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

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

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Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz

Associate | Head of Leibniz Junior Research Group

Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz

  • Short CV

    • Since 2020: Associate at the GIGA Institute for Latin American Studies

    • Since 2020: Professor of International Relations, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany, and Head of the Leibniz Junior Research Group “Sources and Consequences of Legitimation Strategies of Regional Organizations” (LegRO)

    • 2019 - 2020: Senior Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute of Latin American Studies and Head of the Leibniz Junior Research Group “Sources and Consequences of Legitimation Strategies of Regional Organizations” (LegRO)

    Current Research

    • International and regional governmental organizations in comparative perspective

    • EU in global regionalism

    • International institutional complexity

    • Institutional design and evolution

    • Legitimacy and legitimation

    • Diffusion theories

    Countries and Regions

    • Latin America

    Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz

    Associate / Head of Leibniz Junior Research Group

    [email protected]

    Publications

    GIGA Focus Global | 4/2021

    Claimed Legitimacy: Appreciating the Diversity of Regional Organisations

    Regional organisations (ROs) are key actors in global and regional governance, and their authority has continuously grown in all world regions. In the face of growing contestation and politicization, these ROs increasingly justify their right to rule. The GIGA Focus Global analyses their legitimation patterns.

    Dr. Niklas Krösche

    Swantje Schirmer

    Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz

    Transformations in Governance | Oxford University Press | 07/2021

    Interorganizational Diffusion in International Relations: Regional Institutions and the Role of the European Union

    Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz

    Associate / Head of Leibniz Junior Research Group

    Transformations in Governance | Oxford University Press | 09/2019

    A Theory of International Organization

    Prof. Dr. Liesbet Hooghe

    Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz

    Prof. Dr. Gary Marks

    GIGA Focus Latin America | 4/2019

    The Lima Summit: A Trial by Fire for the Pacific Alliance

    Rafael Castro Alegría

    Former Doctoral Researcher

    Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz

    Associate / Head of Leibniz Junior Research Group

    Chapter in Edited Volume | 05/2019

    EU Entrepreneurship, Norm Diffusion and the Creation of Regional Parliamentary Assemblies

    Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz

    Associate / Head of Leibniz Junior Research Group

    Research Projects

    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

    Research Project | 01/09/2016 - 31/08/2020

    Globalisation, Europe & Multilateralism – Sophistication of the Transnational Order, Networks, and European Strategies (GEM STONES)

    The rapid rise in the number of international institutions increases the complexity of the global system. Does this complexity strengthen or weaken the EU's capacity to interact with the world? This is the core question in GEM-STONES, an integrated research and PhD fellowship programme of 15 European institutions, coordinated by the Université Libre de Bruxelles. The two early stage researchers who stay at the GIGA study regional integration processes and regional security governance.
    EC, Horizon 2020, 2016-2020

    Media Contributions

    Portal für Politikwissenschaft | Article | 06/03/2019

    Die Europäische Union: Ein Modell unter Druck

    Göttinger Tageblatt | Interview | 11/03/2018

    Politikwissenschaftler Lenz über Krisen der EU

    WDR 5 | Interview | 13/11/2017

    Die Gemeinschaft Südostasiatischer Staaten

    Lectures

    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 | 18/05/2021 - 20/05/2021

    The Normative Diversity of Discursive Legitimation in International Organisations

    ECPR Joint Sessions 2021, Online Event Organisers: European Consortium for Political Research Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz (Speaker), Dr. Henning Schmidtke (Speaker)

    Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz

    Associate / Head of Leibniz Junior Research Group

    Dr. Henning Schmidtke

    Associate

    Conference | 06/04/2021 - 09/04/2021

    The Normative Diversity of Discursive Legitimation in International Organisations

    ISA Annual Convention 2021, Online Event Organisers: International Studies Association Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz (Speaker), Dr. Henning Schmidtke (Speaker)

    Prof. Dr. Tobias Lenz

    Associate / Head of Leibniz Junior Research Group

    Dr. Henning Schmidtke

    Associate

    Teaching

    Teaching | University of Göttingen | 2017

    Globales und Regionales Regieren

    University of Göttingen Göttingen Germany

    Teaching | University of Göttingen | 2017

    Legitimität und Legitimation in den Internationalen Beziehungen

    University of Göttingen Göttingen Germany

    Teaching | University of Göttingen | 2016

    Einführung in die internationale Kooperation zwischen Staaten

    University of Göttingen Göttingen Germany

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