Dr. Carmen Wunderlich
Research AssociateDr. Carmen Wunderlich
Dr. Carmen Wunderlich is a Senior researcher and lecturer at the University of Duisburg-Essen at the Chair of International Relations and Development Policy and a research fellow at the Peace Research Center Prague (PRCP). Prior to that she was employed at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) as a doctoral student in the program area “International Security” and worked as postdoc in the transfer project “Society Extreme: Radicalization and De-Radicalization in Germany” (Gesellschaft Extrem: Radikalisierung und De-Radikalisierung in Deutschland). In the context of her dissertation on “rogue states” as norm entrepreneurs, she was a visiting scholar at the Berlin Social Science Center and the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP). She earned her doctorate at the Goethe University Frankfurt in 2016.
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Fak. f. Ges. Wi./Inst. f. Pol. Wiss.
47057 Duisburg
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Akademische/r Rätin/Rat, Institut für Politikwissenschaft
Office hour: tuesdays 4.00 - 5.00 p.m. (in LF 206 or via Zoom). Please take an appointment via this link.
Research
In her research, Carmen Wunderlich focuses on global norm dynamics, particularly regarding nuclear arms control and disarmament, the arms control policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran, as well as critique and contestation practices of state and non-state actors directed towards a Western-liberal shaped normative order. She is working on a project proposal, which is geared towards examining the construction and meaning of norm clusters as compared to individual norms. In another project she addresses the growing importance of non-state and sub-state actors in the context of nuclear arms control. Her research interest further lies on the more recent Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and how it relates to the existing nuclear non-proliferation regime, also addressing the question of how to overcome the current crisis of nuclear arms control. Further focus areas of her work are concepts and challenges of global governance as well as the social construction of enemy images such as the concept of “rogue states” as a means of stigmatization.
Research interests
► Global norm dynamics
► Nuclear arms control and disarmament; particularly the recently adopted Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and civil society engagement for nuclear disarmament
► Arms control policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran
► Critique and contestation practices of (non-)state actors towards (Western-liberal) norms
Research Projects
“The Politics of Norm Cluster Making“
Norm clusters, that is “collections of aligned, but distinct, norms or principles that relate to a common, overarching issue area” (Lantis/Wunderlich 2018: 571) are a widespread feature of global governance. International Relations scholars on norms, international law and regimes – albeit to different extents and with different foci – acknowledge their existence and have put forward assumptions as to the impact of norm linkages on the functioning of global order.
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It has become a mantra of IR theories of different origins to point to the vertical robustness of highly institutionalized and legalized norm clusters: Norms that are embedded in larger norm structures such as international regimes, are more persistent and robust than less institutionalized or legalized norms And while norm scholars have explored examples of norm erosion or decay, the disintegration of norm clusters seems to be a rather rare phenomenon. What then explains the phenomenon of norm cluster resiliency? Whereas empirical studies on the evolution and effectiveness of single norms abound, norm clusters have rarely been the subject of systematic analyses in empirical norm studies. In fact, the systematic exploration of norm interrelations has become the focus of norm scholarship only recently. Yet, research on norm interrelations is still in its beginnings and exact conditions for and implications of norm clustering remain underexplored.
In order to shed light on the mystery of norm cluster resiliency, the project seeks to tie in with this emerging strand of norm interaction scholarship by zooming in on the processes of norm cluster making and development. Research questions are: Under what conditions does norm clustering occur and how do strategies of cluster making and the nature of the clusters themselves differ across (groups of) actors? How do norm clusters evolve and travel across different normative communities? Tracing and comparing how norm clusters differ across time and stakeholders will also allow to shed light on a question that has hitherto remained unanswered: Does being clustered together fundamentally enhance the efficacy of norms and what are the scope-conditions for linked norms to gain resilience in light of challenges? Conversely, under what conditions does contestation of single norms belonging to a cluster trigger “contagion effects” leading to the collapse of the cluster as a whole?
For empirical purposes the project will focus on the reconstruction of processes of norm cluster making and development in the global nuclear order.
“Civilizing the Nuclear Order“
The control of nuclear weapons has long been dominated by state-centric models and theories. Actually, the field of international security poses quite some challenges for civil-society actors lacking state power and sources of state legitimacy. Yet today, non-state actors have emerged as influential actors in the realm of arms control. This is particularly evident in humanitarian and conventional arms control, where coalitions of civil society and like-minded states succeeded in changing the normative discourse surrounding the means of warfare. Examples include the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) or the Cluster Munitions Coalition.
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When it comes to the control of weapons of mass destruction, the role of civil society actors has been far more limited. While politics related to the regulation of nuclear weapons have long been perceived as a prerogative of states, non-state actors have recently gained in visibility and demonstrated their agency in the governance of nuclear weapons. The most prominent example is the “humanitarian initiative”, a group of small and medium-sized states plus NGOs, devoted to disarmament and nonproliferation, that has severely shaken up the prevailing discourse on nuclear weapons. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) was the driving force behind the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) which was adopted by a majority of 122 to 1 states at the United Nations in 2017. Not surprisingly, nuclear weapon states and their allies have taken an opposing stance towards the humanitarian initiative from its very beginnings and remain opposed to nuclear ban treaty. While government opposition seems bold, the majority of civilians supports the TPNW. On the sub-state level, more and more cities and local governments commit themselves to the nuclear ban by signing the ICAN cities appeal and demanding their governments to sign up the treaty. In many countries, including Germany, anti-nuke protests seems to be on the rise again, and we are witnessing a resurgent interest in nuclear disarmament by the young generation.
The project takes a broader, theoretical perspective as well as a more policy-oriented focus. With regard to the phenomenon of civil-society and sub-state engagement in the governance of nuclear weapons, it tackles the following questions: Given the asymmetrical power relation underlying the regime concerned with nuclear weapons, what role can non-state actors play in the governance of nuclear weapons? How do they seek exert influence on their governments and the broader public? How are the interconnections and linkages between and across the broad variety of civil society actors, including cross issue-area? How do civil society actors approach the nuclear weapons field?
In terms of policy advice, I am particularly interested in how the nuclear ban treaty relates to the global nuclear order in general and the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) specifically.
with Michal Smetana, Charles University Prague/Peace Research Center Prague “Expanding the Study of the Nuclear ‘Taboo’: Cross-National and Multi-Dimensional Perspectives”
That nuclear weapons haven’t been used in a military conflict since 1945, is one of the most intriguing research puzzles in the field of International Relations. Despite notable scholarly attempts to explain the persistence of nuclear weapons non-use in world politics, the international team behind this proposal identified several gaps and neglected perspectives in the current state of the art that it will seek to address within the proposed research project.
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Specifically, the main aim of this research endeavor is to enrich the existing scholarship on the nuclear “taboo” through innovative cross-national and multi-dimensional approaches to this phenomenon.
„Protectionist norms and their discontents: Challenges to the global ban on child labor by working children and youth”
Protectionist norms are a widespread feature of global governance. The process of their diffusion is often cloaked in universalistic claims promising inherent emancipatory potential for those at the receiving end. It took a while until norm researchers shifted their attention to local norm takers (aka governmental elites) and their practices of (re-)interpretation of global norms.
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Yet, the shift in perspective has been incomplete for its disregard of those at the micro-level, the ones actually affected by the protectionist norms themselves – the tacit assumption being that these “beneficiaries” would embrace rather than challenge the norms that had been negotiated for their well-being. Why would, for example, children and youth in the global South challenge a global ban on child labor which is aimed at improving their living conditions?
This project seeks to remedy this shortcoming by putting the alleged norm “beneficiaries” and their normative stances center stage. Tying in with recent work on the “agency of the governed”, it analyzes how apparently weak actors that are excluded from formal norm negotiation processes reclaim agency (thus transcending the structural limitations in which they operate) by means of contesting the norms that were negotiated for their well-being. A particular focus will be put on how actual norm addresses and norm advocates negotiate the meaning of contested global norms, as well as on the context shaping the practices of contestation. Empirical cases include inter alia challenges towards the ban on child labor by the transnational movement of working children and youth.
Project Outcomes
2018
“Resiliency Dynamics of Norm Clusters: Norm Contestation and International Cooperation” (mit Jeffrey S. Lantis), in: Review of International Studies, 44:3, 570-593.
2018
“Not Lost in Contestation: How Norm Entrepreneurs Frame Norm Development in the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime” (mit Harald Müller), in: Contemporary Security Policy, 39:3, 341-66.
Memberships
► since November 2020 - Member of British International Studies Association, Global Nuclear Order Working Group
► since June 2019 - Member of the Institute for Research and Peace (INEF)
► since June 2019 - Member of the Center for Global Cooperation Research (CGCR)
► since December 2018 - Member of the working group Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (AFK)
► since July 2018 - Member of Women in International Security (WIIS)
► since November 2017 - Member of the Editorial Board of Contemporary Security Policy
► since April 2017 - Co-speaker of the thematic group „IB-Normenforschung“ of the Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft (DVPW)
► since 2017 - Member of the European International Studies Association (EISA)
► since 2015 - Member of the Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft (DVPW), Member of the EU Non-Proliferation Consortium
Publications
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Monographs and edited volumes (*peer-reviewed)
*2022. “The Vitality of the NPT after 50“, with Maria Rost Rublee, in: /Contemporary Security Policy/, 43: 2, https://doi.org/10.1080/13523260.2022.2037969
*2021. “Forum: Nonuse of Nuclear Weapons in World Politics: Toward the Third Generation of ‘Nuclear Taboo’ Research”, with Michal Smetana, in: /International Studies Review/, 23:3, 1072-1099.
*2020. Rogue States as Norm Entrepreneurs: Black Sheep or Sheep in Wolves’ Clothing? Springer.
*2017. “Schurkenstaaten” als Normunternehmer? Iran und die Kontrolle von Massenvernichtungswaffen, Studien des Leibniz-Instituts Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Springer VS.
*2017. Resistance and Change in World Politics: International Dissidence, hrsg. mit Svenja Gertheiss, Stefanie Herr und Klaus-Dieter Wolf, Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan.
*2013. Norm Dynamics in Multilateral Arms Control: Interests, Conflicts, and Justice, Hrsg. mit Harald Müller, Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press.
Journal articles and book chapters (peer-reviewed)
2022. “Blinded by Delight? A Plea for De-Moralising the Scholarship on Norm Entrepreneurs”, in: European Review of International Studies 9:3, pp. 363-388. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27182574.
2022. "Reevaluating Constructivist Norm Theory: A Three-Dimensional Norms Research Programme", with Jeffrey S. Lantis, in: /International Studies Review/, 24:1, viab059, https://doi.org/10.1093/isr/viab059
2022. "The Global Nuclear Order and the Crisis of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Regime: Taking Stock and Moving Forward”, with Jana Baldus and Harald Müller, in: /Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung/, (open access: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42597-021-00066-0)
2021. “Nuclear Taboo 3.0: Research Gaps and New Avenues in the Study of Nuclear Weapons Use”, with Michal Smetana, in: /International Studies Review/, 23:3, 1075-1078.
2021. “WMD Compliance and Enforcement in a Changing Global Context” (mit Harald Müller und Una Jakob), UNIDIR WMD Compliance & Enforcement Series, paper no. 11, UNIDIR, Geneva, 2021, https://doi.org/10.37559/WMD/21/WMDCE02 
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2021. “Forum: Nonuse of Nuclear Weapons in World Politics: Toward the Third Generation of ‘Nuclear Taboo’ Research” (with Michal Smetana), in: International Studies Review (2021), Online First. <https://doi.org/10.1093/isr/viab002> https://doi.org/10.1093/isr/viab002 .
2020. “ Nuclear Disarmament without the Nuclear Weapon States: The Nuclear Ban Treaty” (mit Harald Müller), in: Daedalus, Meeting the Challenges of the New Nuclear Age, Spring 2020.
2018. “Resiliency Dynamics of Norm Clusters: Norm Contestation and International Cooperation” (mit Jeffrey S. Lantis), in: Cambridge Review of International Studies, 44:3, 570-593.
2018. “Not Lost in Contestation: How Norm Entrepreneurs Frame Norm Development in the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime” (mit Harald Müller), in: Contemporary Security Policy, 39:3, 341-66.
2017. “Delegitimisation à la Carte: The ‘Rogue State’ Label as a Means of Stabilising Order in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime”, in: Gertheiss, Svenja/Herr, Stefanie/Wolf, Klaus-Dieter and Carmen Wunderlich (Hrsg.): Resistance and Change in World Politics: International Dissidence, Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 143-186.
2014. “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Comparing the Notions of ‘Rogue’ and ‘Evil’ in International Politics” (with Anna Geis), in: Geis, Anna/Hobson, Christoph (Hrsg.): The Existence and Use of “Evil” in International Politics, Special Issue of International Politics, 4/2014, 458-474.
2014. “A Rogue Gone Norm Entrepreneurial? Iran within the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime", in: Wolfgang Wagner/Wouter Werner/ Michal Onderco (Hrsg.): Deviance in International Relations. 'Rogue States' and International Security, Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 83-104.
2013. “Moving beyond Neutrality: Sweden’s Changing Attitude towards the Military Use of Force”, in: Geis, Anna/Harald Müller/Niklas Schörnig (Hrsg.): The Militant Face of Democracy: Liberal Forces for Good, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 269-306.
2013. “Theoretical Approaches in Norm Dynamics”, in: Müller, Harald/Carmen Wunderlich (Hrsg.): Norm Dynamics in Multilateral Arms Control. Interests, Conflicts, and Justice, Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press, 20-47.
2013. “Non-aligned Reformers and Revolutionaries” (mit Hans-Joachim Schmidt, Andrea Hellmann, Daniel Müller and Judith Reuter), in: Müller, Harald/Carmen Wunderlich (Hrsg.): Norm Dynamics in Multilateral Arms Control. Interests, Conflicts, and Justice, Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press, 246-295.
2013. “Good International Citizens: Canada, Germany, and Sweden” (mit Una Becker-Jakob, Gregor Hofmann and Harald Müller), in: Müller, Harald/Carmen Wunderlich (Hrsg.): Norm Dynamics in Multilateral Arms Control. Interests, Conflicts, and Justice, Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press, 246-295.
2005. “While Waiting for the Protocol: An Interim Compliance Mechanism for the Biological Weapons Convention” (mit Una Becker and Harald Müller), in: The Nonproliferation Review, 12: 3, November 2005, 541-572.
Scientific articles without external evaluation procedures
2022. Rüstungsdynamiken. Abrüsten statt Wettrüsten (mit Jana Baldus, Michael Brzoska, Caroline Fehl, Sascha Hach, Moritz Kütt, Tim Thies and Maren Vieluf), in: BICC/HSFK/IFSH/INEF (Hg.): Friedensgutachten 2022, Berlin: LIT Verlag, S. 93-109. (Link)
2022. Gender, Diversität und Gewalt. Nachhaltiger Frieden (mit Laura Isabella Brunke, Tobias Debiel, Elvan Isikozlu, Clara Perras, Patricia Rinck, Carolin Rosenberg, Victoria Scheyer, Cornelia Ulbert, Lars Wirkus, Simone Wisotzki), in: BICC/HSFK/IFSH/INEF (Hg.): Friedensgutachten 2022, Berlin: LIT Verlag, S. 69-88. (Link)
2019. „Fokus: Nukleare Weltordnung in der Krise“ (mit Christopher Daase, Götz Neuneck, Annette Schaper, Hans-Joachim Schmidt), in: Bonn Intern Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)/Leibniz-Institut Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (HSFK)/Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik an der Universität Hamburg (IFSH)/Institut für Entwicklung und Frieden (INEF) (Hg.), Friedensgutachten 2019, Berlin: LIT Verlag, 25-43, www.friedensgutachten.de.
2019. “Zeichen am Weg. Schwedens außenpolitisches Konzept”, Dokumentation. Tagung „Lernen vom besten Land der Welt“ in der Schader-Stiftung im Juni 2018, „Das schwedische Modell – Mythos und Realität“, S. 42-48.
2015. “Global Non-proliferation ‘Clubs’ vs. the NPT” (mit Harald Müller, Marco Fey, Klaus-Peter Ricke and Annette Schaper), in: Swedish Radiation Safety Authority, Report 2014: 04, Stockholm.
2009. „Ein guter Rat tut not. Vorschläge zur Reform des VN-Sicherheitsrats“, HSFK-Report, Nr.1, Frankfurt am Main.
2005. „Impulse für das Biowaffenregime: Ein provisorischer Compliance-Mechanismus als Schritt aus der Sackgasse“ (mit Una Becker und Harald Müller), HSFK-Report Nr. 7/2005, Frankfurt am Main.
Online Publications
2018. „Radikalisierung und De-Radikalisierung in Deutschland: Eine gesamtgesellschaftliche Herausforderung“ (Hrsg. zusammen mit Magdalena von Drachenfels und Philipp Offermann).
2018. How contestation can strengthen the nuclear nonproliferation regime, Contemporary Security Policy, 18.1.2018.
2017a. Der Friedensnobelpreis geht an die Internationale Kampagne zur Abschaffung von Atomwaffen, PRIF Blog, 11.12.2017.
2017b. Historischer Schritt in eine atomwaffenfreie Welt? Staatenmehrheit beschließt Atomwaffenverbot, PRIF Blog, 14.7.2017.
2017. Auf dem Weg in eine atomwaffenfreie Welt? Ein Interview mit Carmen Wunderlich und Harald Müller, PRIF Blog, 18.10.2017.
2012. „Der UN-Sicherheitsrat muss reformiert werden“ (mit Marco Fey), evangelisch.de, 7.2.2012.
Conferences
Konferenzpapiere/ -beiträge (* auf Einladung)
*2021: “Yes we ban? Podiumsdiskussion mit der Bundesregierung zum völkerrechtlichen Verbot von Atomwaffen, Online-Event, 22. Januar 2021.
2020: “Everyday practices of Contestation? Contextualizing Protests by Transnationally Organized Working Children in Bolivia”, paper prepared for the Workshop “Norm Dynamics and Norm Collisions”, WZB, Berlin, September 2020.
*2020: “Stakeholders in Nuclear Norm Maintenance”, lecture prepared for the event “Exploring the Future of WMD Compliance and Enforcement”, hosted by UNIDIR, January 23, Geneva.
*2019: “The Role of Lobbying and Campaigning Groups in the Nuclear Non-proliferation Regime”, lecture prepared for the conference “Nuclear Non-proliferation: Preparing for the 2020 NPT Review Conference”, 16-20 December, 2019, Wilton Park, West Sussex.
*2019: “Reevaluating the State of Constructivism and Norms: Layers of Norm Structuration” (mit Jeffrey S. Lantis), paper prepared for the Workshop on “Norms and Other Norms: Exploring Relations and Norm Interactions in a Complex Global Order”, Frankfurt am Main, November 7-8, 2019.
*2019: “Towards the 2020 NPT Review Conference: Exploring Common Ground“, May 20-21, 2019, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin.
2019: “Protectionist Norms and their Discontents: Challenges to the Global Ban on Child labor by Working Children and Youth”, paper prepared for the 1st Annual Conference of the Käte Hamburger Kolleg/Centre for Global Cooperation Research, 9-10 April 2019.
2019: “When alleged norm beneficiaries gainsay their protectors: Agency by the governed?”, paper prepared for the panel on “Re-visioning Norm Dynamics - Bridging First and Second Generation Constructivism”, Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Toronto, Canada, 29th March 2019
2019: “Norm Cluster Resiliency: The Nuclear Taboo and Norm Contestation”, paper prepared for Workshop on “Expanding the Study of the Nuclear Taboo: Cross-National and Multi-Dimensional Perspectives”, Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Toronto, Canada, March 2019.
2019: “Norm Cluster Resiliency: The Nuclear Taboo and Norm Contestation”, paper prepared for the panel on “Re-envisioning the Nuclear ‘Taboo’: New Perspectives on the Non-use of Nuclear Weapons in World Politics,” Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Toronto, Canada, March 2019.
2018: “Masters of Appropriateness: Norm Entrepreneurs in World Politics”, paper presented at the ECPR General Conference 2018, 22-25 August, 2018, University of Hamburg.
*2018: „Schwedens feministische Außenpolitik: Wieso, weshalb, warum?", Workshop im Rahmen der Veranstaltung „Lernen vom besten Land der Welt – Ein Blick aus Deutschland auf Schweden“, Schader-Stiftung, Darmstadt, 5.-6.6.2018, Schader-Stiftung, Darmstadt.
*2018: „Zeichen am Weg: Schwedens außenpolitisches Konzept", Vortrag im Rahmen der Veranstaltung „Lernen vom besten Land der Welt – Ein Blick aus Deutschland auf Schweden“, Schader-Stiftung, Darmstadt, 5.-6.6.2018, Schader-Stiftung, Darmstadt.
2018: “When Alleged Norm Beneficiaries Gainsay their Protectors: Agency by the Governed?, Papier für den dritten Workshop der DVPW Themengruppe “Normenforschung in den Inter-nationalen Beziehungen“ zum Thema „Normen und die Rolle von Agency“ , 4.-5.5.2018, Universität Potsdam.
2017: “Norm Entrepreneurship Revisited: What ‘Unorthodox’ Norm Entrepreneurs Tell Us about Success or Failure of Norm Advocacy”, Papier für die 5. Offene IB-Sektionstagung der DVPW, Bremen, 4.-6.10.2017.
2017: “When Assumed Beneficiaries Gainsay their Protectors: Ambiguities of Advocacy in the Case of Child Labor Regulation”, paper prepared for the 4th European Workshop in International Studies (EWIS), Cardiff, 6.-9.6.2017, Cardiff University, Wales.
2017: “’Rogues’, ‘Outlaws’ and ‘Pariahs’: Dissidence between Delegitimization and Justification”, paper prepared for the conference on “International Dissidence: Rule and Resistance in a Globalized World, 2.-4.3.2017, Goethe Universität, Frankfurt.
*2015: "Iran and the 2015 NPT Review Conference", A joint hbs/SWP seminar, The talks on Iran’s nuclear programme: Implications for regional security and non-proliferation, 17.3.2015, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung und Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin.
2014: „Bridging a Gap: Identity and Notions of (In)Justice in International (Arms Control) Negotiations” (mit Daniel Müller), paper prepared for the panel “Understanding Nuclear Weapons Politics: The Importance of Ideas in Arms Control Strategy” at the 4th World International Studies Conference (WISC), 6.-9.8.2014, Frankfurt am Main.
*2014: „Nach den Atomverhandlungen: Iran und das nukleare Nichtverbreitungsregime“, Politisches Frühstück in der Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), 21.11.2014, Berlin.
*2014: "Iran and Global Zero – Rumbling towards a ‘Just’ Nuclear Order, The Prague Agenda 2014, 4.-5.12.2014, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and Institute of International Relations, Prag (Tschechische Republik).
2013: “Overcoming False Biases: Iran and Sweden as Norm Entrepreneurs within the NPT”, paper prepared for the workshop “Nuclear Politics: Beyond Positivism” prior to the 54th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, 1.4.2013, San Francisco.
2013: “The Good, the Bad, and the Bias: Towards a Reconceptualization of Norm Entrepreneurship”, paper prepared for the 54th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, 3.-6.4.2013, San Francisco.
2012: “Critical Norm Studies meet Nuclear Non-Proliferation: Counter-Hegemonic Norm Entrepreneurship within the NPT”, paper prepared for the 53rd Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA), 1.-4.4.2012, San Diego, USA.
2011: “Norm Revolutionary: Iran as a Counter-Hegemonic Norm Entrepreneur in the Non-Proliferation Regime, paper prepared for the ECPR General Conference, 25.-27.8.2011, Reykjavik.
2011: “Black Sheep or Sheep in Wolf‘s Clothing? ‘Rogue States’ as Norm Entrepreneurs, paper prepared for the 52nd Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA), 16.-19.3.2011, Montreal.
2010: “Moving beyond Neutrality: Sweden’s Changing Attitude towards the Military Use of Force, paper prepared for the 7th Pan-European International Relations Conference of the Standing Group on International Relations (SGIR) of the ECPR, 9.-11.9.2010, Stockholm.
2009: “Arms Control and Disarmament in Western Democracies – between Interests and Norms” (mit Una Becker und Harald Müller), Report on a Research Project, paper prepared for the 5th ECPR General Conference, 10.-12.9.2009, Potsdam.
Organization of…
Conferences/Workshops
2022: “New Age, New Thinking: Challenges of the Third Nuclear Age”, Internationales Symposium, organisiert in Kooperation mit International Students/Young Pugwash, 31. Oktober bis 2. November (gefördert von der Deutschen Stiftung Friedensforschung; Link)
2022: „The Complexity of Nuclear (Dis)Ordering”, Autor:innen-Workshop, Berlin, 27./28. Oktober 2022 (gefördert von der Deutschen Stiftung Friedensforschung; Link )
2019: “Beyond Western Liberalism: Mapping Blind Spots in IR Norms Research”, Annual Conference of the GGS – Giessen Graduate Centre for Social Sciences, Business, Economics and Law (University of Giessen). Convened by GGS section “Norms and Changes in Global Politics” in cooperation with DVPW thematic group “IR Norms Research”, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH), Institute of Political Science (University of Duisburg-Essen), Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF)
2019: “Expanding the Study of the Nuclear Taboo: Cross-national and Multi-Dimensional Perspectives”, ISA Catalytic Workshop, 26. März, Toronto, Canada. (mit Michal Smetana)
2018: „Gesellschaft Extrem: Radikalisierung und Deradikalisierung in Deutschland“, Transferveranstaltung zum gleichnamigen vom BMBF geförderten Projekt, 11. September , Berlin.
2018: "Schwedens feministische Außenpolitik: Wieso, weshalb, warum?", Workshop im Rahmen der Veranstaltung „Lernen vom besten Land der Welt – Ein Blick aus Deutschland auf Schweden“, Schader-Stiftung, Darmstadt, 5.-6. Juni, Schader-Stiftung, Darmstadt.
2018: Dritter Workshop der DVPW Themengruppe „Normenforschung in den Internationalen Beziehungen“ zum Thema „Normen und die Rolle von Agency“ , 4.-5. Mai, Universität Potsdam (Mit-Organisatorin)
2016: “European Solidarity in (the) Crisis“, 23. Februar, Leibniz-Forschungsverbund „Krisen einer globalisierten Welt“, Exzellenzcluster „Normative Ordnungen“, Vertretung des Landes Hessen in Brüssel, Brüssel (Belgien) (Mit-Organisatorin)
Panels
2018: “Autocratic and Illiberal Norm Entrepreneurship”, im Rahmen der 2018 General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), 22.-25. August, Hamburg (mit Stefan Kroll)
2017: „Die Rolle von Agency in globalen Normdynamiken“, im Rahmen der Fünfte Offene Sektionstagung der Sektion „Internationale Beziehungen“ der DVPW, 4. Oktober, Universität Bremen
2014: “Understanding Nuclear Weapons Politics: The Importance of Ideas in Arms Control Strategy“, im Rahmen der “Fourth Global International Studies Conference”, 6.-9. August, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main (Mit-Organisatorin)
2013: “Where are the ‘Bad’ Cases? Confronting the ‘Good Norms Problem’ in International Norm Diffusion”, im Rahmen der Annual Convention der International Studies Association, 3.-6. April, San Francisco (USA).
2011: “How Do We Know Justice When We See It?”, im Rahmen der ECPR General Conference, 23. August, Reykjavik (Island).
Media
Invited talks/Lectures
2022 “WMD Compliance and Enforcement in a Changing Global Context", virtual lecture prepared for Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security, April 2022
“Universalisierung des AVV – Was braucht es für die Entwicklung einer starken Norm zur Ächtung von Atomwaffen?, Vortrag für NUKIPEDIA 2022 „Das neue nukleare Wettrüsten – eine (un)aufhaltsame Eskalation?
„The Nuclear Order at a Crossroads? Arms Control, Non-proliferation, and Disarmament post 24/2/2022, ÖFG Peaceful Change Panel Discussion, March 2022.
2021 “Yes we ban? Panel discussion with the Federal Government on the prohibition of nuclear weapons under international law. Online event, January 2021
2020 “Stakeholders in Nuclear Norm Maintenance”, lecture prepared for the event „Exploring the Future of WMD Compliance and Enforcement”, hosted by UNIDIR, Geneva, January 23
2019 Ein Jahr Atomwaffenverbotsvertrag: Wann tritt Deutschland bei?, 20. September 2019, Podiumsdiskussion, Netzwerk Friedenskooperative, Evangelischer Kirchenpavillon Bonn.
2018 “What if Women Ruled the World", performance theater by Yael Bartana, 14. April 2018, Volksbühne Berlin, Berlin.
2017 „Historischer Schritt auf dem Weg in eine atomwaffenfreie Welt? ICAN und der Atomwaffenverbotsvertrag“, Vortrag anlässlich der Verleihung des Friedensnobelpreises an ICAN, organisiert von den Mayors for Peace, Hannover, 10.12.2017.
Press
22.09.2017 „Konfliktforscherin: Rede von Trump greift UN-Fundament an“, epd-Gespräch mit Elisa Makowski, epd (Evangelischer Pressedienst).
07.12.2009 ”Norway Leads on Soft Power Diplomacy“, Interview zu Norwegens „soft power diplomacy“, in Monday Morning, http://www.mandagmorgen.no/norway-leads-soft-power-diplomacy.
Radio
11.04.2023 Interview in Streitkräfte und Strategien „Top Secret: Suche nach dem Leak“ (Tag 409-413) (Link)
11.04.2023 „Wunderlich: Machtverhältnisse müssen stärker in den Blick genommen werden“, NDR Info (Link)
21.06.2022 Konferenz zum Atomwaffenverbotsvertrag Deutschlandfunk (Link)
01.08.2022 „Düstere Zeiten für Abrüstungskontrolle“, Deutschlandfunk Kultur (Link)
10.08.2022 „Carmen Wunderlich: „Risiko eines Kernwaffen Einsatzes“, The Pioneer Briefing (Link)
18.09.2019 Diskussion zum Thema „Angriff auf saudische Ölanlagen – Wachsende Gefahr am Persischen Golf, Deutschlandfunk.
25.05.2018 Interview mit rbb-Inforadio zu „Trumps Politikstil ist gefährlich“.
23.09.2017 Interview mit rbb-Inforadio zu „Hat Trump die Vereinten Nationen beschädigt?“.
20.09.2017 Interview mit dem Deutschlandfunk in der Sendung „Das war der Tag“, „Trumps Vision von der UNO – ‚Dokument trägt deutlichen Stempel des Geschäftsmannes‘“, Gespräch mit Dirk-Oliver Heckmann.
03.02.2015 Interview mit dem Deutschlandradio Wissen zum Thema „Feindbilder“.
11.10.2013 Interview mit dem SWR1 Thema heute zum Friedensnobelpreis an die OVCW.
11.10.2013 Interview mit dem SWR2 zu „Was bringt der Friedensnobelpreis für die Chemiewaffenabrüstung“.
11.10.2013 Interview mit hr-Info zum Thema „Friedensnobelpreis an die OVCW“, Gespräch mit Uli Höhmann.
11.10.2010 Interview mit hr-Info zu „Deutschland in den Sicherheitsrat gewählt“.
Teaching
Winter Semester 2019/2020
will be updated shortly
Summer Semester 2019:
Seminar: „Einführung in die Internationalen Beziehungen“ [LSF] - (Introduction to International Relations)
Seminar: „Globalisierung und Transnationalisierung“ für Lehramt BA Politik [LSF] - (Globalization and Transnationalization)
Winter Semester 2018/2019:
Lecture: „Internationale Beziehungen und Global Governance“ für BA PoWi [LSF] - (International Relations and Global Governance)
Seminar: „Theorien und Problemfelder internationalen Regierens“ für MA IBEP [LSF] - (Theories and Challenges of Global Governance)