Staff Profile
Professor Hartmut Behr
Professor of International Politics
- Email: hartmut.behr@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5705
- Fax: +44 (0) 191 208 5069
- Address: Newcastle University
International Politics, School of Geography, Politics, Sociology
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU
Henry Daysh Building (formerly Claremont Bridge), R 4.24
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Qualifications
- Habilitation and ,venia legendi’ in Political Science, University
of Jena, Spring 2003
- PhD (Political Science; minor subjects: North American History and
Philosophy), University of Cologne, Fall 1996
- M.A. in Political Science; and History; and Sociology, University
of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Spring 1992
- BA in Political Science, History and Sociology, University of
Erlangen-Nuremberg, Spring 1988, and Free University of Berlin,
Spring 1988
Previous Positions
Visiting Scholar, University of Ottawa; Visiting Scholar, Department of Political Science, Virginia Tech; University of Erlangen-Nuremberg/Germany, Department of Political Science; University of Jena/Germany, Department of Political Science; University of Cologne/Germany, Department of Political Science and European Questions; Washington DC/USA, Library of Congress; University of Pittsburgh/USA, Department of Political Science and University Center for International Studies UCIS; University of Tsukuba/Japan, Graduate School for Humanities and Social Sciences, International Relations; International Christian University ICU, Tokyo, Rotary Peace Center and Department of Politics; Science
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
The Discipline of International Relations (IR):
- Theories of IR & International Political Theory
- Sociology of Knowledge of IR
Politics of Difference and Identity Formation
Political Violence and Peace Studies
Political Reversiblity
Summary
Political problems in the 21st century demand radical imagination to cope with the most serious global challenges. The consequences of these problems existentially concern present and further generations as they fundamentally put the conditions of our societies and of the world at risk. For tackling respective problems, mono-paradigm and mono-disciplinary ways to analyse politics and to design policies are limited and in need of renegotiation. Radical imagination includes the questioning of the ways in which we are used to thinking and acting in order to synergise expertise across and between disciplines and sub-disciplines to learn from each other. Researchers, political analysts and policymakers must jointly develop new approaches to research and to political action. The synergy of cross-paradigm research across humanities and social sciences (and natural sciences too) is therefore more conducive than epistemological and methodological silos.
The bridging excercise that I pursue in my research tries to bring together ethical and normative questions with International Relations and Policy research. In this direction I am currently engaged mainly in the problem of responsible action and policy development under conditions of uncertainty and contingency. This focus splits into three questions: How to act responsibly when the consequences of our action and our policies unfold in uncertain and unpredictable contexts?; How do we act politically and develop and implement policies when we have always to deal with and to accept inadvertent consequences?; What can provide ontological and epistemological security in such an unstable, uncertain, and unpredictable world?
The answer that I suggest in response to these concerns and questions aim at developing the concept of reversibility, in policy, action-theoretical, and epistemological terms, and at an ethics of caution and self-restraint.
I regard teaching and joint research with younger career scholars as an important application and dissemination of my research. Next to intensive teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level, including a weekly Research Supervision Colloquium, I have supervised to completion thirteen and currently mentor four PhD supervisions. Many of the candidates are now in permanent academic or senior policy adviser positions.
Research awards
International Research Network “Classical Realism Meets Critical Theory: Crises, Modernity, and the Return of Humanity”; Principal Investigator, funded by The Leverhulme Trust (IN-2012-122), 2013-2015
Research and Workshop Grant, “Reorienting Realism”, funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Principal Investigator together with Sean Molloy, 2012/2013
US-UK Fulbright Commission, Scholar in Residence Award, Spring 2009 (withdrawn by nominee)
Teaching Fellowship, funded by German Academic Exchange Service DAAD (2008), for a two week course on “The EU as Global Actor” at the University of Kiev/Mohyla Academy
Research Fellowship, “Arabic and EU discourses on the root causes of terrorism violence”, funded by the British Academy, Co-Investigator, 2006
Research Fellowship, ““Global Cities” and the transnational accumulation of political power: Tokyo, Berlin, Washington (DC)”, funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JSPS, 2004/2005 (host university: University of Tsukuba)
Research Grant, “Entterritoriale Politik – Von den Internationalen Beziehungen zur Netzwerkanalyse”, funded by the German Research Council, Principal Investigator, 2001-2003
Feodor Lynen Research Fellow, “Entterritoriale Politik”, funded by the Alexander of Humboldt – Foundation, Principal Investigator, 2000/2001 (host university: University of Pittsburgh)
Research Grant, “Immigration in the Nation State: US, France, Germany”, funded by the German Marshall Fund, Principal Investigator, 1994
Research Grant for PhD thesis, “Immigration in the Nation State: US, France, Germany”, Principal Investigator, funded by the Friedrich Ebert – Foundation (1992)
Book Awards of the Geschwister Böhringer Foundation for Liberal Arts and Humanities, Ingelheim/Rhein (Germany) for
- Zuwanderungspolitik im Nationalstaat (PhD thesis/monograph)
- Entterritoriale Politik (post-doc „Habilitation“ thesis/monograph)
- Säkularisierung und Resakralisierung in westlichen Gesellschaften (edited volume)
Several smaller conference, workshop, and travel grants
Undergraduate Teaching
POL 3081 International Political Thought (1. Semester)
POL 2082 Political Violence and the Modern State (2. Semester)
Postgraduate Teaching
POL 8006 Theories of International Relations (1. Semester)
POL 8051 Ethics in IR (2. Semester)
Extracurricular
Weekly Supervision Research Colloquium with UG, PGT, and PhD supervisees (personal invitation)
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I am interested in the supervision of PhD and MA theses in the context of IR theories, political theory, peace studies, and intellectual history
- Behr H, Shani G. Rethinking Emancipation in a Critical IR: Normativity, Cosmology, and Pluriversal Dialogue. Millennium: Journal of International Studies 2021, 49(2), 368-391.
- Behr H, Shani G. Rethinking Critical IR: Towards a Plurilogue of Cosmologies. E-International Relations 2022.
- Behr EH. Politics of Difference: Epistemologies of Peace. London: Routledge, 2014.
- Behr EH. A History of International Political Theory: Ontologies of the International. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
- Morgenthau HJ, Behr EH, Rösch F, ed. The Concept of the Political. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Behr H, Devereux L. Phenomenological Peace. In: Richmond, O; Visoka, G, ed. The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
- Behr H, Steffek J, Mueller M. Terminological Entrepreneurs and Discursive Shifts in International Relations: How a Discipline Invented the “International Regime”. International Studies Review 2021, 23(1), 30-58.
- Behr H. Towards a political concept of reversibility in international relations: Bridging political philosophy and policy studies. European Journal of International Relations 2019, 25(4), 1212-1235.
- Behr H. Conditions of critique and the non-irreversibility of politics. Journal of International Political Theory 2017, 13(1), 122-140.
- Behr H. Peace-in-Difference: A phenomenological approach to peace through difference. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding 2018, 12(3), 335-351.
- Behr H, Devereux L. The Melodrama of Modernity in Karl Mannheim’s Political Theory. In: Kettler D; Meja V, ed. The Anthem Companion to Karl Mannheim. London: Anthem Press, London, 2017, pp.117-135.
- Behr H. Peace-in-Difference: Peace through Dialogue about and across Difference(s) - A Phenomenological Approach to Rethinking Peace. In: Hinton AL; Shani G; Alberg J, ed. Rethinking Peace. Discourse, Memory, Translation, and Dialogue. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield International, 2019, pp.174-190.
- Behr EH, Heath MA. Misreading in IR Theory and ideology critique: Morgenthau, Waltz and neo-realism. Review of International Studies 2009, 35(2), 327-349.
- Behr H, Williams MC. Interlocuting Classical Realism and Critical Theory: Negotiating 'Divides' in International Relations Theory. Journal of International Political Theory 2017, 13(1), 3-17.
- Behr H, Sigwart HJ. Scientific Man and the New Science of Politics. In: Navari, Cornelia, ed. Hans Morgenthau and the American Experience. Palgrave, 2018, pp.27-54.
- Behr H. Scientific Man vs Power Politics: A Pamphlet and its Author between two academic cultures. Ethics and International Affairs 2016, 30(1), 33-38.
- Behr EH. The European Union in the legacies of imperial rule? EU accession politics viewed from a historical comparative perspective. European Journal of International Relations 2007, 13(2), 239-262.
- Behr H. 'Common Sense', Thomas Reid, and Realist Epistemology in Hans J. Morgenthau. International Politics 2013, 50, 753-767.
- Behr EH, Megoran NWS, Carnaffan J. Peace education, militarism and neo-liberalism: conceptual reflections with empirical findings from the UK. Journal of Peace Education 2018, 15(1), 76-96.
- Beardsworth R, Behr H, Luke T. The nuclear condition in the twenty-first century: Techno-political aspects in historical and contemporary perspectives. Journal of International Political Theory 2019, 15(3), 270-278.
- Behr H. The populist obstruction of reality: Analysis and response. Global Affairs 2017, 3(1), 73-80.
- Stivachtis Yannis, Behr Hartmut, ed. Revisiting the European Union as Empire. Routledge, 2016. In Preparation.
- Behr H. Empire, 'governing from the distance' and the mitigation of violence: towards a novel policy framework for EU politics. In: Stivachtis,YA; Behr,H, ed. Revisiting the European Union as Empire. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2015, pp.32-44.
- Behr Hartmut. Morgenthau als Kritiker des Nationalstaates. In: Rohde, Christopher; Troy, Jodok, ed. Macht, Recht, Demokratie. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2015, pp.163-174.
- Behr H. Toleranz, Tolerierung und Differenz. In: Sedmak, Clemens, ed. Toleranz. Vom Wert der Vielfalt. Wissenschaftlicge Buchgesellschaft, 2015, pp.45-62.
- Papagiannidis S, Stamati T, Behr H. Greek politicians and the use of online technologies for citizen engagement. In: Integrating Social Media into Business Practice, Applications, Management, and Models. IGI Global, 2014, pp.127-145.
- Papagiannidis S, Stamati T, Behr H. Online engagement and impact: The case of Greek politicians during the financial crisis. In: Digital Arts and Entertainment: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. IGI Global, 2014, pp.1217-1237.
- Behr H, Kirke X. People on the Move – Ideas on the Move: The Question of Translatability in the Humanities and Social Sciences. In: Felix Roesch, ed. Émigré Scholars and the Genesis of American International Relations. A European Discipline in America?. Palgrave MacMillan, 2014.
- Behr H, Roesch F. Ethics of Anti-Hubris in Morgenthau. In: Jodok Troy, ed. Religion and the Realist Tradition: From Political Theology to International Relations Theory and Back. London, UK: Routledge, 2013, pp.111-128.
- Papagiannidis S, Stamati T, Behr H. Online engagement and impact: The case of Greek politicians during the financial crisis. International Journal of E-Business Research 2013, 9(4), 47-66.
- Behr H. Security Politics and Public Discourse: A Morgenthauian Approach. In: Mark Bevir, Oliver Daddow, Ian Hall, ed. Interpreting Global Security. London, UK: Routledge, 2013, pp.160-176.
- Behr H. EUrope - History, Violence, and "Peripheries". Review of European Studies (Special Issue edited by Hartmut Behr and Yannis Stivachtis) 2012, 4(3), 7-17.
- Behr EH, Stivachtis I, ed. Europe and the World: The EU in World Affairs [Special Issue of Review of European Studies]. Toronto, Canada: Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2012.
- Behr H, Roesch F. Introduction. In: Hans J. Morgenthau, and edited by Behr, H., Roesch, F, ed. The Concept of the Political. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Behr EH. Comparing ‘Systems’ and ‘Cultures’: Between Universalities, Imperialism, Indigenousity. In: Lauth, H-J, ed. Comparative Politics: An Introduction. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, 2010, pp.73-91.
- Behr EH. Globalization. In: Wharf, B, ed. Encyclopaedia of Geography. London, UK: Sage Publications, 2010.
- Behr EH. The role of religion in the construction of the modern state. In: Tunisian Association of Constitutional Law, ed. Proceedings of an International Symposium March 2009. Tunis, 2010, pp.19-33.
- Behr H, Berger L. The Challenge of Talking about Terrorism: The EU and the Arab Debate on the Causes of Islamist Terrorism. Terrorism and Political Violence 2009, 21(4), 539-557.
- Behr H. Deterritorialisation and the transformation of statehood: The paradox of globalisation. Geopolitics 2008, 13(2), 359-382.
- Behr H. Territorialitaet von Staatlichkeit und Krieg - und die Folgen ihrer Entterritorialisierung. Ethics and Social Science/Erwaegen, Wissen, Ethik 2008, (4), 51-53.
- Behr EH. Political territoriality and de-territorialization. Area 2007, 39(1), 112-115.
- Behr EH, Mathias H, ed. Politik und Religion in der EU: Zwischen nationalen Traditionen und Europaeisierung. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, 2006.
- Behr EH. Vergleichende Regierungslehre im Spannungsfeld kultureller Differenzen. In: Lauth HJ, ed. Vergleichende Regierungslehre - Eine Einfuehrung. Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag, 2006, pp.70-90.
- Behr EH. Misreadings in International Relations Theory : Ideologiekritische Anmerkungen zum Realismus und Neo-Realismus. Zeitschrift fur Politikwissenschaft 2005, 15(1), 61-90.
- Behr EH. The myth of the nation and legacies of nationalism. Immigration politics in the European Union. Political Economy 2005, 2, 1-18.
- Behr EH. Entterritoriale Politik : Von den Internationalen Beziehungen zur Netzwerkanalyse. Mit einer Fallstudie zum globalen Terrorismus. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, 2004.
- Behr EH. Globalisierung als Motor der Europaeischen Integration? Untersuchungen zum Selbstverstaendnis des Akteurs EU. Zeitschrift fuer Politik 2004, 4, 135-153.
- Behr EH. Islamischer Terrorismus: Gruppen und ihre regionale und globale Vernetzung. Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft, Politik. Sozialwissenschaften fuer die Politische Bildung 2004, 2, 213-224.
- Behr EH. Politics beyond international order? The de-territorialisation of transnational politics from a security policy perspective. Humboldt Kosmos 2004, July 2004, 14-15.
- Behr EH. Terrorismusbekämpfung vor dem Hintergrund transnationaler Herausforderungen : Zur Anti-Terrorismuspolitik der Vereinten Nationen seit der Sicherheitsrats-Resolution 1373. Zeitschrift fur Internationale Beziehungen 2004, 11(1), 27-59.
- Behr EH. Transnational Terrorism and Western Responses: US and EU Policies since 9/11. In: Hubel, H., Kaim, M, ed. Conflicts in the Greater Middle East: US and German Perspectives. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag, 2004, pp.137-158.
- Behr EH. Vereinte Nationen und Terrorismus. UN Basis Informationen: Deutsche Gesellschaft der Vereinten Nationen/German Association of the United Nation 2004, 1.
- Behr EH. Multikulturalismusdebatten in den USA und die Frage der Gerechtigkeit in einer Gesellschaft der Differenz. In: Willems U, ed. Interesse und Moral als Orientierungen politischen Handelns. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag, 2003, pp.315-332.
- Behr EH, ed. Religion - Staat - Politik. Zur Rolle der Religion in der nationalen und internationalen Politik. Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag, 2003.
- Behr EH. Neue Organisationsformen des Terrorismus und Ordnungstypologien transnationaler Politik. In: Hildebrandt M; Bendel P, ed. Im Schatten des Terrorismus. Hintergruende, Strukturen und Konsequenzen des 11. September 2001. Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag, 2002, pp.109-130.
- Behr EH. The conjunction between International Relations Theory and Political Philosophy - A review of Alan Gilbert's "Must Global Politics Constrain Democracy". Constellations - An International Journal of Critical and Democratic Theory 2002, 9(3), 450-452.
- Behr EH. Transnationale Politik und die Frage der Territorialitaet. In: Schmitt K, ed. Politik und Raum. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag, 2002, pp.59-78.
- Behr EH. Die politische Theorie des Relationismus: Pierre Bourdieu. In: Brodocz, A., Schal, G, ed. Politische Theorien der Gegenwart II. Opladen: UTB, Leske + Budrich, 2001, pp.379-404.
- Behr EH. Migration, Nation und transnationale Gesellschaft. Erfordernisse fuer neue zuwanderungspolitische Leitlinien. Forschungsjournal neue soziale Bewegungen NSB 2001, 1, 99-109.
- Behr EH. Multikulturelle Demokratien: Institutionen als Regulativ kultureller Vielfalt. In: Behr, E.H., Schmidt, S, ed. Multikulturelle Demokratien. Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag, 2001, pp.1-23.
- Behr EH. Religioese Symbolik in der US amerikanischen Aussen- und Sicherheitspolitik. In: Kemp, W., Mayer, B, ed. Religion und Zivilreligion im atlantischen Buendnis. Trier: Atlantische Akademie Rheinland Pfalz, 2001, pp.129-141.
- Behr EH. Zuwanderungspolitik im Nationalstaat: Formen der Eigen- und Fremdbestimmung in den USA, der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und Frankreich. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, 1998.