JANUARY 2017 Laura Carsten Mahrenbach Chair of Computational Social Sciences & Big Data Bavarian School of Public Policy Technical University of Munich 80333 Munich GERMANY laura.mahrenbach@hfp.tum.de Current Position 2017-present Postdoctoral Research Fellow Chair of Computational Social Sciences and Big Data, Bavarian School of Public Policy/Technical University of Munich Academic Appointments 2016 Postdoctoral Research Fellow Chair of European and Global Governance, Bavarian School of Public Policy/Technical University of Munich 2013-2016 Postdoctoral Research Fellow Chair of International Politics, Technical University of Dresden 2012-2013 Assistant Professor Department of Politics & History, Curry College 2007-2012 Lecturer and Research Associate Chair of International Politics, Ruhr-University Bochum 2006-2007 Graduate Assistant International Affairs Program, Florida State University 2005-2006 Fulbright Teaching Assistant Geschwister Scholl Gymnasium-Berenbostel, Garbsen, Germany 2000-2004 Executive and Editorial Assistant to Kevin V. Mulcahy Department of Political Science, Louisiana State University Education 2011 Ph.D., Social Sciences, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany (Major field: Political Science/International Relations) Summa cum laude 2007 M.A., International Affairs, Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA 2004 B.A., Political Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA Summa cum laude Research and Teaching Interests International political economy; Emerging powers; Global governance and institutions; Political communication & big data; International trade; Foreign policy decision-making; US foreign policy
MAHRENBACH 2 Publications Books The Trade Policy of Emerging Powers: Strategic Choices of Brazil and India. 2013. Palgrave Macmillan. Handbook of Contemporary International Political Economy. Forthcoming. London: Palgrave Macmillan (co-editing with Renu Modi, Craig Murphy, Timothy Shaw and Xu Yi-Chong). Articles Domestic Politics, Emerging Powers and WTO Dispute Settlement Reform. 2016. International Negotiation 21(2): 233-266. Deconstructing Emerging Powers and Emerging Markets : India and the United States in Global Governance. 2015. India Quarterly 71(4): 348-364. Emerging Powers in the IMF and WTO: New Alternatives or Reform? 2008. ifo Schnelldienst 61(15): 26-29. Privatisierung oder kultureller Darwinismus: Betrachtungen über das amerikanische System der Kulturförderung. 2002. Neues Museum die österreichische Museumszeitschrift 3+4: 32-35 (with Kevin V. Mulcahy). Book chapters Emerging Powers in the Doha Round. Forthcoming. In Laura Mahrenbach, Renu Modi, Craig Murphy, Timothy Shaw and Xu Yi-Chong, eds. Handbook of Contemporary International Political Economy. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Antriebskräfte ökonomischer Globalisierung. 2011. In Andreas Niederberger and Philipp Schink, eds. Handbuch Globalisierung. J.B. Metzler Verlag: Stuttgart (with Gitta Lauster). Works under review Rising Power Preferences towards Empowerment of International Organizations (with Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt; under review since October 2016) The Domestic Foundations of Brazil-US Trade Relations in the 21st Century. For inclusion in Brian Murphy and Stephen Galatas, eds. Latin America and North America: Toward a New Diplomacy. Book reviews Alan S. Alexandroff (ed). Can the World Be Governed? Possibilities for Effective Multilateralism. 2011. In Millennium Journal of International Studies 39.3: 905-907.
MAHRENBACH 3 Working papers Detaching Emerging from Power : Brazil and India at the WTO Ministerial in 2008. Otto- Friedrich-University Bamberg, Working Paper BOPIR 1/2010, Bamberg. India, Asia and the World Trade Organization: Are Regional Initiatives Moving into Global Governance s Territory? Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg, Working Paper BOPIR 9/2009, Bamberg. Other work in progress When Doesn t Power Matter? Emerging Powers and Power in Formal and Informal Governance Do Shared Ideas Facilitate Lobbying Success? British Preference Formation in the G20 The Domestic Politics of International Trade Coalitions: Emerging Power Leadership in the Doha Round Does Partisanship Matter? Institutional Empowerment at the World Bank (with Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt; submission planned in January 2017) Grants, Fellowships and Awards 2016 International Studies Association Travel Grant (ISA Annual Convention, Baltimore, USA) 2015 Travel Award from the Technical University of Dresden s Graduate Academy (ISA Annual Convention, New Orleans, USA) 2013 Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD) Conference Funding (ISA Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada) 2013 Curry College Faculty Professional Advancement Fund Award (ISA Annual Convention, San Francisco, USA) 2012 Curry College Dean's Fund for Professional Advancement (ECPR Joint Sessions, Mainz, Germany) 2011-2012 RUB elearning Label awarded to seminars: Comparative Regional Cooperation and Democracy and Democracies in the International System 2011 International Studies Association Travel Grant (ISA Annual Convention, Montreal, Canada) 2011 Ruhr-University Bochum, Grant for Special Activities of Ph.D. Candidates (Research trip to Washington, D.C./ISA Annual Convention, Montreal, Canada) 2010 Ruhr-University Bochum, Grant for Special Activities of Ph.D. Candidates (SGIR 7th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, Stockholm, Sweden) 2010 Ruhr-University Bochum, Grant for Special Activities of Ph.D. Candidates (Research trip to Brazil) 2009 Ruhr-University Bochum, Grant for Special Activities of Ph.D. Candidates (ISA- South Annual Meeting, Nashville, USA) 2008 European Consortium for Political Research Summer School Scholarship (Mathematical Concepts and Formal Modelling, Ljubljana, Slovenia) 2007 Study Abroad Scholarship, International Affairs Program, Florida State University
MAHRENBACH 4 2006-2007 Graduate Assistantship, International Affairs Program, Florida State University 2005-2006 Fulbright Teaching Assistantship, Hannover, Germany 2004 University Medal (4.0 GPA), Louisiana State University 2004 Phi Beta Kappa 2002 Sophomore Honors Distinction, Louisiana State University 2000-2004 Chancellor s Alumni Scholar, Louisiana State University 2000 Presidential Scholar 2000 National Merit Scholar Presentations Conference presentations What Constitutes an Emerging Power? To be presented at the International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, Baltimore, USA, February 22-25, 2017. Emerging Powers and Power in Formal and Informal Governance. ISA Annual Convention, Atlanta, USA, March 16-19, 2016. Government Party Positions towards Empowerment of International Organizations: The New World, New World Bank Reforms (with Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt). ISA Annual Convention, Atlanta, USA, March 16-19, 2016. Emerging Power Preferences towards Institutional Empowerment of International Organizations (with Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt). ISA Annual Convention, New Orleans, USA, February 18-21, 2015. Do Shared Ideas Facilitate Lobbying Success? British Preference Formation in the G20. ISA Annual Convention, New Orleans, USA, February 18-21, 2015. Detaching Emerging from Power : India and the United States in Global Governance. ISA Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada, March 26-29, 2014. Success Potentially Guaranteed? German and British Leadership in the G20. 8th Pan- European Conference on International Relations, Warsaw, Poland, September 18-21, 2013. The Relationship between Emerging Power Strengths and Weaknesses: Corruption and the BRICS. ISA Annual Convention, San Francisco, USA, April 3-6, 2013. The Relationship between Emerging Power Strengths and Weaknesses: Corruption and the BRICS. ECPR Joint Sessions, Workshop 12: From the Outside in: International Relations Effects on Domestic Public Attitudes. Mainz, Germany, March 11-16, 2013.
MAHRENBACH 5 Detaching Emerging from Power : Brazil and India at the WTO and the UN. DVPW Conference: Politik und Ökonomie in globaler Perspektive: Der (Wieder) Aufstieg des Globalen Südens, Frankfurt, Germany, March 5-7, 2012. Global Governance Reform and Emerging Powers: Brazil, India and the WTO Dispute Settlement. ISA Annual Convention, Montreal, Canada, March 6-19, 2011. Detaching Emerging from Power : Brazil and India at the WTO Mini-Ministerial in 2008. 2nd Bamberger Sommerworkshop zur vergleichenden Regionalismusforschung, Bamberg, Germany, June 18-19, 2010; and SGIR 7th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, Stockholm, Sweden, September 9-11, 2010. Emerging Powers and the World Trade Organization: Explaining Strategic Substitution. ISA South Annual Meeting, Nashville, USA, October 16-17, 2009. India, Asia and the World Trade Organization: Are Regional Initiatives Moving into Global Governance s Territory? Bamberger Sommerworkshop zur vergleichenden Regionalismusforschung, Bamberg, Germany, June 19-20, 2009. Emerging Powers in the IMF and WTO: Substitution or Reform? Global Economic Governance conference, Akademie für Politische Bildung, Tutzing, Germany, July 12, 2008. Invited lectures Globalisierung: Eine Einführung. Kolping-Bildungsstätte Soest, Soest, Germany, May 4, 2009 and February 3, 2009. Globalization: State of the Art and Perspectives. ECUE Seminar Europäische Kultur, Ruhr- University Bochum, January 30, 2008 (with Aukje van Loon). Professional and Service Activities Reviewer: Chinese Journal of International Politics; Ethics & International Affairs; Palgrave Macmillan; Routledge; SAGE Open; Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration; Swiss National Science Foundation. Panel organizer: Organized panel entitled Conceptualizing Emerging Powers for ISA Annual Convention, Baltimore, USA (February 2017; with Sandra Destradi). Panel chair and/or discussant: ISA Annual Convention, New Orleans, USA (February 2015); ISA Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada (March 2014); ISA Annual Convention, San Francisco, USA (April 2013); EPCR/SGIR 7th Pan-European International Relations Conference, Stockholm, Sweden (September 2010); ISA-South Annual Meeting, Nashville, USA (October 2009). Supervisor/adviser: Supervised master s and bachelor s theses at the Technical University of Dresden (2013-2016), Curry College (2012-2013), and the Ruhr-University Bochum (2011-2012).
MAHRENBACH 6 Collections enhancer: Successfully acquired LexisNexis database for the Saxon State and University Library Dresden, Technical University of Dresden (2013-2014). Evaluated and expanded IR collection in the Curry College library (2012). Chairwoman: Society for Women in International Political Economy Mentor Award Committee, ISA (2017).Member: Society for Women in International Political Economy Mentor Award Committee, ISA (2016); Diversity Coordinator Search Committee, Curry College (2013). Workshop Co-Organizer (with Rob MacDougall): Organized workshop entitled Journal Publishing for Curry College s Professional Development Series (2013). Departmental Organizer: Co-ordinated course mapping process for Introduction to Politics, Department of Politics and History, Curry College (2012-2013). Teaching Experience Graduate-level Comparative Regional Cooperation (In German) Trading Up? Emerging Powers in the Trading System Undergraduate-level International Relations International Political Economy Introduction to Politics Emerging Powers in International Organizations US Foreign Policy Theory and Practice of Global Economic Governance (In German) Reforming Global Economic Governance The US in the International System (In German) Guns and Butter: Foreign Policy Decision-Making since the Financial Crisis Power, Interests and Ideas in the International System (In German) Democracy and Democracies in the International System (In German) Professional Memberships International Studies Association American Political Science Association European International Studies Association Graduate Academy, TU-Dresden Research Languages English: native language German: fluent Portuguese: limited reading skills
MAHRENBACH 7 Software Microsoft Office: fully proficient R: basic proficiency MaxQDA: moderate proficiency Non-Academic Appointments 2007 Intern Symmetrics GmbH, Hannover, Germany Deutsch-Russisches Zentrum für Technologietransfer, Hannover, Germany 2004-05 Paralegal Luther, Oldenburg & Rainey, P.C., Mobile, AL References Jürgen Pfeffer Chair of Computational Social Sciences and Big Data Bavarian School of Public Policy/ Technical University of Munich juergen.pfeffer(at) tum.de Lawrence R. Hartenian Professor, Politics & History Department Curry College 617-333-2149 Lharteni(at)post03.curry.edu Kevin V. Mulcahy Sheldon Beychok Distinguished Professor Department of Political Science Louisiana State University 225-578-2540 kmulcah(at)lsu.edu Nathan Stoltzfus Dorothy and Jonathan Rintels Associate Professor of Holocaust Studies Department of History Florida State University nstoltzfus(at)fsu.edu Stefan A. Schirm Chair of International Politics Ruhr-University Bochum stefan.schirm(at)ruhr-uni-bochum.de Timothy M. Shaw Professor of Global Governance and Human Security University of Massachusetts Boston Timothy.Shaw(at)umb.edu Mark Souva Professor and Director of Graduate Studies Florida State University 850-644-7315 msouva(at)fsu.edu William Nancarrow Professor, Politics & History Department Curry College 617-333-2361 wnancarr0904(at)post03.curry.edu