{"id":1088,"date":"2019-01-16T16:26:21","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T15:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/isk\/?page_id=1088"},"modified":"2025-10-14T23:34:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T21:34:22","slug":"prof-dr-anna-geis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/isk\/en\/team-2\/prof-dr-anna-geis","title":{"rendered":"Prof Dr Anna Geis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ansprechparter-container\">\n<div class=\"row ansprechpartner-item ansprechparter-header\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-8 col-lg-12\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px\">\n<div class=\"mobile-small\">Professor Dr Anna Geis<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4 col-lg-3 col-xs-4 ansprechpartner-item floatright img-circle center-block\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px\">\n<div class=\"img-responsive-wrapper\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_2812\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2812\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-circle img-responsive center-block wp-image-2812 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/isk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/682\/2023\/01\/022_1945-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Prof. Anna Geis\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-credit=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/isk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/682\/2023\/01\/022_1945-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/isk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/682\/2023\/01\/022_1945-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9U. Schr\u00f6der,<abbr title=\"Helmut Schmidt Universit\u00e4t\">HSU<\/abbr><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-lg-3 col-xs-12 ansprechpartner-item kontakt floatright\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-12\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-lg-4 row-text bold\">Room:<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-lg-8 row-text\">1394a<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-12\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-lg-4 row-text bold\">Phone:<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-lg-8 row-text\">+49-(0)40-6541- 2726<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-12\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-12 row-text bold\">Mail:<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-12 row-text\"><a href=\"mailto:anna.geis@hsu-hh.de\" rel='nofollow'>anna.geis@hsu-hh.de<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-3 col-xs-12 ansprechpartner-item anschrift floatright\">\n<div class=\"row-headline\">Visitors&#8216; Address<\/div>\n<p>Helmut Schmidt University<br \/>\nBuilding H1<br \/>\nHolstenhofweg 85<br \/>\n22043 Hamburg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-3 col-xs-12 ansprechpartner-item anschrift floatright\">\n<div class=\"row-headline\">Postal Address<\/div>\n<p>Helmut Schmidt University<br \/>\nFakult\u00e4t f\u00fcr Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften<br \/>\nInternationale Politik<br \/>\nPostfach 70 08 22<br \/>\n22008 Hamburg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>CV<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anna Geis is Professor of Political Science, especially International Security and Conflict Studies, at the Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg (since 2016).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>theories of war; military interventions; democratic peace<\/li>\n<li>security governance<\/li>\n<li>issues of global order<\/li>\n<li>Citizen participation in German foreign and security politics<\/li>\n<li>recognition in international politics<\/li>\n<li>legitimacy within and beyond the nation-state<\/li>\n<li>transitional justice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nVita<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>October-November 2025: Guest Researcher at Newcastle University (UK), School for Geography, Politics and Sociology<\/li>\n<li>October 2021-September 2022: Fellowship of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gcr21.org\" rel='nofollow'>K\u00e4te Hamburger Kolleg \/Centre for Global Cooperation Research Duisburg<\/a>; Research project: \u201e20 Years of the \u2018US War on Terror\u2019 in Afghanistan. A Critial Review of Interventionist Practices and Justifications\u201c<\/li>\n<li>May-June 2019: Visiting Researcher at the Centre for International and Defense Policy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.queensu.ca\/cidp\/home\" rel='nofollow'>Queen\u2019s University<\/a> in Kingston\/Canada<\/li>\n<li>February-April 2019: Visiting Research Professor at the WZB Berlin Sociel Science Center, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wzb.eu\/en\/research\/international-politics-and-law\/global-governance\" rel='nofollow'>Research Department \u201cGlobal Governance\u201c<\/a><\/li>\n<li>September-October 2018: September-October 2018: Guest Researcher at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fsw.vu.nl\/en\/departments\/political-science-and-public-administration\/index.aspx\" rel='nofollow'>Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2012-2016: Professor of International Relations at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pw.ovgu.de\/en\/\" rel='nofollow'>University of Magdeburg<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2009-2012: Senior Researcher in the Cluster of Excellence \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.normativeorders.net\/en\/\" rel='nofollow'>The Formation of Normative Orders<\/a>&#8218; at Goethe University Frankfurt (working group \u2018International Organizations\u2019)<\/li>\n<li>2012: \u2018Habilitation\u2019 at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de\/43358707\/Welcome_to_the_Faculty_of_Social_Sciences?\" rel='nofollow'>Department of Social Sciences<\/a> of the University of Frankfurt<\/li>\n<li>Summer term 2011: Visiting Fellowship at the Hamburg Institute for Social Research<\/li>\n<li>Winter term 2010\/11: Acting Professor of Political Science, especially \u2018Empirical Theories of Politics\u2019, at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.en.gsi.uni-muenchen.de\/index.html\" rel='nofollow'>Department of Political Science<\/a> of the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich<\/li>\n<li>Winter term 2008\/09: Acting Professor of Political Science, especially \u2018External Relations of Western European States\u2019, at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de\/43358707\/Welcome_to_the_Faculty_of_Social_Sciences?\" rel='nofollow'>Department of Social Sciences<\/a> of the University of Frankfurt<\/li>\n<li>Winter term 2007\/08: Acting Professor of Political Science, especially \u2018International Relations\u2019, at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de\/43358707\/Welcome_to_the_Faculty_of_Social_Sciences?\" rel='nofollow'>Department of Social Sciences<\/a> of the University of Frankfurt<\/li>\n<li>2002-2009: Senior Researcher and Project Director at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsfk.de\/en\/\" rel='nofollow'>Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF)<\/a>, Co-director (with Harald M\u00fcller) of a comparative research project on \u2018democratic wars\u2019 and liberal interventionism (funded by the German Research Foundation)<\/li>\n<li>2002: PhD at the Department of Political Science of the University of Hamburg with a thesis on the Frankfurt Airport mediation process<\/li>\n<li>1999-2002: Research Associate at the Department of Political Science of the University of Hamburg<\/li>\n<li>Studies of Political Science, History and German Studies at the University of Darmstadt\/Germany and the University of Warwick\/UK<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nBoard Memberships\/Professional and Academic Services<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10\/2025-9\/2029: Representative of the Helmut Schmidt University for Relations with the German Research Foundation (DFG)<\/li>\n<li>Since 2024: Member of the Scientific Board of the Centre of Military History and Social Sciences of the German Armed Forces<\/li>\n<li>2024-2025: Study Dean of Political Science, Department of Economics and Social Sciences, Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg<\/li>\n<li>2022-2025 Permanent Expert in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/ausschuesse\/weitere_gremien\/enquete_afghanistan\/auftrag-englisch-911130\" rel='nofollow'>Study Commission<\/a> on lessons from Afghanistan for Germany\u2019s comprehensive international engagement in the future. More information <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bundestag.de\/webarchiv\/Ausschuesse\/ausschuesse20\/weitere_gremien\/enquete_afghanistan\" rel='nofollow'>here<\/a> (in German only).<\/li>\n<li>Since 2021: Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the journal &#8222;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/toc\/fgrp20\/current\" rel='nofollow'>German Politics<\/a>&#8220; (Taylor &amp; Francis)<\/li>\n<li>Since 2021: Member of the Scientific Board of the Institute for Theology and Peace Hamburg<\/li>\n<li>2020-2023: Deputy Chair Woman of the Foundation Council of the German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF) (2019-2023 member of the Council)<\/li>\n<li>Since 2020: Member of the Steering Group \u201cPeace and Conflict Studies\u201d of the Hamburg Beh\u00f6rde f\u00fcr Wissenschaft, Forschung und Gleichstellung (BWFG)<\/li>\n<li>2020-2024: Elected member of the Review Board (Fachkollegium), Section Social Sciences, of the German Research Foundation (DFG)<\/li>\n<li>2018-2023: Member of the Editorial Board of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leviathan.nomos.de\/index.php?id=3563&amp;L=1\" rel='nofollow'>German Social Science Journal &#8218;Leviathan&#8216;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2016-2023: Chair of the Academic Board of the <a href=\"https:\/\/ifsh.de\/en\" rel='nofollow'>Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH)<\/a>, Hamburg<\/li>\n<li>2013-2018: Member of the Academic Board of the <a href=\"https:\/\/bundesstiftung-friedensforschung.de\" rel='nofollow'>German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2017-2021: Member of the Academic Board of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin<\/li>\n<li>2018-2019: Study Dean of Political Science, Department of Economics and Social Sciences, Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg<\/li>\n<li>2012-2016: Director of the Department of Political Science of the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (Faculty of Humanities)<\/li>\n<li>2012-2016: Programme Director of the M.A. Study Programme &#8218;Peace and Conflict Studies&#8216; at the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg<\/li>\n<li>2012-2015: Speaker of the Section &#8218;International Relations&#8220; of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvpw.de\/informationen\/information-in-english\/\" rel='nofollow'>German Political Science Association (DVPW)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2003-2006: Board Member of the Section &#8218;Political Theory and History of Ideas&#8216; of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvpw.de\/informationen\/information-in-english\/\" rel='nofollow'>German Political Science Association (DVPW)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Research<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de\/en\/forschung\/forschungsschwerpunkte\/profilinitiative-gewalt-und-sicherheitsforschung\/lff-graduate-programme.html\" rel='nofollow'>LFF Graduate Programme &#8222;Democratising Security in Turbulent Times&#8220;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/isk\/en\/dfg-project-overlapping-spheres-of-authority\/\">DFG Project &#8222;Overlapping Spheres of Authority&#8220;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/isk\/en\/non-recognition-of-armed-non-state-actors-risks-and-opportunities-for-conflict-transformation-projekt-geis-clement-pfeifer-2\">DSF Project &#8222;Recognition of Armed Non-state Actors&#8220;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/isk\/en\/civic-participation-in-foreign-and-security-policy-project-geis-pfeifer-2\">Project &#8222;Civic Participation in Foreign and Security Policy&#8220;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/isk\/en\/terrorism-and-the-publics-project-clement-geis\">Project &#8222;Terrorism and the Public(s)&#8220;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/isk\/en\/554-2\">DSF Project &#8222;&#8218;Screening&#8216; Transitional Justice in Serbia&#8220;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/isk\/en\/dfg-researchers-network-visuality-and-global-politics-2\">DFG Network &#8222;Visuality and Global Politics&#8220;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publications<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/isk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/682\/2025\/05\/Gesamtliste-Publikationen-all-publications-1-April-2025.pdf\">All publications<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Dr Anna Geis Room: 1394a Phone: +49-(0)40-6541- 2726 Mail: anna.geis@hsu-hh.de Visitors&#8216; Address Helmut Schmidt University Building H1 Holstenhofweg 85 22043 Hamburg Postal Address Helmut Schmidt University Fakult\u00e4t f\u00fcr Wirtschafts- [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":0,"parent":169,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1088","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-team-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/isk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/isk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/isk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/isk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/isk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1088"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/isk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3693,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/isk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1088\/revisions\/3693"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/isk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/isk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/isk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/isk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}