Gerald Schneider (political scientist)

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Gerald Schneider (born April 14, 1962 in Zurich , Switzerland ) is a Swiss political scientist and professor of international politics at the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz .

academic career

After training as a lawyer from 1981 to 1983 in Winterthur and Bern , Schneider studied political science , economics and general history at the University of Zurich between 1983 and 1988 . At the same time, he worked there between 1984 and 1991 as a research assistant , project worker and research assistant to Professors Daniel Frei and Ulrich Klöti . After stays at the University of Essex and the Århus Universitet , he received his doctorate in 1991 from the University of Zurich. This was followed by a scholarship for advanced researchers from the Swiss National Science Foundation until 1993 as a post-doctoral student at the University of Michigan .

From 1992 to 1994 Schneider was a lecturer at the Geneva University Institute for International Studies and from 1994 to 1997 program director and lecturer at the University of Bern . At the same time, he also took on representation at the University of Konstanz , where he has been full professor of international politics since 1997.

Schneider has researched at Harvard University, the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), the Peace Research Institute Oslo and the Università di Siena, among others. Between 2002 and 2004, Schneider was the elected Vice President of the International Studies Association, the world's largest professional organization in the field of international relations. Schneider is the managing editor of the scientific journal European Union Politics (EUP). For several years in a row, EUP has been one of the ten most important international political science journals in the world according to the ISI Web of Science ranking.

research

Schneider is the author or co-author of over one hundred scientific publications, including more than two dozen articles in internationally listed journals. His main research interests include the analysis of political decision-making processes, negotiation processes within the European Union, and the causes and consequences of military conflicts. Current research projects deal with the political economy of financial markets, the connection between social polarization and political violence, and the possible escalation of group decisions.

Publications (selection)

Magazine articles

  • Michael M. Bechtel and Gerald Schneider. 2010. Eliciting Substance from 'Hot Air': Financial Market Responses to EU Summit Decisions on European Defense ", in: International Organization 64 (2): 199-223.
  • Gerald Schneider and Nina Wiesehomeier. 2008. Rules that Matter: Political Institutions and the Diversity-Conflict Nexus, in: Journal of Peace Research 45 (2): 183-203.
  • Gerald Schneider and Joan Esteban. 2008. Polarization and Conflict: Theoretical and Empirical Issues, in: Journal of Peace Research 45 (2): 131-141.
  • Gerald Schneider. 2008. De Deliberatibus Disputandum Est: A Response to Jürg Steiner, in: European Political Science 7: 199-208.
  • Margit Bussmann and Gerald Schneider. 2007. When Globalization Discontent Turns Violent: Foreign Economic Liberalization and Internal War. International Studies Quarterly 51 (1): 79-97.
  • Gerald Schneider, Daniel Finke and Konstantin Baltz. 2007. With a Little Help From Your State: Interest Intermediation in Domestic Pre-negotiations of EU Legislation, in: Journal of European Public Policy 14 (3): 444–459.
  • Gerald Schneider and Christian W. Martin. 2007. Convergence, regulatory competition or international norms? Determinants of Foreign Trade Liberalization, 1978–2002. Quarterly Political Bulletin 38: 449–469.
  • Gerald Schneider. 2007. Why is European political science so unproductive and what should be done about it: a symposium, in: European Political Science 6: 156-159.
  • Gerald Schneider. 2007. The Quest for the Holy Grant - On the (Mis) allocation of Money in European Political Science, in: European Political Science 6: 160-168.
  • Gerald Schneider and Vera Tröger. 2006. War and the World Economy: Stock Market Reactions to International Conflict, 1990-2000. Journal of Conflict Resolution 50 (5): 623-645.
  • Gabriele Ruoff and Gerald Schneider. 2006. Segregation in the Class Room? A Test of the Schelling Model, in: Rationality and Society 18 (1): 95-117
  • Thilo Bodenstein and Gerald Schneider. 2006. Capitalist Junctures: Explaining Economic Openness in the Transition Countries, in: European Journal of Political Research 45 (3): 367-497.
  • Gerald Schneider 2005. Capacity and Concessions: Bargaining Power in Multilateral Negotiations, in: Millennium 33 (3): 665-690.
  • Christina Zimmer, Gerald Schneider and Michael Dobbins. 2005. The Contested Council: The Conflict Dimensions of an Intergovernmental EU Institution, in: Political Studies 53 (2): 403-422.
  • Margit Bussmann, Gerald Schneider and Nina Wiesehomeier. 2005. Foreign Economic Liberalization and Civil War in Sub-Saharan Africa European, in: Journal of International Relations 11 (4): 551-579.
  • Gerald Schneider and Ulrike Sabrina Krämer. 2004. The Limitations of Fair Division: An Experimental Evaluation of Three Procedures, in: Journal of Conflict Resolution 48 (4): 506-524.
  • Gerald Schneider and Konstantin Baltz. 2003. Gängelband der Verband: On the influence of particular interests on German EU politics, in Zeitschrift für Europa- und Staatswissenschaften 1 (2): 199–219.
  • Jacob Bercovitch and Gerald Schneider. 2000. Who Mediates? The Political Economy of International Conflict Management, in: Journal of Peace Research 37 (2): 387-404.
  • Thomas Holzer, Gerald Schneider and Thomas Widmer. 2000. Discriminating Decentralization: Federalism and the Handling of Asylum Applications in Switzerland, 1988–1996, in: Journal of Conflict Resolution 44 (2): 250–276.
  • Mark D. Aspinwall and Gerald Schneider. 2000. Same Table, Separate Menu. The Institutionalist Turn in Political Science and the Study of European Integration, in: European Journal of Political Research 38 (1): 1–36.
  • Gerald Schneider and Claudia Seybold. 1997. Twelve Tongues, Once Voice: An Evaluation of European Political Cooperation, in: European Journal of Political Research 37 (3): 367-396.
  • Gerald Schneider. 1997. The Bureaucratic Policy of Foreign Policy Analysis. Applied IB research in search of its own foundations, in: Journal for International Relations 4 (1): 107–124.
  • Gerald Schneider and Patricia A. Weitsman. 1996. The Punishment Trap: Integration Referendums as Popularity Contests, in: Comparative Political Studies 28 (4): 582–607.
  • Gerald Schneider and Lionel Marquis. 1996. Who is the mediator? Overestimated and underestimated requirement factors for mediation activities, in: Swiss Political Science Review 2 (3): 69–82.
  • Gerald Schneider. 1995. The Limits of Self-Reform: Institution Building in the European Community, in: European Journal of International Relations I: 59-86.
  • Gerald Schneider and Cyrill Hess. 1995. The domestic manipulation of foreign policy: The logic of ratification debates in direct democracy, in: Swiss Political Science Review I (2–3): 93–111.
  • Lars-Erik Cederman and Gerald Schneider. 1994. The Change of Tide in Political Cooperation: A Limited Information Model of European Integration, in: International Organization 48 (4): 633-662.
  • Gerald Schneider. 1994. Rational choice and communicative action. A reply to Harald Müller. Journal of International Relations 1: 357–366.

Books and special issues

  • Gerald Schneider, Michael M. Bechtel and Christian Fahrholz. 2009. War, Cooperation, Course Course: The International Political Economy of Financial Markets. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag.
  • Gerald Schneider, Margit Bussmann and Andreas Hasenclever. 2009. Identity, Institutions, and the Economy: Causes of Domestic Violence. Special issue Political quarterly.
  • Gerald Schneider, Michael M. Bechtel and Christian Fahrholz. 2009. War, Cooperation, Course Course: The International Political Economy of Financial Markets. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag.
  • Gerald Schneider and Joan Esteban. 2008. Polarization and Conflict. Special Issue of the Journal of Peace Research.
  • Schneider, Gerald, Katherine Barbieri and Nils Petter Gleditsch. 2003. Globalization and Armed Conflict. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
  • Gerald Schneider and Thomas Holzer. 2002. Asylum policy on the wrong track. National and European responses to the globalization of refugee flows. Opladen: Leske + Budrich.
  • Gerald Schneider and Mark D. Aspinwall. 2001. The Rules of Integration: Institutionalist Approaches to the Study of Europe. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
  • Gerald Schneider, Peter Moser and Gebhard Kirchgässner. 2000. Decision Rules in the European Union: A Rational Choice Perspective. London: Macmillan.
  • Gerald Schneider. 1988. From special case to normal case. An introduction to Swiss foreign policy. Zurich: Pro Helvetia.
  • Gerald Schneider and Patricia A. Weitsman. 1997. Enforcing Cooperation: 'Risky' States and Intergovernmental Management of Conflict. London: Macmillan.
  • Gerald Schneider, Patricia A. Weitsman and Thomas Bernauer. 1995. Towards a New Europe: Stops and Starts in Regional Integration. Westport, CT: Praeger.
  • Gerald Schneider. 1991. Time, Planning, and Policy Making: An Evaluation of a Complex Relationship. Berlin / New York.

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Schneider, Gerald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss political scientist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich , Switzerland