Chair: International Relations

The chair International Relations analyzes actors and structures of global governance. Our research focus is on transformations in the fields of climate, environment and development politics. In particular, we are interested in questions related to institutional change and power.

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Professor Lederer hält einen Vortrag zu institutionellen Fragen der Klimapolitik im Rahmen der Public Climate School 2022

Juni 22, 2022

Eine Schwalbe macht noch keinen Sommer. Wie kommen wir zu einer Institutionalisierung von effektivem und legitimem Klimaschutz?
Neues BMBF-Projekt „Regionales Forschungszentrum – Transformations of Political Violence (TraCe)“

May 18, 2022

What effect do global developments such as technologization and climate change have on political violence?
Neuer Artikel zu Klimapolitik und Populismus erschienen

April 11, 2022

Same, same but different? How democratically elected right-wing populists shape climate change policymaking

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Picture: Martina Dingeldein

Research

The current research foci of the Chair International Relations are located at the interface between environmental, climate and development policy and concentrate on institutional issues in developing and emerging countries. Furthermore, we are researching on the politicisation of climate policy, the geopolitics of renewable energies as well as climate engineering and the role of procedural standards in the global climate architecture. The following projects are being conducted:

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Team

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