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Swantje Schirmer

Doctoral Researcher

Short CV

Since 09/2018: Research Fellow in the project „Sources and Consequences of Legitimation Strategies of Regional Organizations” (Prof. Tobias Lenz) and Doctoral Student at the GIGA Doctoral Programme and the University of Göttingen
01/2018 - 02/2018: DAAD Scholarship for Field Research in Beirut, Lebanon
Internships and student assistant jobs in the German Parliament, at Freiburg University and Tunivisions Media Editing (francophone media cooperation based in Tunis)
Education: Political Science in a binational Program, Cooperation between Albert-Ludwig University Freiburg and Institut d’Etudes Politiques d’Aix-en-Provence (Sciences Po Aix)

Current Research

Regional Organisation
Legitimacy and Legitimation Strategies
Human Rights

Countries and Regions

Tunisia
Lebanon
League of Arab States

Research Programme

Global Orders and Foreign Policies

Publications

No publications found

Projects

01/06/2018 - 01/05/2023

Sources and Consequences of Legitimation Strategies of Regional Organizations (LegRO)

In an era of increasing political challenges to global and regional organizations, it is crucial to understand how they claim legitimacy, and how successful they are in this respect. Yet, we know surprisingly little about the sources and consequences of legitimation in most regional organizations around the world. In this project we thus map the legitimation strategies of a sample of 30 organizations and conduct qualitative comparative case studies on major organizations in the Global South. Leibniz Association, 2018-2023