Dr. Glaab, Katharina

  • Research Areas

    • Norms in International Relations
    • Global Environmental Politics
    • Theoretical Approaches to Power
    • Religious actors in global politics
    • China and India
    • Politics of Agricultural Biotechnology

  • CV

    Education

    Defense of doctoral thesis
    Doctoral Studies in Political Science/International Relations, WWU Münster
    Magisterstudium der Politikwissenschaft, Sinologie, Neuere und Neueste Geschichte an der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster
    Studium des modernen Chinesisch, Renmin Universität Peking, VR China

    Positions

    Research Fellow at the Cluster of Excellence 'Religion and Politics', project A2-6 'Religious Actors in Global Governance'
    Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Lehrstuhl für Internationale Beziehungen und Entwicklungspolitik, WWU Münster
    Visiting Researcher, Fridtjof Nansen Institut, Oslo
    Visiting Researcher, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
    Visiting Researcher, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
    Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft am Lehrstuhl für Politik Südostasiens, WWU Münster

    External Functions

    Member, deputy representative of the academic staff, Senate of the University of Muenster, since 2014
    Member of the German Association of Political Science (DVPW)
    Mitglied der International Studies Association (ISA)
    Mitglied der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Asienkunde (DGA), Mitglied der Nachwuchsgruppe
    Speaker of the junior research group of the section 'International Politics' of the German Association for Political Science (DVPW)
    Member, directorate of the Institute of Political Science, representative of the academic staff, University of Muenster

  • Teaching

  • Publications

    • Fuchs, Doris; Di Giulio, Antonietta; Glaab, Katharina; Lorek, Sylvia; Maniates, Michael; Princen, Tom; Ropke, Inge. . ‘Power: The Missing Element in Sustainable Consumption and Absolute Reductions Research and Action.’ Journal of Cleaner Production 132: 298–307. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.02.006.
    • Friederich, Johannes; Fuchs, Doris; Glaab, Katharina. . „Die Rolle religiöser Akteure in der globalen Nachhaltigkeitsdebatte - Von der Präsenz zum Einfluss?“ Politische Ökologie 147: 100–105.

    • Fuchs, Doris; Glaab, Katharina. . „Globalisierung und Global Governance.“ In Einführung in die Internationalen Beziehungen. Ein Lehrbuch, herausgegeben von Feske, Susanne; Antonczyk, Erik; Oerding, Simon, 197–212. Oplade: Barbara Budrich.
    • Glaab Katharina, Zimmermann Lisbeth. . „Zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit. Zoologische Betrachtungen des IB-Nachwuchs und seiner Publikationstätigkeit.“ Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen 21, No. 1: 121–132.
    • Glaab Katharina. . „Hegemonie in den Internationalen Beziehungen.“ In Einführung in die Internationalen Beziehungen. Ein Lehrbuch., herausgegeben von Feske Susanne, Antonczyk Erik, Oerding Simon, 131–144. Opladen: Barbara Budrich.
    • Glaab Katharina. . „Religiöse Akteure in der globalen Umweltpolitik.“ In Religionen – Global Player in der internationalen Politik?, herausgegeben von Werkner Ines-Jacqueline, Hidalgo, Oliver, 235–251. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
    • Engelkamp Stephan, Glaab Katharina, Renner Judith. . ‘One Step Forward, Two Steps Back. A Reply to Nicole Deitelhoff and Lisbeth Zimmermann.’ World Political Science Review 10, No. 1: 1–15. doi: 10.1515/wpsr-2014-0004.
    • Engelkamp Stephan, Glaab Katharina, Renner Judith. . ‘Office Hours: How (Critical) Norm Research Can Regain Its Voice.’ World Political Science Review 10, No. 1: 33–61. doi: 10.1515/wpsr-2014-0002.

    • Fuchs, Doris; Di Giulio, Antonietta; Engelkamp, Stephan; Fahy, Frances; Glaab, Katharina; Lorek, Sylvia; Pollok, Michael; Schweighofer, Martin; Vergragt, Philip. . Structural Prerequisites for Sustainable Societies and the Good Life - Taking the Sustainable Consumption Lens Seriously Sustainable Governance Discussion Paper 01/2013. Münster, .
    • Engelkamp Stephan, Glaab Katharina, Renner Judith. . „Ein Schritt vor, zwei Schritte zurück? Eine Replik auf Nicole Deitelhoff und Lisbeth Zimmermann .“ Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen 20, No. 2: 105–118.
    • Fuchs, Doris; Glaab, Katharina; Kalfagianni, Agni; Meyer-Eppler, Richard. . ‘Food Security in the Era of Retail Governance.’ In The Challenge of Food Security. International Policy and Regulatory Frameworks, edited by Rayfuse, Rosemary; Weisfelt, Nicole, 364–383. Houndsmills: Edward Elgar Publishing.

    • Engelkamp Stephan, Glaab Katharina, Renner Judith. . „'In der Sprechstunde': Wie (kritische) Normenforschung ihre Stimme wiederfinden kann.“ Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen 19, No. 2: 101–128.

    • Fuchs, Doris; Glaab, Katharina. . „Internationale Unternehmen in der globalisierten Welt.“ In Globalisierung, herausgegeben von Mayer, Tilman; Meyer, Robert; Miliopoulos, Lazaros; Ohly, H. Peter; Weede, Erich, 93–103. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
    • Fuchs, Doris; Glaab, Katharina. . ‘(Gastherausgeber der Special Section) Between the Global and the Local, the Material and the Normative – Power Struggles in India’s Agrifood System.’ Food Policy 36, No. 6.
    • Fuchs, Doris; Glaab, Katharina. . ‘Material Power and Normative Conflict in Global and Local Agrifood Governance: The Lessons of 'Golden Rice' in India.’ Food Policy 36, No. 6: 729–735. doi: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2011.07.013.

    • Fuchs, Doris; Glaab, Katharina; Kalfagianni, Agni; Meyer-Eppler, Richard. . Retail Governance and Agrifood Sustainability. Insights and Research Needs Sustainable Governance Discussion Paper 01/2010. Münster, .
    • Glaab Katharina. . ‘Bread and Genes. Power and Legitimacy in Agricultural Biotechnology Politics in China and India.’ Contributed to the DVPW-Nachwuchsgruppe Internationale Politik 'Sicherheit, Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft: Theorien und Problemfelder internationaler Beziehungen', 28.-30.5., Arnoldshain.

    • Glaab Katharina. . „Politikkonflikte bei der Einführung genveränderter Lebensmittel in China und Indien.“ Beitrag präsentiert auf der Tagung der Nachwuchsgruppe der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Asienkunde (DGA), 3.-5.7., Bonn.

    • Engelkamp Stephan, Glaab Katharina. . „Konferenzbericht. Workshop der DGA-Nachwuchsgruppe Asienforschung zum Thema "Interdisziplinarität".“ ASIEN 109: 96–97.

Conference papers:

Saving the Climate, Securing Rights? Diverging Rights Discourses and Climate Action. Presented at the World International Studies (WISC) Conference, Frankfurt, 6-9 August 2014.

Justice and Faith - A Conceptual Rapprochement. Presented at the International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, Toronto, 26-29 March 2014. (with Claudia Baumgart-Ochse)

Green Faith? The Influence of Faith-based Actors on sustainable Development Discourse. Presented at the European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR) General Conference, Bordeaux, 5-8 September 2013 and ISA Annual Convention, Toronto, 26-29 March 2014. (with Doris Fuchs)

Remembering the Past - Mystifying Resistance? A Tale of Desires, Delusions and German Diplomats. Presented at the Interpretive Policy Analysis (IPA) Conference, Vienna, 3-5 July 2013 and at the ISA Annual Convention, Toronto, 26-29 March 2014. (with Stephan Engelkamp)

Hegemonic Practices - The Politics of Agricultural Biotechnology. Presented at the International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, San Diego, 1-4 April 2012 and at the 'International Politics' Section Conference of the DVPW, Munich, 6-7 October 2011.

'Writing Norms' - Norm Research as Scholarly Practice. Presented at the ECPR General Conference, Reykjavik, 25-27 August 2011 and at the Millennium Conference, London, 22-23 October 2011. (with Stephan Engelkamp)

Constructing Meaning of Agricultural Biotechnology - framing 'Golden Rice' in India. Presented at the Interpretive Policy Analysis (IPA) Conference 'Discursive Spaces, Politics, Practices and Power', Cardiff, 14-15 June 2011.

Retail Food Governance and International Studies. Presented at the ISA Annual Convention, Montréal, 16-19 March 2011. (with Doris Fuchs, Agni Kalfagianni, Richard Meyer-Eppler)

Sustainability and Legitimacy in Governance of Agricultural Biotechnology. Presented at the Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC), Hyderabad, 10-14 January 2011.

Non-State Actors in Global Governance. Sources of Power and Learning. Presented at the Workshop "The Political Power of Non-State Actors - Assessment and Implications", Greifswald, 18-19 October 2010. (with Doris Fuchs and Lena Partzsch)

Norms that (get) Diffuse. Exploring the Role of Myths in Local Norm Adaptation. Presented at the Millennium Conference, London, 16-17 Oktober 2010; IPA Conference 'Discourse and Policy Practices', Grenoble, 23-25 June 2010; ISA Annual Convention, New Orleans, 17-20 February 2010; 1st Junior Researcher Conference of the Cluster of Excellence 'Normative Orders', Frankfurt a.M., 23-25 October 2009. (with Stephan Engelkamp)

Material Power or Normative Conflict. Determinants of the Interaction between Global and Local Agrifood Governance. Presented at the ISA Annual Convention, New Orleans, 17-20 February 2010; 4th Annual Conference of the GARNET Network 'Food Security and Development', Rome, 11-13 November 2009. (with Doris Fuchs)

Grants and Awards:

  • Grant for the conference of the junior research group on international politics of the German Association of Political Science (DVPW), Fritz Thyssen Foundation, 05/2010. (with Lisbeth Zimmermann)
  • Grant for the workshop 'Critical Norm Research, Fritz Thyssen Foundation, 06/2012. (with Stephan Engelkamp and Antonia Graf)
  • Scholarship for fieldwork in the PR China and India, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), 09/2010 - 02/2011.
  • Scholarships for the participation at the ISA, DAAD, 2011 and 2012
  • Scholarship for languge training for doctoral students, DAAD, Beijing Languge and Culture University, Beijing, 08/2010.
  • Partial scholarship for study in China, DAAD, Renmin University, Beijing 08/2004 - 07/2005.

Organized Workshops and Conferences:

  • Security, Economy, Society: Theories and Problems in International Relations, 11th Conference of the junior research group on international relations of the German Association of Political Science. Tutzing, May 9-11, 2014. Funded by Fritz Thyssen Foundation. (with Lisbeth Zimmermann)
  • Critical Norm Research as Meta-theory and Political Practice, 4th Workshop Network Norm Research. Münster, June 27-29, 2012. Funded by Fritz Thyssen Foundation. (with Stephan Engelkamp and Antonia Graf)
  • Sociological and Political Science Perspectives on 'Power' and 'Norms': An Interdisciplinary Encounter, Joint Workshop of the Graduate Schools of Politics and Sociology. Münster, June 7, 2010. (with Stephan Engelkamp and Sebastian Nessel)
  • China and India in Energy and Environmental Politics - The Challenge of Climate Change, international Conference, Münster, June 18-19, 2009. (with Doris Fuchs)

BA Supervision:

  • 2-Subject-B.A. Political Science + X
  • BA Public Administration
  • BA Politics and Law
  • BA Politics and Economics
  • BA International and European Governance