{"id":208,"date":"2025-05-21T09:13:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T07:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/polipo\/?page_id=208"},"modified":"2025-07-10T13:39:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T11:39:10","slug":"steven-langendonk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/polipo\/en\/team\/steven-langendonk\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Langendonk"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">[{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/www.schema.org\",\"@type\": \"Person\",\"name\": \"Steven Langendonk\",\"worksFor\": [{\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\t\"name\": \"Helmut-Schmidt-Universit\u00e4t\",\t\"url\": \"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\"}],\"image\": \"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/polipo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/865\/2025\/05\/023_4053-Kopie-150x150.jpg\",\"telephone\": \"\",\"faxNumber\": \"\",\"email\": \"langends@hsu-hh.de\"}]<\/script><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"ansprechparter-container \" style=\"margin-top:1em; \"><div class=\"row ansprechpartner-item ansprechparter-header\" ><div class=\"col-xs-8 col-lg-12\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><h3 class=\"ansprechparter-headline\">Steven Langendonk<\/h3><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-4 col-lg-3 col-xs-4 ansprechpartner-item floatright img-circle center-block\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><div class=\"img-responsive-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/polipo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/865\/2025\/05\/023_4053-Kopie-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-circle img-responsive center-block\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-12 col-lg-3 col-xs-12 ansprechpartner-item kontakt floatright\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px; \"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-12\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xs-4 col-lg-4 row-text bold\" >Raum:<\/div><div class=\" row-text\">1376<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-12\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xs-4 col-lg-4 row-text bold\">E-Mail:<\/div><div class=\"row-text\" style=\"overflow:hidden; word-break: break-word\"><a href=\"mailto:langends@hsu-hh.de\" rel=\"nofollow\">langends@hsu-hh.de<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-3 col-xs-12 ansprechpartner-item anschrift floatright\" ><div class=\"row-headline\">Besucheranschrift<\/div><div class=\"dataBesucheranschrift\" style=\"\"><div class=\"row-text\">Helmut-Schmidt-Universit\u00e4t<\/div><div class=\"row-text\">Geb\u00e4ude H1<\/div><div class=\"row-text\">Holstenhofweg 85<\/div><div class=\"row-text\">22043 Hamburg<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-3 col-xs-12 ansprechpartner-item anschrift floatright\"><div class=\"row-headline\">Postanschrift<\/div><div class=\"dataPostanschrift\" style=\"\"><div class=\"row-text\">Helmut-Schmidt-Universit\u00e4t<\/div><div class=\"row-text\">Postfach 70 08 22<\/div><div class=\"row-text\">22008 Hamburg<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Curriculum vitae<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Steven Langendonk is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Chair of International Political Economy. He is developing a database on Chinese diplomacy (since the founding of the People&#8217;s Republic of China in 1949). He has advised the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of various EU member states and the EEAS on China&#8217;s role in the United Nations and presented his research at the ISA 2024 Panel on China at the United Nations in San Francisco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Steven Langendonk studied History (2014-2017) before completing his Master&#8217;s in Comparative and International Politics (2017-2018), both at KU Leuven. This was followed by the Doctoral Programme in the Social Sciences (2019-2024), also at KU Leuven, on the topic of &#8222;Decoding Chinese diplomatic behaviour in international organisations: domestic logics of action meet multilateral order&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Full CV<\/summary>\n<p>2025-present: <strong>Postdoctoral Researcher at the Chair of International Political Economy of the Helmut Schmidt University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Research topics: Practice and history of Chinese diplomacy; narrative in international relations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Associate Researcher at Leuven International and European Studies (LINES), KU Leuven<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br>2019-2025: <strong>Doctoral Programme in the Social Sciences 2019-2024<\/strong><br>Doctoral School for the Humanities and Social Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Research topic: \u201cDecoding Chinese diplomatic behaviour in international organisations: domestic logics of action meet multilateral order\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research scope: A mix of interviews, in-person observation of Chinese multilateral diplomacy, and historical cases is combined with comparative analysis of domestic rhetoric, laws, policies, and debates to draw out how Chinese multilateral diplomacy is understood, organised, and practised.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Deliverables: practically applicable insights on how Chinese diplomats behave in multilateral settings, a theoretically relevant argument about Chinese diplomacy in International Relations, and a set of methodological innovations in interpretative analysis of international relations. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Funding: Research Foundation \u2013 Flanders (FWO) fundamental research fellowship 2020- 2024 (11J7721N)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Research Priorities<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Practice and history of Chinese diplomacy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Narratives in international relations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Selected Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Langendonk, S. and Drieskens, E. (2025). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/jogss\/ogaf008\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/jogss\/ogaf008\" rel='nofollow'>Securitization between narrative and practice: a praxis perspective<br>on the multilateral securitization of Orthodox heritage in Kosovo between 1999 and 2011<\/a>. Journal of<br>Global Security Studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Langendonk, S. and Drieskens, E. (2024). <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1111\/1758-5899.13318\" rel='nofollow'>Chinese power in the World Heritage Committee: from learning<br>the game to shaping the rules<\/a>. Global Policy, 15(2).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Langendonk, S. (2022). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epc.eu\/en\/Publications\/EUChina-relations-at-a-crossroads-Vol- I-Looking-for-a-new-modus-vi~49af48\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"273\" rel='nofollow'>Multilateralism in China\u2019s foreign relations: A normative-rhetorical tool for suasion<br>and system reform. EU-China relations at a crossroads, Vol. I: Looking for a new modus vivendi<\/a>. European<br>Policy Centre.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/polipo\/publications-steven-langendonk\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"160\">All Publications<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curriculum vitae Steven Langendonk is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Chair of International Political Economy. 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