Department of Political Science
Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
Georg Forster-Building
Jakob-Welder-Weg 12
55128 Mainz
Room: 04-313
Phone: 0049-6131-39-20030
Email: friedrich.plank@politik.uni-mainz.de
Office Hours: Tuesday, 3-4 p.m. (in-person or online); appointment via Email
Current courses
- The Russian-Ukrainian conflict: root causes, dynamics, and approaches to conflict management (cross-site teaching project)
- AG Peace and Conflict Studies
Research Interests
- International Relations
- Peace and Conflict Studies
- International Organisations
- Interregional relations and regionalism
- EU foreign policy
- Regional Focus: Global South with a special emphasis on Africa
Curriculum Vitae
- 04/2020: Doctorate in Political Science (International Relations)
- 09/2014: Research fellow and Lecturer at the Chair of International Politics (Prof. Dr. Arne Niemann), Department of Political Science, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
- 10/2013 – 09/2014: Lecturer at the Chair of Political Science, Peace and Conflict Studies (Prof. Dr. Christoph Weller), University of Augsburg
- 10/2010 – 11/2013: Master of Arts (MA) in Conflict Studies at the University of Augsburg
- 10/2007 – 09/2010: Bakkalaureus Artium (BA) in Political Science and German Studies at the University of Regensburg
PhD Project
"Evaluating the Africa-EU Partnership on Peace and Security. A Study on the Effectiveness of Interregional Peace Operations" (completed 04/2020)
Supervised by Prof. Dr. Arne Niemann and Prof. Dr. Anja Jetschke
Publications
You can find some of my work on my researchgate.net account.
Edited Volumes
[1] Maurer, Heidi/ Niemann, Arne/ Plank, Friedrich (2020): Special Issue: Innovative teaching on European (foreign) affairs. In: Journal of Contemporary European Research. 16:1. LinkArticles (anonymously peer-reviewed)
Contributions to edited volumes:
[7] Plank, Friedrich (forthcoming): Evaluating the effectiveness of the ECOWAS-EU interregional partnership on peace and security in the context of the Mali crisis. In: Muntschick, Johannes (Hrsg.): New regionalism and external partnerships in the Global South. Cham: Palgrave. (peer reviewed) [6] Plank, Friedrich (2020): An unintended consequence of West Africa-EU relations: effects of regional security cooperation beyond the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA). In: Lopez-Lucia, Elisa/ Mattheis, Frank (Hrsg.): The unintended consequences of interregionalism. London: Routledge. 125-143. (peer-reviewed). Link [5] Niemann, Arne/ Plank, Friedrich (2019): Das Prinzipal-Agenten-Modell und EU-Konfliktbearbeitung–Strukturelle Erklärungen für Agenten-Autonomie. In: Marker, Karl/ Schmitt, Annette/ Sirsch, Jürgen (Hrsg.): Demokratie und Entscheidung. Beiträge zur Analytischen Politischen Theorie. Wiesbaden: Springer. 359-384. Link [4] Plank, Friedrich/ Niemann, Arne (2017): Impact of the agent´s environment on discretion in the field of EU conflict resolution: In: Delreux, Tom/ Adriaensen, Johan (Hrsg.): The Principal Agent Model and the European Union. Basingstoke: Palgrave. 131-155. (peer-reviewed) Link [3] Plank, Friedrich/ Muno, Wolfgang/ Niemann, Arne (2017): EU-Simulationen im Vergleich: Didaktik und Praxis von aktivem Lernen. In: Muno, Wolfgang/ Niemann, Arne/ Guasti, Petra (Hrsg.): Europa spielerisch lernen. Didaktische Überlegungen und Praxisbeispiele zu EU-Simulationen. Wiesbaden: Springer. 205-218. Link [2] Henneberg, Ingo/ Plank, Friedrich (2015): Conflict Management in the Constitution of South Sudan (2011). In: Marauhn, Thilo/ Elliesie, Hatem (Hrsg.): Legal Transformation in Northern Africa and South Sudan. Den Haag: Eleven International Publishing. 117-140. Link [1] Plank, Friedrich/ Henneberg, Ingo (2014): Die Anwendungspotenziale der strukturierten Konfliktanalyse in den Internationalen Beziehungen. In: Bock, Andreas M./ Henneberg, Ingo (Hrsg.): Iran, die Bombe und das Streben nach Sicherheit. Strukturierte Konfliktanalysen. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag. 33-44. LinkOther articles:
Data
- Evaluation polls for JCER 16:1 article (Plank, Niemann 2020): Seminar 1; Seminar 2
- Appendix to 2021 JCMS Article (Plank, Keijzer, Niemann 2021)
- Appendix to 2022 JISB Article (Plank 2022)
- Learning material for EU Simulation "EU+"
Memberships
Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (AFK)
University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES)
German Political Science Association (GPSA)
- 2020- : Co-Spokesperson for the Early Career Group International Relations (ECIB) of the GPSA
- 2018-2020: Deputy-Spokesperson for the Early Career Group International Relations (ECIB) of the GPSA