Klaus Segbers

Klaus Sebgers (born 1954 in Dortmund, Germany) is a German political scientist who presently holds the Chair for Political Science at the Institute for East European Studies and is professor for International Relations at the Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science at Freie Universität Berlin. His research interests include theories of International Relations, transformations in the former Soviet Union, international political economy, and globalization.

Biography

From 1974-1979, Segbers studied history, Slavic languages,political science, and philosophy in Bochum and Konstanz, completing his studies with both a Master’s degree and Staatsexamen (government-recognized exam for future teachers). In 1984, he obtained his PhD (Dr. phil.) from Bremen University with a study on the USSR during the Second World War. After research stays in the USA and the USSR, Segbers worked as research fellow at a project on Soviet reform politics at the University of Bremen and later as research fellow at JWG University in Frankfurt am Main. From 1990-1995, he was based at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung für Wissenschaft und Politik) at Ebenhausen and in 1992 qualified as professor with a book on systemic change in the Soviet Union. After working as professor for International Relations at the University of Konstanz, Segbers became professor for Political Science and East European Politics at the Institute for East European Studies and the Department of Political Science at Freie Universität Berlin. He has conducted several research projects – among others a research project on Post-Soviet Puzzles (on spaces, territories, elites and interests in the FSU; published 1994/95) and one on Explaining Post-Soviet Patchworks (1998-2000) – and has implemented as well as supervised different study projects which since 2007 are integrated in the Center for Global Politics. Segbers is a member of several scientific boards of organizations of international repute including the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) the Gulf Research Center, and the Institute for European Politics. As visiting scholar he has worked at Stanford University, George Washington University,Harvard University, and elsewhere.

Fields of Activity

As both Chair for Political Science at the Institute for East European Studies at Freie Universität Berlin and Professor for International Relations, Segbers’ research interests cover a broad range of topics. While by background both a political scientist and regional expert, he later conducted several projects which reached beyond Eastern Europe. Thus he has not only directed research projects that analyzed actors beyond the nation state which play a crucial part in understanding the changes in the FSU (“Post-Soviet Puzzles”; “Explaining Post Soviet Patchworks”) but also headed a research project “Global City Regions” (2002-2004) exploring the role of city regions as sub-state political entities within the context of contemporary globalization processes. Presently, Segbers is engaged in advancing blended learning study courses as well as in fostering international cooperation. He is founder and director of the Center for Global Politics which unites four graduate study programs: East European Studies Online (EES Online) and International Relations Online (IR Online), two MA programs which combine an international educational curriculum with innovative ways of knowledge-building using state-of-the-art technologies. Additionally, he supervises the Global Politics Summer School China, in cooperation with Fudan University Shanghai, and German Studies Russia, in cooperation with the Moscow Institute for International Relations, Moscow.

Bibliography (incomplete)

*"The making of Global City Regions. Johannesburg, Mumbai/ Bombay, São Paulo, and Shanghai"(Ed.), Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 2007.

*"Deutsche Außenpolitik gegenüber Osteuropa: Die wichtigste Nebensache?" In: Stephan Böckenförder, Chancen der deutschen Außenpolitik. Analyse – Perspektiven – Empfehlungen. Dresden: TUDpress, 2005, 150-159.

*"Public Problems, Private Solutions? Globalizing Cities in the South" (with Simon Raiser, Krister Volkmann – eds.), Aldershot, Burlington/VT: Ashgate, 2005.

*"Resistance to Globalization. Political Struggle and Cultural Resilience in the Middle East, Russia, and Latin America" (with Harald Barrios, Martin Beck, Andreas Boeckh – eds.), Hamburg, London: LIT, 2003.

*"Gullivers Bindungen. Aussenpolitiken der Bundesrepublik Deutschland in den neunziger Jahren: Die innere Dimension." In: Werner Süss (Hg.), Deutschland in den neunziger Jahren. Politik und Gesellschaft zwischen Widervereinigung und Globalisierung. Opladen: Leske und Budrich, 2002, 349 – 361.

*"Explaining Post-Soviet Patchworks" (Ed.). Volumes 1 – 3, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001

*"Vom (großen) Nutzen und (kleinen) Elend der Komparatistik in der Transformationsforschung." In: Ulrich Menzel (Hg.), Vom Ewigen Frieden und vom Wohlstand der Nationen. Dieter Senghaas zum 60. Geburtstag. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 2000, 493–518

*"The Globalization of Eastern Europe. Teaching International Relations Without Borders" (with Kersin Imbusch – eds.), Münster, Hamburg, London: Lit Verlag, 2000 (i.E.)

*"Post-Soviet Puzzles. Mapping the Political Economy of the Former Soviet Union" (with Stephan De Spiegeleire – eds.), 4 vls., Baden-Baden 1995.

External links

* [http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~segbers/ Homepage Prof. Dr. Klaus Segbers]
* [http://www.fu-berlin.de Freie Universität Berlin]
* [http://www.oei.fu-berlin.de Institute for East European Studies]
* [http://www.global-politics.org Center for Global Politics]
* [http://www.ees-online.org East European Studies Online]
* [http://www.ir-online.org/ International Relations Online]
* [http://www.global-politics.info/shanghai/ Global Politics Summer School China]
* [http://www.global-politics.info/dsg/ DSG - German Studies]