Competition and cooperation in transnational networks are central drivers of global governance. Global networks initiate innovation processes in business, politics and law, which increasingly influence the creation, implementation and development of international rules, norms and standards.
With the growing influence of global networks, questions of their regulation, legitimacy and integration into democratic processes arise.
The Research Cluster "Global Networks" investigates the functioning, influence and normative configuration of such networks based on five guiding questions:
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The research cluster pursues an interdisciplinary approach combining economics, (organisational) sociology and political science (International Relations).
Currently, four chairs of Zeppelin University are involved in the research cluster: The Chair of Global Governance, the Chair of Institutional Economics, the Chair of International Security Policy and the Chair of Public Administration & Public Policy. The research cluster aims to bundle expertise on transnational networks in global cooperation in the region.
October, 13-15 2023 | ZU-SCRIPTS Retreat
This retreat for doctoral researchers of Zeppelin University and the BGTS and the encompassed workshop on “Life in Academia” is jointly organized by the Research Cluster “Global Networks” and the Berlin Graduate School for Global and Transregional Studies.
The aim of the retreat and the workshop is to provide a platform for doctoral researchers to exchange on life as aspiring academics and engage in discussions with peers and senior scholars on topics related to the academic landscape.
All workshops will consist of an impulse by a senior scholar followed by a Q&A session and a group discussion. Location: SMH | LZ.1
March 22, 2023, from 14:30 to 16:00 | Career Paths in International Security
What are the job opportunities and career prospects in the field of international security policy? What forms of professional specialization are there, what are possible employers and what is important when applying?
The research cluster together with the Chair of International Security Policy at ZU, cordially invites interested students to address these and other questions together with exciting guests. We are very pleased to welcome Ann-Kristin Otto from the Federal Chancellery and journalist Cosima Gill as speakers.
The event takes place online via Microsoft Teams. After short inputs from the speakers, there will be a Q&A session for questions and discussion. We are looking forward to your participation!
Transnational networks tackling global policy challenges can either be very inclusive, in which case they are open to a large range of actors being affected by the respective challenge or problem. But then transnational networks can also be exclusive, only taking into account a small number of powerful actors and their preferences. At the Chair of Global Governance we are interested in knowing how inclusive or exclusive transnational networks are, which actors and ideas/preferences are represented therein and which are absent. In order to tackle this question, we investigate transnational networks in different policy fields and regarding different policy challenges. The inclusive or exclusive character of transnational networks does not only affect the way in which problems are treated, but also the democratic legitimacy of Global Governance.
The bulk of international trade takes place in global value chains, which are networked by the close inter- and intra-firm transactions of different actors. On the one hand, formal governance mechanisms often reach their limits if they cannot be fully enforced in different legal frameworks. On the other hand, formal governance is often not optimal in terms of transaction costs. The Chair of Institutional Economics investigates how transnational networks influence standard setting, learning processes and implementation in global value chains. Particularly in the case of intersectoral cooperation, which is often indispensable in global value chains, different decision-making logics of different actors must be taken into account. A relational approach is central here. The relationship between business, politics and society needs to be rethought and appropriate management systems applied.
In the context of this project, Prof. Joseph Wieland is the co-leader of the working group "Sustainability in Global Value Chains" in the Think20 process, which accompanies international cooperation in the G20 format at think tank level.
Wieland, Josef Prof Dr
Chair of Instituational Economics
Research Fellow | Leadership Excellence Institute Zeppelin
Geraldo Schwengber, Jessica Dr rer pol
Research Fellow | Leadership Excellence Institute Zeppelin
Research Fellow | Leadership Excellence Institute Zeppelin
This research project investigates a particular type of emotional community in world politics: a security community. It is argued that emotion norms – the expression of appropriate emotions in a given situation – stabilize a security community during inter-allied conflict. Building on Social Identity Theory and Intergroup Emotion Theory, it is argued here that political leaders use emotional language and expressions to communicate their intentions vis-à-vis insiders and outsiders. In this sense, state representatives employ a vocabulary of emotional discourse accompanied by symbolic interaction to frame regional peace and to stabilize this peace system during times of internal conflict.
Chair of International Security Policy
Research Fellow
Research Fellow
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The research project created a dataset of 80,000 speeches from UN Security Council meetings taking place between 1995-2020. The team extracted the speech data from 6,000 meeting transcripts. The project further combines natural language processing and network analysis to analyze the data and study the role of UN-bureaucracy in the security council.
Research Fellow
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The research cluster is intensifying its academic collaboration in the
area of promoting young academics through a cooperation agreement with
the Cluster of Excellence "Contestations of the Liberal Script
(SCRIPTS)" at Freie Universität Berlin. The object of the cooperation is
the mutual exchange of doctoral students between the Cluster of
Excellence and the research cluster.
To kick off event, the first
doctoral student retreat and associated workshop on the topic of "Life
in Academia", took place at Zeppelin University. The retreat and the
workshops offered doctoral students from Zeppelin University and the
Berlin Graduate School for Global and Transregional Studies a platform
to exchange ideas about life as prospective academics and to discuss
topics from the academic landscape with like-minded and experienced
researchers.
Phone: | +49 7541 6009-2411 |
Room: | Semi 0.06 R |
Steffen Eckhard is Professor of Public Administration and Public Policy at Zeppelin University . He is also affiliated with the Center of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality” at the University of Konstanz and a Fellow at the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin.
In his research and teaching, he focuses on the management of public organizations and how they make an impact on politics and society – within the nation state but also internationally. His research projects cover a variety of topics, including public service encounters at the street-level, hybrid organizations at the boundary of the public and non-profit sector, and international public administrations in global policy-making. In support of his research, Steffen has received external funding by the German Research Foundation (DFG), the Germany Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), and the Canadian Research Foundation (SSHRC), among others.
Steffen Eckhard studied political and administrative science in Konstanz, Grenoble and Stockholm. Between 2011 and 2014, he worked as a research associate at the Berlin-based think tank Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) for clients such as the German Foreign Office, United Nations and the Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF). In 2013, he received a PhD from the University of Konstanz. Between 2014 and 2018, Steffen was scientific coordinator of the research unit International Public Administration at the Geschwister Scholl Institute of Political Science (GSI) at the University of Munich (LMU), where he also completed his Habilitation in 2020. Between 2018 and 2022, Steffen was Junior Professor of Public Administration and Organization Theory at the University of Konstanz .
Simon Koschut is Professor of International Security Policy. He is also a member of the Heisenberg Programme of the German Research Foundation and Principal Investigator in the interdisciplinary collaborative research project "Social Cohesion and Civil Society: Interaction Dynamics in Times of Disruption", funded by the Berlin University Alliance. His research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of international relations, security policy and peace and conflict studies, in particular regional security governance, norms and emotions in global politics. Since 2021, he has been spokesperson for the International Relations Section of the German Political Science Association. Previously, he was a visiting scholar at Harvard University and San Francisco State University. In 2018, he received the Ernst Otto Czempiel Prize of the Leibniz Institute Hessian Foundation for Peace and Conflict Research for the best postdoctoral monograph in peace and conflict research for his habilitation thesis.
Phone: | +49 7541 6009-2261 |
Fax: | +49 7541 6009-1299 |
Room: | FAB 3 | 1.55 |
Josef Wieland is holder of the Endowed Chair of Institutional Economics – Organisational Governance, Integrity Management & Transcultural Leadership. In his research, teaching and consulting, Prof Wieland focuses on his governance economical approach, supported by his team of research assistants and fellows.
Prof Wieland was the founder and chairman of the Center for Business Ethics (ZfW) as well as the Forum Compliance & Integrity (FCI). Since 2012, Josef Wieland has been Chairman of the German Business Ethics Network (DNWE) as well as a member of the CSR Forum of the Federal Ministry for Labor and Social Services. The CSR Consensus has been sucessfully set up on June 25, 2018. In the context of the German G20 presidency 2016/2017, Prof Wieland has been part of the Think20 process, co-leading the Working Group „Sustainability in Global Value Chains“.
Baumann, Daniel | Research Fellow
Belser, Lukas | Research Fellow
Frank, Marieluna | Research Fellow and Coordinator of the Research Cluster
Geraldo Schwengber Dr rer pol | Research Fellow
Harbke, Jonas | Research Fellow
Hoffmann, Pauline | Research Fellow
Korb, Sebastian | Research Fellow
Mehlmann, Julia | Research Fellow
Niedenführ, Matthias Dr | Research Fellow
Wegener, Max | Research Fellow
Schneiker, Andrea Prof Dr | Chair of Global Governance
Zimmermann, Lisbeth Prof Dr | Chair of International Relations