Dr Max Lesch
ResearcherResearch Department:
International Institutions
Contact
E-Mail: lesch@prif.orgTwitter: @maxlesch
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CV
| Since 3/2022 | Postdoctoral Researcher at PRIF |
| 9/2019–2/2022 | Postdoctoral Researcher at Zeppelin University |
| 2020 | PhD (Dr. Phil.) in Political Science at Goethe University Frankfurt |
| 11/2018–8/2019 | Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law |
| 09/2018–10/2018 | Guest Researcher at the University of Copenhagen |
| 2014–2018 | Doctoral Researcher at PRIF |
| 03/2014–06/2014 | Assistant to the Directors at the German Development Institute |
| 2012–2014 | Research Assistant and Researcher at the Centre for Global Cooperation Research, University of Duisburg-Essen |
| 2011 | Master of Arts "International Studies/Peace and Conflict Research" at Goethe University Frankfurt |
| 2009 | Bachelor of Arts "Politics and Society" at the University of Bonn |
Expertise
Dr Max Lesch is working on the following issues:
- Norms in international relations
- International institutions
- International law
- Human rights (prohibition of torture)
Publications
Selected publications
- From Norm Violations to Norm Development: Deviance, International Institutions, and the Torture Prohibition. | 2023
Lesch, Max (2023): From Norm Violations to Norm Development: Deviance, International Institutions, and the Torture Prohibition., in: International Studies Quarterly, 67:3, 1–14, DOI: 10.1093/isq/sqad043.
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- Contested Facts: The Politics and Practice of International Fact-Finding Mission | 2023
Lesch, Max (2023): Contested Facts: The Politics and Practice of International Fact-Finding Mission, in: International Studies Review, 25:3, 1–27, DOI: 10.1093/isr/viad034.
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- 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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- Informal Human Rights Law-Making: How Treaty Bodies Use ‘General Comments’ to Develop International Law | 2023
Lesch, Max / Reiners, Nina (2023): Informal Human Rights Law-Making: How Treaty Bodies Use ‘General Comments’ to Develop International Law, in: Global Constitutionalism, 12:2, 378–401, DOI: 10.1017/S2045381723000023.
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- Norm Contestation in the Law Against War: Towards an Interdisciplinary Analytical Framework | 2023
Lesch, Max / Marxsen, Christian (2023): Norm Contestation in the Law Against War: Towards an Interdisciplinary Analytical Framework, in: Heidelberg Journal of International Law, 83:1, 11–38, DOI: 10.17104/0044-2348-2023-1-11.
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- Contestation from Within: Norm Dynamics and the Crisis of the Liberal International Order | 2024
Lesch, Max / Zimmermann, Lisbeth / Deitelhoff, Nicole (2024): Contestation from Within: Norm Dynamics and the Crisis of the Liberal International Order, in: Global Studies Quarterly, 4:2, DOI: 10.1093/isagsq/ksae022.
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- Symposium: Norm Contestation in International Peace and Security Law | 2023
Lesch, Max / Marxsen, Christian (2023): Symposium: Norm Contestation in International Peace and Security Law, in: Heidelberg Journal of International Law, 83:1, DOI: 10.17104/0044-2348-2023-1.
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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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- From Facts to Norm Violations and Accountability? The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine | 2023
Dezfouli Asl, Farnaz / Lesch, Max (2023): From Facts to Norm Violations and Accountability? The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, PRIF Blog, 11.4.2023.
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- Multilateralismus als Rahmenordnung: Zur Krise und Zukunft der multilateralen Weltordnung | 2023
Christian, Ben / Coni-Zimmer, Melanie / Deitelhoff, Nicole / Dembinski, Matthias / Kroll, Stefan / Lesch, Max / Peters, Dirk (2023): Multilateralismus als Rahmenordnung: Zur Krise und Zukunft der multilateralen Weltordnung, PRIF Report 2/2023, Frankfurt/M, DOI: 10.48809/prifrep2302.
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- Field Overlaps, Normativity, and the Contestation of Practices in China's Belt and Road Initiative | 2022
Lesch, Max / Loh, Dylan (2022): Field Overlaps, Normativity, and the Contestation of Practices in China's Belt and Road Initiative, in: Global Studies Quarterly, 2:4, 1-12, DOI: 10.1093/isagsq/ksac068.
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- Devianz als Vermittlung zwischen Fakt und Norm | 2022
Lesch, Max (2022): Devianz als Vermittlung zwischen Fakt und Norm. Epistemische Praktiken und fact-finding internationaler Organisationen, in: Zeitschrift diskurs, 2022:8, 12–26, www.ojs.ub.uni-due.de/(...).
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- Multiplicity, Hybridity and Normativity: Disputes about the UN Convention against Corruption in Germany | 2021
Lesch, Max (2021): Multiplicity, Hybridity and Normativity: Disputes about the UN Convention against Corruption in Germany, in: International Relations, 35:4, 613-633, DOI: 10.1177/0047117820965662.
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- China's Strategic Practices in the Belt and Road Initiative | 2021
Lesch, Max / Loh, Dylan (2021): China's Strategic Practices in the Belt and Road Initiative, in: Global Cooperation Research: A Quarterly Magazine, 3:1, 19-22, https://bit.ly/3zMFitR.
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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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- Praxistheorien und Normenforschung in den Internationalen Beziehungen – Zum Beitrag der pragmatischen Soziologie | 2017
Lesch, Max (2017): Praxistheorien und Normenforschung in den Internationalen Beziehungen – Zum Beitrag der pragmatischen Soziologie, in: diskurs, 1–23, www.diskurs-zeitschrift.de/(...).
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- Nur ein Feigenblatt? | 2014
Lesch, Max (2014): Nur ein Feigenblatt? Deutschlands langer Weg zur Ratifikation der UN-Konvention gegen Korruption, HSFK-Standpunkte Nr. 7/2014, Frankfurt/M.
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- Regionale Sicherheitskulturen im Wandel | 2012
Lesch, Max (2012): Regionale Sicherheitskulturen im Wandel. Schutzverantwortung in Südostasien und Afrika, Working Paper 10/2012, Projekt "Sicherheitskultur im Wandel", Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, www.sicherheitskultur.org/(...).
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