Judging by its name, the academic discipline of International Relations (IR) should be both international and interested in relations. For much of the discipline’s past, however, neither was truly the case. It has been a field of research with a claim to globality and universality, even though it was dominated and inspired by Western ideas, experiences, and people and was based on a fairly state-centric view of the world. More recently, the idea of Global IR has gained currency. Global IR is not a particular theory or method. Rather it is an attempt to broaden the ‘world-view’ of IR scholarship.
But what does this mean? With this blog series we offer a forum to discuss what “Doing Global International Relations” could mean, not only in terms of research frameworks, but also with regard to issues such as career paths and teaching methods.
Editors: Felix Anderl, Stefan Kroll, Philip Wallmeier, Antonia Witt (all: Exzellenzcluster “The Formation of Normative Orders”, University Frankfurt)
by Klaus Schlichte This article is part of the TRAFO series “Doing Global International Relations”. Probably in all capital cities, architecture tells us something about the history of government. Washington...
This article is part of the TRAFO series “Doing Global International Relations”. By Srdjan Vucetic International Relations (IR) suffers from excessive whiteness. This is manifested in the discourses,...
This article is part of the TRAFO series “Doing Global International Relations”. by Felix Anderl As a part of this blog series on “Doing Global International Relations” (IR), we...
This article is part of the TRAFO series “Doing Global International Relations”. By Pinar Bilgin Global International Relations (IR) has become shorthand for the culmination of decades’ efforts into...
This article is part of the TRAFO series “Doing Global International Relations”. Why did you come to Germany for studying? I came to Germany seeking to obtain an international...
von Dorothea Gädeke This article is part of the TRAFO series “Doing Global International Relations”. Globalizing International Relations (IR) is a requirement built into the very construction of the discipline...
by Anna Grindle This article is part of the TRAFO series “Doing Global International Relations”. June 2016. The holidays are approaching but schools are still very busy places when...
By Jochen Kleinschmidt This article is part of the TRAFO series “Doing Global International Relations”. The heterogeneity of the region For myself as an International Relations scholar working in Colombia,...
This article is part of the TRAFO Series “Doing Global International Relations”. by Tim Rühlig Many politicians, academics and the wider public in the “West” fear China’s rise. They...
This article is part of the TRAFO Series „Doing Global International Relations”. by Amaya Querejazu Much of what we know about global governance can be questioned by taking an ontological...
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