UN funding is under pressure. In a new article @the-peio.bsky.social, my colleagues Alex Tokhi and Lisbeth Zimmermann (@goetheuni.bsky.social) show that the participation of far-right parties in government has significant negative effects on the funding of IOs. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

UN funding is under pressure. In a new article @the-peio.bsky.social, my colleagues Alex Tokhi and Lisbeth Zimmermann (@goetheuni.bsky.social) show that the participation of far-right parties in government has significant negative effects on the funding of IOs. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

📢 Our biannual #EarlyCareer #IR conference in beautiful Tutzing will take place in late February 2026! @dvpw.bsky.social @apbtutzing.bsky.social Check out the #CfP and apply until 30 Sep! Feel free to share in your networks ✨ ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Interested in International Political Sociology? Join us today at 2 pm! :)

Book Launch: Oxford Handbook of International Political Sociology Interested in all things IPS? Join us for our online book launch featuring Co-Editor Ole Jacob Sending and Discussant Ingvild Bode on June 16 at 2 pm (CEST). Details for the @dvpw.bsky.social event: www.dvpw.de/gliederung/a...

📢 Job announcement – 1 PhD researcher in my "Global Sustainability Governance" research group Please share this opportunity within your networks and encourage suitable candidates to apply (or consider applying yourself)! Happy to answer questions! Deadline: 4 June 👇 www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...

Great to see @reformworks.bsky.social featuring findings from my ISQ article on internal criticism and organizational learning in IOs. In light of the recent developments, Katja asks: Will the UN Ever Learn to Reform? #UN80

Despite a professionalized learning architecture, the #UN struggles to learn. What is the missing piece? A culture of criticism. With member states stressing that #UN80 be informed by lessons from past reforms, we explore new research that shows how learning can really happen. 👉 bit.ly/UNlearns

▶️ @benchristian.bsky.social and Dirk Peters examine how trust and distrust define the post-Brexit relationship between the EU and the UK.

How can trust be rebuilt when states leave international organizations? #Brexit Happy to see that Dirk Peters @prif.org and my article on this question has been assigned to the new issue @jeppjournal.bsky.social. Thread below, open access article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

How can trust be rebuilt when states leave international organizations? #Brexit Happy to see that Dirk Peters @prif.org and my article on this question has been assigned to the new issue @jeppjournal.bsky.social. Thread below, open access article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Wichtiges Symposium in Frankfurt, Anmeldungen sind weiterhin möglich. @dominikherold.bsky.social und ich organisieren einen Workshop zur Wissenschaftsfreiheit, kommt vorbei! :)

Wichtiges Symposium in Frankfurt, Anmeldungen sind weiterhin möglich. @dominikherold.bsky.social und ich organisieren einen Workshop zur Wissenschaftsfreiheit, kommt vorbei! :)

Beate Jahn & Sebastian Schindler have compiled a fantastic “Elgar Encyclopedia of International Relations." What makes it special is that it not only covers well-known IR concepts but also many less-established ones—such as art, failure, friendship, or post-truth. A great resource! 🙏 lmy.de/mjCbh

🏆 I feel deeply honored to receive the Chadwick Alger Prize for the best book on multilateral cooperation and international organization for "Global Governance on the Ground". Have a look at the book here academic.oup.com/book/59022 and let me know if you can't access it.

Why do many IOs struggle to learn despite a plethora of formal learning processes and tools? In my new ISQ article, I argue that the criticism culture—the way IOs deal with criticism from their employees—is an overlooked but crucial variable to explain (the lack of) learning in IOs. 🧵 lmy.de/DsCjm

🚨Why do IOs struggle to learn? Interesting new article showing how the « criticism culture ». This is insightful for understanding #safeguards and #accountability struggles—when critical voices are silenced and reports are polished, unintended harms may go unchecked. #InternationalOrganizations

This article dives into the organizational culture of the #UN peace and security pillar and is a must-read for anyone working on peace operations.

Why do many IOs struggle to learn despite a plethora of formal learning processes and tools? In my new ISQ article, I argue that the criticism culture—the way IOs deal with criticism from their employees—is an overlooked but crucial variable to explain (the lack of) learning in IOs. 🧵 lmy.de/DsCjm

Very happy to announce that I have been granted a #MCSA postdoctoral fellowship to conduct research on diversity among peacekeeping staff @ceri-sciencespo.bsky.social

Surely this will never happen to me again, but I had TWO papers come out yesterday! In @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social, I introduce a new corpus of all 17,324 UNGA & UNSC resolutions from 1946-2018. Users will have searchable resolution texts, but also key metadata: citations, topics & reuse. 1/5

Weltweit sind autoritäre Ideologien, nationale Egoismen und die Verweigerung sozial-ökologischer Transformation scheinbar unaufhaltsam auf dem Vormarsch. Die Ideen der universellen Menschenrechte, der demokratischen Selbstbestimmung und der globalen Solidarität sind ins Hintertreffen geraten.

Today, 2pm CET… :)

It's here! 🥳 Very excited to finally hold "Global Governance on the Ground" in my hands. Through an in-depth look at the case of migration and asylum, the book argues that IOs not only govern global challenges through rules, standards, expertise, and numbers but also through practice in the field.

"Bourdieu & IR": Our IPS group @DVPW is organizing an online talk on Bourdieu-inspired IR research with three excellent speakers: Catriona Standfield, @deepaknair.bsky.social & Leonie Holthaus (@tuda.bsky.social). 17 January, 2pm - please join us! :) Registration: [email protected]

We found it surprising at how little was written on Emotions and Global Governance, so @jittipm.bsky.social and I wrote this essay for the Oxford Handbook on Emotions and IR (edited by @simonkoschut.bsky.social & @andrewagross.bsky.social) :)

"Bourdieu & IR": Our IPS group @DVPW is organizing an online talk on Bourdieu-inspired IR research with three excellent speakers: Catriona Standfield, @deepaknair.bsky.social & Leonie Holthaus (@tuda.bsky.social). 17 January, 2pm - please join us! :) Registration: [email protected]

New blog post @lseblogs.bsky.social: In response to recent commentaries, Lisbeth Zimmermann, Johanna Speyer and I argue that the rules-based international order will not survive if its institutions only work in powerful states’ interests. #IOs #inequality #Trump wp.me/p3I2YF-eDx

In a world where power is distributed unequally, int' orders must balance the rule of the powerful & the inclusion of the weak. But how to recalibrate them to ensure the order’s future resilience? Three smart colleagues from Frankfurt wrote a stimulating response to our own suggestions👇

New blog post @lseblogs.bsky.social: In response to recent commentaries, Lisbeth Zimmermann, Johanna Speyer and I argue that the rules-based international order will not survive if its institutions only work in powerful states’ interests. #IOs #inequality #Trump wp.me/p3I2YF-eDx

Created a starter pack based on a handful of scholars I could find here working on diplomacy. Hopefully more will join or be active on this space soon. Let me know if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/L45tvLg

It's been a fantastic project working together with amazing @oisintansey.bsky.social, @birtegippert.bsky.social and Sarah von Billerbeck! "United Nations Peacekeeping and the Politics of Authoritarianism" is open access, out in early 2025 If you're an academic, please order a copy for your library

🎉🔜My book "Global Governance on the Ground" is coming out in just two weeks! I will do a proper thread soon. For now, go have a look: global.oup.com/academic/pro... (and pre-order for your library 🤓)

I've seen so many great starter packs, but I've yet to encounter one on int'l organizations and cooperation. So, I made one. It is no doubt incomplete, but I hope you find it helpful nonetheless. Feel free to circulate and, if you have suggestions on who to add, send them my way! go.bsky.app/RbHqH38

Furchterregend wenn ein schlauer Kollege das eigene Buch so genau liest, aber umso erfüllender wenn daraus ein analytischer (und freundlicher) Text entsteht. Danke für die Zeit und die konstruktive Kritik, @benchristian.bsky.social !

With "Broken Solidarities", @felixanderl.bsky.social has written a truly fascinating book @brisunipress.bsky.social about how open global governance divides and rules. I wrote a (far less fascinating) book review at FJSB. Have a look - and then read the book! :) www.degruyter.com/document/doi...

🚨 Introduction to special section on "quantified futures", co-authored with John Berten, now out in BJPIR. Great collaboration with John and the contributors! 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Very happy to see this article published @jeppjournal.bsky.social! Dirk Peters (@prif.org) and I analyze how trust is lost (and can be rebuilt) when states leave international organizations. #Brexit Open access here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🚨New Article🚨 "“Just Theater!”—How Self-Legitimation Practices Can Backfire in International Organizations" by Ben Christian Read OPEN ACCESS here: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...

Very happy to share this new article @gsqjournal.bsky.social! Analyzing the perceptions of IO staff, I show that self-legitimation practices of IO leadership can also backfire and destabilize the organization. Open access here: academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...

How do IOs change? @kseniyaoksamytna.bsky.social tackles this big question in her excellent book “Advocacy & Change in IOs”. I wrote a review @the-peio.bsky.social, highlighting what makes this book so special. A must-read for scholars of IOs, norms & peacekeeping! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A comfortable office chair in my size, great colleagues like @mirkoheinzel.bsky.social & Theresa Squatrito, and a very cool department -- I'm looking forward to exciting weeks as a Visiting Fellow at LSE. If you are in London and up for a coffee, please let me know!