Post: Senior Research Fellow in International Relations, Research Fellow of Nuffield College

Appointed: 2005

College: Nuffield College

Office Details: Room 161, Manor Road Building

Phone No: (01865) 285971 -  Contact electronically

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Introduction:

Jochen Prantl works in the field of International Relations, with a focus on international security (institutions), theories of global governance, risk and conflict management, as well as conflict transformation.

He is co-editing (with Dr Amrita Narlikar, University of Cambridge) a recently launched book series with Martinus Nijhoff Publishers on Studies in International Institutional Dynamics.

Prior to his academic career, Jochen Prantl worked in financial services with Allianz SE.

Research Activities and Interests:

Currently, Jochen Prantl is directing a major ESRC-funded three-year project entitled ‘Whither Multilateralism? International Security Institutions and Informal Groups of States.’ The primary aim of the project is to open up and to develop a new research agenda that undertakes a cross-institutional and cross-regional comparison of the dynamic relationship between informal groups of states and international security institutions in the management of risk and the resolution of conflict. The project, which is associated with the Centre for International Studies, will develop and test the proposition that the effectiveness of multilateral institutions in addressing security threats and challenges can be enhanced by informal groupings.

In 2007, he was awarded the Zvi Meitar/Vice-Chancellor Oxford University Research Prize in the Social Sciences. The Prize will facilitate the establishment of an international research team that examines the broader problems related to effective multilateralism and the design of international institutions. In Phase 1, the team will concentrate on East Asia as a test case. With the problem-solving capacities of East Asian regional fora still underdeveloped, the need to engage in a major discourse on how to enhance collective action is particularly strong in this part of the world. Especially China and Japan require special scholarly attention because both countries have key roles to play in providing regional stability. In this context, the impact of U.S. hegemony on East Asian regional dynamics has to come under scrutiny.

Research News

• Apr 2008, Jochen Prantl awarded British Academy Conference Grant, Read more


• Jul 2006, Dr Jochen Prantl Awarded an ESRC First Grants Scheme, Read more


• May 2006, Dr Jochen Prantl Awarded International Fellow at Waseda University, Read more

Teaching Responsibilities:

• International Relations in the Era of the Cold War (213)
• International Relations (214)
• EU External Relations
• The European Union and China
• War and Diplomacy in Europe

Previous Posts Held:

• International Fellow, 21st Century Center of Excellence, School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, Tokyo (2006).
• Research Associate, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford (2004).
• Consultant, Policy Planning Unit, UN Department of Political Affairs, United Nations (2002).
• Visiting Fellow, UN Studies Program, Yale University (2000-4).
• Lecturer, TRANSFORM and Bilateral Stability Pact programmes of the German Foreign Office in Eastern and South-eastern Europe (1999-2001).
• Project Coordinator, International Research Programme on the Northern Dimension of the CFSP (1997-9).

Media Expertise:

• Global Governance
• United Nations (reform)
• UN peacekeeping
• German foreign policy

Publications:

"Hikoushiki Gavannans no Kaibo: Kokka Anzen Hoshoseido to Funso Kaiketsu" ("The Anatomy of Informal Governance: International Security Institutions and the Resolution of Conflict"), in Chiiki Togo no Seiji Keizai Gaku (The Political Economy of Regional Integration), Shiro Yabushita and Koichi Suga, eds. (Tokyo: Toyo Keizai, 2007).

"Entscheidungsfindung in den Vereinten Nationen," in Grundlagen und Strukturen der Vereinten Nationen, Helmut Volger, ed. (München: Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 2007).

ECOSOC Ad Hoc Advisory Groups on African Countries Emerging from Conflict: the Silent Avant-garde (New York: United Nations, 2006).

The UN Security Council and Informal Groups of States: Complementing or Competing for Governance? (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006).

"Informal Groups of States and the UN Security Council," International Organization 59:3 (2005).

Co-authored with Jane Boulden, Neil MacFarlane, and David Williams, The Consolidation of Peace in Africa (Oxford: Centre for International Studies, 2005).

"Informal Groups of Member States," in The United Nations: Confronting the Challenges of a Global Society, Jean E. Krasno, ed. (Boulder, Co.: Lynne Rienner, 2004).

"Conflict Prevention as Concept and Policy at the United Nations: A Policy Planning Perspective," in Conflict Prevention: The Secretary-General’s Report and the Way Forward, Ramesh Thakur and Albrecht Schnabel, eds. (New York: United Nations University, 2003).

Co-authored and edited with Winrich Kühne, The Brahimi Report: Overcoming the North-South Divide (Berlin: Research Institute for International Affairs, 2001).

Co-authored and edited with Winrich Kühne, The Security Council and the G-8 in the New Millennium: Who is in Charge of International Peace and Security? (Ebenhausen: Research Institute for International Affairs, 2000).

Security and Stability in Northern Europe - A Threat Assessment (Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Working Paper, No. 25, 2000).

Profile last updated: 01/06/2007

Current Date: 10/02/2010