Dr. Henning Schmidtke

Associate

Dr. Henning Schmidtke

  • Short CV

     

    • 09/2022-07/2023: John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow Fellow at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (Harvard)
    • Since 01/2019: Research Fellow at GIGA Institute for Latin American Studies, project „Sources and Consequences of Legitimation Strategies of Regional Organizations (LegRO)“

    • 07/2016 - 12/2018: Research Associate, Technical University of Munich; Project: ERC Grant „Delegation of Power to International Organizations and Institutional Empowerment over Time”

    • 10/2015 - 06/2016: Research Associate, University of Dresden; Project: ERC Grant „Delegation of Power to International Organizations and Institutional Empowerment over Time”

    • 01/2015 - 09/2015: Research Associate, University of St. Gallen; Project: Emmy Noether Research Group „Changing Norms of Global Governance“

    • 2009 - 2015: Affiliated PhD Fellow, Bremen International Graduate School of Social Science (BIGSSS), Dissertation: „Politicizing International Institutions: The Case of Global Tax Governance“

    • 2009 - 2013: Research Associate, Jacobs University Bremen; Project: Collaborative Research Center 597, Project D1 “The Tax State and International Tax Policies”

    • 2008 - 2014: Research Associate, University Bremen; Project: Collaborative Research Center 597, Project B1 “Legitimating States, International Regimes and Economic Orders”

    • M.A. „International Relations: Global Governance and Social Theory“, Jacobs University Bremen; B.A. Political Science, University Bremen

    Current Research

    • Legitimacy and legitimation of international organizations

    • Politicization of international institutions

    • Change and Empowerment of International Organiztions

    Countries and Regions

    • Latin America


    Awards

    • International Geneva Award (IG Award) 2019, Swiss Network for International Studies (snis), 2019

    Dr. Henning Schmidtke

    Associate

    henning.schmidtke@giga-hamburg.de


    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.

    International Affairs | 05/2023

    Agents, Audiences and Peers: Why International Organizations Diversify their Legitimation Discourse

    In the face of public contestation, international organizations (IOs) invoke norms in their public communication to enhance relevant audiences’ legitimacy beliefs. This paper offers the first comprehensive analysis of what we term normative diversity in IOs’ discursive legitimation.

    Review of International Organizations | 09/2022

    Measuring Precision Precisely: A Dictionary-Based Measure of Imprecision

    What to learn more about the precision of international agreements? This publication offers a robust empirical measure of this central International Relations concept. We show that the mandates of international organizations can be very vague, opening room for interpretation and manipulation.

    Dr. Markus Gastinger

    Paris Lodron University of Salzburg

    Dataset | 2022

    Replication Data for: Measuring precision precisely: A Dictionary-Based Measure of Imprecision

    The files uploaded entail the material necessary to replicate the results from the article and Online appendix published in: Gastinger, M. and Schmidtke, H. (2022) ‘Measuring precision precisely: A dictionary-based measure of imprecision’...

    10.7910/DVN/2DACNY

    Dr. Markus Gastinger

    Paris Lodron University of Salzburg

    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

    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

    Conference | 22/08/2022 - 26/08/2022

    Discursive Legitimation, and the Life Stages of International Organizations

    ECPR General Conference 2022, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck Organisers: European Consortium for Political Research Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz (Speaker), Dr. Henning Schmidtke (Speaker)

    Henning Schmidke presents his paper "Discursive Legitimation, and the Life Stages of International Organizations” at the panel “Contestation Management in International Organizations" at the ECPR General Conference 2022.

    Conference | 30/09/2021 - 03/10/2021

    Imprecision in International Agreements: A Dictionary-based Measure of Imprecision

    APSA Annual Meeting and Exhibition 2021: Promoting Pluralism, Washington State Convention Center and the Sheraton Grand Seattle / online, Seattle Organisers: American Political Science Association Dr. Henning Schmidtke (Speaker), Dr. Markus Gastinger (Speaker)

    Dr. Markus Gastinger

    Paris Lodron University of Salzburg

    Teaching | Technical University of Munich | 2017

    Power and Democracy in a Globalized World: How International Organizations can be held Accountable

    Technical University of Munich Munich Germany

    Advanced Seminar of Accountability in International Relations

    Teaching | Technische Universität Dresden | 2016

    The Politicization of world politics

    Technische Universität Dresden Dresden Germany

    Advanced seminar on the politicization of international institutions

    Teaching | Technische Universität Dresden | 2015

    Interdisciplinary Colloquium

    Technische Universität Dresden Dresden Germany

    Research Colloquium for MA Master Theses

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