Staff Profile

Dr Benjamin Faude is Lecturer in International Politics. Prior to joining Newcastle, he worked at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. Faude also held visiting positions at the University of California at Berkeley and at Vrije Universiteit Brussels. He has received his PhD from the University of Bamberg (Germany).

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Benjamin Faude's research focuses on global governance institutions, regional institutions (such as the EU), and international courts and tribunals.

Most of his academic work is inspired by the observation that all contemporary global policy challenges, such as global health, environmental sustainability, financial stability, and the protection of human rights are governed by sets of global governance institutions which find their particular competences overlapping under no coordination from an overarching authority.

The key question that motivates Faude's work is: to what extent is effective and legitimate global governance possible in such an environment? In order to provide persuasive and meaningful answers, Faude analyzes how institutional complexity affects contemporary global governance and, within this context, the normative qualities of global governance institutions.

Theoretically, Faude's research draws on and contributes to rational, historical, and sociological institutionalism. Methodologically, he is committed to multi-method research combining qualitative, quantitative, and formal methods. 

Faude's research has been published in leading international journals, such as International Studies Quarterly, The Review of International Organizations, International Theory, Global Policy, Global Environmental Politics, Global Constitutionalism, and Global Governance.

He is a member of the Global Policy North Network which is a consortium of scholars from various disciplines and universities, working on a range of global governance and global policy issues. 

Benjamin Faude has talked about the work on "Low-Cost Institutions" (LCIs) and "Hybrid Institutional Complexes" (HICs) he has done together with Kenneth W. Abbott (Arizona State University) on The Know Show Podcast. 

Before joining Newcastle, Faude has taught at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Free University of Berlin, the University of Bamberg, and Charles University in Prague.

He has received the LSE's 2020-2021 Excellence in Education Award for outstanding teaching contribution and educational leadership.

Teaching at Newcastle in the Academic Year 2022-23

POL2015: International Institutions (Module Leader)

POL1032: Key Concepts in International Politics

POL3046: Dissertation in Politics

POL3047: Project in Politics

POL8099: MA dissertation supervision

• Abbott KW, Faude B. Hybrid Institutional Complexes in Global Governance. The Review of International Organizations 2021, epub ahead of print.
• Faude B. International Institutions in Hard Times: How Complexity Increases Resilience. Complexity, Governance & Networks 2021, 6(1), 46-54.
• Faude B, Parizek M. Contested Multilateralism as Credible Signaling: How Strategic Inconsistency Can Induce Cooperation Among States. The Review of International Organizations 2021, 16, 843-870.
• Abbott KW, Faude B. Choosing Low-Cost Institutions in Global Governance. International Theory 2020, 13(3), 397-426.
• Faude B. Breaking Gridlock: How Path Dependent Layering Enhances Resilience in Global Trade Governance. Global Policy 2020, 11(3), 448-457.
• Faude B, Grosse-Kreul F. Let's Justify! How Regime Complexes Enhance the Normative Legitimacy of Global Governance. International Studies Quarterly 2020, 64(2), 431-439.
• Faude B, Fuss J. Coordination or Conflict? The Causes and Consequences of Institutional Overlap in a Disaggregated World Order. Global Constitutionalism 2020, 9(2), 268-289.
• Faude B. How the Fragmentation of the International Judiciary Affects the Performance of International Judicial Bodies. In: Squatrito, T; Young, O; Follesdal, A; Ulfstein, G, ed. The Performance of International Courts and Tribunals. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018, pp.234-260.
• Faude B, Gehring T. Regime Complexes as Governance Systems. In: Sandholtz,W;Whytock,CA, ed. Research Handbook on the Politics of International Law. Edward Elgar, 2017, pp.176-203.
• Gehring T, Faude B. A Theory of Emerging Order within Institutional Complexes. The Review of International Organizations 2014, 9(4), 471-498.
• Zuern M, Faude B. On Fragmentation, Differentiation, and Coordination. Global Environmental Politics 2013, 13(3), 119-130.
• Gehring T, Faude B. The Dynamics of Regime Complexes. Global Governance 2013, 19(1), 119-130.
• Krapohl S, Faude B, Dinkel J. Judicial Integration in the Americas? A Comparison of Dispute Settlement in NAFTA and MERCOSUR. In: Laursen,F, ed. Comparative Regional Integration: Europe and Beyond. 2010.