Research Projects

2020 - 2024
Global Governance and the European Union: Future Trends and Scenarios (GLOBE)
Staff: Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn, Dr. Alexandros Tokhi, İrem Tuncer-Ebetürk, Ph.D.
Duration: 01.02.2020–31.01.2023
Funding: European Commission, Horizon 2020

SCRIPTS - Exzellenzcluster “Contestations of the Liberal Script“ - Towards a Typology of Contestations
Head: Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn, Prof. Dr. Stefan Gosepath
Staff: Nieves Fernández Rodríguez, Lena Röllicke, Maximilian Weckemann
Duration: 01.09.2019–14.10.2023
Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG) (01.09.2019-14.10.2023) / WZB (15.10.2023-31.12.2024)

The Politicization of European Integration
Staff; Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn, Prof. Dr. Pieter de Wilde, Dr. Christian Rauh
Duration: 2011 - 2024
Funding: WZB

2015 - 2019
Kolleg-Forschergruppe (Research Group) 'The International Rule of Law - Rise or Decline?'
Staff: Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn, Dr. Alexandros Tokhi, Dr. Matthew D. Stephen, Prof. Dr. Andrea Liese, Prof. Dr. Georg Nolte
Duration: 2015–2019
Funding: DFG (German Research Foundation)

2012 - 2021
International Authority Database
Staff: Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn, Dr. Alexandros Tokhi, İrem Tuncer-Ebetürk, Ph.D., Dr. Martin Binder
Duration: 01.04.2012 - 01.07.2021
Funding: Leibniz Association (SAW Senate Competition Committee; 01.04.2012−31.03.2016); WZB (since 01.04.2016)

2012 - 2019 
International Institutions in Hard Times. A Theory of Global Governance
Staff: Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn
Duration: 2012–2019
Funding: WZB

2012 - 2018
Contested World Orders
Staff: Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn, Dr. Martin Binder, Dr. Matthew D. Stephen, Dr. Alexandros Tokhi
Prof. Dr. Detlef Nolte (GIGA), Dr. Miriam Prys (GIGA), Prof. Dr. Harald Müller (PRIF), Prof. Dr. Klaus Dieter Wolf (PRIF)
Duration: 2012 - 2018
Funding: Leibniz Association (SAW Senate Competition Committee; 04.2012−03.2016); WZB (since 04.2016)

2011 - 2021
Overlapping Spheres of Authority and Interface Conflicts in the Global Order (OSAIC)
Head: Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn, Prof. Dr. Anna Holzscheiter
Staff: Prof. Dr. Christian Kreuder-Sonnen, Julia Fuß, Dr. Sassan Gholiagha, Andrés Saravia
Duration: 01.10.2011–31.12.2021
Funding: Ernst Cassirer Foundation for Scientific Research, Hamburg (01.10.2011–31.07.2013); WZB (01.08.2013–31.05.2017); DFG German Research Foundation (01.06.2017–31.05.2020)

2011 – 2017
The Political Sociology of Cosmopolitanism and Communitarianism
Head: Prof. Dr. Ruud Koopmans, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Merkel, Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn
Staff: Prof. Dr. Pieter de Wilde, Dr. Onawa Promise Lacewell, Prof. Oliver Strijbis, Ph.D., Prof. Dr. Bernhard Weßels, Prof. Dr. Céline Teney, Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser
Duration: 2011–2017

2011 - 2014
Rule of Law Promotion and Legalization beyond the Nation-State
Staff: Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn, Dr. Theresa Reinold
Duration: 2011–2014
Funding: Hague Institute for the Internationalization of Law (HiiL)

2010 - 2015
International organizations and the protection of fundamental rights of individuals
Staff: Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn, Prof. Dr. Monika Heupel, Gisela Hirschmann, Dr. Theresa Reinold
Duration: 2010–2015
Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG)

2008 - 2012
Path Dependence and Change in International Governance Institutions
Staff: Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn, Prof. Lora Anne Viola, Ph.D., Prof. Dr. Thomas Rixen
Duration: 2008–2012
Funding: WZB

2008 - 2009
The Politicization of International Institutions (Book Project)
Staff: Dr. Martin Binder, Dr. Matthias Ecker-Ehrhardt, Prof. Dr. Thomas Rixen, PD Dr. Helmut Weidner, Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn
Duration: 2008–2009
Funding: WZB

2007 - 2012
The Denationalization of Problem Perceptions and the Assignment of Responsibility to Political Institutions
Staff: Dr. Matthias Ecker-Ehrhardt, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Merkel, Prof. Dr. Bernhard Weßels, Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn
Duration: 2007–2012
Funding: WZB

2006 - 2011
Sovereign Inequality and the Politics of Membership in the International System
Staff: Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn, Prof. Lora Anne Viola, Ph.D.
Duration: 2006–2011
Funding: WZB

2005 - 2009
Regulation of the Internet
Staff: Prof. Dr. Jeanette Hofmann, Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn, Prof. Dr. Peter Mayer, Rolf Bendrath, Volker Leib, Peter Mayer
Duration: 2005–2008
Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG) and WZB

2004 - 2010​​​​​​​
Legalization Beyond the Nation State
Staff: Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn, Prof. Dr. Gunnar Folke Schuppert, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Merkel
Duration: 2004–2010
Funding: WZB

2003 -  2004
Initiator and Director of the CRC 597 "Transformations of the State" at the University of Bremen
Funding: German Research Association

2003 - 2006
Project A2 of the CRC 597 "The Juridification of Dispute Settlement in International Law "
Director together with Dr. Bernhard Zangl      

2003 - 2006
Project B4 of the CRC 597 "Regulation of the Internet"
Director      

2001  
Co-initiator and founding member of the Graduate School of Social Sciences at the University of Bremen
Director with Prof. Dr. Walter Heinz, Prof. Dr. Stephan Leibfried and Prof. Dr. Ansgar Weymann
Funding: VW Foundation      

2001 - 2004  
Project Partner for the establishment of PolitikON, an on-line project for political science education
Director: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Leidhold, University of Cologne
Funding: Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung)      

1997 - 2001  
Compliance in Modern Political Systems
Director with Prof. Dr. Christian Joerges (European University Institute)
Funding: German Research Association      

1997 - 2001  
Managing Editor of the Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen (German Journal of International Relations)
Funding: German Research Association     

1995 - 2004  
The Role of Culture in International Relations;

1995 -
Funding: State of Bremen
Co-Director together with Professor Dr. Dieter Senghaas (University of Bremen)      

1995 - 1996  
Summer Institute on The Political Economy of European Integration
Director together with Professor Barry Eichengreen (University of California, Berkeley)
Funding: German American Academic Council      

1994 - 2001
Societal Responses to Globalization
Director
Funding: German Research Association     

Since 1993  
International Regimes Database

1993 -
Director together with Professor Marc Levy (CIESIN, New York) and Professor Oran Young (Dartmouth College)
Funding: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Vienna; National Science Foundation; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; German American Academic Council      

1986 - 1992  
The Relevance of 'International Regimes' as an Institution of Non-Violent East-West Conflict Management

1986 - 1992
Director: Professor Dr. Volker Rittberger
Funding: German Research Association