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Curriculum vitae
• 2012-2015 Jean Monnet Chair of European Integration Studies, Department of Political Science, University of Mainz
• Since February 2011 Professor of International Relations, Department of Political Science, University of Mainz
• 08/2006 – 01/2011 Lecturer in EU Studies and International Relations, Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam
• 04/2002 – 07/2006 Lecturer and Postdoctoral Researcher, Unit of International Relations, Institute of Political Science, Technical University of Dresden
• 09/2000 – 03/2002 Consultant at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Berlin/Bad Homburg
• 10/1998 – 12/1999 Lecturer at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge
• 10/1996 – 07/2000 PhD at the Centre of International Studies, University of Cambridge
• 09/1997 – 06/1998 Visiting Researcher, European University Institute , Florence
• 10/1995 – 08/1996 MPhil in European Studies, University of Cambridge
• 10/1992 – 06/1995 BSc (Econ) in International Relations, London School of Economic & Political Science
Teaching
Current courses (winter term 2017/18)
Research interests and publications
My research focuses on the European integration process, European Union politics, and particularly the external relations of the EU. My most recent work concentrates on European Culture and Science diplomacy (article under preparation with Petra Guasti), the role of the EU as a mediator in international peace negotiations (project and JCMS article with Julian Bergmann), and theorising the euro crisis (co-edited special issue of Journal of European Public Policy). My previous work has dealt with the role of the EU in (external) policy-making fields such as climate change and international migration, where I have particularly analysed aspects of effectiveness and normative power of the EU. My PhD (and some subsequent work) has analysed, modified and applied neofunctionalism to various aspects of EU policy-making.
A) Book/Monograph
• Niemann, A. (2006) Explaining Decisions in the European Union, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 367 pp. (reviewed in Comparative Political Studies, Political Science Quarterly, Journal of Common Market Studies, Public Administration, Acta Politica, International Migration and Integration).
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© Arne Niemann (2006) published by Cambridge University Press. This chapter may be used for private use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the Cambridge University Press.
The complete book can be found here: http://www.cambridge.org/de/knowledge/isbn/item1173751/?site_locale=de_DE.
B) Edited books/volumes
• Niemann, A., Bergmann, J., Haastrup, T. and Whitman, R. (2018), ‘The European Union as a Mediator in Peace Processes: Motives, Roles and Effects’, Special Issue, International Negotiations, Vol. 23, No. 2.
• Muno, W., Niemann, A., Guasti, P. (eds) (2018), ‘Europa spielerisch lernen: Didaktische Überlegungen und Praxisbeispiele zu EU-Simulationen’, Wiesbaden: Springer VS
• Niemann A., Iannou, D. and Leblond P. (eds) (2016), 'European Economic Integration in Times of Crisis: Theoretical Perspectives’, London: Routledge (reprint of JEPP special issue), 146 pp.
• Geddes, A. and Niemann, A. (eds) (2015), ‘Conceptualising EU Labour Migration’, Thematic Section, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Vol. 28, No. 4.
• Niemann, A., Guasti, P. and Muno, W. (eds) (2015), Symposium: EU simulations –scholarly reflection and research on an innovative teaching methodology, European Political Science, Vol. 14, No.3.
• Ioannou, D., Leblond, P and Niemann, A. (eds) (2015), ‘European Economic Integration in Times of Crisis: Theoretical Perspectives’, Special Issue, Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 22, No. 2.
• Niemann, A., Garcia, B. and Grant, W. (eds) (2011), The Transformation of European Football: Towards the Europeanisation of the national game, Manchester: Manchester University Press.
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• Brand, A. and Niemann, A. (eds) (2007) Interessen und Handlungsspielräume in der deutschen und europäischen Außenpolitik, Dresden: TUDpress (Dresden University Press), 370 pp.
• Niemann, A. (ed.) (2005) Herausforderungen an die deutsche und europäische Außenpolitik: Analysen und Politikempfehlungen, Dresden: TUDpress, 314 pp.
• Niemann, A. and Medick-Krakau, M. (eds) (2004) “Internationale Insitutionen” co-editor of e-learning/blended learning portal/tutorial containing 350 pages of edited original material, © PolitikON: Section International Relations, http://ilias.uni-trier.de:8080/ (online access on request), 350 pp.
• Ioannou, D. and Niemann, A. (eds) (2000) “The European Union and Islam”, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, (edited journal section), Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 210-282.
C) Articles in anonymously peer reviewed and/or Thomson Reuters ISI-listed journals /series
• Stockemer, Daniel; Niemann, Arne; Speyer, Johanna; Unger, Doris (2019): The “Refugee crisis,” Immigration Attitudes, and Euroscepticism, in: International Migration Review: online first. https://doi.org/10.1177/0197918319879926
• Arne Niemann & Alexander Brand (2019) The UEFA Champions League: a political myth?, Soccer & Society, DOI: 10.1080/14660970.2019.1653859
• Plank, F., Henneberg, I., Kobusch, A., Bürger, M., Konrad, P., Mucha, W., Niemann, A., Pesch, C. (2019): Standortübergreifende Lehre in der Politikwissenschaft: Nutzen und Beitrag eines innovativen Ringseminars. Politische Vierteljahresschrift, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 127-146.
• Niemann, A., and Speyer, J. (2018) ‘A Neofunctionalist Perspective on the ‘European Refugee Crisis’: The Case of the European Border and Coast Guard’. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 23–43. (Thomson Reuters ISI-listed).
• Stockemer, D., Niemann, A., Rabenschlag, J., Speyer, J., and Unger, D. (2018), ‘Immigration, anti-immigrant attitudes and Euroscepticism: a meta-analysis’, French Politics, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 328–340 (Thomson Reuters ISI-listed).
• Niemann, A., and Speyer, J. (2018) ‘A Neofunctionalist Perspective on the ‘European Refugee Crisis’: The Case of the European Border and Coast Guard’. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 23–43. doi: 10.1111/jcms.12653.
• Niemann, A. and Geddes, A. (2015 forthcoming), ‘Introduction: Conceptualising EU Labour Migration’, Thematic Section, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Vol. 28, No. 3. (Thomson Reuters ISI-listed).
D) Book chapters (reviewed)
• Niemann, A., Lefkofridi, Z. and Schmitter, P. (2019), ‘Neo-functionalism’, in: Wiener, Antje, Börzel, T. and Risse, T. (eds), Theories of European Integration, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 3rd Edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Hoffmann, N. and Niemann, A. (2018), ‘EU Actorness and the European Neighbourhood Policy’, in Schumacher, Demmelhuber, T. and Marchetti, A. (eds), The Routledge Handbook on the European Neighbourhood Policy, London: Routledge, pp. 28-38.
• Niemann, A. (2017), ‘Neofunctionalism’, Laursen, F. (ed.) Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 25pp.
• Niemann, A. and Bretherton, C. (2017), ‘EU External Policy at the Crossroads: the Challenge of Actorness and Effectivenes, in Tonra, B., Whitman, R. and Young, A., Foreign Policy of the European Union, London: SAGE Publications. [reproduction from International Relations, 27, 3, 2013).
• Groen, L. and Niemann, A. (2017), ‘The European Union at the Copenhagen Climate Negotiations: A Case of Contested EU Actorness and Effectiveness’, in Tonra, B., Whitman, R. and Young, A., Foreign Policy of the European Union, London: SAGE Publications. [reproduction from International Relations, 27, 3, 2013).
• Groen, L., Niemann, A. and Oberthür, S. (2017), ‘The EU as a Global Leader? The Copenhagen and Cancun UN Climate Change Negotiations’ in Tonra, B., Whitman, R. and Young, A., Foreign Policy of the European Union, London: SAGE Publications. [reproduction from Journal of Contemporary European Research, 8, 2, 2013).
E) Articles in Journals (non-reviewed)
• Brand A., Niemann, A. (2019), Die UEFA Champions League als politischer Mythos: Einigung Europas oder Entfremdung der Fans?, in: STADION – Internationale Zeitschrift für Geschichte des Sports 43, 1, 76-98.
• Bergmann, J., Plank, F. and Niemann, A. (2016), ‘EU-Friedensmediation als Forschungsgegen-stand: Theoretische und empirische Perspektiven, Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Vol. 5., No. 1, pp. 134 – 144.
• Pauly, S., Blöser, J., Bank, K., Niemann, A. and Zaun, N. (2016), ‘The EU’s response to the so-called refugee “crisis”’, Political Science Applied, Vol. 7, pp. 14-20.
• Guasti, P. and Niemann, A. (2015), St. Petersburg University Bulletin. Series 6 - Philosophy. Culture Studies. Political Science. Law. International Relations. 2015. Issue 1. St. Petersburg University Bulletin. Series 6 - Philosophy. Culture Studies. Political Science. Law. International Relations. 2015. Issue 1. ‘Lost in Translation: Human and minority rights discourses of the European Union and Russia’, St. Petersburg University Bulletin. Series 6 - Philosophy. Culture Studies. Political Science. Law. International Relations. 2015. Issue 1, pp. 86-96.
• Brand, A. and Niemann, A. (2014), ‘Football and National Identity in Europe’, Panorama: Insights into Asian and European Affairs, 01/2014, pp. 43-51.
F) Book chapters (non-reviewed)
• Plank, F. and Niemann, A. (2018 forthcoming), Das Principal-Agent Modell und EU Konfliktbearbeitung: Strukturelle Erklärungen für Agenten-Autonomie, in: Marker, K., Schmitt, A. and Sirsch, J., Festschrift Ruth Zimmerling (Arbeitstitel), Springer VS.
• Brand, A. and Niemann, A. (2018),‘Die Europäisierung des Fußballs: Von der Umsetzung politischer Vorgaben zur Gestaltung europäischer Realitäten, in: Mittag, Jürgen (ed.): Europäische Sportpolitik, Baden-Baden: Nomos, pp. 167-180
• Muno, W., Niemann, A. and Guasti, P. (2018), „Einleitung: Europa spielerisch lernen“, in Muno, W., Niemann, A. und Guasti, P. (eds) Europa spielerisch lernen – EU-Simulationen: Didaktische Überlegungen und Praxisbeispiele, Wiesbaden: Springer VS, pp. 3-22.
• Prinz, L., Gewering, M. and Niemann, A. (forthcoming 2017), „Die Umsetzung von EU-Simulationen für die gymnasiale Oberstufe – Lehren aus der Praxis des Planspiels EU+“, in Muno, W. and Niemann, A., and Guasti, P. (eds) Europa spielerisch lernen – EU-Simulationen: Didaktische Überlegungen und Praxisbeispiele, Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
• Plank, F., Muno, W. , und Niemann, A. (forthcoming 2017), „Fazit“, in Muno, W., Niemann, A. and Guasti, P. (eds) Europa spielerisch lernen – EU-Simulationen: Didaktische Überlegungen und Praxisbeispiele, Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
• Herbel, A. and Niemann, A. (2016 forthcoming), ‘EU Global Health Priorities: Climate Change’ in Emmerling, T., Kickbusch, I., Told, M., The European Union as Global Health Actor, London: World Scientific Publishing.
• Niemann, A. and Lauter, D. (2011), “Playing two-level games in Berlin and Brussels: Maintaining control of asylum policies?”, in Bendel, P., Parkes, R. and Ette, A. (eds): The Europeanisation of Control: Venues and Outcomes of EU Justice and Home Affairs Cooperation, Lit Verlag: Berlin, pp. 137-175.
• Lauter, D., Niemann, A. and Heister, S. (2011), “Die Änderung des Artikel 16 und Zwei-Ebenen-Spiele“, in: Hönnige, C., Kneip, S. and Lorenz, A. (eds), Verfassungswandel im Mehrebenensystem, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, pp. 158-178.
• Brand, A., Niemann, A. and Fochtmann, K. (2007) “Einleitung: Interessen und Handlungsspielräume als Analysekategorien deutscher und europäischer Außenpolitik – Implikationen für Handlungsempfehlungen”, in Brand, A. and Niemann, A. (eds), Interessen und Handlungsspielräume in der deutschen und europäischen Außenpolitik, Dresden TUDpress (Dresden University Press), pp. 9-40.
• Niemann, A. (2007) “E.H. Carr: The Twenty Years’ Crisis”, in: Kailitz, Steffen (ed.), Schlüsselwerke der Politikwissenschaft, Westdeutscher Verlag, pp. 80-84.
• Niemann, A. and Petzold, S. (2006), “La Gobernanza de la política migratoria de la Unión Europea” (The Governance of EU Migration Policy), in: García Gossio, María Ileana (eds), Los nuevos escenarios de la migración: Causas, condiciones, consecuencias, Berlin: Heinrich Böll Foundation, pp. 106-128.
G) Other articles, book chapters and working papers
• Haastrup, T., Bergmann, J., Whitman, R., Niemann, A., Davis, L., Natorski, M. and Richter, S. (2019), ‘Version 2.0: Rebooting the EU’s International Mediation Role’, EU as International Mediator Research Network, UACES, Policy Brief, April, https://euaimblog.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/euintmd-policy-brief-2019-larger-font-no-spreads.pdf
• Speyer, Johanna / Niemann, Arne (2018), ‘Images of a Divorce. External Perceptions of Brexit in the USA and their Influence on Transatlantic Relations’. Joint Working Paper Series of Mainz Papers on International and European Politics (MPIEP) No. 19 and Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence “EU in Global Dialogue” (CEDI) Working Paper Series No. 11. Mainz: Chair of International Relations, Johannes Gutenberg University.
• Casier, T., DeBardeleben, J., Guasti, P., Niemann, A. and Romanova, T. (2016), EU-Russia Relations: Which Way Forward?, Policy Report, Published in the framework of the Jean Monnet Multilateral Research Group “EU-Russia Relations: Developing a Transnational Perspective”, March 2016, available at: http://www.kent.ac.uk/brussels/studying/research/projects/jeanmonnet.html
• Brand, A. and Niemann, A. (2014), ECJ Rulings or Wayne Rooney’s Hair – Issues, Non-Issues and Hidden Issues in Online Football Fan Discourse, Free Working Paper, April 2014.
• Brand, A. and Niemann, A. (2013), Europeanisation from below? Football spectatorship, mediatisation and European identity, FREE Working Paper, March 2013.
• Brand, A. and Niemann, A. (2013), Europeanisation from below? Football spectatorship, mediatisation and European identity, FREE Working Paper, March 2013.
• De Wekker, T. and Niemann, A. (2009), ‘EU relations with Moldova: normative power Europe in action?’, LSE European Foreign Policy Unit Working Paper, 03/2009, pp. 1-42.
• Verhoeff, E. and Niemann, A. (2009), ‘The German EU Presidency and Energy Policy Towards Russia: Insights From Liberal Intergovernmentalist and Institutionalist Approaches’, ASSR Working Paper, No. 04-09, Amsterdam School of Social Science Research, pp. 1-33.
• Huigens, J. and Niemann, A. (2009), “The EU within the G8: A Case of Ambiguous and Contested Actorness”, EU Diplomacy Papers, No. 5/2009, Department of EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies, College of Europe, pp. 1-34.
• Niemann, A. and Mak, J. (2009), ‘(How) do norms guide Presidency behavior in EU negotiations’, DEI Working Paper, No. 09-10, University College Dublin European Institute, pp. 1-24.
• Niemann, A. (2006) “Explaining visa, asylum and immigration policy Treaty revision: insights from a revised neofunctionalist framework”, ConWEB Papers, No. 1/2006, pp. 1-45.
• Brand, A. and Niemann, A. (2005) “The Societal/Trans-national Dimension of Europeanisation: The Case of German Football”, Queen’s Papers on Europeanisation, No. 2/2005, pp. 1-40.
• Post, D. and Niemann, A. (2005) “The Europeanisation of German Asylum Policy and/or the Germanisation of EU asylum policy?”, Dresdner Arbeitspapiere Internationale Beziehungen, No. 14, 44 pp.
• Niemann, A. (2004) “From pre-theory to theory? Developing a revised neofunctionalist framework for explaining EU decision-making outcomes”, Dresdner Arbeitspapiere Internationale Beziehungen, No. 11, 59 pp.
• Eckendorf, J., Keller, J. and Niemann, A. (2003), “Die deutsche Tibet-Politik: Entwicklungen, Akteure, Handlungszwänge”, Pogrom – Zeitschrift für Bedrohte Völker, Herausgegeben von der Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker, Vol. 34, No. 6, pp. 12-13.
• Niemann, A. (2003/04) “Internationale Institutionen” author/co-author of several chapters (‘Einführung’, ‘Theorie’, ‘Welthandelsorganisation’) of the e-learning portal/tutorial, © PolitikON: Section International Relations, http://ilias.uni-trier.de:8080/ (online access on request).
• Burckhardt, C., Niemann, A. and Weigelt, K. (2003) “Humanitäre Hilfe für Afghanistan: Die Rolle Deutschlands und der Europäischen Union”, Pogrom – Zeitschrift für Bedrohte Völker, Herausgegeben von der Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 34-36.
• Niemann, A. (2002) “Communicative Action, the Article 113 Committee and the WTO Agreement on Basic Telecommunications Services”, Dresdner Arbeitspapiere Internationale Beziehungen, No. 6, 47 pp.
• Niemann, A. (2001) “Kritische Erfolgsfaktoren von elektronischen B2B-Marktplätzen”, Logistik Heute, No. 4., 4 pp.
H) Book reviews, encyclopedia entries, and newsletter contributions
• Koch, F., Brand, A., Niemann, A. and Weber, R. (2019), “Becoming ‘European’ Through Football?”, Blog entry for: The UK in a Changing World, 26 December, https://ukandeu.ac.uk/becoming-european-through-football/
• Speyer, Chaban, N. and Niemann, A. (2018 forthcoming), ‘External Perceptions of the EU after Brexit: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 28-29 June’, Workshop Report, UACES News.
• UACES-supported Workshop at the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, 28-29 June 2018.
• Niemann, A. (2016), Blog-Beitrag zum Brexit, veröffentlicht auf den Webseiten des Instituts für Europäische Politik, der Landeszentrale für politische Bildung RLP; siehe: http://iep-berlin.de/blog/kommentar-zum-brexit-von-prof-dr-arne-niemann/
• Bergmann, J. and Niemann, A. (2015), What the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue says about the EU’s role as a peace mediator, blog contribution for EUROPP: European Politics and Policy, London: London School of Economic & Political Science http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2015/12/12/what-the-belgrade-pristina-agreement-says-about-the-eus-role-as-a-peace-mediator/
• Brand, A., and Niemann, A. (2015), ‘Editorial‘, Sport & EU Review, Vol. 7, No.1, pp. 4-5.
• Brand, A., Licen, S. and Niemann, A. (2014), ‘Editorial‘, Sport & EU Review, Vol. 6, No.2, pp. 4-5.
• Brand, A., Licen, S. and Niemann, A. (2014), ‘Editorial‘, Sport & EU Review, Vol. 6, No.1, pp. 4-7.
• Niemann, A. (2009), “The Transformation of European Football: A Case of Europeanisation? Amsterdam 12-13 June 2009, Workshop Report”, published in: UACES news, No. 61, pp. 6-7, also published by Sport&EU review and the UACES blog “ideas on Europe”, online available at http://uaces.ideasoneurope.eu/2009/09/22/the-transformation-of-european-football/
• Niemann, A. (2008), Review of “Democratic Governance and European Integration: Linking Societal and State Processes of Democracy”, edited by Holzhacker, R. and Albæk E., Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, for Acta Politica, Vol. 43, No. 4, 3 pp.
• Niemann, A. (2007), Regime theory, in Bevir, M. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Governance, Vol. 2, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, pp. 801-805.
• Falbe, M. and Niemann, A. (2007) “Soccer”, The Encyclopedia of Africa and the Americas, Santa Barbara, California; ABC-CLIO, Incorporated, 2 pp.
Grants (selected)
• Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence “EU in Global Dialogue”. A cooperation between the Technical University Darmstadt and the University of Mainz. Duration 2015-2018: overall budget 100.000 EUR. Director: Prof. Michele Knodt (TU Darmstadt). Co-Director: Prof. Arne Niemann (University of Mainz). Research: the project will fund, for example, workshops on the external dimension of EU migration policy and on regional integration in comparative perspective. Teaching: the JM Centre of Excellence will, above all, allow the University of Mainz to sustain and expand its innovative teaching in terms of EU simulations.
• “The EU as a mediator in peace negotiations”: research grant at the German Foundation of Peace Research. Duration 24 months (1/2015 – 12/2016). Role: PI/ main applicant. Budget: 100,000 EUR.
This project focuses on the role of the EU as a mediator, advancing and applying an analytical framework for investigating EU mediator effectiveness in international peace negotiations. For more information see: //international.politics.uni-mainz.de/project-mediation/
• “EU-Russia Relations: A Transnational Perspective”: Jean Monnet Multilateral Research Group. Duration: 9/2013-8/2015. Coordinator: University of Kent. Role: project partner. Budget: 80,000 EUR.
This project critically analyses the state of EU-Russia relations, by taking both an EU and a Russian perspective to the relationship.
• “The EU and its external policy, with emphasis on EU-US and EU-BRICS relations”: Jean Monnet Chair. Duration 9/2012-8/2015. Role: chair/main applicant. Budget: 60,000 EUR.
This project bundles innovative aspects of EU external policy in teaching and research.
• “POLITIKON” (section on International Institutions): funded by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research. Duration 2002-2004. Role: co-applicant and project manager. Budget 40,000 EUR.
The purpose of this project is to design, test and operationalise an interactive blended learning platform on International Institutions.
Annex for DFG Application “African Regional Organisations as Mediators in Peace Negotiations (AFROM)”: For a sample of cases for analysis in the project see Annex AFROM case sample.