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Professor Antje Wiener, PhD FAcSS MAE
By-Fellow Hughes Hall, Cambridge
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Professor Antje Wiener holds the Chair of Political Science, especially Global Governance at the University of Hamburg where she is a member of the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences as well as the Law Faculty. She is an elected By-Fellow of Hughes Hall University of Cambridge, a Fellow of the UK’s Academy of Social Sciences, and a Member of the Academia Europea. Her research and teaching centres on International Relations (IR) theory, especially norms research and contestation theory. And previously she held Chairs in International Studies at Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Bath and taught at the Universities of Stanford, Carleton, Sussex and Hannover. Current research projects include ‘Contested Climate Justice in Sensitive Regions’ at the Cluster of Excellence Climate, Climatic Change and Society (CLICCS) as well as ‘Doing Theory – From Where and What For? A Backpackers’ Guide to Knowledge Production’ at the Centre for Sustainable Society Research (CSS) among others. With James Tully, she is co-founding editor of Global Constitutionalism (CUP, since 2012 ). And she also edits the Norm Research in International Relations Series (Springer). She currently serves on several Committees of the Academy of Social Sciences and she has been re-appointed to the ESRC‘s Global Challenges Research Fund Peer Review College in 2019. In 2021, she concluded her second three-year term as elected member of the Executive Committee of the German Political Science Association (DVPW). Her most recent book ‘Contestation and Constitution of Norms in Global International Relations’ (CUP 2018) was awarded the International Law Section’s Book Prize in 2020. ‘Contesting the World: Norm Research in Theory and Practice’ co-edited with Phil Orchard was published in 2024. (CUP 2024).
Gastprofessuren, Forschungsaufenthalte & Auszeichnungen
- 2024 Visiting Researcher, Michaelmas Term, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge (link, lecture)
- 2023 Visiting Scholar, School of History, Philosphy, Political Science and International Relations, University of Victoria, Wellington, NZ
- 2023 Visiting Scholar, Center for Global Studies, University of Victoria, BC
- 2020 Elected to the Academia Europaea (link)
- 2020 Visiting Fellow, Lauterpacht Centre for International Affairs, Cambridge University (link) & Wolfson College, Cambridge University (link)
- 2018 (1-3) Visiting Fellow, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, Cambridge University (link)
- 2017-2026 By-Fellow, Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge (link)
- 2017 (3) Visiting Fellow, Munk School, University of Toronto, Canada
- 2016 (9-12) Visiting Fellow, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, Cambridge University
- 2016 (3-6) Visiting Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH), University of Edinburgh
- 2015-17 Opus Magnum Fellowship, Volkswagen Foundation
- 2014-15 EURIAS Senior Fellowship, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS), Wassenaar
- 2014 (2-3) Visiting Researcher Fellowship, Centre for Global Studies (CFGS), University of Victoria, Canada
- 2012 (9-10) Twinning Fellowship, Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg / Institute for Advanced Studies (HWK), Delmenhorst, Germany
- 2011 (3-7) Fellowship, Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg / Institute for Advanced Studies (HWK) Delmenhorst, Germany
- 2011-to date Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, UK
- 2004-09 Spring Lectures on International Relations Theories and International Law, 10 hs/year, MA/PhD Programme, University of Trento, Italy, Standing Guest Professorship, School of International Studies
- 2000-07 Jean Monnet Chair for Political Science, Institute of European Studies, Queen’s University, Belfast
- 2006 (5-6) Guest of the President Fellowship (Pres. Prof Jürgen Kocka), Centre for Social Sciences Berlin / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB)
- 2003 Fellowship, Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg / Institute for Advanced Studies (HWK) Delmenhorst, Germany
- 1998 Visiting Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, UK
- 1998 Jean Monnet Postdoctoral Fellowship, Robert Schumann Centre, European University Institute, Florence
- 1996-97 German American Academic Council Postdoc Fellowship: Social Science Research Council (SSRC) & German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), New School of Social Research, New York & Humboldt University Berlin
- 1995-97 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Sussex European Institute, Sussex University, Human Capital & Mobility Programme of the EU
- 1996 (2/6) Visiting Professorship European University Institute, Florence, Forum on Citizenship
- 1990-91 Exchange Fellowship, Stanford University, CA, Stanford Graduate Division
Leitungsfunktionen & Akademische Ämter
Herausgeberschaften
Leitungsfunktionen (Auswahl)
- Mitglied im Vorstand der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft (DVPW), (2018-2021)
- Mitglied des Exekutivkomitees, Sektion "International Organisation", International Studies Association (ISA): Vorsitz der Jury für den Chadwick Alger Prize (2016-18)
- Mitglied im Vorstand der Standing Group of International Relations der ECPR (2001-11)
- Mitglied im Vorstand, International Studies Association (ISA) (2007-09)
- Geschäftsführende Direktorin, Centre for Globalisation and Governance (CGG) Universität Hamburg (2009-10 & 2011-12)
- Mitglied im Direktorium, Centre for Globalisation and Governance (CGG) Universität Hamburg (2009-12)
- Direktorin der Research Area 4: Global Governance, Constitutionalism and World Society, Centre for Globalisation and Governance (CGG), Universität Hamburg (seit 2009)
Mitglied in wissenschaftlichen Beiräten (Auswahl)
- Wissenschaftlicher Beirat, EU Cyber Direct, Brussels (seit 2018)
- Internationaler Wissenschaftlicher Beirat, Politique et Sociétés (seit 2017)
- Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Peer Review Group, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), United Kingdom (seit 2017)
- Mitglied der Lionel Gelber Preis Jury, Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto and Foreign Policy magazine (2017)
- Wissenschaftlicher Beirat, Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft (DVPW), (2013-15)
- Wissenschaftlicher Beirat, German Institute for Global Area Studies (GIGA), Hamburg (2009-17)
- Wissenschaftlicher Beirat, Comparative Research in Law and Political Economy Research Network, York University, Toronto (2005-14)
- Mitglied der Steuerungsgruppe Internationale Beziehungen, European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), (2001-11)