Philip M. Tantow

Research and Teaching Fellow
Philip Mats Tantow
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  • Personal Details

    Professional experience (selection)

    • Since 04/2020: Research and Teaching Fellow at the research unit International Organizations, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
    • 2018 - 2019: Research internship for the project: Populisms und economic upheavals since 1870, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW).
    • 2015 - 2016: Data Analyst in the Economics Research department, NORD/LB Norddeutsche Landesbank.
    • 2012: Teaching assistant for Advanced Quantitative Methods, Jacobs University Bremen.
    • 2008 - 2012: Student reasearch assistant in the project: The Juridification of International Dispute Settlement, Collaborative Research Center 597 Transformations of the State, University of Bremen.
    • 2007 - 2008: Tutor for Model United Nations, University of Bremen.

    University education

    • Since 04/2020: Doctoral candidate in Political Science, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
    • 2010 - 2013: M.A. International Relations: Global Governance and Social Theory, University of Bremen & Jacobs University Bremen
    • 2006 - 2010: B.A. Political Science (minor: Economics), University of Bremen
    • 2009 - 2010: ERASMUS exchange, Københavns University

    Teaching portfolio

    • Contestation of International Organizations
    • Global Financial Governance
    • Global Food Security
    • Global Health Governance
    • Global Migration Governance
    • Informal Governance in Transboundary Crises
    • Life Cycles of International Organizations
    • Regression Analysis

    Memberships

    • German Political Science Association (DVPW)
      • Early Career Group: International Relations (ECIB)
      • Thematic Group: International Organization (TGIO, founding member)
    • European International Studies Association (EISA)
    • International Studies Association (ISA)
    • European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)
      • Standing Group on International Relations (SGIR)
  • Research Focus
    • International Organizations
    • Global Governance
    • Transboundary Crises
  • Publications

    Contributions to edited volumes

    Conference Papers and Workshop Contributions

    Kreuder-Sonnen, Christian & Tantow, Philip M. (2023): Growing through Crisis: Horizontal Task Expansion by International Organizations. Paper presented at:

    • NestIOr Workshop on the vitality, resilience, decline and death of international organizations, Maastricht, 26-27 June 2023.
    • ISA 2023 Annual Convention, Montréal, 15-18 March 2023.

    Tantow, Philip M. (2023): Authority Shifts in Transboundary Crises. Paper presented at:

    • DVPW IR Section Meeting, Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, 14-16 June 2023.
    • DVPW ECIB Conference, Tutzing, 14-16 February 2023.
    • DVPW ECIB Colloquium, Tutzing (online), 9-10 March 2022.

    Biedermann, Steve & Tantow, Philip M. (2023): Informal Intergovernmental Organizations in Transboundary Crises: Exploring the Crisis-Informality-Nexus. Paper presented at:

    • DVPW IR Section Meeting, Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, 14-16 June 2023.
    • ISA 2023 Annual Convention, Montréal, 15-18 March 2023.
    • ECPR General Conference, Innsbruck, 22-26 August 2022.
    • DVPW TGIO Workshop: International Organizations under Pressure, Bonn, 18-19 July 2022.

    Kreuder-Sonnen, Christian & Tantow, Philip M. (2020): Crisis and Change at IOM: Critical Juncture, Precedents, and Task Expansion. Paper presented at the workshop: Spotlight on the International Organization for Migration (IOM): Obligations, Accountability and Ethos, Hertie School of Governance & Oxford University (online), 2 November 2020.

    Tantow, Philip M. (2018): Global Governance in Tough Times: The Effectiveness of the Dublin Regulation. Paper presented at:

    • EISA PEC, Prague, 12-15 September 2018.
    • ECPR General Conference, Hamburg, 22-25 August 2018.
    • SGIR Summer School: The Politics of Interdependence, Scuola Normale Superiore, Florence, 18-23 June 2018.

    Tantow, Philip M. (2013): The Transnational Dimension of Recurring Civil Wars. Paper presented at:

    • PSS-ISA Joint Conference, Budapest, 27-29 June 2013.
    • 54th ISA Annual Convention, San Francisco, 3-6 April 2013.

    Tantow, Philip M. (2013): Fool Me Once... Different Causes of Civil War Onset and Recurrence. Paper presented at:

    • 54th ISA Annual Convention, San Francisco, 3-6 April 2013.
    • 4th ECPR Graduate Conference, Bremen, 4-6 July 2012.

    Tantow, Philip M. (2012): Civil Wars Episode V: Statehood Strikes Back. Paper presented at the 53rd ISA Annual Convention, San Diego, 1-4 April 2012.