born 7 October 1970 in Mannheim/Germany, married
Academic Positions
since January 2010:
Professor (hoogleraar) of International Security at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
August 2008 to December 2009:
Associate Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
August 2007 to July 2008:
Senior Lecturer at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
January 2002 to July 2007:
Senior Research Fellow at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF)
January to July 2007:
Member of the Executive Board (Vorstand) of the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF)
2006/2007:
Visiting Professor (Vertretung) of International Relations at the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University Frankfurt/Germany
2003/2004:
Visiting Professor (Vertretung) of Comparative International Politics at the University of Konstanz/Germany
October 2001 to September 2003:
Research Associate in the DFG-funded project “German EU Policy: Governance in a changing Europe” at the Institute for Comparative Politics and International Relations, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main (headed by Prof. Gunther Hellmann)
November 1999 to December 2001:
Research Associate and Lecturer at the Department of Social Sciences (Institute for Comparative Politics and International Relations), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main
April 1997 to November 1999:
Research Associate in the DFG-funded project “German Foreign Policy since Unification” at the Institute of Political Science, University of Tübingen (headed by Prof. Volker Rittberger)
July 1994 to July 1996:
Research Assistant at the Institute of Political Science, University of Tübingen (chair of Prof. Rittberger)
Education
2001
Ph.D. ‘Die Konstruktion einer europäischen Außenpolitik‘
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt/Main University
1990-1996
Political Science, German Literature and Philosophy at the University of Tübingen / Germany
1992/93
Study Abroad
Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio/USA
Classes in Macroeconomics, American Literature and Spanish
Awards, Grants and Fellowships
February 2024
Visiting Scholar at the Arctic Center at the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi.
2023-24
Research grant ‘
Towards a New Belligerency? Explaining Changing Attitudes on the Willingness to Fight for one’s Country; Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
2023-26
Research grant ‘Party-Political Contestation of the Liberal International Order’; Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
2022
Grant by the Carlsberg Foundation for the workshop “The Crisis of Liberal Interventionism and the Return of War” at the University of Copenhagen, 4/5 July 2022 (with Cornelia Baciu and Falk Ostermann)
July 2022
Visiting Scholar at the University of Hamburg
2019-21
Research Grant “Politicization of Security Policy in Comparative Perspective”, Gerda Henkel Stiftung
2019
Visiting Scholar am European University Institute in Florence, Italy
2016
Visiting scholar at the Berlin Social Science Centre (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin)
2011
Research Grant „Electing to Fight or to make Peace? Electoral systems and ethnic violence in post-war societies”, Berghof Foundation Berlin
2010
Research Grant “Rehabilitation ot Retribution? Cultures of Control and Policies towards Rogue States”, The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
2010
Research Grant “The internationalization of internal security governance”
Centre for Comparative Social Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2009
Research Grant „Parliamentary Control of Military Missions”
Geneva Center for the Democratic Control of the Armed Forces
2007-2011
Research Grant, “Reconstituting Democracy in Europe” (funded by the European Commission; coordinated by the University of Oslo)
2007-2008
Research Grant „Parliamentary Control of Military Missions in Western Democracies“, Deutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung
2007
Journal of European Public Policy Special Issue Prize
2007
Visiting Scholar, University of California at Berkeley
2005
Research Grant „Parliamentary Control of Military Missions”
Geneva Center for the Democratic Control of the Armed Forces
2004
Research Grant “Democratic Legitimacy of European Security and Defense Policy” European Union Institute for Security Studies
1992-1996 Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Student scholarship
Other Professional Activities
Professional Service
2018-2026
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
2017
Scientific Co-Director of the Amsterdam Centre for Contemporary European Studies (ACCESS Europe)
2017
Chair of the Annual PhD Award Committee of the Nederlandse Kring voor Wetenschap der Politiek and the Vereniging voor Politieke Wetenschappen
2016-2017
member of the editorial board of “Foreign Policy Analysis”
2016-2019
Head of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2016
Program Chair of the Joint conference of the International Studies Association (ISA) and the Central and Eastern European Studies Association (CEEISA) in Ljubljana, June 2016
2016
Member of the Annual PhD Award Committee of the Nederlandse Kring voor Wetenschap der Politiek and the Vereniging voor Politieke Wetenschappen
since 2014
Associated Researcher at the Centre for the Politics of Transnational Law
2013-2018
Co-leader of the theme “Europe and the World” within the Amsterdam Centre for Contemporary European Studies (ACCESS)
Since 2011
“Vertrauensdozent” of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
2010-2020
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Flemish Peace Research Institute
2010-2021
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the “Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen”
2010 – 2011
Associate Editor of the Journal of International Relations and Development
2008-2010
Member of the Carl Beck Award Committee of the International Studies Association
since 2007
Member of the Amsterdam Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on International Crimes (ACIC)
since 2007
Research Affiliate of the Comparative Research in Law and Political Economy Network, York University, Toronto/Canada
2007
Section Chair “Liberalism and Peace” ECPR Standing Group on International Relations Conference, Turin, 12-15 September 2007
since 2005
Member of the Editorial Board of “International Politics”
2005
Section Chair “Democracy and Peace” ECPR General Conference, Budapest, 8-11 September 2005
2004-2006
High level expert group „Russia in Europe“ of the Friedrich Ebert-Stiftung
2004
Section Chair “Democracy and Peace”, ECPR Standing Group on International Relations Conference, The Hague, 9-11 September 2004
2003
Section Chair “Democracy and Peace” ECPR General Conference, Marburg, 18-21 September 2003
Reviewer of manuscripts and research proposals:
Acta Politica, British Journal of Politics and International Relations; Cambridge University Press; Cambridge Review of International Affairs; Contemporary Security Policy; Contexto Internacional; Cooperation and Conflict; Czech Science Foundation; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; Deutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung; Ethnopolitics; Europe and the World: A Law Review; European Journal of International Relations; European Journal of Political Research; European Political Science Review; European Security; European Union Politics; Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek – Vlaanderen; Foreign Policy Analysis; Global Affairs; Hague Journal of Diplomacy; International Interactions; International Peacekeeping; International Studies Quarterly; Journal of Common Market Studies; Journal of Conflict Resolution; Journal of European Public Policy; Journal of International Relations and Development; Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding; Journal of Peace Research; Latvian Council of Science; Leiden Journal of International Law; Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO); Parliamentary Affairs; Perspectives on Federalism; Politics and Governance; Politische Vierteljahresschrift; Review of International Studies; Routledge; Russia in Global Affairs; Security Studies; Swiss National Science Foundation; Terrorism and Political Violence; Thyssen Foundation; West European Politics; Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik; Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung; Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen.
Wolfgang Wagner 