276 pp.

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A Theory of Global Governance

Zürn, Michael (2018) A Theory of Global Governance: Authority, Legitimacy, and Contestation, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 336 pp.

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Protecting the Individual from International Authority

Heupel, Monika, and Michael Zürn (Eds.) (2017) Protecting the Individual from International Authority: Human Rights in International Organizations, New York: Cambridge University Press, 370 pp.

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Historical Institutionalism and International Relations
Historical Institutionalism and International Relations

Rixen, Thomas, Lora Anne Viola, and Michael Zürn (Eds.) (2016) Historical Institutionalism & International Relations: Exploring Institutional Development in World Politics, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 248 pp.