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Dr Christian Bueger

Overview

Dr Christian Bueger Position: Lecturer Email: BuegerCM@cardiff.ac.uk
 Telephone: +44(0)29 2087 4564
Fax: +44(0)29 2087 4946
Extension: 74564
Location: Room 1.25, 65-68 Park Place

My main research interests include:

  • International Relations Theory and International Organizations
  • The United Nations and Global Security Governance
  • Maritime Security and Contemporary Piracy
  • Theories of Practice and Actor Network Theory
  • Sociology of (Social) Science and Expertise
  • Interpretative Methodology

In my major current research project I investigate the global governance of maritime piracy with special emphasis on the case of Somalia and the consequences of piracy for ocean governance and maritime security. I use this case to further develop a practice theory for international relations. I welcome proposals for research projects at different levels in my areas of interest.

Selected Publications

The Clash of Practice: Political Controversy and the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission, Evidence and Policy 7 (2) Special Issue on The Practice of Policymaking, edited by R. Freeman, S. Griggs and A. Boaz: 171-191. 2011, doi:10.1332/174426411X579216

From Epistemology to Practice: A Sociology of Science for International Relations, Journal of International Relations and Development 15 (1): 97-109. 2012, doi:10.1057/jird.2011.28.

Pirates, Fishermen and Peacebuilding – Options for Counter-Piracy Strategy in Somalia, Contemporary Security Policy 32 (2): 356-381. 2011 (co-authored with Jan Stockbruegger and Sascha Werthes), doi:10.1080/13523260.2011.590359.

Beyond the Gap: Relevance, Fields of Practice and the Securitizing Consequences of (Democratic Peace) Research. Journal of International Relations and Development 10 (4): 417-448. 2007 (co-authored with Trine Villumsen), doi:10.1057/palgrave.jird.1800136.

Reassembling and Dissecting: International Relations Practice from a Science Studies Perspective. International Studies Perspectives 8 (1): 90-110. 2007 (co-authored with Frank Gadinger), doi: 10.1111/j.1528-3585.2007.00271.x.

Publications

Refereed journal articles

Drops in the Bucket: A Review of Onshore Responses to Somali Piracy, WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs 15(1) Special Issue on ‘Piracy at Sea’, edited by Sam P. Menefee and Max Meija, 15-31, 2012, doi:10.1007/s13437-012-0022-5.

From Epistemology to Practice: A Sociology of Science for International Relations, Journal of International Relations and Development 15 (1): 97-109. 2012, doi:10.1057/jird.2011.28.

Pirates, Fishermen and Peacebuilding – Options for Counter-Piracy Strategy in Somalia, Contemporary Security Policy 32 (2): 356-381. 2011 (co-authored with Jan Stockbruegger and Sascha Werthes), doi:10.1080/13523260.2011.590359.

The Clash of Practice: Political Controversy and the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission, Evidence and Policy 7 (2) Special Issue on The Practice of Policymaking, edited by R. Freeman, S. Griggs and A. Boaz: 171-191. 2011, doi:10.1332/174426411X579216

Praktisch Gedacht! Praxistheoretischer Konstruktivismus in den Internationalen Beziehungen. [Think Practical! Practice-theoretical Constructivism in International Relations], Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen 15 (2): 273-302. 2008 (co-authored with Frank Gadinger).

Beyond the Gap: Relevance, Fields of Practice and the Securitizing Consequences of (Democratic Peace) Research. Journal of International Relations and Development 10 (4): 417-448. 2007 (co-authored with Trine Villumsen), doi:10.1057/palgrave.jird.1800136.

Reassembling and Dissecting: International Relations Practice from a Science Studies Perspective. International Studies Perspectives 8 (1): 90-110. 2007 (co-authored with Frank Gadinger), doi: 10.1111/j.1528-3585.2007.00271.x.

Critical Approaches to Security in Europe. A Networked Manifesto. Security Dialogue 37 (4): 443-487. 2006. (co-authored with 25 colleagues, published as c.a.s.e. collective), doi:10.1177/0967010606073085.

Edited Books

Maritime Piracy and Global Governance, Special Section, Global Policy 3(3), forthcoming 2012.

Chapters in books

Security Communities, Alliances and Macro-securitization: The Practices of Counter-Piracy Governance, in Piracy and Maritime Governance, edited by M. J. Struett, M. T. Nance and J. D. Carlson, London: Routledge, chapter five, in print, forthcoming 2012 (co-authored with Jan Stockbruegger).

Maritime Sicherheit im Lichte der jüngeren Sicherheitstheorien: Die Analysewerkzeuge der Versicherheitlichungstheorie und sicherheitspolitischen Praxeographie, in Die maritimen Dimensionen von Sicherheit – Wirtschaftliche, rechtliche und geostrategische Perspektiven edited by S. Bruns, K. Petretto and D. Petrovic, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, forthcoming 2012.

Die Formalisierung der Informalität. Praxistheoretische Überlegungen‘, in Informelles Regieren, edited by Timo Grunden, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, forthcoming 2012 (co-authored with Frank Gadinger).

Sozialwissenschaften in der globalen Politik – Der Fall der Friedensschaffungspolitik der Vereinten Nationen, in Wissen, Wissenschaft und Global Commons. Konturen eines interdisziplinären Forschungsfeldes, edited by M. Morisse-Schilbach and J. Halfmann, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2012.

Große Gräben, Brücken, Elfenbeintürme und Klöster? Die ‚Wissensgemeinschaft Internationale Beziehungen’ und die Politik – Eine kulturtheoretische Neubeschreibung. In Forschung und Beratung in der Wissensgesellschaft, edited by G. Hellmann. Baden-Baden: Nomos. 2007 (co-authored with Frank Gadinger).

Das Auswärtige Amt auf dem Weg zu einer neuen Beratungskultur? Der Dialog zwischen externem Fachwissen und Politik im Feld der Außenpolitik, Handbuch Politikberatung edited by S. Falk, D. Rehfeld, A. Römmele and M. Thunert. Opladen/Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 2006.

The used key is always bright? Zu den Folgen der Verwendung sozialwissenschaftlichen Wissens in der Außenpolitik: Der Fall des "Demokratischen Friedens". In Diskurse der Gewalt - Gewalt der Diskurse, edited by M. Schultze, J. Meyer, D. Fricke and B. Krause. Frankfurt et al.: Peter Lang. 2005.

Reports, briefings and working papers

From Economic to Humanitarian Concerns: Counter-Piracy, Paradigms and Campaigning for Support, Proceedings of the Conference “The Human Face of Piracy”, edited by D. Griffiths, Islamabad: Fazaldad Institute of Human Rights, forthcoming 2012.

Strategische Fehler der Pirateriebekämpfung: Somalia, Peacebuilding und die Notwendigkeit einer Umfassenden Strategie, INEF Report 104/2011, Working Paper by the Institute for Development and Peace, Duisburg (co-authored with Jan Stockbruegger and Sascha Werthes), 2011.

Practice, Knowledge and Power: Re-thinking the New Agenda of International Organization Studies, Journal of International Organization Studies 2 (1): 89-95. 2011 (co-authored with Elena Hesselmann).

Transforming political structures: security, institutions, and regional integration mechanisms. Report of the ERD Workshop Florence, Italy, 16-17 April. Florence. 2009. (co-authored with Marco Sanfilippo),

Coping with insecurity in fragile situations, in European Report on Development 2009, Florence: European University Institute, 2009, (co-authored with Pascal Vennesson).

New European Security Theory: Zur Emergenz eines neuen europäischen Forschungsprogramms. Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen 12 (2): 117-126. 2005 (co-authored with Holger Stritzel).

Other publications

The Human Face of Piracy: Pakistan’s Response, Piracy-Studies.org Blog, March 2012

The New Public Face of the Contact Group, Piracy-Studies.org Blog, October 2011

Is ATALANTA a Humanitarian Mission? Piracy-Studies.org Blog, November 2010,

Research

My broad research interest is on the epistemic foundations of global order. Attempting to combine insights from international relations theory and theories of global governance with contemporary practice theory, new (French) pragmatism and science studies (notably post-ANT), I study processes and practices of ordering the globe.

My empirical interest lies in understanding how the merging fields of security, peace and development become re-ordered by international organizations (UN, EU, AU), secretariats (e.g. the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations), expert commissions (e.g. the Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty) and academic research (e.g. the discipline of International Relations). My current research project investigates the securitization and governance of contemporary maritime piracy.

For further information please visit my homepage

Current Projects

I am currently involved in three research contexts.

Piracy Studies: Since 2010 I work on the problem of contemporary maritime piracy. This case is especially interesting because it reveals many of the planning and implementation challenges of integrating security and development measures. Specifically I am interested in understanding how the international community coordinates actions against piracy on a global (UN), regional (East African) and local (Horn of Africa, Somalia) level and the consequences of security cooperation on each of these levels. I collaborate with several national and international partners to advance the inter-disciplinary project of piracy studies. Results of the project have been or will be published in the Journals Contemporary Security Policy, Global Policy, WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs, and an edited volume on the global governance of piracy forthcoming with Routledge. Presently I am working on a book length manuscript on the topic forthcoming with Polity Press. Part of the project is also to edit a research blog on Piracy Studies which documents academic work on contemporary piracy. Access to blog

International Organizations Studies: In the field of international organization I continue the research of my PhD project in developing a practice theory of international organizations. Practice-theory allows us to study international organizations as arenas of practices and as spaces where different actors and professions compete for authority. I elaborate this perspective in studying the organization of the security-development nexus at the United Nations. Conceptually I am notably interested in how the community of practice approach can be combined with theories of performativity and actor-network theory. Results of this project have been published in the journal Evidence and Policy and as a book chapter. Further results will be published in a research monograph.

Sociology of Science and Expertise: Sociology of Science (or better Science Studies) and International Relations have hardly entered a productive dialogue. However in both theoretical as well as empirical terms such cross-disciplinary collaboration is promising. This concerns the study of the role of experts in international relations, the impact of academic disciplines on policymaking as well as understanding the organization and (self-)regulation of academic disciplines, such as International Relations. I am notably interested in the role of academic concepts in shaping the global political imaginary and in conceptualizing expertise through actor-network theory. Presently I collaborate with Felix Bethke (University of Greifswald), Frank Gadinger (University of Duisburg-Essen) and Trine Villumsen (Center for Advanced Security Theory, Copenhagen). Results of this project have been published in the journals International Studies Perspectives, Journal of International Relations and Development and different (published or forthcoming) book chapters.

Conference Participation

I am a regular participant in the following conferences:

  • Annual Conference of the International Studies Association (ISA)
  • Conference of the World International Studies Committee (WISC)
  • Conference of the Standing Group of International Relations (SGIR) of the ECPR
  • Interpretative Policy Analysis (IPA) Conference

Reviewer Activities

African Security Review, European Journal of International Relations; International Studies Quarterly; Journal of International Relations and Development; Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding; International Peace Institute, NYC; Millennium: Journal of International Studies; Sicherheit + Frieden / Security + Peace; Security Dialogue

Biography

Christian Bueger is Lecturer in International Relations in the Department of Politics. Before joining Cardiff he was a Leverhulme Fellow at the Greenwich Maritime Institute, London (UK) and a research fellow at the Institute for Development and Peace, Duisburg (Germany). He obtained his PhD in Political and Social Sciences from the European University Institute, Florence (Italy). The focus of his PhD was on the practice of International Organizations drawing on the example of United Nations peacebuilding politics. During his PhD studies he was a visiting researcher at Cornell University, Ithaca (USA) and a research assistant to the European Report on Development 2009. Prior he graduated as a Diplom-Politologe (MA/BA) from the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Germany) and worked at the Institute for Social Research, Frankfurt am Main and the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt.

Memberships

Member of the International Studies Association (since 2005)
Member of the Academic Council of the United Nations System (since 2007)

Major research grants awarded

  • Leverhulme Visiting Fellowship (2011)
  • Workshop Grant by the Standing Group of International Relations of the European Consortium of Political Research (2009)
  • Grant for Doctoral Studies by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (2005-2009)

Teaching

My teaching profile includes core themes of international relations with emphasis on the theory and problems of international organization and international security. I currently teach an UG Introduction to International Security with a focus on contemporary (critical) security theory, and UG module on Conflict, Security & Development centered on the practical problems in post-conflict situations. In addition I teach a research-oriented PGT module on Maritime Security and Contemporary Piracy.

I welcome proposals for research projects at different levels in the fields of international security, peacebuilding, international organizations, global governance, international relations theory or international political sociology.