Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
2024
Daniel Beck and Prof. Dr. Alexander Spencer
Beck, D., & Spencer, A. (2024). (Un)Funny Against All Odds: The Changing Landscape of Humour in Politics. Alternatives, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/03043754241290911
Redefining a global Cosmopolitanism: An attempt towards openness as a central concept in postcolonial conflict resolution. Zeitschrift Für Friedens- Und Konfliktforschung. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42597-024-00119-0
Laughing at Failure or Failing to Laugh: Humour as a Strategy for Dealing With Foreign Policy Failure, in: Sage JournalAlternatives: Global, Local, Political. https://doi.org/10.1177/03043754241234444
2023
Daniel Beck (M.A.)
Humorous Parodies of Popular Culture as Strategy in Boris Johnson´s Populist Communication, in: The British Journal of Politics and International Relations [2023, online first]. https://doi.org/10.1177/13691481231174165.
‘Our Sofa was the Front’- Ontological Insecurity and the German Government’s Humourous Heroification of Couch Potatoes During COVID-19, in: German Politics [online first 2022] https://doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2022.2093858
Lena Merkle (M.A.)
Epistemological Anarchism against Epistemic Violence? A Rereading of Paul Feyerabend towards the Decolonisation of Academic Knowledge Production. In: Journal für Entwicklungspolitik. 39 (1-2). 122-138. (https://doi.org/10.20446/jep-2414-3197-39-1-122)
Morgane Desoutter (M.A.)
‘White Women Filming Kurdish Women: The Instrumentalisation of the Kurdish Armed Struggle’. Global Society, June, 1 19. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600826.2023.2221271.
2021
Prof. Dr. Alexander Spencer, Laura Rehbein, Daniel Beck, Morgane Desoutter, Tina Rosner-Merker
Kurdish Narratives of Conflict: The Politics of the Kurdish Question in Turkish Cinema, Journal of War & Cultural Studies (2021) - (https://doi.org/10.1080/17526272.2021.2000729)
2020
Daniel Beck & Prof. Dr. Alexander Spencer
Beck, Daniel & Spencer, Alexander (2020), Just a bit of fun: the camouflaging and defending functions of humour in recruitment videos of the British and Swedish armed forces, in: Cambridge Review of International Affairs (https://doi.org/10.1080/09557571.2020.1719039).
Prof. Dr. Alexander Spencer & Dr. Kristina Roepstorff
Engelkamp, Stephan; Roepstorff, Kristina & Spencer, Alexander (2020), Moving Images: Visual Metaphors of Peace in the Movie Mango Dreams, in: Peace & Change (https://doi.org/10.1111/pech.12386).
Engelkamp, Stephan; Roepstorff, Kristina & Spencer, Alexander (2020), Visualizing Peace - The State of the Art, in: Peace & Change (https://doi.org/10.1111/pech.12384).
Narrative Genres of Brexit: The Leave Campaign and the Success of Romance, in: Journal of European Public Policy, Vol. 27, No. 5 (2020), 666-684 [mit Kai Oppermann].
2019
Prof. Dr. Alexander Spencer
Spencer, Alexander & Oppermann, Kai (2019), Narrative genres of Brexit: the Leave campaign and the success of romance, in: Journal of European Public Policy (https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2019.1662828)
Narratives and the Romantic Genre in IR: Dominant and Marginalized Stories of Arab Rebellion in Libya, in: International Politics, Vol. 56, No. 1 (2019), 123-140.
Heinkelmann-Wild, Tim; Beck, Daniel & Spencer, Alexander (2019): Heroes welcome: an exceptional story of ‘good’ refugees in the German tabloid discourse, in: Journal of Multicultural Discourses (https://doi.org/10.1080/17447143.2019.1649412)
Once Upon a Time: Western Genres and Narrative Constructions of a Romantic Jihad, in: Journal of Language and Politics, Vol. 18, No. 1 (2019), 21-39 [mit Hanna Pfeifer]
Nina Marie Rösler (B.A.)
Rösler, Nina Marie (2019), Analysis of the Reluctance of Male Victims of WSV to Seek Help, in: E-International Relations Students (https://www.e-ir.info/2019/10/21/analysis-of-the-reluctance-of-male-congolese-victims-of-wsv-to-seek-help/).
Dr. Kristina Roepstorff
Roepstorff, Kristina (2019), A call for critical reflection on the localisation agenda in humanitarian action, Third World Quarterly (https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2019.1644160)
Dr. Kristina Roepstorff
Tripathi, Siddharth & Roepstorff, Kristina (2019), Decentering Peace and Conflict Studies:Conceptualisations of Peace in India, in: Z Friedens und Konfliktforsch (https://doi.org/10.1007/s42597-019-00014-z)
2018
Prof. Dr. Alexander Spencer
Narrating success and failure: Congressional debates on the ‘Iran nuclear deal’, in: European Journal of International Relations, Vol. 24, No. 2 (2018), 268-292 [mit Kai Oppermann].
2017
Dr. Jasmin Lorch
Lorch, Jasmin (2017), Civil society support for military coups: Bangladesh and the Philippines, in: Journal of Civil Society, online first, 1-18
2016
Dr. Jasmin Lorch
Lorch, Jasmin (2017), Civil society support for military coups: Bangladesh and the Philippines, in: Journal of Civil Society, online first, 1-18
2014
PD Dr. Alexander Spencer
Romantic stories of the pirate in IARRRH: The failure of linking piracy and terrorism narratives in Germany, in: International Studies Perspectives, Vol. 15, No. 3 (2014), 297-312.
2013
PD Dr. Alexander Spencer
Contested Stories of Commercial Security: Self and Media Narratives of Private Military Companies, in: Critical Studies on Security, Vol. 1, No. 3 (2013), 326-346 [together with Andreas Kruck].
De-Antagonising the Other: Changing Constructions of the Taliban and the Possibility of Reconciliation, in: Global Society, Vol. 27, No. 4 (2013), 475-496 [together with Judith Renner].
Dr. Kristina Roepstorff
Insider Mediation in Peace Processes: an untapped resource?, S+F, Sicherheit und Frieden (2013) [together with Anna Bernhard].
Mario Clemens
Sarhan Dhouib (Hrsg.): Kultur Identität und Menschenrechte. Transkulturelle Perspektiven, in: Zeitschrift für Menschenrechte (zfmr).
2012
Prof. Dr. Heiko Schrader
Wie überleben Haushalte in Kasachstan und Kirgistan? Eine vergleichende empirische Analyse. Zentralasien-Analysen 59/2: 2-9 (with E. Dittrich)
PD Dr. Alexander Spencer
The Social Construction of Terrorism: Media, Metaphors and Policy Implications, in: Journal of International Relations and Development, Vol. 15, No. 3 (2012), 393-419 (SSCI Impact factor: 0,561).
Reconciliation with Al Qaeda?, in: Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice, Vol. 24, No. 2 (2012), 202-209 [mit Judith Renner; wiederabgedruckt in Roger Mac Ginty (Hrsg.) Peacebuilding, London: Sage, (2014)].
2011
PD Dr. Alexander Spencer
Sic[k] of the New Terrorism Debate? A Response to our Critics, in: Critical Studies on Terrorism, Vol. 3, No. 3 (2011), 459-467.
Bild dir Deine Meinung. Die metaphorische Konstruktion des Terrorismus in den Medien, in: Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen, Vol. 18, No. 1 (2011), 47-76.
(Un)Funny Against All Odds: The Changing Landscape of Humour in Politics