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Dr Uwe Wunderlich

Lecturer in International Relations

Room: NW 812
Phone: 0121 204 3755
Email: j.u.wunderlich@aston.ac.uk
Dr Uwe Wunderlich

Dr Uwe Wunderlich joined the Aston University in June 2006 having previously worked at Royal Holloway, the School of Oriental and African Studies and the Universities of Reading, East Anglia and Magdeburg. His research and teaching interests focus on comparative regionalism, global governance, globalisation and European integration. 

Responsibilities

PIR Academic Placement Tutor

Qualifications

  • PhD in International Relations (2003, University of East Anglia, Norwich)

  • MA in International Relations and Asia-Pacific Studies (1998, University of East Anglia, Norwich)

  • Diplomkaufmann (1997, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg)

Research Interests

  • Comparative Regionalism

  • Globalisation and Regionalism

  • International Relations of East Asia

  • European Integration

  • Regional Organisations as Global Actors

Teaching

  • LP1021 ‘Introduction to International Relations’

  • LP2014 ‘International Relations: Theories and Issues’

  • LP3015 ‘The International Relations of East Asia’

  • LPM006 ‘International Relations Theory’

  • LPM026 ‘Globalisation, Regionalism and Global Governance’

  • LPM020 ‘The EU as a Global Actor’

  • LPM014 ‘The EU and East Asia – Changing Dynamics in Interregional Relations’ (Jean Monnet Module)

  • LPM036 ‘Comparative and International Political Economy’

Membership of Professional Organisations

  • Fellow of Higher Education Academy

  • University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES)

Publications:

  • ‘The EU an Actor Sui Generis? A Comparison of EU and ASEAN Actorness’, in Journal of Common Market Studies, forthcoming 2012.

  • Wunderlich, J.-U. And Bailey, D.J., European Union and Global Governance – A Handbook (London: Routledge, 2011).

  • ‘EU Scholarship and Global Governance’, in Wunderlich, J.-U. And Bailey, D.J. (eds.) European Union and Global Governance – A Handbook (London: Routledge, 2011).

  • ‘The Trade Environment’, in Warrier, M. (ed.) The Politics of Fair Trade (London: Routledge, 2011).

  • Wunderlich, J.-U. And Warrier, M., A Dictionary of Globalisation (London: Routledge, pb, 2010).

  • Wunderlich, J.-U. And Warrier, M., A Dictionary of Globalisation (London: Routledge, hb, 2007).

  • Regionalisation, Globalisation and International Order: Europe and the Asia-Pacific (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007).

  • “Old Europe” vs “New Europe”: Indication of a European Identity Crisis?’, in Drewry, G. and Haines, S. (eds.) Politics and Conflict: Domestic and International Implications of the Iraq War, Working Paper, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2006.

  • ‘New Regionalism and European Integration – Synthesising Theoretical Advances for the Study of Regions and Regionalisation’, in UEA Papers in European and International Studies, University of East Anglia, 01/05.

  • ‘Globalisation and Security in the Taiwan Straits’, in Global Change, Peace & Security, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 121-137, 2003.

Conference and Seminar Papers

  • (2007a) ‘Comparing Regions – The European and the Southeast Asian Experiences’, Paper presented at UACES Annual Research Conference, Portsmouth, September 2007.

  • (2007b) ‘Recognising Regions in a Global Context’, Paper presented at PIR Conference The International Role of the EU – New Patterns of Global Governance, Aston University, Birmingham, June 2007.

  • (2004a) ‘The New Regionalism Revisited – Bridging International Relations and European Studies’, Paper presented at the International Relations Research in Progress Seminar Series, University of Sussex, Brighton, October 18, 2004.

  • (2004b) ‘Towards a More Comprehensive Conceptualisation of Regions: The New Regionalism Revisited’, Paper presented at the 5th Pan-European SGIR Conference, The Hague, September 9-11, 2004.

  • (2004c) ‘Conceptualising the European Union – A New Regionalism Approach’, Paper presented at the UACES 34th Annual Conference and 9th Research Conference, Birmingham, September 6-8, 2004.

  • (2004d) ‘The New Regionalism – A Theoretical Framework for the Analysis of European Integration?’, Paper presented at the Second Pan-European Conference on EU Politics, Bologna, June 24-26, 2004.

  • (2004e) ‘Globalisation and Identity Building – A Social Constructivist Approach to Sino-Taiwanese Relations’, Paper presented at European Association of Taiwan Studies Inaugural Conference, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, April 17-18, 2004.

  • (2003a) ‘New Regionalism and European Integration’, Paper presented at European Forum, Centre for Research in European Studies, University of East Anglia, November 7, 2003.

  • (2003b) ‘The New Regionalism Approach’, Paper presented at the UACES 33rd Annual Conference and 8th Research Conference, University of Newcastle, September 2-4, 2003.

  • (2003c) ‘The New Regionalism Research Programme’, Paper presented at the UACES SF Fourth Annual Southern Regional Conference, London School of Economics and Political Science, May 10, 2003.

  • (2002a) ‘The Impact of Globalisation on International Security – The Case of the Taiwan Strait’, Paper presented at the 2002 North American Taiwan Studies Association (NATSA) Conference, University of Chicago, June 27-30, 2002.

  • (2002b) ‘Globalisation, Security and the Development of PRC–ROC Relations’, Working Paper presented at the Politics and Sociology Research Seminar, School of Economic and Social Studies, University of East Anglia, May 27, 2002.

  • (2001a) ‘Regional Co-operation in Western Europe: The European Integration Process in the Context of Globalisation’, Working Paper presented at the Politics and Sociology Research Seminar, School of Economic and Social Studies, University of East Anglia, November 13, 2001.

  • (2001b) ‘The European Integration Process – Conceptualising the EU’, Working Paper presented at the Politics and Sociology Research Seminar, School of Economic and Social Studies, University of East Anglia, February 13, 2001.