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

Swantje Schirmer

Associate

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 at the Leuphana University Lüneburg
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 corporation 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

Dissertation

Why Do Regional Organisations Use Human Rights for Legitimation? Set-theoretic Configurations of Localisation, Agents, and Audiences of Legitimation

Swantje Schirmer

Associate

International Studies Perspectives | 05/2023

The Legitimation of International Organizations: Introducing a New Dataset

This article introduces a new dataset on how international organizations (IOs) justify their authority.

Dr. Henning Schmidtke

Swantje Schirmer

Niklas Krösche

Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz

PS - Political Science and Politics | 04/2023

Introducing ScrumAdemia: An Agile Guide for Doctoral Research

Pursuing a PhD is an exigent endeavor entailing various psychological and organizational challenges. This article proposes our adaptation of the agile method Scrum, which we call “ScrumAdemia,” as a solution.

Dr. Clara Franco Yáñez

Anna Fünfgeld

Viviana García Pinzón

Dataset | 2022

Replication data for Introducing ScrumAdemia: An Agile Guide for Doctoral Research

Replication data for: Franco, Clara, Anna Fünfgeld, Viviana García Pinzón, Jan Klenke, Rebecca Lohmann, Désirée Reder, and Swantje Schirmer (2023), Introducing ScrumAdemia: An Agile Guide for Doctoral Research...

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/5LN0TJ

Dr. Clara Franco Yáñez

Anna Fünfgeld

Viviana García Pinzón

Dataset | 2022

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 worldwide. In this project, we thus map the legitimation strategies of a sample of 28 organizations between 1980 and 2019.

https://doi.org/10.7802/2450

Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz

Dr. Henning Schmidtke

Swantje Schirmer

Niklas Krösche

GIGA Focus Global | 4/2021

Claimed Legitimacy: Appreciating the Diversity of Regional Organisations

Regional organisations (ROs) are key actors in global and regional governance, and their authority has continuously grown in all world regions. In the face of growing contestation and politicization, these ROs increasingly justify their right to rule. The GIGA Focus Global analyses their legitimation patterns.

Niklas Krösche

Swantje Schirmer

Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz

Research Project | 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

Zeit Online | Interview | 29/07/2021

What now? Political Crisis in Tunisia

leibniz | Interview | 20/08/2020

"Wär's nicht schön, wenn wir ein Team hätten?"

RBB Radio Eins | Interview | 25/02/2019

EU und Arabische Liga wollen enger zusammenarbeiten

Workshop | 24/11/2021

How do I navigate ethical and safety concerns in challenging research contexts?

How do I navigate ethical and safety concerns in challenging research contexts? , Online Event Organisers: Leibniz Association Swantje Schirmer (Organiser), Niklas Krösche (Organiser)

How do I navigate ethical and safety concerns in challenging research contexts? Reflections from participants based on their own field experiences