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Michael Zürn (born February 14, 1959 in Esslingen am Neckar) is a German political scientist. He has been Director of the Global Governance research department at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center and Professor of International Relations at Freie Universität Berlin since 2004.[1]

Biography

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Zürn received his master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Denver in 1984. In 1987, he completed his first state examination in Political Science and German Studies at the University of Tübingen. In the same year, he participated in the Essex Summer School in Social Science, Data Analysis, and Collection. He completed his doctorate at the University of Tübingen in 1991, focusing on game theory, functionalism and international politics.[2]

Zürn is a member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities since 2007, a board member thereof since 2013,[3] and a member of Academia Europaea since 2014.[4]

In 2021, Zürn was awarded the Berliner Wissenschaftspreis from the then Mayor of Berlin, Michael Müller.[5] He was also a fellow at the Thomas Mann House in Los Angeles in the same year.[6]

Publications

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His most recent books include:

  • Schäfer, Armin; Zürn, Michael (2021). Die demokratische Regression [The Democratic Regression] (in German). Translated by Stephen Curtis. Berlin: Suhrkamp Verlag AG. ISBN 978-3-518-12749-0.

References

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  1. ^ Freie Universität Berlin, Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn, accessed 2025-05-09.
  2. ^ Munziger Online, Biographien: Michael Zürn.
  3. ^ Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Michael Zürn, accessed 2025-05-09.
  4. ^ Academia Europaea, Michael Zürn, accessed 2025-05-09.
  5. ^ Süddeutsche Zeitung, "Wissenschaftspreis geht an Politologen und an Theologin", 5 November 2021, accessed 2025-05-09.
  6. ^ Villa Aurora. Thomas Mann House, The City of Man: The Future of Multilateral Politics – Nina Hachigian, Friedhelm Marx & Michael Zürn im Gespräch, 3 June 2021, accessed 2025-05-09.