Associated Chairs
“At the Center for International Studies, we build bridges between the disciplines of political science, economics and law. Only by bringing together different perspectives and subject-specific expertise can we achieve a truly comprehensive and differentiated understanding of world affairs.” (Prof. Dr. Dominik Steiger, Academic Director)
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Law
Prof. Dr. Dominik Steiger
Prof. Dr. Dominik Steiger
"My research focuses on questions of general international law and international human rights protection. I am particularly interested in questions at the intersection of international law, human rights protection, democracy research and digitalisation. At ZIS, I offer various lectures on international law, such as Public International Law I and United Nations System. I also teach European Law and organise a seminar every semester on current and selected issues of international or European law." Chair of International Law, European Law and Public Law
Dr. Romy Klimke (Substitute)
Dr. Romy Klimke
"I am particularly interested in environmental and social sustainability issues and the way in which these cross-cutting issues increasingly permeate and interlink international economic law, European foreign trade law, international environmental law and human rights law. A regional focus of my research is on the African region. At ZIS, I have been giving various lectures on international and European law since the summer semester 2024, e.g. on international and European human rights protection, international economic law, special international law and introduction to European law. I also offer a seminar on international and European law every semester." Chair of International Law, European Union Law and International Relations
Political Sciences
Prof. Dr. Anna Holzscheiter
Prof. Dr. Anna Holzscheiter
"I am interested in the role of non-state actors, especially civil society actors in international politics, their influence on international rule-making and their cooperation with large international organisations. Global health, development and human rights are the policy fields in which I have the greatest expertise. I focus - together with colleagues in Sweden - on political participation and representation of young people in international politics. The causes and consequence of the complex interactions between organisations in the international space are the focus of two current research projects, in which we are investigating, among other things, the connection between institutional diversity and norm collisions or the widely ramified discourse networks between actors in the international space. At ZIS, I teach courses on complex actor relations in international politics ("Horizontal Cooperation"), on international institutions, and more generally on theories and concepts of international relations." Chair for International Politics
Economic Sciences
Prof. Dr. Christian Leßmann
Prof. Dr. Christian Leßmann
"I research on sub-national administrative regions and regional inequalities in developing countries, natural resources and political institutions. My research is driven by granular, geo-referenced data, e.g. nightlight and daylight satellite data. At ZIS, I teach courses on International Trade and Development Economics."Chair for Economics, esp. International Economics
Prof. Dr. Alexander Kemnitz
Prof. Dr. Alexander Kemnitz
"My research interests revolve around the production and location factor human capital, the productivity and qualification of the population. I am particularly interested in how education systems and demographic developments determine the economic performance of countries. At ZIS I regularly offer courses on questions of economic growth and income distribution and on migration. In addition, there are seminars on various current issues." Chair for Economics, esp. Economic Policy and Economic Research
Senior professorship
Prof. Dr. Dr. Sabine Freifrau von Schorlemer
Prof. Dr. Dr. Sabine Freifrau von Schorlemer
"My research focuses on questions pertaining to the law of the United Nations and its specialized agency in Paris, UNESCO. Specifically, this includes issues regarding cultural heritage and cultural diversity, development and security, and human rights protection. I am particularly interested in legal policy issues in North-South relations. At ZIS I give lectures on special issues of international law, as well as on international and European human rights protection, law of international organizations, and international humanitarian law. In addition, I offer a seminar on selected issues of international law each semester, alternating between UNESCO topics and current general international law topics (e.g., UN Security Council, environmental issues)." UNESCO Chair
Retired professors
Prof. Dr. Monika Medick-Krakau em. ( † 2011): Chair for International Politics(1995-2010), Prorector for Education (2001-2006), Director of the Centre for Internatioal Studies (2002-2008)
Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Udo Broll em.: Chair for Economics, esp. International Economics (2005-2012). You will find his research focus and publications on the website of the Faculty of Economic Sciences.
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Fastenrath em.: Chair for Public Law, European Union Law and International Law (1993-2014), Research Centre for International Law and State Theory. You will find his research focus and publications on the website of the Research Centre for International Law and State Theory.