Andreas N. Ludwig
Dr Andreas N. Ludwig MA
Senior Lecturer
Building Universitätsallee/Zentralbibliothek | Room: UA-102
Postal Address
Universitätsallee 1
85072 Eichstätt
Germany
Tasks
Deputy Chairperson of the Board of Examiners of the MA International Relations
Member of the Examination Board of the BA/MA German-French Integrated Degree Program in Political Science
Office hours
by appointment via e-mail

Dr Andreas N. Ludwig, MA, has been (senior) lecturer and research assistant at the Chair of International Relations (until April 2016: Chair of Political Science IV: Foreign Policy and International Politics) at the Faculty of History and Social Sciences of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt since September 2014.

 

Research focus

Focus in research

  • Foreign, European and security policy of Germany, Austria and the United Kingdom
  • Foreign relations of sub-state actors, in particular German and Austrian federal states
  • European integration
  • Complexity research in IR and its foundations in the philosophy of science
  • International relations/ international history and memory research in IR
  • Bilateral relations research (basics, theory development, German-British relations)

 

Focus in teaching (holder of the "Certificate in University Teaching of the Bavarian Universities (Advanced Level)")

  • (Comparative) foreign, European and security policy of selected states (Germany, France, Austria, United Kingdom)
  • European competence and European integration (history, EU, Council of Europe, NATO, OSCE)
  • Practical orientation (blended learning, field trips, expert discussions, scenario development)
  • Theories of International Relations (foundations, new approaches, complexity research)

Academic career

since 09.2020: Senior Lecturer at the Chair of International Relations at the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (KU)

since 03.2021: Adjunct Lecturer for European Politics at the University of Applied Sciences Carinthia (Department of Economics and Management) (Austria)

11.2023: Visiting Lecturer at Sciences Po Strasbourg (University of Strasbourg) (France)

09.2022-02.2023: Adjunct Lecturer of European Integration at University of Fribourg (Chair of European Studies) (Switzerland)

04.2016-09.2020: Research Assistant at the Chair of International Relations at KU

07.2020: Doctorate in Political Science (Dr. phil.) 

05.2011 - 07.2020: PhD student at the Faculty of History and Social Sciences (GGF) at KU (thesis supervisors: Prof. Dr. Klaus Schubert, Prof. Dr. Klaus Brummer)

10.2019: Visiting Lecturer at the Chair of European Studies of the University of Fribourg/Université de Fribourg (Switzerland)

07.2019 - 09.2019: Substitute for the Program Coordination of the Master's program in International Relations (KU)

02.2018: Certificate in University Teaching of the Bavarian Universities (advanced level)

09.2014 - 03.2016: Research Assistant at the Chair of Political Science IV: Foreign Policy and International Politics at KU and Program Coordinator of the German-French integrated study program in Political Science 

04.2011 - 09.2014: Adjunct Lecturer for Foreign Policy and International Politics at KU

07.2011 - 12.2013: PhD scholarship holder of the Hanns-Seidel-Foundation e.V.

02.2011: Diploma (equivalent to Master of Arts) (Sciences Po Rennes) 

01.2011: Master of Arts (M.A.) (Institut des Hautes Etudes Européennes, Université de Strasbourg) 

09.2010: Master of Arts (M.A.) (KU)

09.2009 - 09.2010: Master of Arts in "History of International Relations and Regional Integration Processes" of the Institut des Hautes Etudes Européennes (Université de Strasbourg) 

10.2008 - 09.2010: German-French integrated Master's program in Political Science (KU & Sciences Po Rennes) 

09.2008: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) (KU)

10.2005 - 09.2008: French-German integrated Bachelor's program in Political Science (KU & Sciences Po Rennes)

Professional committees and memberships

Offices and committee activities

since 10.2015: Vice-Chairman of the Examination Board Master International Relations

since 09.2014: Member of the Examination Board of the BA / MA French-German Integrated Studies in Political Science (10.2014-09.2015 Vice-Chairman)

10.2021 - 09.2023: elected member of the Faculty Council

10.2017 - 09.2019: Women's and Equal Opportunity Officer of the Faculty of History and Social Sciences (2017-2019), qua office member of the Faculty Council and of the Conference of KU's Women's and Equal Opportunity Officers 

Memberships in professional associations and organizations

Member of the German Association for British Studies (AGF)

Member of the British International Studies Association (BISA)

Member of the Friends of the House of Bavarian History

Member of the Young Königswinter Alumni 

Publications

Monographies and Edited Volumes

(2020) Bilaterale Beziehungen als komplexe Systeme: Komplexitätsforschung am Beispiel der deutsch-britischen Beziehungen nach 1945. Wiesbaden: SpringerVS. (Ph.D. thesis)

(2014) Pragmatisch oder privilegiert? Die deutsch-französischen Beziehungen im Wandel: Historische und (kultur-) politische Perspektiven (Festschrift zu Ehren von Klaus Schubert). Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovacs. (editor with Madeleine Mahrla)

(2011) Klassischer Liberalismus: Vorbild für die Zukunft des Welthandels? Hamburg: Bachelor & Master Publishing.

(2011) Auf dem Weg zu einer "Achse Berlin-London"? Die deutsch-britischen Beziehungen im Rahmen der Europäischen Union unter Gerhard Schröder und Tony Blair (1998-2002)Hamburg: Diplomica Verlag. (MA thesis)

Articles in Edited Volumes and Journals

(2024) Wahlen in Zeiten der Polykrise? Baustellen der Europäischen Union im Europawahljahr 2024. Gesellschaft. Wirtschaft. Politik. 73(1), 44-54. [Elections in Times of Polycrisis? Challenges for the European Union in the European Election Year 2024]

(2023) Mission “Weltgewandheit”: Kärntens auswärtige Beziehungen und Europapolitik nach den Landtagswahlen 2023. In: Karl Anderwald, Karl Hren and Kathrin Stainer-Hämmerle (eds.). Kärntner Jahrbuch für Politik 2023. Klagenfurt am Wörthersee: Hermagoras, 164-174. [Mission "Worldliness": Carinthia's Foreign Relations and European Policy after the 2023 Regional Elections]

(2023) The Complexity of Memory in Global Relations and European Integration: A Theoretical Perspective. Journal of European Integration History 29(1), 19-34.

(2022) Zeitenwende in Europa: Gedanken zum Wandel des europäischen Systems durch den Krieg in der Ukraine. In: Wilfried Seywald (ed.). Wandel: Wie kommt das Neue ins System? (Lesebuch Europäische Toleranzgespräche 2022). Fresach: Edition Denk.Raum.Fresach, 43-48.

(2022) Europa ist auch Ländersache! Grundlagen der Europapolitik der österreichischen Bundesländer am Beispiel Kärntens. In: Karl Anderwald, Karl Hren and Kathrin Stainer-Hämmerle (eds.). Kärntner Jahrbuch für Politik 2022. Klagenfurt: Hermagoras, 221-237.

(2022) Future Skills: global und europäisch denken. Value No. 20, 68-69.

(2021) Einleitung. In: Friedrich Kießling/ Caroline Rothauge (eds.). Außenbeziehungen und Erinnern: Prozesse, Konflikte, Reflexionen. München: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 1-20. (with Caroline Rothauge and Friedrich Kießling)

(2019) Memory Matters! Zur Bedeutung des Erinnerns und kollektiver Identitätskonstruktionen in grenzüberschreitenden Beziehungen. In: Klaus Brummer/ Friedrich Kießling (eds.). Bundesdeutsche außenpolitische Rollen aus geschichts- und politikwissenschaftlichen Perspektiven. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 235-252. (with Caroline Rothauge)

(2018) Deutschlands Russlandpolitik: Von der Herausforderung des Dialogs. GWP 1/2018, 127-134. (with Svetlana Peterka)

(2014) Einleitung: Pragmatisch oder privilegiert? Die deutsch-französischen Beziehungen im Wandel. In: Andreas N. Ludwig/ Madeleine Mahrla (eds.). Pragmatisch oder privilegiert? Die deutsch-französischen Beziehungen im Wandel: Historische und (kultur-)politische Perspektiven (Festschrift zu Ehren von Klaus Schubert). Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovac, 13-27. (with Madeleine Mahrla)

Online 

(2023) Not one, but many: Herausforderungen und Chancen der Vielfalt europäischer Integrationsprozesse. Beiträge des XI. Internationalen Förderkongresses Junge Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft der Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Stiftung und des IFO Instituts. Hanns-Martin Schleyer Foundation, January 2023. 

(2022) Opinion: Europe’s Division Deepens with Russia’s Council of Europe’s Expulsion. E-International Relations, March 18, 2022. 

(2021) The Complexity of Bilateral Relations. E-International Relations, March 25, 2021. 

Press

(2022) Das kleinere Übel. Südwestrundfunk, April 25, 2022. (interview on state and perspectives of democracy in Europe)

(2022) Krieg gegen Europas Werte. Kleine Zeitung, April 19, 2022, 6. (comment in Austrian daily newspaper)

Conference Papers

(2023) “Can Austria Stay Neutral?”: Rethinking Austria’s Role Concept in European and World Politics. 16th Pan-European Conference on International Relations der European International Studies Association (EISA). Potsdam (Germany), 7 September 2023

(2023) Interaction of National and Transnational Memory Discourses in the European Union. Workshop “On the Interweaving of National and International Discourses of Memory“ of the Marc Bloch Centre and the Centre for Military History and Social Sciences of the German Armed Forces. Potsdam (Germany), presented on 10 May 2023

(2022) Not one, but many: Herausforderungen und Chancen der Vielfalt europäischer Integrationsprozesse, XI. International Congress 'Junge Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft' Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Stiftung/ IFO Institut, Munich, June 15, 2022

(2022) Building Bridges via Complexity: Memory Studies, IR, and the Issue of European Integration. Panel „European Memory Politics, European Identity and Memory Discourse”. Castle Talks of the Jean Monnet European Memory Politics Network. Strasbourg (France), March 25, 2022

(2021) Vom globalen Miteinander: Plädoyer für komplexes Denken in den Internationalen Beziehungen und in der Friedensforschung, 37th Summer Academy of the Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution, September 2, 2021

(2019) Außenbeziehungen und Erinnerung: Zur Einführung, Interdisciplinary Conference "Foreign Affairs and Memory" , Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, May 16, 2019 (with Caroline Rothauge)

(2018) Complexifying Relations Research. Theoretical Approaches and Methodologies, 12th Pan-European Conference on International Relations der European International Studies Association (EISA), Prague, Czech Republic, September 14, 2018

(2018) How to Act Responsibly? Remembering Germany's Past and Its Impact on Foreign Policy, 12th Pan-European Conference on International Relations der European International Studies Association (EISA), Prague, Czech Republic, September 14, 2018 

(2018) Memory Matters! Erinnerungskulturen und dynamische Rollenbilder im Kontext bi- und plurilateraler Beziehungen, Interdisciplinary Conference "Von der Zivilmacht zum europäischen Hegemon? Bundesdeutsche außenpolitische Rollen aus geschichts- und politikwissenschaftlichen Perspektiven", Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Eichstätt, May 5, 2018 (with Caroline Rothauge)

(2017) How to Act Responsibly? Remembering Germany's Past and Its Impact on Foreign Affairs, 41st Annual Conference of the German Studies Association, Atlanta, United States, October 6, 2017 (with Caroline Rothauge)

(2017) British-German Relations and the European Question. A Complexity Approach,  42nd Annual Conference of the British International Studies Association, Brighton, United Kingdom, June 15, 2017

Conference and event organization (selected)

(since 10.2016) Lecture series of the Chair of International Relations, Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (with Klaus Brummer)

(2022) Ukraine War – Insights, Questions and (First) Answers: Online event organised by the Chair of International Relations. Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, 8 March 2022 (with Falk Ostermann)

Field Trips

(2017) Strasbourg: Capital of Europe!? Seminar “European Integration beyond the EU”. Strasbourg (France), 17-20 May 2017

(2016) Fundamentals of the Foreign Cultural Policy of the Federal Republic of Germany using the example of the Goethe-Institut. Seminar “German Foreign and Security Policy”. Munich, 25 November 2016

Conferences

(2019) Foreign Relations and Memory. Annual Conference of the working group International History within the German Society of Historians. Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, 16-17 May 2019 (with Friedrich Kießling and Caroline Rothauge)

(2013) Pragmatic or Privileged? Franco-German Relations in Transition. Celebratory Colloquium in Honour of Klaus Schubert. Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, 16-17 December 2013 (with Madeleine Mahrla and Christina Rüther)

Panels and Roundtables

(2018) Complexity: Renewing IR for a World of Uncertainty and Change!? (Roundtable). 12th Pan-European Conference on International Relations of the European International Studies Association (EISA). Prague (Czech Republic), 12-15 September 2018 (convenor and chair)

(2018) Memory Matters! Understanding How Collective Memory Narratives Impact on Foreign Policy (Panel). 12thPan-European Conference on International Relations of the European International Studies Association (EISA). Prague (Czech Republic), 12-15 September 2018 (convenor and chair)

Career Events

(since 05.2016) Career Talks in cooperation with the International Office of KU, on careers and working at international organisations (incl. EU), in development cooperation and in the field of security and defence

Workshops

(2016) The State of Peace in Europe: On the (State of) Peace in Europe in Perspective of International Relations. European Student Meeting at the University of Fribourg. Fribourg (Switzerland), 28 November 2016 (convenor and chair)

(2015) Franco-German Relations in Europe: a Model of Integrative Cooperation Or Exclusive Togetherness? 3rdTrinational Student Meeting (KU, University of Fribourg and Sciences Po Bordeaux). Eichstätt, 4-8 November 2015 (convenor and chair)

(2014) Political Scopes of Action In an Uncertain World: German and French Perspectives. Franco-German Seminar of KU and Sciences Po Rennes. Rennes (France), 12-17 December 2014 (with Sébastien Grégov)