Prof. Dr Lisbeth Zimmermann
Associate FellowResearch Department:
International Institutions
Contact
E-Mail: zimmermann@prif.orgDownload Press Photo (223 KB)
CV
| since 11/2021 | Associate Fellow at PRIF |
| since 2018 | Chair of International Relations at Zeppelin University (ZU) in Friedrichshafen |
| 2018 | Associate Fellow at PRIF |
| 2015-2017 | Visiting Fellow at the Department of Political and Social Siences, European University Institute |
| 2015 | Admission in the Program Fast Track: Exzellenz und Führungskompetenz für Wissenschaftlerinnen auf der Überholspur, Robert Bosch Stiftung |
| since 2014 | Head of DFG-sponsored project "Norm Disputes: Contestation and Norm Robusteness" at PRIF |
| since 2012 | Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Cluster of Excellence "Formation of Normative Orders" at Goethe University Frankfurt/M. |
| 2012 | Dr. phil. at the TU Darmstadt |
| 2011 | Research Stay at Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University in Washington D.C. (March to May 2011) |
| 2008-2011 | PhD Student at the Cluster of Excellence „Formation of Normative Orders“ at Goethe University Frankfurt/M. / TU Darmstadt and at PRIF |
| 2002-2007 | Studies of Political Science at FU Berlin (Dipl.-Pol.) |
Expertise
Prof. Dr Lisbeth Zimmermann is working on the following issues:
- Post-Conflict States
- Democracy promotion
- Democracy and society in Central America
- Norms in international politics
- Latin America
- Guatemala
- Human rights
- Peacebuilding
Publications
- International Norm Disputes | 2023
Zimmermann, Lisbeth / Deitelhoff, Nicole / Lesch, Max / Arcudi, Antonio / Peez, Anton (2023): International Norm Disputes. The Link Between Contestation and Norm Robustness, Oxford: Oxford University Press, https://global.oup.com/(...).
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- There Is Life in the Old Dog yet: Assessing the Strength of the International Torture Prohibition. | 2023
Lesch, Max / Zimmermann, Lisbeth (2023): There Is Life in the Old Dog yet: Assessing the Strength of the International Torture Prohibition., in: Krieger Heike; Liese, Andrea (Hg.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 100–117, DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780192855831.003.0006.
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- Contestation and norm change in whale and elephant conservation: Non-use or sustainable use? | 2021
Peez, Anton / Zimmermann, Lisbeth (2021): Contestation and norm change in whale and elephant conservation: Non-use or sustainable use?, in: Cooperation and Conflict, DOI: 10.1177/00108367211047138.
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- Introduction – Norm contestation and its effects: challenges to the Responsibility to Protect and the Responsibility to Prosecute | 2019
Hofmann, Gregor P. / Zimmermann, Lisbeth (2019): Introduction – Norm contestation and its effects: challenges to the Responsibility to Protect and the Responsibility to Prosecute, in: Global Responsibility to Protect, 11:2, 137–148, https://brill.com/abstract/journals/gr2p/11/2/article-p137_137.xml.
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- Norms under Challenge: Unpacking the Dynamics of Norm Robustness | 2019
Deitelhoff, Nicole / Zimmermann, Lisbeth (2019): Norms under Challenge: Unpacking the Dynamics of Norm Robustness, in: Journal of Global Security Studies, 4:1, 2-17, https://academic.oup.com/jogss/article/4/1/2/5347906.
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- Things We Lost in the Fire: How Different Types of Contestation Affect the Robustness of International Norms | 2018
Deitelhoff, Nicole / Zimmermann, Lisbeth (2018): Things We Lost in the Fire: How Different Types of Contestation Affect the Robustness of International Norms, International Studies Review, 31.12.2018.
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- Unlocking the agency of the governed: contestation and norm dynamics | 2018
Zimmermann, Lisbeth / Deitelhoff, Nicole / Lesch, Max (2018): Unlocking the agency of the governed: contestation and norm dynamics, in: Third World Thematics: A TWQ Journal, 1–18, DOI: 10.1080/23802014.2017.1396912.
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- Private Regulierung und öffentliche Ordnung in der Weltgesellschaft | 2018
Deitelhoff, Nicole / Albert, Mathias / Zimmermann, Lisbeth (2018): Private Regulierung und öffentliche Ordnung in der Weltgesellschaft, in: Albert, Mathias/Deitelhoff, Nicole/Hellmann, Gunther (Hg.), Ordnung und Regieren in der Weltgesellschaft, Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
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- Pragmatism as Principle | 2017
Zimmermann, Lisbeth (2017): Pragmatism as Principle. The Comeback of Hybrid Courts, PRIF Report No. 150, Frankfurt/M.
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- Prinzip Pragmatismus: Das Comeback der hybriden Gerichte | 2017
Zimmermann, Lisbeth (2017): Prinzip Pragmatismus: Das Comeback der hybriden Gerichte, HSFK-Report Nr. 6/2017, Frankfurt/M.
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- More for Less: The Interactive Translation of Global Norms in Postconflict Guatemala | 2017
Zimmermann, Lisbeth (2017): More for Less: The Interactive Translation of Global Norms in Postconflict Guatemala, in: International Studies Quaterly, DOI: 10.1093/isq/sqx044.
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- Global Norms with a Local Face | 2017
Zimmermann, Lisbeth (2017): Global Norms with a Local Face. Rule-of-Law Promotion and Norm Translation, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, www.cambridge.org/(...).
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- Beyond Diffusion: Cyclical Translation of International Rule-of-law Commission Models in Guatemala | 2017
Zimmermann, Lisbeth (2017): Beyond Diffusion: Cyclical Translation of International Rule-of-law Commission Models in Guatemala, in: Journal of International Relations and Development, DOI: 10.1057/s41268-017-0096-y.
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- Lateinamerika: Weiterer Bedeutungsverlust der USA absehbar | 2017
Wolff, Jonas / Zimmermann, Lisbeth (2017): Lateinamerika: Weiterer Bedeutungsverlust der USA absehbar, in: Fehl, Caroline/Fey, Marco (Hg.), „America first“: Die Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik der USA unter Präsident Trump, Frankfurt/M, 41–42, HSFK-Report Nr. 1/2017.
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- "Inter-National" Habermas: Contestation and Understanding under Conditions of Diversity | 2017
Zimmermann, Lisbeth (2017): "Inter-National" Habermas: Contestation and Understanding under Conditions of Diversity, in: Polity, 49:1, 149-155, DOI: 10.1086/689976.
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- Between Banyans and battle scenes | 2016
Wolff, Jonas / Zimmermann, Lisbeth (2016): Between Banyans and battle scenes. Liberal norms, contestation, and the limits of critique, in: Review of International Studies, 42:3, 513–534, DOI: 10.1017/0260210515000534.
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- Zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit | 2014
Zimmermann, Lisbeth / Glaab, Katharina (2014): Zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit. Zoologische Betrachtungen des IB-Nachwuchs und seiner Publikationstätigkeit, in: Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen, 21:2, 121-131, DOI: 10.5771/0946-7165-2014-2-121.
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- Same Same or Different? | 2014
Lisbeth Zimmermann, Same Same or Different? Norm Diffusion Between Resistance, Compliance, and Localization in Post-conflict States, in: International Studies Perspectives, Juni 2014. DOI: 10.1111/insp.12080.
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- From the Heart of Darkness: Critical Reading and Genuine Listening in Constructivist Norm Research | 2014
Deitelhoff, Nicole / Zimmermann, Lisbeth (2014): From the Heart of Darkness: Critical Reading and Genuine Listening in Constructivist Norm Research. A Reply to Stephan Engelkamp, Katharina Glaab, and Judith Renner, in: World Political Science Review, 10:1, 17-31, https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/wps.2014.10.issue-1/wpsr-2014-0003/wpsr-2014-0003.xml.
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- Things We Lost in the Fire | 2013
Deitelhoff, Nicole / Zimmermann, Lisbeth (2013): Things We Lost in the Fire. How Different Types of Contestation Affect the Validity of International Norms, PRIF Working Papers No. 18, Frankfurt/M.
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- Muss Ordnung sein? | 2013
Lisbeth Zimmermann/Andreas von Staden/Angela Marciniak/Linda Wallbott/Friedrich Arndt, Muss Ordnung sein? Zum Umgang mit Konflikten zwischen normativen Ordnungen, in: Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen Jg. 20, Nr. 1, 2013, S. 35-60.
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- Aus dem Herzen der Finsternis: Kritisches Lesen und wirkliches Zuhören der konstruktivistischen Normenforschung | 2013
Nicole Deitelhoff, Lisbeth Zimmermann, Aus dem Herzen der Finsternis: Kritisches Lesen und wirkliches Zuhören der konstruktivistischen Normenforschung, Eine Replik auf Stephan Engelkamp, Katharina Glaab und Judith Renner 20 No. 1, 2013, 61-74, https://www.zib.nomos.de/?id=2447.
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- Same Same or Different? | 2010
Lisbeth Zimmermann, Same Same or Different? Local Reactions to Democracy Promotion between Take-over and Appropriation, PRIF Working Papers, No.02, Frankfurt/M., 2010.
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- Pluralisierung normativer Ordnungen und resultierende Normkonflikte: | 2010
Lisbeth Zimmermann/Andreas von Staden/Angela Marciniak/Friedrich Arndt (2010): Pluralisierung normativer Ordnungen und resultierende Normkonflikte: Lösungsstrategien und ihr Erfolg, Normative Orders Working Paper 06/2010, Frankfurt/M.
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- Wann beginnt der (Demokratische) Frieden? | 2009
Lisbeth Zimmermann, Wann beginnt der (Demokratische) Frieden? Regimewechsel, Instabilitäten, Integration und deren Einfluss auf den Konflikt zwischen Ecuador und Peru, in: Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen, 16:1, 39-73, 2009. http://www.zib.nomos.de/fileadmin/zib/doc/Aufsatz1_ZIB_09_01.pdf
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- Ordnungen im Wandel | 2008
Lisbeth Zimmermann/Friedrich Arndt/Carmen Dege/Christian Ellermann/Maximilian Mayer/David Teller (Hg.), Ordnungen im Wandel. Globale und lokale Wirklichkeiten im Spiegel transdisziplinärer Analysen, Reihe Global Studies, Bielefeld (transcript), 2008.
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- Im Schatten der „Festung Europa“? | 2007
Lisbeth Zimmermann/Thomas Davenport/Claus Bech Hansen/Madlena Mahling, Im Schatten der „Festung Europa“? Der Einfluss der EU auf die Regulation von Transitmigration in der Ukraine, in: Studienkolleg zu Berlin (Hg.), Projekt Junges Europa 3, Saarbrücken (Wehrhahn Verlag), 2007, S. 53-84.
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Current Projects
Completed Projects
Other professional activities
2012-2014 | Coordinator of junior researchers of section "International Politics" of the "Deutsche Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft" (DVPW, German Association for Political Science) (2010-2012: deputy speaker) |