Matthew D. Stephen
Curiculum Vitae
Matthew Stephen has held the Chair of Political Science, especially International Political Economy, at the HSU since 2024. Prior to his appointment as Professor, Matthew worked as a Senior Researcher at the research unit Global Governance at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center (2013-2024). He was also a Research Fellow at the DFG-funded Research Center (KFG) “International Rule of Law” (2016), an interim Professor at the HSU (2018-2019, 2021-2022), and a Senior Research Fellow at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (2018-2019).
Matthew Stephen completed his Bachelor’s (2003-2006) and Master’ (2007-2008) degrees in Political Studies at the University of Otago in New Zealand. He completed his doctorate degree summa cum laude at the Free University of Berlin in 2013.
Full CV
since 05/2024
Professor of International Political Economy, Helmut Schmidt University/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg
since 04/2022
Principal Investigator of the DFG Heisenberg Project “China’s Bid for Hegemony? China-led Multilateral Institutions and Social Purpose in Global Governance”
01/2013-04/2024
Researcher in the research unit Global Governance
01/2021-12/2021
Interim Professor of International Political Economy, Helmut Schmidt University/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg
10/2018-09/2019
Interim Professor of International Relations and Regional Governance, Helmut Schmidt University/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, and Senior Research Fellow, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies Hamburg.
01−12/2016
Research Fellow at the DFG Research Group “International Rule of Law: Rise or Decline?”
10−11/2014
Visiting Scholar at the GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
09−11/2013
WZB Visiting Scholar at the University of Sydney
07/2013
Doctoral degree, Department of Political Science, Free University of Berlin; Dissertation: “Pivotal Rising Powers: India, Brazil, South Africa and Contestation in Global Governance” (summa cum laude)
Research
- International Relations
- International Institutions
- Rising Powers
- Global Political Economy
Publications
Selected Publications:
- Stephanie Hofmann, Yuqian Cai, Matias Margulis, Laura Gomez-Mera, Tamar Gutner, Diana Panke, Berthold Rittberger, Sören Stapel, Matthew D. Stephen, Moritz Weiss (2025) Introducing Organizational (Dis)Entanglements: How Scholarship on Regime Complexity and Power Dynamics Helps Make Sense of International Order-Making. International Studies Review, 27(1): viaf002.
- Matthew D. Stephen (2024) China and the Limits of Hypothetical Hegemony. Security Studies, 33(1): 152-159.
- Matthew D. Stephen (2021) China’s New Multilateral Institutions: A Framework and Research Agenda. International Studies Review, 23(3): 807–834.
- Michal Parizek and Matthew D. Stephen (2021) The Increasing Representativeness of International Organizations’ Secretariats: Evidence from the United Nations System, 1997-2015. International Studies Quarterly, 65(1): 197-209.
- Matthew D. Stephen and David Skidmore (2019) The AIIB in the Liberal International Order. Chinese Journal of International Politics, 12(1): 61-91.
- Matthew D. Stephen and Michal Parízek (2019) New Powers and the Distribution of Preferences in Global Trade Governance: From Deadlock and Drift to Fragmentation. New Political Economy, 24(6): 735-758.
- Matthew D. Stephen (2017) Emerging Powers and Emerging Trends in Global Governance. Global Governance, 23(3): 483-502.
- Matthew D. Stephen (2014) Rising Powers, Global Capitalism, and Liberal Global Governance: A Historical Materialist Account of the BRICS Challenge. European Journal of International Relations, 20(4): 912–938.
Letzte Änderung: 28. May 2025