JULIAN LUCAS JUNK
Konstanz University|Department of Politics and Management | SFB 485 “Norm and Symbol“
Visiting Lecturer | University of Lucerne | E-Mail: julian..l.junk@gmail.com
CURRICULUM VITAE
GENERAL INFORMATION
Date and Place of Birth: 11 January 1980, Heidelberg, Germany
EDUCATION
Since 2006 University of Konstanz, Germany: PhD candidate; thesis on “The Politics of
Planning in International Organizations - How International Humanitarian
Interventions and Peace Operations Emerged in Kosovo and Sudan”
2003-2004 Institute d’Etudes Politiques (IEP) Aix en Provence, France: “Certificat
d’Etudes Politiques” (CEP) – Erasmus scholarship – one year
2001-2002 Lund University, Sweden – Erasmus scholarship – one year
2000-2006 University of Konstanz, Germany: MA of Politics and Management, profile
“European Integration and International Organizations”:
completed with “very good”; master thesis “Designing Multidimensional
Peace Operations” – supervisors Prof. Wolfgang Seibel (University of
Konstanz) and Prof. Dirk Salomons (Columbia University, New York)
2001-2006: Scholarship holder of German National Academic Foundation
(Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)
1990-1999 Classical grammar school in Baden-Baden, Germany:
ADDITIONAL COURSES AND CERTIFICATES
2006 Ljubljana University, Slovenia: ECPR Summer School on Methods and
Techniques: “Quantitative Textual Analysis” (two weeks)
2003 Eurocentre Amboise, France: Intensive Language Course French; scholarship of
the German National Academic Foundation (four weeks)
2002 University of Konstanz, Germany: Polnet - International Summer School on the
Analysis of Political and Managerial Networks (two weeks)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2009 University of Lucerne, Switzerland: visiting lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities
and Social Sciences, Seminar of Political Science (spring term – 4 months)
2008 Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), New
York, USA: visiting scholar upon invitation of Professor Dirk Salomons; co-
teaching two seminars on master level (spring and fall term – 6 months)
2007 Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), Germany: visiting research
scholar upon invitation of Professors Ariane Berthoin Antal and Michael Zürn;
presented a paper: “A Media-Driven Two-Level Game of International Politics"
(two months)
Since 2006 University of Konstanz, Germany:
research fellow at the Department of Politics and Management and at the
SFB 485 (Collaborative Research Centre) “Norm and Symbol”.
Responsible for one sub-project on the planning phase of complex peace
operations
co-responsibility for the research project “Administrative Science Meets
Peacekeeping” funded by the German Foundation for Peace Research
2002-2003 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Nairobi, Kenya: intern as
a scholarship holder of the Carlo-Schmid Program at the Policy Development and
Law and the Secretariat of Governing Bodies (7 months)
2001-2006 University of Konstanz, Germany: research assistant at the chair of Prof. Seibel
(involved in the research projects “Strategic Capabilities in the Regulatory
Competition” and “Holocaust and Polycracy in Western Europe, 1940-1944”; in
addition: administrative tasks and preparations of lectures and seminars, co-writing
various grant proposals, and helping to conceptualize new BA, MA, and PhD
programs)
1999-2000 DRK-Hospital Baden -Baden, Germany: Community service - nursing service
and surgical ward (12 months)
1996-1999 Office of Auditors “Dr. Rohner, Weber & Mumm”, Sinzheim, Germany:
assistant (3 years)
TEACHING EXPERIENCES
2009 “The Politics of Humanitarian Intervention” (MA Seminar at University of Lucerne,
Switzerland – English – 28h)
2008 “Managing the United Nations System” (MA seminar of Dirk Salomons at Columbia
University’s SIPA – English – 2h on reform and learning in international
organizations)
“Between Tutelage and Local Ownership: Dilemmas of Peacebuilding” (Workshop
for Scholars of the German National Academic Foundation in Berlin –
German/English - 5h – together with Tobias Pietz)
“Complex Emergencies: From Root Causes to Recovery “Managing the United
Nations System” (MA seminar of Dirk Salomons at Columbia University’s SIPA –
English – 2h on media/humanitarian intervention, planning within international
organizations, content analysis, and research design)
2007 “Research Design II” (MA lecture at University of Konstanz- part on “content
analysis” - English - 4h – together with Wolfgang Seibel)
“Bureaucracies of Peace and War” (BA seminar at University of Konstanz - English
– 26h – together with Till Blume and Peter Schumann)
“The Governmental and Administrative System in Germany and the EU” (Seminar
for the exchange students at University of Konstanz - German - 6h)
2006 “The Governmental and Administrative System in Germany and the EU” (Seminar
for the exchange students at University of Konstanz - German - 6h – together with
Till Blume)
“Directed Study” (MA colloquium at University of Konstanz - English - 8h -
together with Wolfgang Seibel and Elisabeth Schöndorf)
2005 “Selected Readings on Conflict and Peace Management” (MA seminar at University
of Konstanz - English - 16h - together with Wolfgang Seibel)
2004 “Post-Conflict Reconstruction” with excursion to Vienna (BA seminar at University
of Konstanz - English - 24h - together with Joachim Blatter, Stephanie Reulen, Till
Blume and Elisabeth Schöndorf)
EXPERIENCES IN UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES
since 2006 Member of the Council of the Collaborative Research Centre as the representative
of the mid-level faculty
2006-2008 Member of the Council of the Department of Politics and Management as the
representative of the mid-level faculty
2004-2005 Member of a selection committee of the professorship on “international politics” as
the student representative
PUBLICATIONS
2008 “Der Beitrag der Verwaltungswissenschaft für das Lehr- und Forschungsfeld UN
Studies” [The Contribution of Public Administration Research for the Field of
Research and Teaching of UN Studies], in: Fröhlich, Manuel: UN Studies. Baden-
Baden: Nomos, pp. 143-160.
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“Friedensmissionen als fragile Ordnungen: Legitimation durch Bewährung oder
rhetorische Kommunikation?” [Peace Operations as Fragile Orders: Legitimation by
Success or by Rhetoric Communication?], together with Till Blume, in:
Legitimationsstrategien. Interdisziplinäre Beiträge zur Legitimation sozialer und
normativer Ordnungen. Konstanz: SFB 485.
2007 “Public Administration Meets Peacebuilding. Coordination, Leadership, and
Learning as Challenges to Peace Operations: the Cases of Liberia and Sudan“,
prepared together with Wolfgang Seibel, Till Blume, and Elisabeth Schöndorf for
the Conference „Public Administration Meets Peacebuilding“, 14-17 June 2007,
Konstanz (http://www.uni-konstanz.de/FuF/Verwiss/Seibel/conference/start).
“Reflections on International Interventions”, Review Essay, in: Journal of
Intervention and Statebuilding, 1(2), pp. 267-272.
2006 “Designing Multidimensional Peace Operations : the Cases of International Interim-
Administrations in Bosnia, Kosovo, and East Timor”. Konstanz: KOPS.
(http://www.ub.uni-konstanz.de/kops/volltexte/2006/1822/)
“Discourse at the Juncture : the Explanatory Power of Discourse Theory and Policy
Analysis for Understanding Peace Operations and Humanitarian Intervention”.
Konstanz: KOPS. (together with Wolfgang Seibel, Till Blume, and Elisabeth
Schöndorf) - (http://www.ub.uni-konstanz.de/kops/volltexte/2006/1958/)
2004 “Compensating Historical Injustice: More Than Just Money”, in: Annual Report of
Humanity in Action, pp. 43-47. (together with Jonathan Miner)
(http://www.humanityinaction.org/docs/Junk__Miner.pdf)
CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS
Papers presented/accepted (selection):
2008 “A Media-Driven Two-Level Game of International Politics" (together with
Joachim Blatter), presented at the 66th Midwest Political Science Association MPSA
Annual National Conference, 3-6 April, Chicago.
“The Politics of Learning in International Public Administrations" (together with
Rainer Breul), presented at the 66th Midwest Political Science Association MPSA
Annual National Conference, 3-6 April Chicago.
“Public Administration Meets Peacebuilding. Coordination, Leadership, and
Learning as Challenges to Peace Operations” (together with Wolfgang Seibel, Till
Blume and Elisabeth Schöndorf), presented at the ISA 49th Annual Convention, 26-
29 March, San Francisco.
“Inhaltsanalyse als ein Hybrid quantitativer und qualitativer Forschung” [Content
Analysis as a Hybrid of Quantitative and Qualitative Research], presented at
“Qualitative Methods”, Workhop of the Center of Excellence, 21 November,
University of Konstanz.
2007 “The Politics of Learning - the EU Foreign Policy and
Peace Operations” (together with Rainer Breul), presented at the conference
"Learning at its Application to the EU’s Foreign and Security Policy”, Centre for the
Study on International Governance, Loughborough University, 16 November,
London.
“Peace Entrepreneurs and International Intervention – Navigating Between
Negotiation Arenas and Discursive Fields: the Case of Sudan” (together with
Joachim Blatter), presented at the annual conference of Millennium-Journal of
International Studies “Peace in International Relations”, 20-21 October, London.
“Kingdon goes Transnational: Multiple Streams and Discourse Entrepreneurs in
Peace Operations” (together with Joachim Blatter), presented at the Pan-European
International Relations Conference „Making Sense of a Pluralist World“, 12-15
September, Turin.
2006 “Public Administration Science and UN Studies”, presented at the conference “UN
Studies”, Research Council of the German United Nations Association, 15-16
December, Berlin.
Conferences organized (selection):
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2007 “Public Administration Meets Peacebuilding” international conference, 14-17 June
2007, Konstanz (coordination together with Till Blume)
2006 “World in Motion – Perspectives on International Migration”, annual high-level
conference of the CSP-Network, Berlin (coordination)
“Discourse Theory and Policy Analysis: Enhancing the Understanding of Peace
Operations and Humanitarian Interventions”, conference within the SFB 485,
Konstanz (coordination together with Till Blume)
2005 “The Millennium Development Goals – Goals with Future?”, annual high-level
conference of the CSP-Network, 3-6 November, Berlin (coordination)
2004 “New German Foreign Policy – Germany Between Europe and the USA?”, annual
high-level conference of the CSP-Network, 4-7 November, Berlin (coordination
together with Thomas Rid)
OTHER EXPERIENCES
2007-2008 Board member of the Senior Fellows Network of Humanity in Action Germany
Since 2006 McKinsey Capstone Mentee
2004-2006 Chairman of the CSP Network of International Politics and Coordination
(www.csp-network.org)
2004 Fellow of Humanity in Action (www.humanityinaction.org), a transatlantic exchange
program on human and minority rights issues in Berlin, Copenhagen, Washington
and New York (eight weeks)
2003-2005 Co-Founder and Member of the United Nations Network of the University of
Konstanz.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
German (mother tongue), English (fluent), French (good knowledge), Swedish (basic knowledge)
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