Prof. Dr. Miriam Prys-Hansen

Lead Research Fellow | Head of Research Programme "Global Orders and Foreign Policies"

Prof. Dr. Miriam Prys-Hansen

  • Kurzer Lebenslauf

    • Seit 06/2020: Leiterin des GIGA Forschungsschwerpunktes 4 "Globale Ordnungen und Außenpolitiken"

    • 07/2018 - 09/2019: Komm. Leiterin des GIGA Forschungsschwerpunktes 4 "Globale Ordnungen und Außenpolitiken"

    • 04/2016 - 10/2016: Komm. Sprecherin des Forschungsteams "Globale Ordnungen und Außenpolitiken" im FSP 4

    • 10/2014 - 10/2015: Vertretungsprofessur für Politikwissenschaft, insbesondere internationale Beziehungen und Regional Governance (Helmut-Schmidt-Universität und GIGA)

    • 03/2012 - 05/2020: Akademische Direktorin des GIGA Doktorandenprogramms

    • 10/2010 - 03/2012: Leiterin des GIGA Forschungsschwerpunktes 4: Macht, Normen und Governance in den internationalen Beziehungen

    • 01/2010 - 10/2010: Am GIGA zuständig für die Koordination der Hamburg International Graduate School „Regional Power Shifts and Global Order“ (HIGS-RPS)

    • 03/2009 - 12/2009: DAAD Post-Doktorandenstipendiaten an der ETH Zürich

    • 2005 - 2008: Forschungsassistenz an der Universität Oxford (Nuffield und Balliol College)

    • 2007 - 2008: Team Leader Südafrika der G8 Research Group Oxford/Toronto

    • 01/2008 - 03/2008: Gastforscherin am GIGA Institut für Asienstudien / Regional Powers Network

    • 10/2006 - 12/2006: Gastforscherin am Institute of Social Sciences, Neu-Delhi

    • 06/2006 - 08/2006: Gastforscherin am Centre for Africa’s International Relations, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

    • 2005 - 2006: DAAD Promotionsstipendium, University of Oxford

    • 2002 - 2003: Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft am Institut für Politikwissenschaft der Universität Tübingen

    • Studium: Politikwissenschaft mit Schwerpunkt International Beziehungen, Öffentliches Recht und Volkswirtschaftslehre an den Universitäten Tübingen und Uppsala. Promotion an der University of Oxford (Department of Politics and International Relations)

    Aktuelle Forschung

    • Regionale Führungsmächte

    • Globale und regionale Umweltpolitik

    • International Klimapolitik

    Länder und Regionen

    • Indien

    • BRICS


    Mitgliedschaften

    • Climate Social Science Network, CSSN is an international network of climate scholars, host events and provide grants to scholars to promote research focused on understanding political conflict over climate change. Scholars in our network are social scientists producing peer-reviewed research and collaborating in this field. CSSN also serves as an informational resource for journalists, policy professionals, litigation teams and others., seit 2025
    • Leibniz-Forschungsnetzwerk „Integrierte Erdsystemforschung“ (iESR), Mitgliedschaft in Komitee, Sektion oder Arbeitsgruppe, seit 2021
    • European International Studies Association (EISA), Mitgliedschaft in disziplinärem Fachverband oder Netzwerk, seit 2012
    • Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft (DVPW), Mitgliedschaft in disziplinärem Fachverband oder Netzwerk, seit 2009
    • International Studies Association (ISA), Mitgliedschaft in disziplinärem Fachverband oder Netzwerk, seit 2004

    Prof. Dr. Miriam Prys-Hansen

    Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Global Orders and Foreign Policies"

    T. +49 (40) 428874-30[email protected]


    Global Studies Quarterly

    Reimagining Global Governance: Strategic Pluralism, Normative Blending, and the Emergence of a Polycentric Order

    This article reframes contemporary global governance as structural transformation rather than decline. Introducing strategic pluralism, normative blending, and polycentricity, it shows how Global South actors act as co-creators of flexible, multi-scalar authority through pragmatic alliances and context-specific norm-making.

    GIGA Focus Asien | 1/2026

    Ten Things to Watch in India in 2026

    Im Jahr 2026 wird Indien Handelsverhandlungen mit den USA und der EU führen und gleichzeitig den Vorsitz der BRICS-Staaten innehaben. Komplexe Beziehungen zu China und den USA, Regionalwahlen und Spannungen mit Indiens Nachbarstaaten werden die amtierende Regierung auf die Probe stellen.

    Politics and Governance | 02.2025

    Editorial: Novel Perspectives on Status in Global Politics

    In this introduction to a Special Issue on “Novel Perspectives on the Global Politics of Status”, the authors discuss the main findings of the contributions and give an outlook of the impact of their multifaceted explorations of status-seeking in the contemporary global order on IR research.

    Politics and Governance | Cogitatio Press | 2025

    Novel Perspectives on the Global Politics of Status

    This special issue advances debates on status in international relations by integrating novel empirical research with innovative theoretical perspectives. It moves beyond traditional power-centric views, highlighting social and relational dimensions of status-seeking as a foreign policy practice.

    Forschungsprojekt | 01.01.2026 - 31.12.2032

    Co-Creating Narrative-Based Near-Term Climate Predictions to Prepare for Volatile Future Climates (part of Excellence Cluster CLICCS / Phase II)

    The Cluster of Excellence “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society” (CLICCS), based at Universität Hamburg, is guided by the overarching question: "Which climate futures are possible and which are plausible?" This GIGA co-led project in the cluster's second phase aims to enhance the use of near-term climate predictions through the use of narratives, where effective narratives are not only founded in climate dynamics, but - through an iterative process - co-created with societal actors.
    DFG, Excellence Strategy, 2026-2032

    Forschungsprojekt | 01.10.2024 - 30.09.2027

    World Order Narratives of the Global South, Phase II

    In its second funding phase, the WONAGO project continues to investigate powerful world order narratives in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. It particularly aims to understand those perceptions in these regions that - as currently in the Ukraine war - differ significantly from prevailing ideas in the U.S., the EU, and their allies.
    BMFTR, 2024-2027

    Forschungsprojekt | 01.04.2024 - 31.03.2027

    Leibniz Lab Systemic Sustainability

    The rapid loss of biodiversity and ongoing climate change are also the result of intensive agriculture. At the same time, they jeopardize agriculture and food security. The Leibniz Lab "Systemic Sustainability" brings together relevant knowledge in science and society on this fundamental challenge in order to promote the development and implementation of systemic solutions.
    Leibniz Association, 2024-2027

    Forschungsprojekt | 01.01.2024 - 31.12.2025

    Climate Obstruction and Foreign Policy in Comparative Perspective

    The fight against climate change continues to be hindered by campaigns of corporate and other actors who seek to prevent global and/or national action on climate change. This research group is set up to a joint and comparative research agenda on climate obstruction in and across key Global South countries. The lead institutions are the GIGA and the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).
    DAAD/CAPES, 2024-2026

    Deutschlandfunk Kultur | Interview | 01.09.2025

    Viel Symbolpolitik beim SCO-Gipfel

    Beim Treffen der Shanghai-Organisation bekunden China, Russland und Indien Geschlossenheit. Doch eine neue Weltordnung zu beschwören, hält Prof. Dr. Miriam Prys-Hansen für übertrieben. Europa könne noch gegensteuern – etwa mit fairen Handelsangeboten.

    Bayern 2 | Interview | 08.07.2025

    BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro

    Prof. Dr. Miriam Prys-Hansen was interviewed by Bayern 2 - Welt am Morgen on the occasion of the 17th BRICS Summit on 6 and 7 July in Rio de Janeiro. Key topics were the role of the absence of Chinese President Xi Jinging, the debate on conflicts in Iran and Gaza and the prospect of BRICS’ climate leadership.

    Radio Bremen | Interview | 07.07.2025

    BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro

    Prof. Dr. Miriam Prys-Hansen was interviewed by Radio Bremen on the occasion of the 17th BRICS Summit taking place on 6 and 7 July in Rio de Janeiro. Key topics were the role of the absence of Chinese President Xi Jinging, the debate on conflicts in Iran and Gaza and the prospect of BRICS’ climate leadership.

    German Institute for Global and Area Studies | 06.11.2025

    Roundtable on Advancing Comparative Area Studies

    Organisation: German Institute for Global and Area Studies Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Organisator:in, Panelbeitragende:r), Prof. Dr. Rudra Sil (Panelbeitragende:r), Prof. Dr. Matthias Basedau (Panelbeitragende:r), Dr. David Kuehn (Panelbeitragende:r), Prof. Dr. Miriam Prys-Hansen (Moderator:in), Eileen Doherty-Sil (Panelbeitragende:r)

    Coming together for a roundtable, several contributors to "Advancing Comparative Studies: Analytical Heterogeneity and Organizational Challenges" (Oxford University Press 2025) launch the volume at the GIGA. They address the approach’s development in the past ten years and the content of the new book.

    Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V. (Zentrale Berlin) (FES Berlin) | 16.10.2025

    South Africa’s G20 Presidency – How to foster new global Partnerships in a multipolar World

    Organisation: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V. (Zentrale Berlin) (FES Berlin), Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Dr. Tomas Costa de Azevedo Marques (Vortragende:r), Dr. Johannes Plagemann (Vortragende:r), Prof. Dr. Miriam Prys-Hansen (Vortragende:r)

    As global cooperation fragments, this piece examines how the G20 can act in a weakened multilateral order, what South Africa’s presidency could deliver, and how Germany can help make it a success.

    Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung, Südasien (FNF South Asia) | 18.07.2025

    Navigating BRICS: India’s Strategic Outlook and the Global South Agenda

    Organisation: Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung, Südasien (FNF South Asia), Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit Prof. Dr. Miriam Prys-Hansen (Panelbeitragende:r)

    The objective of the webinar is to explore India’s perspective on BRICS—its strategic interests, opportunities, and leadership—while examining the grouping’s evolving dynamics, intra-BRICS relationships, and broader economic and political implications.

    Lehre | Leuphana Universität Lüneburg | 2024

    The Politics of the Global South

    Master level seminar at the Leuphana University, Lüneburg

    Lehre | Leuphana Universität Lüneburg | 2024

    The Politics of the Global South

    Leuphana Universität Lüneburg Lüneburg Deutschland

    Lehre | Leuphana Universität Lüneburg | 2024

    The Politics of the Global South

    Master level course at the Leuphana University, Lüneburg

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