Dr. Jakob Wiedekind
30167 Hannover
New Publications:
Main Focus in Teaching and Research
- Transatlantic Relations
- Legsislative Politics
- Executive Politics
- The Political System of the U.S.
- The European Union
- Foreign Policy Analysis
CV
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Academic Career
Since July 2023
Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer at the Institute of Political Science at the Leibniz University Hannover
September - October 2021
Visiting Scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
October 2017 - June 2023
Research Fellow and Lecturer at the Institute of Political Science at the Leibniz University Hannover; Title of Dissertation: "The Assertive Presidency – Understanding Preemptive Executive Pressure on Legislative Outcomes in American Foreign Policy" (mark: unanimous summa cum laude)
August-September 2019
Research Stay in the U.S. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and at the American University in Washington D.C.
September - October 2018
Research Stay in the U.S. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
February 2016 - June 2017
Research assistant in the international research project "Militarization 2.0. Militarization's social media footprint through a gendered lens"
October 2015 - September 2017
M.A. in Political Science with a major in International Relations and Qualitative Methods
October 2015 - June 2017
Student assistant for the chair of international relations at the Institut of Political Science at the Leibniz University Hannover
October 2012 - September 2015
B.A. in Political Science with a major in International Relations and Political Systems
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Grants
- GAES travel grant (APSA annual meeting 2023)
- APSA travel grant (Presidents and Executive Politics Section) for the Annual Meeting 2023, Los Angeles
- Research Grant by the German Academic Exchange Service (GAE S): Sep.-Oct. 2021: UNC at Chapel Hill
- Research Stay Grant by the Graduate Academy of the Leibniz University: Sep.-Oct. 2019: UNC at Chapel Hill (North Carolina; USA); American University in Washington D.C., Emory College in Atlanta und Vanderbilt University in Nashville
- Research Stay Grant by the PROMOS Program as part of the DAAD: Aug.-Sep. 2018: UNC at Chapel Hill (North Carolina; USA).
- Student Grant by the state of Lower Saxony: Winter Term 2015/16
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Support for the Discipline
Appointment Committees
- Voting member of the appointment committee for the professorship "Quantitative methods in political science" for the Institute of Political Science of the Leibniz Universität Hannover
Peer Reviewer
- SN Social Sciences
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Memberships and Official Positions
- Member of the Board for the Institute of Political Science
- Member of the examination board for the interdisciplinary bachelor and the MA Degree in Teaching
- Deputy BAföG Officer (Financial Support for Students)
- Web-Administrator for the Institute of Political Science
- Management of the political science colloquium
- Member of the KFIBS as well as author in the research team "USA/Transatlantic Relations/NATO"
- Member of the German Association for American Studies
- Member of the American Political Science Association
- Member of the German Political Science Association (GPSA)
Teaching
Summer Term 2023:
Quo Vadis Transatlantic Relations? Multilateralism under the Impression of Global Power Shifts (MIV)
Thurdays (weekly), 10am-12pm, 13.04.2023 - 20.07.2023, Seminar, Location: Room 015, Building 3109.
The European Union as a Global Actor – Areas and Challenges of European Foreign Policy (BA VM5):
Thurdays (weekly), 2pm-4pm, 13.04.2023 - 20.07.2023, Seminar, Location: Room 110, Building 3109.
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Archive (2018-2023)
Winter Term 2022/23:
Qualitative Methoden in den IB (MIV):
Wednesdays (weekly), 10am-12pm, 19.10.2022 - 25.01.2023, Location: Room 015, Building 3109.Multilateralism in Uncertain Times – Challenges and Opportunities in Transatlantic Relations (BA VM5):
Thursdays (weekly), 2pm-4pm, 14.04.2022 - 21.07.2022, Location: Room 411, Building 3109.Summer Term 2022:
Quo Vadis Transatlantic Relations? Multilateralism under the Impression of Global Power Shifts (MV):
Thursdays (weekly), 10am-12pm, 14.04.2022 - 21.07.2022, Location: Room 110, Building 3109.The Domestic Arena of American Foreign Policy Making – From National Dynamics to International Implications (BA VM5):
Thursdays (weekly), 2pm-4pm, 14.04.2022 - 21.07.2022, Location: Room 411, Building 3109.Winter Term 2021/22:
Multilateralism in Uncertain Times - Challenges and Opportunities in Transatlantic Relations (BA VM5): Wednesdays (weekly), 14:00-16:00, 20.10.2021 - 26.01.2022, Seminar, Location: Room 019, Building 3109
Qualitative Methoden in den IB (MA IV): Wednesdays (weekly), 10:00-12:00, 20.10.2021 - 26.01.2022, Seminar, Location: Room 108, Building 3109.
Summer Term 2021:
Analyzing American Foreign Policy - From Domestic Determinants to International Implications (BA VM5): Thursdays (weekly), 10:00-12:00. 15.04.-22.07.2021, Location: Online.
Transatlantic Relations in Flux - Resurgence of Multilateralism in the Biden/Harris Presidency? (MA V): Thursdays (weekly), 14:00-16:00. 15.04.-22.07.2021, Location: Online.
Winter Term 2020/21:
Drifting Further Apart or Coming Together Again? The US Presidential Election of 2020 and their Implications for Transatlantic Relations (MA MV): Wednesdays (weekly), 10:00-12:00, 21.10.2019 - 27.01.2020, Seminar, Location: Online.
Transatlantic Seminar (MA MV): Wednesdays (weekly), 18:00-20:00, 21.10.2019 - 27.01.2020, Seminar, Ort: Online.
Qualitative Methoden in den IB: Wednesdays (weekly), 12:00 - 14:00, 23.10.2018 - 29.01.2020, Seminar, Ort: Online.
Summer Term 2020:
The Executive Unbound? Congress and President in the Decision-Making-Process of American Foreign Policy (BA VM5): Thursdays (weekly), 10:00 - 12:00, 23.04.-23.07.20, Seminar, Location: Building 3109 – V407
Winter Term 2019/20:
"Reelecting Greatness"? The Trump Presidency and the Democratic Challenge (MA MV): Wednesdays (weekly), 10:00 - 12:00, 23.10.2019 - 29.01.2020, Seminar, Location: Building 3109 - V015
Qualitative Methoden in den Internationalen Beziehungen (MA M IV): Wednesdays (weekly), 12:00 - 14:00, 23.10.2018 - 29.01.2020, Seminar, Location: Building 3109 - V015
Summer Term 2019:
Machtkonzepte in den Internationalen Beziehungen - von den theoretischen Grundlagen zu qualitativen Forschungsdesigns (B.A. VM 5): Thursdays (weekly), 10:00 - 12:00, (ab 11.04.19), Seminar, Location: Building 3109 - V 015
Winter Term 2018/19:
Außenpolitikanalyse zwischen hard power und soft power: Theoretische Grundlagen und empirische Beispiele (B.A. VM 5): Thursdays (Weekly), 10:00 - 12:00, 25.10.2018 - 02.02.2019, Seminar, Location: Building 3109 - V405
Qualitative Methoden in den Internationalen Beziehungen (M IV): Wednesdays (weekly), 12:00 - 14:00, 24.10.2018 - 02.02.2019, Seminar, Location: Building 3109 - V405
Summer Term 2018:
Macht in den Internationalen Beziehungen (B.A. VM 5): Donnerstag: 10:00 - 12:00, Weekly (starting 12.04.2018), Seminar, Location: (Room 405: V405, Building 3109)