Benjamin Faude

Does the System Work? Transnational Crises and the Resilience of Global Governance Abstract. In recent decades, global governance has faced significant transnational crises characterized by threat, urgency, and uncertainty, from the Globa

How well does global governance hold up under the strain of transnational crises?

Ken Abbott and I have a new #openaccess article out in International Studies Review:

"Does the System Work? Transnational Crises and the Resilience of Global Governance"

academic.oup.com/isr/article/...

More soon

This Call for Papers is closing in two days. Join us in Innsbruck!

📢 Student essay competition on environmental agreements.
🥇 The Ronald Mitchell Prize
📅 Deadline : Feb 1, 2026
💰 500 $
ℹ️ www.iea.ulaval.ca/en/essay-com...

@isaess.bsky.social @esgproject.bsky.social @gepjournal.bsky.social

Partners and rivals? The AIIB’s cooperation with preexisting multilateral development banks The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is often seen as a challenger to established Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) like the World Bank (WB) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), whi...

Happy to share a new paper in RIPE with Angelo Gerber-Helm & @mirkoheinzel.bsky.social! When and how do new IOs engage with their legacy contenders? Using 2016–2023 data, we uncover patterned AIIB–World Bank & ADB cooperation shaped by country context and BRI ties. OA ⬇️

doi.org/10.1080/0969...

We have been thinking deeply about the resilience of global governance over the last years. It's great to see that our paper is now only one step away from publication. We offer a novel conceptualization of institutional resilience and theorize what makes global governance resilient. Stay tuned!

There is one week left to submit your paper proposal for our workshop 'Global Governance in Times of Disruption' at next year's @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions of Workshops. Join us in Innsbruck!

It was wonderful to see our PG IR students graduate this morning and to reconnect with my first cohort as programme convenor.

The importance of tax collection for sustainable development cannot be overstated.

This is the point that Matt Barlow (IBEI- @glasgow.ac.uk )
makes in his new book ‘#Taxing for #Development: Contested Ideas, the State & Commodity Taxes in #Argentina’.

Check here 👉 t.ly/J4Bw7

Our key arguments are:

1️⃣ The challenge posed by the #US under #Trump 2.0 is more severe than under Trump 1.0. It deprived global governance institutions from material and immaterial support in an unparalleled stepped and intensity.

Does #Trump 2.0 mean the decline of global governance and the resurgence of traditional great-power politics?

The death of global governance is not inevitable but will depend on how major powers respond, argue @benjaminfaude.bsky.social and I in a recent article:
doi.org/10.1007/s435... 👇

Interested in the future of global governance? Please take a moment to explore our Ethics & International Affairs Roundtable ‘The Institutional Dynamics of Global Governance in Hard Times: Innovation or Decline?'

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Interesting piece in The Guardian by Philippe Sands, very much in line with what @heinkelmann-wild.bsky.social and I argue in "Destruction or Renewal? Trumpism and the future of global governance".

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Destruction or renewal? Trumpism and the future of global governance - Global Public Policy and Governance This paper assesses the impact of Trumpism on global governance. Although Trump II poses an even greater challenge than Trump I, we argue that the continued decline of global governance and the resurg...

Destruction or Renewal? Trumpism and the future of global governance.

@heinkelmann-wild.bsky.social and I argue that although Trump II poses an even greater challenge than Trump I, the decline of global governance and the resurgence great power politics is not inevitable.

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Excited to announce that, together with @yoramhaftel.bsky.social, I am co-organising the workshop 'Global Governance in Times of Disruption' at next year's @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions of Workshops.

Details here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

Join us in Innsbruck to discuss this crucial topic!

Interested in China‘s role in the international order and its approach to international law? Come to our next Thomas Franck Lecture with Ryan Martinez Mitchell 👇

Global Governance in Times of Disruption Joint Sessions of Workshops, 7 – 10 April 2026, University of Innsbruck

⚙️ #ecprjs26 Workshop directors 🎬
@benjaminfaude.bsky.social & @yoramhaftel.bsky.social
💡 Seeks Papers exploring how global governance institutions respond to disruption and disruptors in world politics
✔️ @ecprsgir.bsky.social endorsed
⌛ Submit by 10 Dec buff.ly/YnDgwfh

#Polisky #CallforPapers

henry's UK Kilimanjaro 2026 Student Fundraising Page 2026 Help Henry Wilkins-Lang raise money to support Amnesty International UK

My son, Henry, is climbing Mt Kilimanjaro to support Amnesty International (one of my favourite organizations). If you can support him, go to this website and dig deep! www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...

Excited to announce that, together with @yoramhaftel.bsky.social, I am co-organising the workshop 'Global Governance in Times of Disruption' at next year's @ecpr.bsky.social Joint Sessions of Workshops.

Details here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

Join us in Innsbruck to discuss this crucial topic!

The second day of the Global Policy North Workshop at @uofglasgow.bsky.social is in full swing.

Waiting for the arrival of the participants & very much looking forward to the next two days.

Climate action is the best way to ensure long-term growth Although we may have underestimated the risks of the climate crisis, we have also been too pessimistic about the opportunities created by new, green tech...

observer.co.uk/news/busines...

Call for Papers Obstructionism in International Organizations Date: May 20-22 2026 Location: SAIS Europe, Bologna, Italy Hosts: Nina Hall (Johns Hopkins University, SAIS Europe) & Inken von Borzyskowski (University of Oxford) Aim: This workshop will bring toge...

Come to Bologna in May 2026 for Workshop on *Obstructionism in International Organizations* @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social

Co-organized w/ @borzyskowski.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk

Submit by Dec 15👇
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Please spread the word 🙏

Three takeaways from the too-close-to-call Dutch election A young charismatic liberal leader may well become the next Dutch prime minister.

Three quick takeaways from the Dutch elections: @goodauth.bsky.social goodauthority.org/news/three-t...

Greening the International Monetary Fund Cambridge Core - American Government, Politics and Policy - Greening the International Monetary Fund

Our new book — Greening the International Monetary Fund (Cambridge University Press, 2025) — examines how climate change has become embedded within the IMF’s operations, and what this means for global economic governance.
📖 Open access: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

@ckreudersonnen.bsky.social and I are happy to announce two open research positions in our joint DFG-funded project VARICRIS (👉 bit.ly/varicris).
We are recruiting a #PostDoc and a #PhD candidate 🧵:

#PoliSky #PoliSkyJobs #polsci 🌐

Tomorrow! Join a panel of experts on international law as they explain the international controversies over Trump’s trade policies. Register here for this free webinar: cambridge-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Sozialwissenschaftler Claus Offe gestorben Claus Offe prägte die Sozialwissenschaften mit scharfsinnigen Analysen und gesellschaftskritischen Perspektiven. Als Grenzgänger zwischen Soziologie und Politologie bleibt sein Werk wegweisend.

Ein von Michael Zürn und mir verfasster Nachruf auf Claus Offe. Ein bemerkenswerter Mensch und Wissenschaftler www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...

Our Special Section on the SDGs at 10 is now out in the current Issue of @globalpolicy.bsky.social.

You can access all contributions here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17585899...

The Hertie School mourns the passing of Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Claus Offe, Professor Emeritus of Political Sociology, an extraordinary scholar, teacher and colleague.

We extend our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends and all who had the privilege to know him.