Institut für Politikwissenschaft
At the Chair of Transnational Governance we study the emergencee, functioning and legitimation of political authority beyond the nation-state. Our conception of governance is rather broad and includes activities of both public and private institutions.
The chair for Transnational Governance was established in 2010 with funding from the German “Excellence Initiative” and forms part of the Cluster of Excellence . The field of Transnational Governance not only includes the international activities of states and intergovernmental organizations but also those of non-state actors, such as transnational corporations and NGOs. Much of our empirical analysis is systematically related to normative issues in international political theory, in particular democratic theory. We also have a keen interest in the disciplinary history of international relations and the history of international thought more broadly. “Formation of Normative Orders”
Members of our research group regularly teach seminars on international organizations, transnational civil society, North-South relations and questions of development. In addition, we cover issues from the field of international political theory and theories of international relations. These topics are particularly prominent in our MA programme in “International Studies” that is organized in cooperation with Goethe-University Frankfurt and the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF).
Just published: „Praxis as a Perspective on International Politics”
April 26, 2022
Together with Gunther Hellmann from Goethe University Frankfurt, Jens Steffek just published an edited volume on the praxis of international politics in the „Bristol Studies in International Theory“ book series.
Der Anachronismus des Krieges
März 08, 2022
Prof. Steffek leitet ein von der Fritz-Thyssen-Stiftung gefördertes Forschungsprojekt zu Leben und Werk des liberalen russischen Pazifisten Jacques Novicow (1849-1912)
Interview mit Prof. Steffek zum Ukrainekrieg im Darmstädter Echo
März 03, 2022
Ein Interview mit Prof. Dr. Jens Steffek zum Ukrainekrieg und dem sich verschärfenden Systemkonflikt zwischen der liberalen Demokratie und autokratischen Regierungen findet sich in der heutigen Ausgabe (3. März 2022, S. 24) des Darmstädter Echo sowie online. (Link)
Nadine Benedix as Visiting Fellow
December 01, 2021
at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva / Switzerland
In the upcoming summer semester of 2022, Nadine Benedix will be joining the Global Governance Centre of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland, as Visiting Research Fellow.