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

Dr. Henning Schmidtke

Associate

Short CV

09/2022-07/2023: John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow Fellow at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (Harvard)
Since 01/2019: Research Fellow at GIGA Institute for Latin American Studies, project „Sources and Consequences of Legitimation Strategies of Regional Organizations (LegRO)“
07/2016 - 12/2018: Research Associate, Technical University of Munich; Project: ERC Grant „Delegation of Power to International Organizations and Institutional Empowerment over Time”
10/2015 - 06/2016: Research Associate, University of Dresden; Project: ERC Grant „Delegation of Power to International Organizations and Institutional Empowerment over Time”
01/2015 - 09/2015: Research Associate, University of St. Gallen; Project: Emmy Noether Research Group „Changing Norms of Global Governance“
2009 - 2015: Affiliated PhD Fellow, Bremen International Graduate School of Social Science (BIGSSS), Dissertation: „Politicizing International Institutions: The Case of Global Tax Governance“
2009 - 2013: Research Associate, Jacobs University Bremen; Project: Collaborative Research Center 597, Project D1 “The Tax State and International Tax Policies”
2008 - 2014: Research Associate, University Bremen; Project: Collaborative Research Center 597, Project B1 “Legitimating States, International Regimes and Economic Orders”
M.A. „International Relations: Global Governance and Social Theory“, Jacobs University Bremen; B.A. Political Science, University Bremen

Current Research

Legitimacy and legitimation of international organizations
Politicization of international institutions
Change and Empowerment of International Organiztions

Countries and Regions

Latin America

Awards

International Geneva Award (IG Award) 2019, Swiss Network for International Studies (snis), 2019

Dr. Henning Schmidtke

Associate

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International Studies Perspectives | 05/2023

The Legitimation of International Organizations: Introducing a New Dataset

This article introduces a new dataset on how international organizations (IOs) justify their authority.

Dr. Henning Schmidtke

Swantje Schirmer

Dr. Niklas Krösche

Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz

International Affairs | 05/2023

Agents, Audiences and Peers: Why International Organizations Diversify their Legitimation Discourse

In the face of public contestation, international organizations (IOs) invoke norms in their public communication to enhance relevant audiences’ legitimacy beliefs. This paper offers the first comprehensive analysis of what we term normative diversity in IOs’ discursive legitimation.

Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz

Leuphana University of Lüneburg

Dr. Henning Schmidtke

Associate

Review of International Organizations | 09/2022

Measuring Precision Precisely: A Dictionary-Based Measure of Imprecision

What to learn more about the precision of international agreements? This publication offers a robust empirical measure of this central International Relations concept. We show that the mandates of international organizations can be very vague, opening room for interpretation and manipulation.

Dr. Markus Gastinger

Paris Lodron University of Salzburg

Dr. Henning Schmidtke

Associate

Dataset | 2022

Replication Data for: Measuring precision precisely: A Dictionary-Based Measure of Imprecision

The files uploaded entail the material necessary to replicate the results from the article and Online appendix published in: Gastinger, M. and Schmidtke, H. (2022) ‘Measuring precision precisely: A dictionary-based measure of imprecision’...

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/2DACNY

Dr. Markus Gastinger

Paris Lodron University of Salzburg

Dr. Henning Schmidtke

Associate

Dataset | 2022

Legitimation Strategies of Regional Organizations (LegRO)

In an era of increasing political challenges to global and regional organizations, it is crucial to understand how they claim legitimacy and how successful they are in this respect. Yet, we know surprisingly little about the sources and consequences of legitimation in most regional organizations worldwide. In this project, we thus map the legitimation strategies of a sample of 28 organizations between 1980 and 2019.

https://doi.org/10.7802/2450

Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz

Dr. Henning Schmidtke

Swantje Schirmer

Dr. Niklas Krösche

Research Project | 01/06/2018 - 01/05/2023

Sources and Consequences of Legitimation Strategies of Regional Organizations (LegRO)

In an era of increasing political challenges to global and regional organizations, it is crucial to understand how they claim legitimacy, and how successful they are in this respect. Yet, we know surprisingly little about the sources and consequences of legitimation in most regional organizations around the world. In this project we thus map the legitimation strategies of a sample of 30 organizations and conduct qualitative comparative case studies on major organizations in the Global South.
Leibniz Association, 2018-2023

Conference | 22/08/2022 - 26/08/2022

ECPR General Conference 2022

ECPR General Conference 2022, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck Organisers: European Consortium for Political Research Dr. Henning Schmidtke (Discussant)

Cordula Tibi Weber participates as a discussant of four presentations at the panel "Representation in International Organizations" of the ECPR General Conference 2022 on Wednesday, 24 August.

Dr. Henning Schmidtke

Associate

Conference | 22/08/2022 - 26/08/2022

Discursive Legitimation, and the Life Stages of International Organizations

ECPR General Conference 2022, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck Organisers: European Consortium for Political Research Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz (Speaker), Dr. Henning Schmidtke (Speaker)

Henning Schmidke presents his paper "Discursive Legitimation, and the Life Stages of International Organizations” at the panel “Contestation Management in International Organizations" at the ECPR General Conference 2022.

Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz

Associate / Head of Leibniz Junior Research Group

Dr. Henning Schmidtke

Associate

Conference | 30/09/2021 - 03/10/2021

Imprecision in International Agreements: A Dictionary-based Measure of Imprecision

APSA Annual Meeting and Exhibition 2021: Promoting Pluralism, Washington State Convention Center and the Sheraton Grand Seattle / online, Seattle Organisers: American Political Science Association Dr. Henning Schmidtke (Speaker), Dr. Markus Gastinger (Speaker)

Dr. Henning Schmidtke

Associate

Dr. Markus Gastinger

Paris Lodron University of Salzburg

Teaching | Technical University of Munich | 2017

Power and Democracy in a Globalized World: How International Organizations can be held Accountable

Technical University of Munich Munich Germany

Advanced Seminar of Accountability in International Relations

Teaching | Technische Universität Dresden | 2016

The Politicization of world politics

Technische Universität Dresden Dresden Germany

Advanced seminar on the politicization of international institutions

Teaching | Technische Universität Dresden | 2015

Interdisciplinary Colloquium

Technische Universität Dresden Dresden Germany

Research Colloquium for MA Master Theses

Dr. Henning Schmidtke

Short CV

Current Research

Countries and Regions

Awards

Dr. Henning Schmidtke

Publications

The Legitimation of International Organizations: Introducing a New Dataset

Agents, Audiences and Peers: Why International Organizations Diversify their Legitimation Discourse

Measuring Precision Precisely: A Dictionary-Based Measure of Imprecision

Replication Data for: Measuring precision precisely: A Dictionary-Based Measure of Imprecision

Legitimation Strategies of Regional Organizations (LegRO)

Research Projects

Sources and Consequences of Legitimation Strategies of Regional Organizations (LegRO)

Lectures

ECPR General Conference 2022

Discursive Legitimation, and the Life Stages of International Organizations

Imprecision in International Agreements: A Dictionary-based Measure of Imprecision

Teaching

Power and Democracy in a Globalized World: How International Organizations can be held Accountable

The Politicization of world politics

Interdisciplinary Colloquium

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