Nadine Benedix
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Nadine Benedix M.A.

Scholarship Holder | Doctoral Candidate

Working area(s)

Transnational Governance

Contact

Work S3|12 534
Residenzschloss 1
64283 Darmstadt

Nadine Benedix is a PhD candidate at the Chair of Transnational Governance at the Technical University of Darmstadt and currently works as research associate at the Institute of Political Science. Her PhD project examines the local practices of working children's movements and their engagement with international norms. Her broader research interests include norm contestation and postcolonial and practice theoretical perspectives on agency in global governance. Before starting her doctoral studies, she completed a master's degree in International Studies/Peace and Conflict Studies at Goethe University and TUD.

Research interests

Children and Youth in International Politics

Transnational Advocacy and Global Governance

International Political Sociology

Constructivist Approaches in International Relations

Since 10/2023 Research Associate, Chair of Transnational Governance, Technical University of Darmstadt
Since 06/2021 Doctoral scholarship holder of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation, Visiting Fellowships: Geneva Graduate Institute (February – October 2022); Institut Fondamentale d’Afrique Noire (IFAN – Dakar) (October 2022 – January 2023), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (August 2023)
Since 10/2020 part-time lecturer, Institute of Political Science, Technical University of Darmstadt, Visiting Fellowships: Geneva Graduate Institute (February – October 2022); Institut Fondamentale d’Afrique Noire (IFAN – Dakar) (October 2022 – January 2023), Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (August 2023)
2017 – 2021 Various internships and student jobs, among others at the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in La Paz, Bolivia, the German Development Cooperation (GIZ), the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) as well as the Deutsche Presse-Agentur and the Frankfurter Rundschau
04/2020 – 09/2020 Research Associate, Chair of Transnational Governance, Technical University of Darmstadt
10/2016 – 03/2020 M.A. International Studies/ Peace and Conflict Research at Goethe-University Frankfurt and Technical University of Darmstadt, Thesis:
10/2018 – 03/2020 Student Research Assistant at the Institute of Political Science, Technical University of Darmstadt
09/2017 – 02/2019 Student Research Assistant at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
04/2013 – 01/2017 B.A. Political Science / Romance Studies at the Goethe University Frankfurt

By arrangement.