Steve Biedermann

Curiculum Vitae

Steve Biedermann is a Research and Teaching Associate at the Chair of International Political Economy. His research focuses on international organisations and global governance. His special interest is in informal intergovernmental organisations and informal modes of governance. Previously, Steve worked in the project “Embracing Change: Overcoming Obstacles and Advancing Democracy in the European Neighbourhood” (EMBRACE) at the University of Würzburg’s Chair of International Relations as well as at the Chair of International Relations at the University of Jena.

Steve obtained his BA in Political Science and MA in International Organisation and Globalisation from the University of Jena, where he is also completing his PhD project “Unpacking Informality: Understanding Variations in the Design of Informal Intergovernmental Organizations (IIGOs).“

Full CV

Since 03/2025 Research & Teaching Associate, Chair for International Political Economy, Helmut Schmidt University

Since 04/2024 Research & Teaching Associate, Chair of International Relations and European Studies, Julius Maximilians University Würzburg

09/2021 – 02/2022 Visiting Fellow, Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals

04/2020 – 03/2024 Research & Teaching Associate, Chair of International Relations, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

10/2016 – 03/2020 Research & Teaching Associate, Chair of International Organizations, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Research

• Informal and formal intergovernmental Organizations
• IO Crisis and Conflict Management
• Global Governance
• International Order(s)

Publications

Selected Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

• Biedermann, Steve/Tantow, Philip M. (forthcoming): “Informelle Intergouvernementale Organisationen in grenzüberschreitenden Krisen.” In: Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen, 32(2).

Selected Online Contributions

• 2022 – Der Konflikt in der Ukraine und die UN [The Conflict in the Ukraine and the UN], in: Frieden Sichern, United Nations Association of Germany
• 2022 – Kurzchronik zur Syrischen Revolution [Brief Chronicle of the Syrian Revolution], in: Syrische Staatsfolter vor deutschen Gerichten [Syrian State Torture in German Courts], European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights & Federal Agency for Civic Education
• 2021 – Der Afghanistan-Konflikt und die UN [The Afghanistan Conflict and the UN], in: Frieden Sichern, United Nations Association of Germany

All Publications

Selected Conference and Workshop Contributions

• State Capacity and the Effect of EU Democracy Assistance on Levels of Democracy: A Time-Series Cross-Sectional Analysis, 2007-2021 (with Sonja Grimm and Karina Shyrokykh)
  • 03/2025             66^th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA), Chicago | paper giver
• The European Union in Informal Intergovernmental Organizations: Mapping an Emerging Research Agenda (with Sonja Grimm)
  • 03/2025             66^th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA), Chicago | paper giver
  • 03/2024             29^th Academic Convention of the German Political Science Association (GPSA), Göttingen | paper giver

All Conference and Workshop Contributions

HSU

Letzte Änderung: 21. May 2025