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Overview

Klaus Dingwerth is affiliated with the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland and specializes in social sciences with a focus on political science and international relations. Their recent work spans topics such as international relations and foreign policy, international development and aid, global peace and security dynamics, climate change policy and economics, Foucault, power, and ethics, political philosophy and ethics, and religious education and schools.

The scientist has published in various academic venues, including:

  • European Review of International Studies
  • Environmental Politics
  • Journal of Global Ethics
  • Ethics & Global Politics
  • POLIS

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Beyond Gridlock: How Global Governance Continues to Shape our World" (2021, European Review of International Studies)
  • "Multi-layered differentiation in the climate regime: the gradual path from Rio to Paris" (2023, Environmental Politics)
  • "Billionaires in world politics: donors, governors, authorities" (2022, Journal of Global Ethics)
  • "Teach your children well: introduction to the book symposium on Julian Culp's democratic education in a globalized world" (2020, Ethics & Global Politics)
  • "Jenseits der Zwischenstaatlichkeit: Global Governance als wissenschaftliche Revolution" (2021, POLIS)

Klaus Dingwerth has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Julian Eckl
  • Clara Weinhardt
  • Simon J. Herr
  • Till Schöfer
  • Philipp Pattberg

In addition to articles, Klaus Dingwerth has published a book titled The Unmaking of Special Rights in 2024, which is available from Edward Elgar Publishing.

Best Publications

  • Global Governance as a Perspective on World Politics

    Klaus Dingwerth;Philipp Pattberg

  • The New Transnationalism: Transnational Governance and Democratic Legitimacy

    Klaus Dingwerth

  • World Politics and Organizational Fields: The Case of Transnational Sustainability Governance

    Klaus Dingwerth;Philipp Pattberg

  • Tamed Transparency: How Information Disclosure under the Global Reporting Initiative Fails to Empower

    Klaus Dingwerth;Margot Eichinger

  • Private Transnational Governance and the Developing World: A Comparative Perspective

    Klaus Dingwerth

  • The Democratic Legitimacy of Public-Private Rule Making: What Can We Learn from the World Commission on Dams?

    Klaus Dingwerth

  • Global Environmental Change and the Nation State

    Frank Biermann;Klaus Dingwerth

  • Procedural Legitimacy and Private Transnational Governance. Are the Good Ones Doing Better

    Marianne Beisheim;Klaus Dingwerth

  • North-South Parity in Global Governance: The Affirmative Procedures of the Forest Stewardship Council

    Klaus Dingwerth

  • The rise of democratic legitimation: why international organizations speak the language of democracy:

    Klaus Dingwerth;Henning Schmidtke;Tobias Weise

  • The Global Reporting Initiative

    Klaus Dingwerth

  • International Organizations under Pressure: Legitimating Global Governance in Challenging Times

    Klaus Dingwerth;Antonia Witt;Ina Lehmann;Ellen Reichel

  • Globale Politiknetzwerke und ihre demokratische Legitimation : Eine Analyse der Weltstaudammkommission

    Klaus Dingwerth

  • Was ist Global Governance

    Klaus Dingwerth;Philipp Pattberg

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  • Global democracy and the democratic minimum: Why a procedural account alone is insufficient

    Klaus Dingwerth

  • The new transnationalism

    Klaus Dingwerth

  • Studying the Influence of International Bureaucracies: A Conceptual Framework

    F. Biermann;B. Siebenhüner;S. Bauer;P.O. Busch

  • Die Organisierte Welt: Internationale Beziehungen und Organisationsforschung

    Klaus Dingwerth;Dieter Kerwer;Andreas Nölke;Andreas Nölke

  • Forum: Global governance: Decline or maturation of an academic concept?

    Henk Overbeek;Klaus Dingwerth;Philipp Pattberg;Daniel Compagnon

  • Legitimitätspolitik jenseits des Staats: Der Beitrag nichtstaatlicher Akteure zum Wandel grenzüberschreitender Legitimitätsnormen

    Klaus Dingwerth;Tobias Weise

  • Wirkungen transnationaler Umweltregime

    Klaus Dingwerth;Philipp Pattberg

  • Postnationale Demokratie. Eine Einführung am Beispiel von EU, WTO und UNO

    Klaus Dingwerth;Michael Blauberger;Christian Schneider

  • Einleitung: Internationale Politik und Organisationen

    Klaus Dingwerth;Dieter Kerwer;Andreas Nölke;Andreas Nölke

  • Global Change als Herausforderung für die deutsche Umweltpolitologie

    F. Biermann;K. Dingwerth

  • Kompetenzen vor Inhalte: Die Kleine Reihe Hochschuldidaktik Politik

    Klaus Dingwerth;Robert Kordts-Freudinger

  • Global Change als Herausforderung fur die Politikwissenschaft

    F. Biermann;K. Dingwerth

  • Die Europäische Union

    Klaus Dingwerth;Michael Blauberger;Christian Schneider

  • Eine Verpflichtung, aber auch eine Chance

    Klaus Dingwerth;Dirk Lehmkuhl

  • Sind die Menschenrechte in der Krise

    Klaus Dingwerth

Frequent Co-Authors

Philipp Pattberg
Philipp Pattberg Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Frank Biermann
Frank Biermann Utrecht University
Helge Jörgens
Helge Jörgens ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon

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