German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

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Prof. Dr. Miriam Prys-Hansen

Lead Research Fellow | Head of Research Programme "Global Orders and Foreign Policies"

Prof. Dr. Miriam Prys-Hansen

  • Short CV

    • Since 06/2020: Head of GIGA Research Programme 4 "Global Orders and Foreign Policies"

    • 07/2018 - 09/2019: Acting Head of GIGA Research Programme 4 "Global Orders and Foreign Policies"

    • 04/2016 - 10/2016: Acting Speaker Research Team "Global Orders and Foreign Policies", RP 4

    • 10/2014 - 10/2015: Professor (substitute) in Political Science, International Relations and Regional Governance (Helmut-Schmidt-Universität and GIGA)

    • 03/2012 - 05/2020: Academic Director of the GIGA Doctoral Programme

    • 10/2010 - 03/2012: Head of GIGA Research Programme 4

    • 01/2010 - 10/2010: Responsible for the coordination of the Hamburg International Graduate School "Regional Power Shifts and Global Order" (HIGS-RPS) at the GIGA

    • 03/2009 - 12/2009: DAAD Post-Doctoral Scholar at the ETH Zürich

    • 2005 - 2008: Research Assistance at the University of Oxford Oxford (Nuffield and Balliol College)

    • 2007 - 2008: Team Leader South Africa, G8 Research Group Oxford/Toronto

    • 01/2008 - 03/2008: Visiting Researcher at the GIGA Institute for Asian Studies / Regional Powers Network

    • 10/2006 - 12/2006: Research Affiliate at the Institute of Social Sciences, Neu-Delhi

    • 06/2006 - 12/2006: Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Africa’s International Relations, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

    • 2005 - 2006: DAAD Scholarship, University of Oxford

    • 2002 - 2003: Research Assistant at the Institute of Political Sciene at the University of Tübingen

    • Education: Studied Political Science/International Relations, International Public Law and Economics at the Universities of Tübingen and Uppsala. D.Phil. from the University of Oxford

    Current Research

    • Regional and emerging powers

    • Global and regional environmental politics

    • Global climate regime

    Countries and Regions

    • India

    • BRICS

    Memberships

    • Leibniz Research Network "Integrated Earth System Research", Membership of committee, section or working group, since 2021
    • European International Studies Association, Membership in discipline-specific association or network, since 2012
    • German Political Science Association, Membership in discipline-specific association or network, since 2009
    • International Studies Association, Membership in discipline-specific association or network, since 2004

    Prof. Dr. Miriam Prys-Hansen

    Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Global Orders and Foreign Policies"

    T. +49 40 428874-30[email protected]

    Publications

    GIGA Focus Global | 3/2024

    The BRICS+ Summit in Kazan, Russia: Five Things to Watch

    The BRICS+ nations will soon come together in Kazan, Russia, for their 16th Annual Summit. Despite meeting in a country at war, old and new member states will work on initiatives for economic and political cooperation while aspiring ones will await a decision on the group’s further expansion.

    Olena Osypenkova

    Doctoral Researcher

    Prof. Dr. Miriam Prys-Hansen

    Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Global Orders and Foreign Policies"

    Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs | 10/2024

    India's Security and Climate Policy: Navigating the China Challenge

    This paper focuses on India’s multifaceted approach to its “China challenge” with and outside the climate regime. It examines whether this rivalry might lead to a breakdown of cooperation and an increased potential for conflict and weaponisation of seemingly disconnected issue-areas.

    Prof. Dr. Miriam Prys-Hansen

    Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Global Orders and Foreign Policies"

    International Politics | 05/2024

    The Regional Powers Research Program – A New Way Forward

    This introduction to our special issue on Revisiting Regional Powers examines ways in which the study of regional powers can enhance our ability to understand the dynamic nature of the international system today. In today’s shifting global order, researching regional powerhood is needed for a better understanding of the emergence of order(s).

    Prof. Dr. Miriam Prys-Hansen

    Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Global Orders and Foreign Policies"

    Prof. Dr. Derrick Frazier

    School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Air University

    GIGA Focus Asia | 3/2024

    India after the 2024 Elections: Trends and Implications

    The outcome of India’s 2024 national elections will define its future course as a democracy. Examined are the key factors and trends likely to influence India’s politics and policies in the coming years.

    Mahima Duggal

    Dr. Sangeeta Mahapatra

    Dr. Johannes Plagemann

    Adhiraaj Anand

    Prof. Dr. Joachim Betz

    Prof. Dr. Miriam Prys-Hansen

    Internationale Politik | 06/2023

    Was ist der Globale Süden?: Niemand mag den Begriff so richtig – alle verwenden ihn. Was taugt er? Was beschreibt er? Gibt es Alternativen? Ordnungsversuche in einer komplizierten Welt.

    Was ist der Globale Süden? Niemand mag den Begriff so richtig – alle verwenden ihn. Was taugt er? Was beschreibt er? Gibt es Alternativen? Ordnungsversuche in einer komplizierten Welt.

    Prof. Dr. Miriam Prys-Hansen

    Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Global Orders and Foreign Policies"

    Research Projects

    Research Project | 01/01/2024 - 31/12/2025

    Climate Obstruction and Foreign Policy in Comparative Perspective

    The fight against climate change continues to be hindered by campaigns of corporate and other actors who seek to prevent global and/or national action on climate change. This research group is set up to a joint and comparative research agenda on climate obstruction in and across key Global South countries. The lead institutions are the GIGA and the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).
    DAAD/CAPES, 2024-2026

    Research Project | 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2026

    Leibniz Research Network “Integrated Earth System Research” (iESF)

    Humanity is increasingly influencing the Earth system that has evolved over millions of years. Visible signs of this 'Anthropocene' are global warming, pollution of the oceans and the decline in biodiversity. In the coming years, therefore, societal decisions of civilization-historical significance will have to be made. A fundamental question is: How can the Earth system be ecologically stabilized in such a way that well-being, prosperity, justice, peace and security for all people are secured or even achieved?
    Leibniz Association, 2022 - 2026

    Research Project | 01/01/2021 - 31/12/2026

    Leibniz Research Network "Environmental Crises - Crisis Environments"

    The Leibniz Research Network "Environmental Crises - Crisis Environments" (Leibniz CrisEn), led by PRIF, bundles and networks the professional and methodological-technical competencies of 15 Leibniz Institutes in the environmental, life, spatial, social and economic sciences. The researchers of the participating institutions record and investigate crisis-like environmental changes and the interactions between the scientific and social phenomena that underlie the attributions or denials of the changes in our environment as crises.
    Leibniz Association, 2021 - 2026

    Research Project | 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2025

    Climate, Climatic Change, and Society (CLICCS), Cluster of Excellence / Universität Hamburg

    The Cluster of Excellence “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society” (CLICCS), based at Universität Hamburg, is guided by the overarching question: "Which climate futures are possible and which are plausible?" The GIGA contributes to the cluster in the central synthesis project and with its research on climate governance, the social construction of climate futures, and the interactions between climate change and conflict.
    DFG, Excellence Strategy, 2019-2025

    Media Contributions

    Tagesschau24 | Interview | 23/10/2024

    Prof. Dr. Miriam Prys-Hansen zur Bedeutung der BRICS-Staaten

    Radio Bremen Zwei | Interview | 22/10/2024

    BRICS Gipfel beginnt in Kazan

    Phoenix | Interview | 22/10/2024

    BRICS-Gipfel: Prof. Miriam Prys-Hansen über das multinationale Treffen und die Ziele Russlands

    Mit Phoenix spricht GIGA-Expertin Prof. Dr. Miriam Prys-Hansen spricht über den aktuell stattfindenden BRICS-Gipfel, die Ziele Russlands und einen möglichen Beitritt der Türkei.

    Lectures

    German Institute for Global and Area Studies | 18/09/2024

    Status-seeking and climate action

    Organiser: German Institute for Global and Area Studies Prof. Dr. Miriam Prys-Hansen (Speaker), Dr. Ali Bilgic (Speaker)

    Prof. Dr. Miriam Prys-Hansen

    Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Global Orders and Foreign Policies"

    Dr. Ali Bilgic

    International Relations and Security, Loughborough University

    Cooperation Event | 03/09/2024

    Climate Obstruction in Brazil after Bolsonaro: Opponents to climate protection and how to deal with them

    Climate Obstruction in Brazil after Bolsonaro: Opponents to Climate Protection and how to deal with them, GIGA, Neuer Jungfernstieg 21 (room 243), 20354 Hamburg, Germany, and online, Hamburg Organisers: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Universität Hamburg, State University of Rio de Janeiro  Prof. Dr. Miriam Prys-Hansen (Consultant)

    The political, economic and societal obstruction of climate policies is a world-wide phenomenon. Our panel will address the state of climate obstruction in Brazil, considering the transition from the Bolsonaro to the Lula government, how actors from the international to the local level have responded to it and its global ramifications.

    Prof. Dr. Miriam Prys-Hansen

    Lead Research Fellow / Head of Research Programme "Global Orders and Foreign Policies"

    Cooperation Event | 04/11/2024

    Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific

    Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific, Online Event Organisers: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Center for International Studies, SciencesPo Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner (Organiser), Prof. Dr. Miriam Prys-Hansen (Moderator), Prof. Dr. David Camroux (Moderator), Ass. Prof. Dr. Manjeet Pardesi (Speaker)

    Patrick Köllner organised the 26th Franco-German Observatory of the Indo-Pacific webinar "Regional Orders and Great Power Rivalry in a Multiplex World", featuring Professor Manjeet Pardesi, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

    Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner

    Prof. Dr. Miriam Prys-Hansen

    Prof. Dr. David Camroux

    Ass. Prof. Dr. Manjeet Pardesi

    Teaching

    Teaching | Leuphana University of Lüneburg | 2024

    The Politics of the Global South

    Leuphana University of Lüneburg Lüneburg Germany

    Teaching | Leuphana University of Lüneburg | 2024

    The Politics of the Global South

    Master level course at the Leuphana University, Lüneburg

    Teaching | Helmut Schmidt University | 2015

    Policy field "environment" as a problem of world order

    Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg Germany

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