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In the Media (selection):

"The Shifting Tides of Global Governance—A Conversation with Michael Zürn". In: Global Perspectives. Collections: Global Governance beyond Neoloberalism. University of California Press, 19 March 2026. 

Interview with Michael Zürn in „Kapital“ www.capital.bg/biznes/intervjuta_i_komentari/2026/02/11/4880014_intervju_mihael_cjurn_suvetut_za_mir_na_trump_e_novoto/ (Title „Trump's peace council is the new NATO of the United States"; in Bulgarian: „Съветът за мир на Тръмп е новото НАТО на САЩ“), published 11 Februar 2026.

"US-Friedensplan USA, die Ukraine und europäische Länder beraten". Deutschlandfunk-Interview with Michael Zürn, 23 November 2025. 

"G20-Gipfel: Ein Treffen ohne die Großen". Deutschlandfunk-Interview with Michael Zürn, 22 November 2025. 

Orbituary for Social Scientist Claus Offe: "Sogar der Staat hat Bedarf an soziologischer Aufklärung", by Steffen Mau and Michael Zürn (FAZ), 3 October 2025.

Publications (selection): 

"Charting Global Futures: a Configurative Perspective on International Order". The Chinese Journal of International Politics, Volume 19, Issue 1, Spring 2026, Pages 42–63, https://doi.org/10.1093/cjip/poaf018 (29 January 2026).

"Autoritär und Populistisch: Was macht der Trumpismus mit Amerika?". Sprektrum der Wissenschaft, 46/25, 17 November 2025, p. 61-67. 

"Global governance and intergovernmental organizations: features and developments of authority beyond the nation state" (with Alexandros Tokhi, İrem Tuncer Ebetürk). In: The Institutions of Global Governance (Ed. by Jacint Jordana, Axel Marx, Marie Vandendriessche and Jan Wouters). Leuven Global Governance series, Edward Elgar Publishing, United Kingdom, 2025, pp. 44-64.

'Forms of Hierarchy in International Relations'. Review on Indirect Rule: The Making of U.S. International Hierarchy by David Lake, Political Science Quarterly, OUP, 07 October 2025.

„Krieg oder Frieden. Überlegungen zu einer neuen internationalen Ordnung“, WZB-Heft 189, September 2025, p. 6-10.

Kreuder-Sonnen, Christian; Schmotz, Alexander; Zürn, Michael: "The complex effects of regime complexity: a conflict model", in: European Journal of International Relations, 18 September 2025. 

Eva Barlösius, Martin Carrier, Alexander Bogner, Michael Butter, Paula Diehl, Max-Emanuel Geis, Michael Jungert, Carsten Reinhardt, Torsten Wilholt & Michael Zürn: “Wissenschaftsreflexion: What is it? What is the need for it? Contemporary challenges for studies in science”, in: Minerva (Springer), 17 September 2025

Zürn, Michael (2025): "Angriffe auf die soziale Epistemologie und ihre Auswirkungen". In: Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen, advance access, 11.08.2025, online: https://dx.doi.org/10.5771/0946-7165-2025-1.