Individual research activities

Members of the centre have continued to be active in the field of research.

Three research activities, supported primarily by external funding (European Commission FP-6, and British Academy) were carried out during 2009-10. One relates to European security policy, the second to the evolution of German politics, and the third to EU social policy; all three projects are co-ordinated by Professor E. Kirchner.

·  The first seeks to assess regional and global security governance, which have subsequently resulted in two publications. The first is an article on “Sharing the Burden of Collective Security in the European Union” (October 2009). The second is an edited volume on National Security Cultures: Patterns of Global Governance and comprises a comparative assessment of ten countries in Europe, North America and Eurasia, which appeared in June 2010. Funding for these projects was obtained from the Framework 6 Programme of the European Commission for a Network of Excellence (dealing with global governance), and from the British Academy. Prof. Dorussen and Prof. Kirchner were primarily responsible for this research activity.

·  The second research activity is focused on an assessment of German politics over a sixty year period, dealing cultural, social and political developments. It involved collaborators from Europe and the United States and appeared as a Special Issue of German Politics in March 2010. Prof. Kirchner was the coordinator of this research.

·  The third research activity deals with EU social policy developments and has resulted in annual publications in The European Communities Encyclopedia and Directory, London, Europa Publications. Prof. Kirchner has led this research.

Beatriz De Paiva

De Paiva, B 2007 Integrating Relevance: An Evaluation of Theoretical Accounts for the Acquisition of Pragmatic Abilities in a Second Language. In: B. Kraft and R. Geluykens (eds.), Cross-Cultural Pragmatics and Interlanguage English, 91-104. Munich: Lincom

Han Dorussen

2010. ‘Disaggregated trade flows and international conflict’, in Christopher J. Coyne (ed), The Handbook on the Political Economy of War, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, US, Edward Elgar, forthcoming (with Hugh Ward).

2010. 'Liberal peace en economische diplomatie', Internationale Spectator, 64 (2), 91 - 94, (with Hugh Ward).

2010. ‘Trade Networks and the Kantian Peace’, Journal of Peace Research, 47 (1), 1–15, (with Hugh Ward).

2009. ‘Sharing the Burden of Collective Security in the European Union. International Organization, 63 (4), 789 - 810 (with Emil Kirchner and James Sperling).

Martin Elff

Elff, Martin. 2009. “Social Divisions, Party Positions, and Electoral Behaviour.” Electoral Studies 28(2): 297—308.

Emil Kirchner

2010. Emil J. Kirchner and James Sperling, eds, National Security Cultures: Patterns of Global Governance, Routledge

2010. Emil J. Kirchner and Can Berk, European Energy Security Cooperation: between Amity and Enmity, Journal of Common Market Studies, vol. 48(4), 859-881.

Dan Hough and Emil J. Kirchner, eds. Germany Sixty Years On, Special Issue of German Politics, vol. 19, no. 1 (2010).

Dan Hough and Emil J. Kirchner, ‘Germany at 60: Stability and Success, Problems and Challenges’, Germany Politics, vol. 19, no. 1 (2010), pp. 1-8 

2009. Han Dorussen, Emil J. Kirchner and James Sperling, ‘ Sharing the Burden of Collective Security in the European Union. Research Note, International Organization, 63(4): 789-810.

2009. Emil J. Kirchner, ‘European Integration Studies: reflections and outlook’, Journal of European Integration 31(2):157-161.2009.

Caspar Pearson

“Poulterers, butchers and cooks. Concepts of the rabble in Leon Battista Alberti’s De re aedificatoria and Momus, in Armut und Armenfürsorge in der italienischen Stadtkultur zwisischen 13. und 16. Jahrhundert, Philine Helas and Gerhard Wolf (eds.), Frankfurt am Main, 2006, pp. 303-333.