PROF. DR. HABIL. RAFAEL BIERMANN

PROF. DR. HABIL. RAFAEL BIERMANN

Full Professor of International Relations

Chair of the International Relations Department

Institute of Political Science

Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Carl-Zeiss-Str. 3, 07743 Jena, Germany

[email protected]

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EDUCATION & APPOINTMENTS

Since 2015 Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Programme “Religion – Conflict – Reconciliation” at Friedrich Schiller University (FSU) Jena, Germany

Academic Advisor

2011-2013 Department of Political Science, FSU Jena Acting Director

Since 2011 Interdisciplinary Ph.D. School “Cultural Orientation and Social Structures in South Eastern Europe” at FSU Jena, funded by the Deutsche

Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Academic Advisor

Since 2011 Head of the M.A. Double Diploma „German and European Studies“ with the National University Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Ukraine (sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service, DAAD)

Since 2010 Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany Full Professor and Chair of International Relations

2009 – 2010 George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch, Germany College of International and Security Studies

Deputy Dean of Academics

2006 – 2009 Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA

School of International Graduate Studies, National Security Affairs

Department

Visiting Professor

1999-2005 Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany

Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI), Research Group EU Enlargement Institute of Political Science

Senior Research Fellow, Head of the Task Force South Eastern Europe June 2004 Venia legendi in Political Science

Habilitation: Lehrjahre im Kosovo. Das Scheitern der internationalen

Krisenprävention vor Kriegsausbruch (Years of Trial in Kosovo. The Failure of International Crisis Prevention before the Outbreak of War)

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ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION

Since May 2014

Head of Reform Group Internationalization (including Erasmus), Department

of Political Science, Jena

Since April 2014

Member of the Faculty Council (Deputy)

Since October 2012 Member of Working Group Internationalization, Audit of the German

Rector’s Conference at the University of Jena

2011-2013

Acting Director of the Department of Political Science, University of Jena

Since 2011

Member of so far four Search Committees for Professorships in Jena and

Halle as well as external Reviewer for other Committees

Policy Planning Staff

Head of Central Planning

June 1997 PhD in Political Science (major), History and German Literature (minors) Dissertation: Zwischen Kreml und Kanzleramt. Wie Moskau mit der deutschen Einheit rang (Between Kremlin and Chancellory. How Moscow Struggled with German Unification)

Grades: Dissertation egregiam (with excellence); Exams: magna cum laude (composed of Political Science summa cum laude, History summa cum laude and German Literature magna cum laude)

Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany Institute of Political Science

1995 – 1997 German Ministry of Defense Policy Planning Staff

Desk Officer, Central Planning Section 1990 – 1991 Office of the Chancellor (Helmut Kohl)

Policy Planning Staff Desk Officer

June 1989 Master in Political Science, History and German Literature

Thesis: Verifikation durch Kooperation. Probleme und Perspektiven der Verifikation nuklearer Rüstungskontrollverträge (Verification by Cooperation. Problems and Perspectives of Verifying Nuclear Arms Control Agreements), published by the German Society of Foreign Policy

Grade: 1,0 (grades ranging from 1-6) University of Cologne

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RESEARCH INTERESTS

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RESEARCH VISITS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND PERSONAL GRANTS

International Organizations and their Interaction, including Organization Theory

German Foreign and Security Policy European Integration, esp. Enlargement and European Identity

European Security Governance

Conflict Resolution, esp. Crisis Prevention, Mediation, Peacebuilding and Humanitarian Intervention

Intra-State Conflicts, esp. Ethnic, Secessionist and Most Resistant Conflicts

Individual and Collective Learning, Identities, and

Perceptions Regional Focus on South Eastern and Eastern Europe, USA and Transatlantic Relations

February ‘11 Research in Brussels (EU and NATO)

October ‘09 Research in Brcko, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Belgrade and Zagreb

Funded by the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies 2005/6 Consultant for the Policy Planning Staff of the German Bundestag, author of

three confidential policy papers on German foreign policy November ‘04 Printing Cost Allowance for the Habilitation

Funded by VG WORT

Oct. / Nov. ‘02 Research in Washington, D.C., and New York Funded by the German MFA

March ‘02 Research in Priština, Kosovo

Invitation of the Kosovo Law Center of the OSCE Funded by the German DAAD

1997 Printing Cost Allowance for the PhD Thesis Funded by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation 1992 – 1997 PhD Scholarship (monthly)

Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Germany March / April ‘92 Research in Moscow

Invitation of the European Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Funded by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation

1985 – 1989 M.A. Scholarship (monthly)

Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Germany School of Journalism

Organized and funded by UC San Diego and AGIPS Bonn Afterwards research in Washington, D.C.

August ’06 –

August ‘07 University of Southern California, Department of International Relations, Los Angeles Visiting Student

Scholarship of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation

Funding

Organizations PEER REVIEWS

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Research projects

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Applications for international exchange of scholars and students Deutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung (DSF)

Peace and conflict research grants Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS)

Chair of selection committees on Habiliation, PhD, M.A. and B.A. scholarships Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes

M.A. scholarships Journals and

Publishers Die Friedens-Warte. Journal of International Peace and Organizations

International Relations

Journal of International Organization Studies Journal of Common Market Studies

Palgrave Macmillan

Review of International Organizations Review of International Studies Social Science Quarterly

The Journal of Intervention and State Building Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung

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ACADEMIC PROJECTS

“Ukrainian Civil Society after the Majdan. Potential and Challenges on the Way to Sustainable Democratization and Europeanization”

International Conference in Kiev funded by the German MFA and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Ph.D. Workshops

Yearly workshop with my own current Ph.D. students, with international guest researchers and potential future Ph.D. students at the Monastery Volkenroda (Thuringia)

Funded by the Ernst Abbe Foundation

Double Degree Program with Ukraine

Chair of the interdisciplinary Double Degree (M.A.) Program “German and European Studies” between FSU Jena and the National University Kiev Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA)

Includes a full-scale academic programme in Kiev with four German staff in Kiev and a “Flying Faculty”, regular student exchange, study trips, PhD research visits, German language training, and Train-the-Trainers capacity building

Funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Research Training School (Graduiertenkolleg)

Ph.D. Supervisor of the Interdisciplinary Research Training School “Cultural Orientations and Societal Order in South Eastern Europe”

Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

Stability Pact Summer School,Dubrovnik, Croatia

Initiated and organized yearly together with the MFA of the Republic of Croatia Participation of young diplomats from South Eastern Europe

Funded by the German MFA, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and the Foundation for International Legal Cooperation (IRZ)

SOE Monitor

Initiator and Editor-in-Chief of a Newsletter published by the Center for European Integration Studies at Bonn University, which appeared four times a year online, featuring short expert analyses on current events in South Eastern Europe (since 2003 also in English).

Network of European Studies in South Eastern Europe

Co-Director (with Dr. Emil Mintchev)

Aimed at institutionalizing and strengthening European Studies programmes in the region following best practices in Western Europe (almost 40 participating institutions) Annual conferences and workshops at the Universities of Ankara (Turkey), Belgrade (Serbia), Cluj (Romania), Edirne (Turkey), Salonica (Greece), Sofia (Bulgaria), Tirana (Albania), and Zagreb (Croatia)

Publication Series “European Studies in South Eastern Europe”

Funded by the German Rector’s Conference (HRK), the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), and the HERTIE Foundation

European Studies, University of Montenegro,Podgorica

Establishment of a European Studies programme together with the Center for International Studies (Curriculum, Train-the-Trainers Seminars, Library, Opening Conference)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

International Studies Association (ISA, Sections: International Security Studies, Peace Studies, Foreign Policy Analysis)

European International Studies Association (EISA)

European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR, institutional membership) International Political Science Association (IPSA)

German Association for Political Science (DVPW, Section International Relations) German Society for Political Science (DGfP)

Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (AFK) Atlantic Bridge (former Young Leader)