Prof. Dr Klaus Dieter Wolf
Deputy Director; Head of Research Department
RD: Private Actors in the Transnational Sphere
e-Mail: wolfNoeSPAM@ thanx-for-not-spamming! hsfk.de
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Biography
1971 - 1977 | Studies at the Universities of Frankfurt/Main, Nottingham and Tübingen |
1977 | Graduation (Political Science and English Studies), University of Tübingen |
1978 - 1980 | Internship United Nations Institute for Training and Research at New York and Geneva; Participant in the Third Conference on the Sea of Law |
1981 | Ph.D. (Dr. rer. soc.) in Political Science, University of Tübingen |
1981 - 1984 | Research Fellow, Institute of Political Science, University of Tübingen |
1985 | Visiting Assistant Professor, Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS), University of Denver, USA |
1984 - 1989 | Assistant Professor, Institute for Political Science, University of Tübingen |
1989 - 1991 | Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Political Science at Stuttgart University |
1990 | Habilitation in Political Science, University of Tübingen |
1991 - 1992 | Visiting Professor for International Politics, University of Konstanz |
since 1992 | Chair for International Relations, Institute of Political Science, Darmstadt University of Technology |
since 2005 | Head of Research Group at PRIF |
since 2007 | Member of the Executive Board |
Further Affiliations and Activities
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Frankfurt University's Cluster of Excellence "The Formation of Normative Orders" (since 2007)
- Member of the Scientific Council of the German Political Science Association (DVPW) (2006-2009)
- Non-Northamerican Member of the ISA Governing Council (since 2006)
- President of the German Political Science Association (DVPW) (2003-2006)
- Member of the Advisory Council on Peace and Conflict Research, Foreign Office, Germany (since 2000)
- Member of the Advisory Council of the Interdisziplinäre Arbeitsgruppe Naturwissenschaft, Technik und Sicherheit (IANUS), („Interdisciplinary Working Group Natural Science, Technology and Security”), Darmstadt University of Technology (since 2000)
- Co-Editor of the “Weltpolitik im 21. Jahrhundert” (“World Politics in the 21th Century”) Monograph Series of the International Politics Section of the German Political Science Association (since 1999)
- Founding Editor an Co-Editor of “Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen” (Journal “International Relations”), edited by the International Politics Section of the German Political Science Association (since 1993)
- Member of the ethics committee of the German Political Science Association (since 2011)
Projects
- Corporate Security Responsibility: The Role of Transnational Corporations in Conflict Zones (closed)
- Designing proliferation-resistant fusion reactors –Ideas for developing an effective and just nuclear order for the twenty-first century (closed)
- Global Crime Governance – Towards a Normative Order to Combat Transnational Non-state Violence and Organized Crime
- Corporations and Natural Resource Governance
- "Rogue states", "outlaws", and "pariahs": Dissidence between delegitimization and justification
- The Legitimation of Non-State Regulation in Interconnected Normative Orders
- Contested World Orders
- Leibniz Research Network on Crises in a Globalised World
Selected Publications
- From Meltdown to Showdown? Challenges and options for governance in the Arctic, PRIF Reports, No. 113, 2012
- The Relevance of Private Actors in the Transnational Sphere for Just Peace Governance, Arbeitspapiere, No.13, 2012
- Business and Human Rights How Corporate Norm Violators become Norm Entrepreneurs, 2012
- Wirtschaftsunternehmen in Konflikten Das Wechselspiel staatlicher und gesellschaftlicher (Ent-)Politisierung privater Sicherheitsleistungen, 2012
- Der Beitrag privater Sebstregulierung zu Global Governance, 2011
- Unternehmen als Normunternehmer Global Governance und das Gemeinwohl, 2011
- Unternehmen als Normunternehmer Global Governance und das Gemeinwohl, 2011
- Vom Meltdown zum Showdown? Herausforderungen und Optionen für Governance in der Arktis, HSFK-Reports, Nr. 4, 2011
- Business in Zones of Conflict: an Emergent Corporate Security Responsibility?, 2011
- Vom Business Case zum Public Case? Der Beitrag privater Selbstregulierung zu Global Governance, 2011
- Krieg in der Arktis? Konfliktszenarien auf dem Prüfstand, 2011
- Die UNO Geschichte, Aufgaben, Perspektiven, 2010
- Output, Outcome, Impact Focusing the Analytical Lens for Evaluating the Success of Corporate Contributions to Peace-Building and Conflict Prevention, Arbeitspapiere, No.03, 2010
- Variations in Corporate Norm-Entrepreneurship Why the Home State Matters, 2010
- Business in Zones of Conflict and Global Security Governance What has been Learnt and Where to from Here?, 2010
- Chartered Companies Linking Private Security Governance in Early and Post Modernity, 2010
- Corporate Security Responsibility? Corporate Governance Contributions to Peace and Security in Zones of Conflict, 2010
- The Role of Business in Global Governance Corporations as Norm-Entrepreneurs, 2010
- Education in Political Science. Discovering a Neglected Field, 2009
- Education in Political Science Discovering a Neglected Field, 2009
Consulting on
- Democratic Legitimacy and Effectiveness of Global Governance
- International Civil Society
- Corporate Governance
- United Nations





