Ordentlicher Professor Lehrstuhl für Internationale Beziehungen
Year of birth: | 1963 |
Place of birth: | Marquette, Michigan (USA) |
Nationality: | US American |
Employment | |
2015-2019 | Dean of the School of Economics and Political Science (SEPS-HSG) |
Oct. - Dec. 2013 | Visiting Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel |
2012-2015 | Vice-Dean of the School of Economic and Political Science (SEPS-HSG) |
Since 2007 | Director of the Centre for Security Economics and Technology (CSET-IPW-HSG) |
Since 2005 | Professor of International Politics, University of St.Gallen, St.Gallen, Switzerland |
2002–2005 | Associate Professor, Lehrstuhl für Internationale Politik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany |
Jan. – June 2001 | Visiting Associate Professor, Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University New York |
1995–2002 | Assistant Professor, Lehrstuhl für Internationale Politik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany |
1995–1996 | Postdoctoral Fellow, John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University |
1995 | Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science, Columbia University, New York |
1993–1994 | Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, Columbia University, New York |
1986–1988 | Project Assistant, Council on Foreign Relations, New York |
1986 | Editorial Intern, Foreign Affairs, Council on Foreign Relations, New York |
1985 | Research Intern, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC |
Education | |||||
June 2002 | "Habilitation" (post-doctoral thesis), Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU) Munich, venia legendi for Political Science | ||||
1995-1996 | Postdoctoral Fellowship, John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, Harvard University | ||||
May 1995 | Ph.D., Political Science, Columbia University, New York | ||||
February 1994 | M.Phil., Political Science, Columbia University, New York | ||||
May 1990 | M.A., Political Science, Columbia University, New York | ||||
May 1985 | B.A., International Relations, Michigan State University | ||||
Academic Awards and Honors | |||||
2005 | British International Studies Association, Best Article of the Year Award for Publication in «International Studies Review» | ||||
2004 | Jean Monnet Fellowship, European University Institute, Fiesole, Italy (awarded but declined) | ||||
1998–2000 | NATO Research Fellowship | ||||
1995–1996 | Harvard University National Security Fellowship, John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies | ||||
1994 | Donovan Prize, New England Political Science Association | ||||
1993–1994 | President’s Fellowship, Columbia University, New York | ||||
1991–1992 | Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow, United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency | ||||
Other Awards and Honors | |||||
2011 | Credit Suisse Award for Best Teaching, Awarded by the Student Union of the University of St.Gallen | ||||
2010 | Golden Badge of the Estonian Minister of Defense, Awarded for Meritorious Service to Baltic Defence College | ||||
Other Professional Activities | |||||
2019 | Member of the Accreditation Team, University of Zaghreb, Appointment by the Government of Croatia | ||||
since 2018 | Associate Editor, Security Studies | ||||
since 2011 | Member, Editorial Board, Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen | ||||
2010-2014 | Member, Board of Oversight, PCS Power Converter Solutions GmbH, Berlin | ||||
2008-2013 | Member, Editorial Committee, European Journal of International Relations | ||||
2008–2010 | Member, Steering Committee, Standing Group on International Relations, European Consortium for Political Research | ||||
2007–2011 | Member, Editorial Committee, Swiss Political Science Review | ||||
2006–2011 | Member, Long Range Planning Committee, International Studies Association | ||||
since 2005 | Moderator, CSU Transatlantic Forum, Munich Security Conference | ||||
2003/2004 | Member of the Bavarian Ministry of Science University Evaluation Council | ||||
since 2003 | Regular columnist for a syndicate of German newspapers | ||||
1999–2004 | Associate Editor, European Journal of International Relations, London: Sage Publishers | ||||
Expert Activities | |||||
2015-2016 | Outside expert for preparation of German Ministry of Defense's White Paper on German Security Policy and the Future of the Bundeswehr | ||||
2013-2015 | Expert Member, Parliamentary Commission of the German Bundestag on Foreign Deployments of the Bundeswehr (Parlamentarische Kommission zur Überprüfung und Sicherung der Parlamentsrechte bei der Mandatierung von Auslandseinsätzen der Bundeswehr) | ||||
2011-2012 | Member, Expert Committee, Federal Chancellor's Dialogue on the Future (Zukunftsdialog der Bundeskanzlerin), Bundeskanzleramt, Berlin | ||||
2009-2010 | US member of the Baltic Defense College Review Team, appointed by the Defense Ministers of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania | ||||
Memberships |
International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS, London) |
Languages |
English (native speaker) |