Dr. Leslie Wehner

GIGA Institut für Lateinamerika-Studien
Neuer Jungfernstieg 21
20354 Hamburg
Germany

Tel.: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-761
Fax: +49 (0)40 - 428 25-562

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Biographische Angaben:

• Geb. 1975
• Studium: 2010: Promotion (Dr. Phil.), Universität Hamburg, summa cum laude; 2005: Master in Europäischer Politik, Universität Lund, Schweden; 2002: Master in Lateinamerikanischer Politik, Universität Essex, England; 2000: Bachelor of Arts in Politikwissenschaft, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; 2000: Bachelor of Arts in Geschichte, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
• Beruflicher Werdegang:

• Dissertationsthema: Explaining Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: Cases from Latin America
• Mitglied im GIGA Forschungsschwerpunkt 4

Mitgliedschaften und Funktionen in Gremien:

• International Studies Association-ISA
• Latin American Political Science Association-ALACIP
• Latin American Studies Association

Lehre:

• Seminar: "Regional Integration and Development in Emerging Regions", MA in Public Economics, Law and Politics (PELP), Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, SoSe 2011
• Vorlesung: "Proyectos de Integración Regional", Lateinamerika-Zentrum. Universität Hamburg, Ws 2009/10.
• Vorlesung: "América Latina en la Economía Global", Lateinamerika-Zentrum. Universität Hamburg, SoSe 2009.

Gegenwärtige Forschungsthemen:

• UNASUR; regional integration
• Roles of Regional and Secondary Regional Powers in South America
• Role Theory and Neoclassical Realism
• The relationships of the US and Regional Powers

Drittmittelprojekte:

• Roles and Actions of South American Secondary Regional Powers: Argentina, Chile and Venezuela (Fritz Thyssen Foundation, September 2010-August 2011)
• Explaining Failed Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: Cases from Latin America (DAAD 2006-2009)

Stipendien:

• 2010-2011 Postdoctoral Fellowship - Fritz Thyssen Foundation
• 2009: ISA-Travel Grant for the ISA Annual Convention in New York
• 2006-2009: German Academic Exchange Scholarship (DAAD)
• 1995: Chilean Ministry of Education Scholarship (MINEDUC)

Publikationen:

• 2011 (mit Daniel Flemes und Detlef Nolte): Una Comunidad de Seguridad en Formación: UNASUR y su Consejo de Defensa, in: Estudios Internacionales (i.E.)

• 2011: Chile's Rush to Free Trade Agreements, in: Revista de Ciencia Politica, 31, 2 (i.E.)

• 2011 (mit Daniel Flemes und Detlef Nolte): Der südamerikanische Verteidigungsrat der UNASUR: Regionaler Krisenmanager und nationales Machtinstrument, in: Burchardt, Hans-Jürgen/ Öhlschläger, Reiner/Wehr, Ingrid (eds.), Unsicherheit in Lateinamerika, Studien zu Lateinamerika 11, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 59-75

• 2011: Roles and Actions of Leadership: Brazil and the South American Others, in: Godehardt, Nadine/ Nabers, Dirk (Hg.), Regional Powers and Regional Orders, Abingdon: Routledge/Garnet Series, 137-154

• 2010 (ed.): Explaining Failed Free Trade Agreement Negotiations: Cases from Latin America, Reihe: Weltwirtschaft und Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Baden-Baden: Nomos (Flyer)

• 2010: From Rivalry to Mutual Trust: The Othering Process between Bolivia and Chile, GIGA Working Paper No 135, May 2010, Hamburg (Abstract & full article)

• 2009: Más Allá de la Lógica Económica: Poder e Instituciones en los TLCs de Chile y México, in: Asian Journal of Latin American Studies, 2009/ no 2/ Vol. 22, S. 47-82

• 2009: Power, Governance, and Ideas in Chile’s Free Trade Agreement Policy, GIGA Working Paper No 102, May 2009, Hamburg (Abstract & full article)

• 2009: Más allá de lo económico: Los objetivos estratégicos de los TLCs de Chile y México, GIGA Working Paper No 93, January 2009, Hamburg (Abstract & full article)

• 2009: Book review: David A. Deese (2008), World Trade Politics. Power, Principles and Leadership (Oxon & New York: Routledge); in: Millennium: Journal of International Studies, 2009/Nr. 3/Vol.: 38, S. 204-206

• 2007: The Free Trade Agreement Negotiations between Japan and Chile: Causes for Reaching a Rapid Agreement, in: Japan Aktuell (2007) 6, S. 72-86

• 2007: Los TLC de Chile. Estrategias y Tácticas de Negociación, in: Iberoamericana (2007) Nr. 28, pp. 153-157

• 2007: Book Review: David Scott Palmer (2006): US Relations with Latin America During the Clinton Years: Opportunities Lost or Opportunities Squandered? and Gary Prevost / Carlos Oliva Campos (eds.) (2007): The Bush Doctrine and Latin America, in: Lateinamerika Analysen Nr.3/ Vol.: 18, S. 233-237

• 2004: El Neopopulismo de Menem y Fujimori: desde la primera elección hasta su re-elección, in: Enfoques, Nr. 2,  Universidad Central de Chile

• 2000: Benjamin Vicuña Mackenna: génesis de la transformación de Santiago. BA dissertation in History. Diplomarbeit in Geschichte, Veröffentlichung im Internet: “Memoria Chilena”, Projekt der Nationalbibliothek und der chilenischen Regierung um die chilenische Kultur zu fördern, abrufbar unter: http://www.memoriachilena.cl/documento.asp?id=MC00082

Vorträge:

• "Teoría de Rol en las Relaciones Internacionales: Estados Unidos y su relación con los poderes emergentes", Master Class for the MA students in International Affairs-Universidad de Chile, Instituto de Estudios Internacionales-Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile, April 28, 2011

• "Más allá de lo económico: los objetivos estratégicos de la política comercial", Masterclass for the MA in Trade Policy-IEI Universidad de Chile, Instituto de Estudios Internacionales -Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile, April 20, 2011

• "Roles and Actions of South American Secondary Powers: Argentina, Chile and Venezuela", Nordic Latin American Network, Copenhagen 10-12 November 2010

• "The Choices of Secondary Regional Powers", SGIR 7th Pan-European International Relations Conference,  Stockholm 9-11 September 2010

• "Internationalization through Free Trade Agreements: Cases from Latin America", International Futures, GIGA/Auswärtiges Amt, Hamburg, March 19, 2010

• "Chile in the United Nations", Simulation Game of UN Negotiations-Haus Rissen Stiftung, Haus Rissen Stiftung, Hamburg, March 9, 2009

• “The Internationalization of the Latin American Small and Middle Sized Powers”. Panel: Trade Politics in Latin America. ISA Annual Convention, New Orleans. February 17-20, 2010

• "The Issue of Access to the Sea in the Relation between Chile and Bolivia", ISA-Annual Convention, International Studies Association, New York, February 15, 2009

• "Stalled Free Trade Agreement Negotiations in the World of Global Economics", ECPR-2nd Graduate Conference, ECPR, Barcelona, August 26, 2008

• "Power, Institutions and Ideas in the Free Trade Agreements of Chile and Mexico", IV Congreso-ALACIP, ALACIP, San Jose-Costa Rica,
  August 6, 2008

• "The Free Trade Agreement Policies of Chile and Mexico", ULACEX, Latin American University of International Trade, Panama, July 24, 2008

Medienbeiträge:

• Proteste in Chile: Küssen, tanzen, randalieren
  Interview (Spiegel Online, 20 August 2011)

• Chiles Protest wird zur Massenbewegung
  Interview (Kurier, 12 August 2011)

• Protestas estudiantiles en Chile: "la clase política ha perdido legitimidad"
  Interview (DW-World, 5 August 2011)

• Ola de protestas en Chile golpea popularidad de su presidente
  Interview (Deutsche Welle-World.de, 7 July 2011

• EE.UU.-América Latina: promesas y desaires
  Interview (Deutsche Welle - DW.World.DE, spanisch, March 24, 2011)