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Curriculum vitae

Clara Weinhardt

Updated: April 2019

CURRENT POSITIONS SINCE 09/2017 HERTIE SCHOOL OF GOVERNANCE Lecturer in International Relations. SINCE 09/2017 GLOBAL PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE Non-Resident Fellow.

PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE 2015-2017 OF Post-doctoral Researcher at the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences. 07-09/2015 UNIVERSITY OF ST. GALLEN, SWITZERLAND Post-doctoral Researcher at the School of Economics and Political Science to work with Professor Klaus Dingwerth. July-September 2015. 2013-2017 GLOBAL PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE, Research Associate at the ‘Innovation in Development’ program. Policy-advice to ’s development ministry/GIZ. Development of trade-related research agenda within the institute. Elected as female ombudsperson within the institute (2014-2015). 2013/2014 SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY, UNIVERSITY OF Associated Academic Staff and Lecturer on ‘Governance Challenges in Trade, Investment and Development’ (classes on investment - 1/4 of the course - taught by Dr. Bettina Rudloff, SWP), Master of Public Policy. Winter Term 2013/2014. 2009-2012 STIFTUNG WISSENSCHAFT UND POLITIK, BERLIN PhD Fellow at the Research group EU External Relations. Assistance to the research project on External Perceptions of the European Union. 2011 EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY VIADRINA, FRANKFURT/ODER Visiting lecturer (Lehrbeauftragte). ‘Development and Trade Cooperation: EU External Relations with the African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries’, undergraduate course taught with Ulrike Lorenz. Summer Term 2011. 2008 GLOBAL ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE PROGRAMME, OXFORD UNIVERSITY Research assistance for Professor Ngaire Woods at the Global Economic Governance Programme on a project commissioned by the Commonwealth Secretariat on ‘Constraints on small developing countries in international trade negotiations.’ May-October 2008.

EDUCATION 2009 – 2013 OXFORD UNIVERSITY, HERTFORD COLLEGE DPhil (PhD) in International Relations. Dissertation on ‘Playing Different Games: West African and European Perspectives on the negotiations of Economic Partnership Agreements’, supervised by Professor Kalypso Nicolaïdis and Dr. Alexander Betts.

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2007 – 2009 OXFORD UNIVERSITY, HERTFORD COLLEGE MPhil in International Relations. MPhil dissertation on negotiations of Economic Partnership Agreements awarded with distinction. 2007-2009. 2006 – 2007 HARVARD UNIVERSITY Visiting Undergraduate Student. Government courses taken at Harvard College and the Kennedy School of Government. Fall term 2006/07 2004 – 2007 UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN (TU DRESDEN) Bachelor of Arts in International Relations. Grade A. Student representative for the IR Curriculum Commission of the Centre for International Studies.

VISITING RESEARCH GRANTS 2017 CHINA INSTITUTE FOR WTO STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS, BEIJING Guest Researcher to work with Prof. Tu Xinquan, director of the China Institute for WTO Studies. Funded by the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences. 19-30 June 2017. 2015 UNIVERSITY OF ST. GALLEN, SWITZERLAND Guest researcher at the School of Economics and Political Science. Funded by the Swiss Network for International Studies. January-February 2015.

SCHOLARSHIPS AND RESEARCH GRANTS Project funding awarded for own project as part of a three-year research project on ‘The Rise of Emerging Powers: A Challenge to Norms of Differential Treatment for Developing Countries?’, joint proposal submission with Switzerland (Prof. Klaus Dingwerth, University of St. Gallen), German Research Foundation (2018). Project start in January 2019. International Short Visit grant awarded jointly with Professor Klaus Dingwerth at the University of St. Gallen, Swiss National Scientific Foundation (2015). Conference funding to present at the International Studies Association conference in Toronto, German Academic Exchange Service (2014). PhD completion grant awarded by the Department of Politics & International Relations, University of Oxford (2013). PhD Fellowship awarded by the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin (2009-2012). Cyril Foster Research Grant awarded for research trip to Abuja, Nigeria. Department of Politics & International Relations, University of Oxford (2011). Travel grant for field research in Brussels (5 weeks) awarded by Hertford College, University of Oxford (2010). One-year scholarship to study abroad at the University of Oxford, awarded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (2008-2009). Travel grant to conduct research in Kampala, Uganda, awarded by the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute for Socio-Cultural Research (2008). Study abroad scholarship to study at Harvard University, DAAD (2006-2007). German National Merit Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes). Scholarship for full duration of studies (2005-2009).

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE HERTIE SCHOOL OF GOVERNANCE ‘Introduction to International Organizations’, core course, MA International Affairs, Winter Term 2017. ‘Global Governance in a Multipolar World: The Rise of China and Implications for the Global South’ (in English), undergraduate seminar, B.A. Political Sciences, Winter Term 2016/2017.

WILLY BRANDT SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY, UNIVERSITY OF ERFURT ‘Governance Challenges in Trade, Investment and Development’ (in English) (classes on investment - 1/4 of the course - taught by Dr. Bettina Rudloff, SWP), postgraduate seminar, Master of Public Policy. Winter Term 2013/2014. EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY VIADRINA, FRANKFURT/ODER ‘Development and Trade Cooperation: EU External Relations with the African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries’ (taught with Ulrike Lorenz), undergraduate course. B.A. Social and Cultural Studies. Summer Term 2011. DAAD EUROPEAN WINTER ACADEMY, OTZENHAUSEN Lecturer on ‘The EU as a Global Actor’ at ‘Encounter Europe – Visit Germany: A European Studies Seminar for Students from Australia and New Zealand’, European Academy, 10 December 2010.

PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING 2017 TEACHING WORKSHOP AT THE HERTIE SCHOOL OF GOVERNANCE Participated in training workshop on “Class Interaction and Performance in Teaching” at the Centre for Teaching Innovations, 1 November 2017. TEACHING WORKSHOP AT UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN Participated in two-day training workshop on research-oriented teaching methods. Part of the University of Bremen certificate program on teaching. 7- 8 June 2017. 2017 CAREER COURSE AT INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONVENTION Participated in training on “How to Successfully Use Participatory Methods in Formal Education“, taught by Kate Mangino, Baltimore, 22 February 2017. 2016 CAREER COURSE AT INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONVENTION Participated in training on “Simulations and Games in International Relations“, taught by Prof. Rosen and Prof. Asal, Atlanta, 17 March 2016.

PROVISION OF SUPERVISION AND TRAINING, PHD EXAMINATIONS 2018 SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE THESES Supervision of six Master’s theses, M.A. International Affairs and the Master of Public Policy School, Hertie School of Governance, spring term 2018. 2017 MEMBER OF PHD EXAMINATION COMMITTEE Member of the examination committee at the PhD defense of Daniel Palm at the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences, 18 October 2017, University of Bremen SUPERVISION OF UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Co-supervision of Bachelor thesis (with Prof. Dieter Wolf) by Alexander Zindler on “Rise of China”, B.A. Political Sciences, University of Bremen, summer term 2017. 2016 CAREER BUILDING WORKSHOP AT BREMEN INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Provided training on “Disseminating your research findings: how to write blog posts” for BIGSSS doctoral students, 19 May 2016.

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PRESENTATIONS “China’s Rise and the Global South: The Case of the World Trade Organization”, presented at the International Studies Association annual conference in Toronto, 27-30 March 2019. “Most-favoured nations clauses” (with Fabian Bohnenberger), presented at kick-off conference of the Jean Monnet Network on EU-Asia Trade and Security, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin, 17-18 January 2019. “Interpersonal trust between trade negotiators”, invited presentation at the collaborative project workshop ‘Trust in Trade’, organized by the Faculty of Law at the University of Maastricht, 22 January 2018. “Who you are shapes what rules you break: Domestic interests and questions of status in China’s relations with the WTO”, paper presented at the the bi-annual conference of the German Association of Political Science (DVPW) section “International Relations” at the University of Bremen, 4-6 October 2017. „Emerging Powers in the World Trading System: Contesting the Boundaries of a Concept“, paper presented at the 58th International Studies Association Annual Convention, Baltimore, 22-25 February 2017. „The Changing Discourse on Development Within the Trade Regime“ (with Angela Geck), paper presented at the 58th International Studies Association Annual Convention, Baltimore, 22-25 February 2017. „Emerging Powers and Global Economic Order: Complex Scramble over Rules“ (with Tobias ten Brink), presentation at the China Discussion Forum, , 14 December 2016. „The Impact of Mega-Regional Trade Agreements on Developing Countries", presentation on a panel organised by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation at the World Social Forum, Montreal, 9-14 August 2016. „Detachment in North-South Trade Negotiations: Reconceptualising the Two-Level Game“ (with Anke Moerland), paper presented at the colloquium of the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Bremen, 21 June 2016. „Contesting Differential Treatment in the World Trade Regime“, paper presented at the 57th International Studies Association Annual Convention, Atlanta, 16-19 March 2016. „Detachment in North-South Trade Negotiations: Reconceptualising the Two-Level Game“ (co- authored with Anke Moerland, University of Maastricht), paper presented at the 40th British International Studies Association conference, London, 16-19 June 2015. “Negotiating Economic Development: Contested Rules in EU-West Africa Trade Negotiations”, paper presented at the 4th the European Union in International Affairs conference, Institute for European Studies at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 22-24 May 2014. „‘Battle over Games’: Understanding the Impasse in EU-West Africa Negotiations of Economic Partnership Agreements“, paper presented at the International Studies Association, 55th Annual Convention in Toronto, 26- 29 March 2014. „Issue-Area Linkages as a Source of Norm Contestation: the Trade-Development Nexus“, paper presented at International Studies Association, 55th Annual Convention in Toronto, 26- 29 March 2014. „Welche Spielregeln?: Verhandlungen zwischen der EU und Westafrika über Wirtschaftspartnerschaftsabkommen”, paper presented at the 10th “Nachwuchstagung Internationale Politik 2012”, Deutsche Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft (DVPW), 13.-15. April 2012.

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„Normative Ideas in North-South Trade Negotiations: The Example of Negotiations of Economic Partnership Agreements“, paper presented at the panel „Political Economy: Development and Trade“, International Studies Association, 53rd Annual Convention in San Diego, 1-4 April 2012. “Arguing about development: European and West African Perspectives on Negotiating Economic Partnership Agreements”, paper presented at the conference „9th Development Dialogue on Inequality and Justice” , International Institute of Social Studies, Den Haag, The Netherlands, 6-7 June 2011. „The EU as the friend of the developing world?: West African and Caribbean perspectives on negotiating economic partnership agreements“, paper presented at the „Sciences Po/IRSEM Joint Doctoral Student Workshop ‘The EU as a Global Actor’“, Sciences Po, Paris, 4-5 June 2010. „African and Caribbean perspectives on negotiating 'Economic Partnership Agreements' with the EU“, paper presented at the „Rethinking Europe in a Non-European World (RENEW)– Annual Oxford Workshop“, European Studies Centre, St. Antony’s College, Oxford University, 1 June 2010. „In what ways does the style of interaction between EU and ACP negotiators influence the outcome of the negotiations?“, presentation at the annual RENEW Workshop: „An Oxford Brainstorming on the EPAs Debate“, European Studies Centre, St. Antony’s College, Oxford University 24-25 June 2008.

OUTREACH ACTIVITIES/INVITED TALKS ‘The Future of Free Trade: Multilateral, Bilateral, Regional, Protectionist?’, invited to moderate panel discussion at the Chatham House conference ‘Europe’s Strategic Choices 2017’, Berlin, 7-8 December 2017 ‘China and Changing International Trade Relations: Implications for Global Order’ (with Tobias ten Brink), invited talk at the European Symposium of the World Forum on China Studies, Berlin, 9-10 July 2017. ‘Key policy options for the G20 to support inclusive international trade and investment’, invited to participate in closed workshop to discuss current policy issues with stakeholders from the G20 Trade and Investment Workshop Group. Organised by the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development and the German Development Institute, Berlin, 5 February 2017. ‘The Impact of Mega-regional Trade Agreements on Developing Countries’, invited to present on a panel organised by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation at the World Social Forum, Montreal, 9-14 August 2016. ‘Different, But Same Same: Wie TTIP und EPAs Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung Behindern’, invited to present at the German civil society conference on TTIP, , 26 February 2016. ‘Ende Gut, Alles Gut!? Die Entscheidende Phase der EPA-Verhandungen mit Afrika’, invited to moderate the panel discussion, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Berlin, 3 June 2014. Teamer for one-day courses on the EU in high schools across Berlin as part of a project funded by the European Parliament (2013-2014) ‘Trade Negotiation Capacity and Policy Space for Economic Development in Africa’, invited to present at the Berlin Roundtable on Africa, Afrikahaus, Berlin, 14 April 2011. ‘EU Trade Policy with the ACP Countries: Regional Integration as Source of Stability?’, invited to moderate the panel discussion at the 5th Annual Conference of the CSP-Network for International Politics, Berlin, 7 November 2008.

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LANGUAGES GERMAN mother tongue ENGLISH fluent (written and spoken) SPANISH good (spoken) FRENCH good (spoken)

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