German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

Dr. David Kuehn

Senior Research Fellow | Koordinator GIGA Forum

Kurzer Lebenslauf

04/2018 - 06/2019: Sprecher des Forschungsteams "Authoritarian Politics" im FSP 1
Seit 01/2018: Senior Research Fellow, GIGA Institute of Asian Studies
2015 - 2017: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter and Principal Investigator, Universität Heidelberg, Forschungsprojekt “Dictators’ Endgames: Theory and Empirical Analysis of Military Behavior in Authoritarian Regime Crises, 1946-2014” (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG)
06/2015 - 09/2015: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Universität Heidelberg, Institut für Politische Wissenschaft
03/2013 - 05/2015: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Universität Heidelberg, Forschungsprojekt “Democratic Transformation and Civilian Control of the Military: A Configurative Comparison of New Democracies (1974-2010)” (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG)
12/2012 - 02/2013: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Universität Heidelberg, Institut für Politische Wissenschaft
11/2008 - 11/2012: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Universität Heidelberg, Forschungsprojekt “Democratization and Civilian Control of the Military in East Asia” (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG)
04/2008 - 10/ 2008: Dissertationsstipendium (Landesgraduiertenförderung Baden-Württemberg)
10/2006 - 03/2008: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Universität Heidelberg, Institut für Politische Wissenschaft
Studium: Politische Wissenschaft und Moderne Sinologie (Magister Artium) an der Universität Heidelberg, der Chinese Culture University und der Chinese National Normal University Taipei (Taiwan); Dissertation “Institutionalizing Civilian Control of the Military in New Democracies” an der Universität Heidelberg
Ausführlicher Lebenslauf

Aktuelle Forschung

Civil-military relations
Democratization
Authoritarianism
Research methods

Länder und Regionen

Taiwan
Südkorea

Forschungsschwerpunkte

Mitgliedschaften

Democratization
European Research Group on Military and Society

Dr. David Kuehn

Senior Research Fellow / Koordinator GIGA Forum

david.kuehn@giga-hamburg.de

Democratization | Im Erscheinen

Book review of "Shock to the system: Coups, elections, and war on the road to democratization", by Michael K. Miller, Princeton, NJ and Oxford, Princeton University Press, 2021

Dr. David Kuehn

Senior Research Fellow / Koordinator GIGA Forum

Sociological Methods and Research | 03.2022

Do Quantitative and Qualitative Research Reflect Two Distinct Cultures? An Empirical Analysis of 180 Articles Suggests “No”

Based on the empirical evaluation of a stratified random sample of 180 publications, Kuehn and Rohlfing cast doubt on the popular hypothesis that the application of quantitative and qualitative methods in the social sciences constitute different and internally consistent methods “cultures”.

Dr. David Kuehn

Senior Research Fellow / Koordinator GIGA Forum

Ingo Rohlfing

GIGA Focus Asien | 6/2021

Den Status quo managen: Kontinuität und Wandel in der US-Politik zu Taiwan

Viele Taiwaner waren besorgt, dass sich die Beziehungen zwischen den USA und Taiwan unter Präsident Biden verschlechtern würden. Entgegen diesen Befürchtungen hat die Regierung Biden wiederholt signalisiert, dass sie Taiwan weiterhin unterstützt. Dieser GIGA Focus analysiert die Entwicklung der US-Taiwan-Politik.

Dr. David Kuehn

Senior Research Fellow / Koordinator GIGA Forum

Kapitel in Sammelband | 05.2021

Militarization: The Missing Link Between Threats and Civilian Control

Dr. David Kuehn

Senior Research Fellow / Koordinator GIGA Forum

Prof. Dr. Yagil Levy

Sammelband | Lynne Rienner Publishers | 05.2021

Mobilizing Force: Linking Security Threats, Militarization, and Civilian Control in Democracies

Die Autor:innen untersuchen anhand von Fallstudien aus der ganzen Welt systematisch kritische Fragen der Anwendung militärischer Gewalt und erforschen die Zusammenhänge zwischen Sicherheitsbedrohungen, der Militarisierung der Sicherheitspolitik und der demokratischen Rechenschaftspflicht.

Dr. David Kuehn

Senior Research Fellow / Koordinator GIGA Forum

Prof. Dr. Yagil Levy

Forschungsprojekt | 15.01.2022 - 14.12.2024

COVID-19 and Executive Personalization in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Latin America and the MENA Region

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, political leaders reacted by containment measures that, next to combating the spread of the pandemic, also presented a window of opportunity to bolster executives’ personal grasp on power. Personalization of power has been particularly worrying in the Global South where constraints on the chief executives were often already weak prior to the pandemic. This project assesses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the personalization of executive power in 36 countries of the Global South.
DFG, 2021-2024

Forschungsprojekt | 01.03.2021 - 31.08.2022

(Un-)healthy Civil-Military Relations? Militarization of State Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Latin America and Asia-Pacific

A number of governments in Latin America and Asia-Pacific have given their militaries wide-ranging responsibilities to counter the COVID-19 pandemic. While the militarization of politics and public life partly precedes the pandemic, COVID-19 acts as a major stress test. States have mobilized the military to support civilian health systems and administrative agencies, and to uphold public order. This project examines the role the military plays in the COVID-19 pandemic response in 36 countries in Asia-Pacific and Latin America.
Volkswagen Foundation, 2021-2022

Forschungsprojekt | 01.10.2015 - 01.05.2019

The Dictator's Endgame: Theory and Empirical Analysis of Military Behavior in Authoritarian Regime Crises, 1946 - 2014

The military determines the outcomes of peaceful mass protests in dictatorships. The project explains the outcome of authoritarian regime crises as the result of the strategic behavior of the military leadership who will repress the protests, side with the protesters, or stage a coup depending on which option maximizes their benefits. The argument is tested empirically on an original quantitative dataset on all mass protests dictatorships worldwide between 1946 and 2014.
DFG, 2015-2019

Codastory | Interview | 26.02.2021

A “surreal nightmare” in the Czech Republic and the global armed response to Covid-19

Moderator:in | 26.01.2022

Has America Come Back? President Biden’s Foreign Policy towards the Global South

GIGA Talk 26.01.2022

Dr. David Kuehn

Senior Research Fellow / Koordinator GIGA Forum

Vortragende:r | 15.11.2021

COVID-19 and Executive Personalization in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Latin America and the MENA Region

Konferenz 15.11.2021

Dr. David Kuehn

Senior Research Fellow / Koordinator GIGA Forum

Organisator:in | 27.10.2021

Letzte Chance für 1,5 Grad? Erwartungen an die UN-Klimakonferenz in Glasgow

GIGA Forum Online event: 27.10.2021 Organisation: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

Dieses GIGA Forum/GIGA Gespräch thematisiert die komplizierten Verhandlungen, die während der COP26 zu erwarten sind: Wer wird voraussichtlich in welchen Politikfeldern handeln? Welche Rolle spielt Vertrauen bei der Überwindung der verbleibenden Unterschiede? Welche Rolle kann die Zivilgesellschaft spielen, um die Verhandlungen zu erleichtern und der COP26 zum Erfolg zu verhelfen?

Dr. David Kuehn

Senior Research Fellow / Koordinator GIGA Forum

Lehre | Universität Heidelberg | 2020

Spieltheoretische Modelle in der Vergleichenenden Politikwissenschaft

Universität Heidelberg Heidelberg

Lehre | GIGA Institut für Asien-Studien | Politische Verantwortlichkeit und Partizipation | GIGA Doktorandenprogramm | 2019

An Introduction to the Logic and Practice of Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)

GIGA Doktorandenprogramm

Lehre | Swiss Military Academy, ETH Zurich | 2019

Democratic Control of the Military

Swiss Military Academy, ETH Zurich Zurich

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Dr. David Kuehn

Kurzer Lebenslauf

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Dr. David Kuehn

Publikationen

Book review of "Shock to the system: Coups, elections, and war on the road to democratization", by Michael K. Miller, Princeton, NJ and Oxford, Princeton University Press, 2021

Do Quantitative and Qualitative Research Reflect Two Distinct Cultures? An Empirical Analysis of 180 Articles Suggests “No”

Den Status quo managen: Kontinuität und Wandel in der US-Politik zu Taiwan

Militarization: The Missing Link Between Threats and Civilian Control

Mobilizing Force: Linking Security Threats, Militarization, and Civilian Control in Democracies

Forschungsprojekte

COVID-19 and Executive Personalization in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Latin America and the MENA Region

(Un-)healthy Civil-Military Relations? Militarization of State Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Latin America and Asia-Pacific

The Dictator's Endgame: Theory and Empirical Analysis of Military Behavior in Authoritarian Regime Crises, 1946 - 2014

Medienbeiträge

A “surreal nightmare” in the Czech Republic and the global armed response to Covid-19

Vorträge

Has America Come Back? President Biden’s Foreign Policy towards the Global South

COVID-19 and Executive Personalization in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Latin America and the MENA Region

Letzte Chance für 1,5 Grad? Erwartungen an die UN-Klimakonferenz in Glasgow

Lehre

Spieltheoretische Modelle in der Vergleichenenden Politikwissenschaft

An Introduction to the Logic and Practice of Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)

Democratic Control of the Military

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