About the Research Group on International Relations

The Research Group on International Relations at the Institute of Political Science of Darmstadt University of Technology is headed by Professor Dr. Klaus Dieter Wolf and Professor Dr. Markus Lederer. Professor Wolf ran the research group since 1992 and has – within the framework of a cooperative agreement between Darmstadt University of Technology and the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (Hessische Stiftung für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, HSFK) – joined the HSFK for conducting research in April 2009 for a period of approximately six years.  Opens external link in new windowHere you can find more information on Professor Wolf’s current research projects. Since last winter term 2011, Professor Lederer has been the co-leader of the research group and he currently functions as the Chair of International Relations.

  • Teaching offered by members of the research group comprises essential tools from political science to analyze transnational relations and transnational governance. This includes theories and methods of International Relations, International Political Economy, International Organizations as well as Environmental, Climate and Human Rights Politics. Opens internal link in current windowHere you can find more information about our current teaching repertoire and the classes offered during this semester.
  • Research projects have, in the course of the last years, been conducted on core themes such as transnational democracy and justice, corporations as norm-entrepreneurs and proliferation resistance headed by Professor Wolf. Recently, the research group has started to establish new focal points that center around International Climate Politics. Within this new research focus, the role of markets, cities and tropical rain forests will be emphasized. Furthermore, we analyze the evolving empirical and normative linkages between the Human Rights and the Climate regimes. You can find more information following the link Opens internal link in current windowresearch.

If you have any questions regarding our teaching and research activities, please do not hesitate to contact us!

 

Kontakt

Internationale Beziehungen
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Residenzschloss
64283 Darmstadt

Sekretariat

Heike Jensen

jensen(at)pg.tu-darmstadt.de
Tel: +49 (0)6151/16-4599
Raum: S3/13/253

 

Contact Office:

Heike Jensen
S3 13/253
Phone: +49 (0)6151/16- 4599
Fax: +49 (0)6151/ 16-4602

Email: jensen [at] pg.tu-darmstadt.de

Office Hours:

Mon., Tue., Thu., Fri.

9:30 - 11:30 am

and

Mon. 1:30 - 2:30 pm

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