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Curriculum Vitae

Jennifer Bansard


Current Positions

  • 01/2022 - : Research Analyst in Political Science and Global Governance, German Adivsory Council on Global Change (WBGU)
  • 11/2017 - : Doctoral Researcher and Lecturer at the Chair of International Politics, University of Potsdam, Prof. Dr. Harald Fuhr
  • 01/2017 - : Writer for the Earth Negotiations Bulletin, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)

Previous Positions

  • 10/2015 - 11-2017: PhD fellow in the Research Training Group "Wicked Problems, Contested Administrations: Knowledge, Coordination, Strategy" (WIPCAD) at the University of Potsdam
  • 12/2014 - 05/2015 : Technical Support Unit of the NAMA Facility of the GIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH in Berlin
  • 02/2013 - 07/2013 : Division for Marine and Coastal Diversity of the United Nations Secretariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity in Montréal
  • 09/2010 - 02/2011 : Division for International Climate Protection of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nuclear Safety and Nature Conservation in Berlin

University Education

  • 10/2015 - : PhD candidate at the University of Potsdam
  • 09/2013 - 09/2014 : M.Sc. in Environment and Resource Management at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • 09/2007 - 08/2013 : M.A. and B.A. in Applied Political Sciences at the Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg and M.A. in International Relations and Diploma from Sciences Po Aix-en-Provence
  • 09/2008 - 08/2013: B.A. and M.A.

Awards, Scholarships and Grants

  • 04/2017 : Grant by the WIPCAD Research Group to organize a workshop on Science Co-Production
  • 07/2016 : Dirk Berg-Schlosser Award for best poster at the 2016 ECPR Summer School
  • 10/2015 - 09/2018 : Doctoral scholarship and travel grants by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • 09/2008 - 08/2012 : Scholarship by the French-German University (UFA/DFH)

Academic Memberships

  • Earth System Governance network (ESG)
  • European International Studies Association (EISA)

Review Activities

  • Environmental Politics
  • International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics
  • Regulation & Governance
  • Journal of Urban Affairs