ECPR General Conference Hamburg, 22 - 25 August 2018

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Academic Convenors

Our Academic Convenors are the members of the Executive Committee responsible for ensuring a good academic and geographical spread of Sections and Panels.

	Klaus Goetz holds the Chair in Political Systems and European Integration at the University of Munich. He previously taught at LSE and at the University of Potsdam. He has held Visiting Professorships at Humboldt University Berlin, the University of Tokyo, the Institute of Advanced Studies Vienna, Hebrew University Jerusalem, and Sciences Po Bordeaux, and he was a Fernand Braudel Fellow at EUI. Klaus’s work focuses on comparative politics and public policy, with a special interest in the analysis of political time. He is currently engaged in two major research projects, both funded by the German Research Foundation, that examine budgeting in international organisations and resource mobilisation for international refugee policy, respectively. He recently co‑edited (with Ronny Patz) a special issue of the journal Global Policy on ‘Resourcing International Organizations’. He was local organiser of the 2009 ECPR General Conference in Potsdam and has been co-editor of the journal West European Politics (Taylor & Francis) since 2000.
	Maurizio Carbone is Professor of International Relations & Development and Jean Monnet Professor of EU External Policies at the University of Glasgow. He has taught previously at the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, Duke University, Johns Hopkins Bologna, University of Rome Tor Vergata, and has held official visiting research positions at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, University of Canterbury in New Zealand, European University Institute, University of Cambridge, Sciences Po Paris, University of Cologne, and University of Bologna. Maurizio’s research relates mainly to EU external relations, particularly foreign aid and other development-related policies. He is also interested in European integration, international development, and Italy’s role in the international arena. He was local organiser of the 2014 ECPR General Conference in Glasgow and is a founding editor of the journal Contemporary Italian Politics (Taylor & Francis).

Klaus Goetz holds the Chair in Political Systems and European Integration at the University of Munich. He previously taught at LSE and at the University of Potsdam. He has held Visiting Professorships at Humboldt University Berlin, the University of Tokyo, the Institute of Advanced Studies Vienna, Hebrew University Jerusalem, and Sciences Po Bordeaux, and he was a Fernand Braudel Fellow at EUI. Klaus’s work focuses on comparative politics and public policy, with a special interest in the analysis of political time. He is currently engaged in two major research projects, both funded by the German Research Foundation, that examine budgeting in international organisations and resource mobilisation for international refugee policy, respectively. He recently co‑edited (with Ronny Patz) a special issue of the journal Global Policy on ‘Resourcing International Organizations’. He was local organiser of the 2009 ECPR General Conference in Potsdam and has been co-editor of the journal West European Politics (Taylor & Francis) since 2000.

Maurizio Carbone is Professor of International Relations & Development and Jean Monnet Professor of EU External Policies at the University of Glasgow. He has taught previously at the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, Duke University, Johns Hopkins Bologna, University of Rome Tor Vergata, and has held official visiting research positions at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, University of Canterbury in New Zealand, European University Institute, University of Cambridge, Sciences Po Paris, University of Cologne, and University of Bologna. Maurizio’s research relates mainly to EU external relations, particularly foreign aid and other development-related policies. He is also interested in European integration, international development, and Italy’s role in the international arena. He was local organiser of the 2014 ECPR General Conference in Glasgow and is a founding editor of the journal Contemporary Italian Politics (Taylor & Francis).

Local organising team

The local hosts work alongside the ECPR Events Team to organise the General Conference.

It is a great honor for us to host the ECPR General Conference. The event gives visible contours to our internationalization efforts and is a welcome chance to shine the profession’s spotlight on our department and university. As a member of the local organizing team, I particularly appreciate the opportunity to shape the substantive focus of some of the conference’s key events, such as in the case of the roundtables on “Multilateralism in Crisis” and on the emergence of new social cleavages. Last but not least, being a Hamburg native, I am thrilled that colleagues from all over the world will be able to encounter and explore the many attractions and advantages that the city offers as a place to visit, live, and work.

Kai-Uwe Schnapp has been Professor of Political Science, especially Research Methodology, at Universität Hamburg since 2008. Schnapp graduated from the Freie Universität Berlin and previously held positions at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, and Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.

He publishes on research methodology, comparative parliamentary and administrative research as well as electoral research, and is principal investigator in the DFG Research Group 'Need-Based Justice and Distribution Procedures'.

Schnapp is currently Co-Editor of the Politische Vierteljahresschrift, the quarterly journal of the German Political Science Association.

Peter Niesen is Professor of Political Theory at Universität Hamburg. From 2007 to 2013, he taught at TU Darmstadt and was a Principal Investigator in the Frankfurt-based Cluster of Excellence 'Formation of Normative Orders'.

Niesen has held visiting appointments at University College London, Harvard University, Southampton University, the University of Iceland, the London School of Economics and Université de Montréal.

He has published on Jeremy Bentham and Immanuel Kant, on international political theory and democratic theory. Niesen is co-convenor of the ECPR Standing Group on International Political Theory.

Among his recent publications is 'Restitutive Justice in International and Cosmopolitan Law' in K. Flikschuh & L. Ypi (eds.), Kant and Colonialism, Oxford 2014.

Andreas von Staden is Assistant Professor of Political Science, especially Global Governance, in the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at Universität Hamburg.

Before coming to Hamburg, he was Assistant Professor of International Organization at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland.

His principal research interests concern the interplay of law and politics in regional and global governance, most notably in relation to issues of compliance and institutional design; judicial politics beyond the state; international human rights and investment protection; and questions concerning the legitimacy of decision-making by international organisations.

A major study of compliance with the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights will be published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in early 2018.

Andreas holds a PhD from Princeton University and MA degrees from Princeton, Yale, and Universität Hamburg. In 2010, his dissertation received the 2010 Best Dissertation Award of the American Political Science Association’s Human Rights Section.

Universität Hamburg Marketing GmbH team

The local Marketing team work alongside ECPR Events to organise the General Conference.

Event Manager Maren Minuth has many years' experience in the management and implementation of events in the public sector, in schools and town halls, for example. She then decided to study facility management at the Hamburger Fernhochschule, and is now a specialist in technical event planning.

At Universität Hamburg she was responsible for the Dies Academicus and on the organising team organising for the night of science or Nacht des Wissens.

For our General Conference, Maren is the contact for queries relating to the university venue, and safety regulations.

Assistant Event Manager Christina Gaats studied tourism management at Hochschule Harz, specialising in business travel and trade fairs.

Among other events, she has organised the international conference New International Perspectives on Future Teachers’ Professional Competencies and the Dies Academicus at Universität Hamburg.

For our General Conference, Christina will support the ECPR in registration, handling hotel booking and the social programme, and coordinating the exhibition of books and software.

ECPR organising team

The following members of ECPR Central Services are responsible for all administrative aspects of the General Conference before, during and after the event.

	Sandra Thompson is the Events Manager and oversees all events.
	Diane Towler is the Events Assistant and deals with all administrative items, as well as liaising with the Academic Convenors and the Local Organising Team. Diane will be attending the event – find her in the registration area.
	Louise Soper is the Event Coordinator and deals with all administrative items, as well as liaising with the Academic Convenors and the Local Organising Team.

Sandra Thompson is the Events Manager and oversees all events.

Diane Towler is the Events Assistant and deals with all administrative items, as well as liaising with the Academic Convenors and the Local Organising Team.

Diane will be attending the event – find her in the registration area.

Louise Soper is the Event Coordinator and deals with all administrative items, as well as liaising with the Academic Convenors and the Local Organising Team.

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