Curriculum Vitae
Full Professor of International Relations
| 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 Director, Institute for Political Science, University of St.Gallen |
| 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) American Political Science Association British International Studies Association Deutsche Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft Deutsche Gesellschaft für Politikwissenschaft Schweizerische Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft (Member of the Board) Bayerische Amerika-Akademie Harvard Club München e.V. (Member of the Board) International Society of Political Psychology International Studies Association (Member of the Long-Range Steering Committee) Turn- und Sportverein 1860 München | |
| Languages | |
| English (native speaker) German (fluent) French (proficient) | |