Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research
Schifferstraße 44
47059 Duisburg
Germany
Tel: +49 (0)203 379-5263
Fax:+49 (0)203 379-5276
E-mail: baumann@gcr21.uni-due.de
Research Interests
- Foreign Policy Analysis
- International Relations Theory
- Global Governance
- Non-State Actors
- Social Science Methodology
- Qualitative Methods
Current Projects
- Non-State Actors in State Delegations at International Conferences
- Causal Mechanisms in Social Scientific Research
Vita
| 10/2008-02/2012 | Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS), University of Bremen Assistant Professor Coordinator of the Thematic Field on "Global Integration" |
| 10/2005-09/2008 | Graduate School of Social Sciences, University of Bremen Assistant Professor Coordinator of the Thematic Field on "Transnational Relations and Political Theory" |
| 2004-2005 | University of Frankfurt/Main Social Science Department Adjunct Lecturer |
| 2005 | University of Frankfurt/Main Dissertation (Dr. phil.) |
| 10/1999-09/2004 | University of Frankfurt/Main Social Science Department Researcher and Lecturer in the area of German and European Foreign Policy (Prof. Gunter Hellmann) |
| 04/1997-09/1999 | Institute of Political Science, University of Tübingen Research Associate Collaborator in DFG-funded project on "German Foreign Policy after Unification" (Prof. Volker Rittberger) |
| 1995 | OSCE Secretariat, Vienna Intern |
| 1994 | Brookings Institution, Washington D.C. Intern |
| 1993 | Center for Transatlantic Foreign and Security Policy, Berlin Intern |
| 1993-1994 | Indiana University, Bloomington, USA Visiting Student of Political Science and American Studies |
| 1990-1996 | FU Berlin Dipl. Pol. in Political Science |
Selected Publications
Baumann, Rainer / Klaus Dingwerth (2015): Global Governance vs Empire: Why World Order Moves towards Heterarchy and Hierarchy, in: Journal of International Relations and Development 18: 1, 104-128
Hellmann, Gunther / Wolfgang Wagner / Rainer Baumann (2014): Deutsche Außenpolitik. Eine Einführung <German foreign policy. An Introduction>, 2. Auflage, Grundwissen Politik, Band 39, Wiesbaden: Springer VS
Baumann, Rainer / F rank Stengel (2014): Foreign Policy Analysis, Globalization and Non-State Actors: State-Centric After all?, in: Journal of International Relations and Development 17: 4, 489-521
Baumann, Rainer (2013): Konstruktivismus <Constructivism>, in: Andreas Fischer-Lescano/Peter Mayer (eds.): Transformation von Recht und Politik globaler Sicherheit, Frankfurt am Main/New York: Campus Verlag, 187-208
Baumann, Rainer / Peter Mayer / Bernhard Zangl (eds.) (2011): International Relations. The Great Debates. An Elgar Reference Collection, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar (3 volumes, vol 1: Substantive Debates, vol 2: Ontological and Epistemological Debates, vol 3: Normative Debates)
Baumann, Rainer (2010): Multilateralismus. Die Wandlungen eines vermeintlichen Kontinutitätselements der deutschen Außenpolitik <Multilateralism. The Transformation of an Alleged Element of Continuity in German Foreign Policy> in: Thomas Jäger / Alexander Höse / Kai Oppermann (eds.): Deutsche Außenpolitik, 2nd Edition, Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag, 468-487
Baumann, Rainer (2007): Deutschland als Europas Zentralmacht <Germany as Europe's Central Power> in: Siegmar Schmidt / Gunther Hellmann / Reinhard Wolf (eds.): Handbuch zur deutschen Außenpolitik, Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag, 62-72
Gunther Hellmann, in cooperation with Rainer Baumann and Wolfgang Wagner (2006): Deutsche Außenpolitik. Eine Einführung <German Foreign Policy. An Introduction>, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag
Baumann, Rainer (2006): Der Wandel des deutschen Multilateralismus. Eine diskursanalytische Untersuchung deutscher Außenpolitik <The Transformation of German Multilateralism. A Discourse Analysis of German Foreign Policy, 1988-2000>, Reihe „Internationale Beziehungen“, Bd. 4, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft.
Baumann, Rainer / Wolfgang Wagner / Monika Bösche / Gunther Hellmann (2006): German Foreign Policy in Europe. An Interactionist Framework of Analysis in: Gunther Hellmann (ed.): Germany and European Integration. New Perspectives in German Studies Series, Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 1-28
Baumann, Rainer / Gunther Hellmann/ Monika Bösche/ Benjamin Herborth/ Wolfgang Wagner (2005): De-Europeanization by Default? Germany's EU Policy in Defense and Asylum in: Foreign Policy Analysis 1: 1, 143-164
Baumann, Rainer (2005): Der Wandel des deutschen Multilateralismus. Verschiebungen im außenpolitischen Diskurs in den 1990er Jahren <The Transformation of German Multilateralism. Shifts in the Foreign Policy Discourse in the 1990s> in: Cornelia Ulbert / Christoph Weller (Hrsg.): Konstruktivistische Analysen der internationalen Politik, Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag, 99-125
Baumann, Rainer (2002): The Transformation of German Multilateralism. Changes in the Foreign Policy Discourse since Unification in: German Politics and Society 20: 4, 1-26
Baumann, Rainer / Volker Rittberger/ Wolfgang Wagner (2001): Neorealist Foreign Policy Theory in: Volker Rittberger (ed.): German Foreign Policy since Unification. An Analysis of Foreign Policy Continuity and Change, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 37-67 (Reprinted in Walter Carlsnaes / Stefano Guzzini (eds.) (2011): Foreign Policy Analysis. Sage Library of International Relations (5-volume set), London: Sage, vol. 2.)
Baumann, Rainer (2001): Security Policy within NATO in: Volker Rittberger (ed.): German Foreign Policy since Unification. An Analysis of Foreign Policy Continuity and Change, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 141-184
Baumann, Rainer / Gunther Hellmann (2001): Germany and the Use of Military Force: 'Total War', the 'Culture of Restraint', and the Quest for Normality in: German Politics 10: 1, 61-82
Teaching Responsibilities
- University of Frankfurt/Main
- University of Bremen (including supervision of PhD Projects, M.A. and B.A. theses)
Expertise and Consulting Work
- Volkswagen Foundation
- Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA)
- Journal of International Relations and Development (JIRD)
- Politische Vierteljahresschrift (PVS)
- Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen (ZIB)
- Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik (ZfAS)
Membership
- American Political Science Association (incl. Sections „Foreign Policy Analysis” and “Qualitative and Multi-Method Research”)
- German Association for Parliamentary Affairs (Deutsche Vereinigung für Parlamentsfragen)
- International Studies Association (incl. Sections „Foreign Policy Analysis”, “International Organization” and “International Political Sociology”)
- Associate Member of the Institute for Intercultural and International Studies (InIIS), University of Bremen (2005-2012)
- German Association for Political Science (DVPW), 2002-2004 Speaker and 2000-2002 Deputy Speaker of the Young Scholars Group, International Politics Section
- Associate Member of the Peace Research Institute in Frankfurt (PRIF/HSFK), Research Group on International Organisations (1999-2001)
