Ulrich Krotz
Assistant Professor of Political Science:
Political Science
Phone: +1 401 863 6479
Ulrich_Krotz@brown.edu
Krotz's research and teaching areas include international relations theory, major trends in world politics, security studies, European integration and "Europe in the world," transatlantic relations, comparative foreign policy and foreign policy analysis (especially EU, France, Germany, U.S.); Franco-German affairs, and research design and qualitative methods.
Biography
Ulrich Krotz, Assistant Professor of Political Science. A native of Heidelberg, Germany, Krotz received an M.A. and Ph.D. in International Relations and Comparative Politics from Cornell University. Before coming to Brown, he taught in the international relations graduate program at the University of Oxford. He also was a James Bryant Conant Fellow at Harvard University, a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute, a Marie Curie Fellow (awarded from the European Union), and a visiting research scholar at Princeton. His research and teaching areas include international relations theory, major trends in world politics, security studies, European integration and "Europe in the world," transatlantic relations, comparative foreign policy and foreign policy analysis (especially EU, France, Germany, U.S.); Franco-German affairs, and research design and qualitative methods. He has two forthcoming books, "Flying Tiger: International Relations Theory, Franco-German Affairs, and the Politics of Advanced Weapons Production" (Oxford University Press), and "Historical Legacies and Foreign Policy in France and Germany" (Palgrave Macmillan). Recent journal articles include publications in the European Journal of International Relations, the Journal of Common Market Studies, and Foreign Policy Analysis, among others.
Interests
Krotz has two forthcoming books, "Flying Tiger: International Relations Theory, Franco-German Affairs, and the Politics of Advanced Weapons Production" (Oxford University Press), and "Historical Legacies and Foreign Policy in France and Germany" (Palgrave Macmillan). Recent journal articles include publications in the European Journal of International Relations, the Journal of Common Market Studies, and Foreign Policy Analysis, among others.
His new book project, Special Relations in International Politics, investigates the phenomenon of "special" inter-state relationships in international affairs. The manuscript develops the conceptual tools to capture the substance of special relations and to investigate their effects. Thereby it distinguishes among different types of special relationships between states and finds that these relations have their own logic. In order to comprehend special relations' causal effects, however, it is necessary to connect their inherent logics to various factors from domestic politics.
In addition to these book projects, Krotz is in the process of revising or completing several papers in the areas of his research interests.
Awards
2008-2009 Visiting Research Scholar, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS), Princeton University
2009 "Small Research Grant" Award, Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR), Fund of the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences for 2009, Brown University
2008 Nomination for a Barrett Hazeltine Citation for teaching excellence, Brown University
2008 "Small Research Grant" Award, Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR), Fund of the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences for 2008, Brown University
2005-2007 Marie Curie Fellowship of the Commission of the European Union, host institution: Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy (January 2005-August 2006; June-August 2007)
2007 "Small Research Grant" Award, Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR), Fund of the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences for 2007, Brown University
2003-2004 Research Fellowship, Nuffield College,
University of Oxford
2003 Appointment as a Member of the Junge Akademie at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina, Berlin, Germany (five-year membership)
2002-2003 Jean Monnet Fellowship
Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies
European University Institute (EUI), Florence, Italy
2001-2002 James Bryant Conant Fellowship
Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies
Harvard University
Jan. 2000- Carpenter Chair Fellowship
May 2001 Center for International Studies, Cornell University
1998-99 Mellon Dissertation Fellowship, Mellon Foundation and Department of Government, Cornell University
1998 Language Fellowship for Work on Franco-German Affairs, Franco-German Youth Office (DFJW/OFAJ) (Paris, October-November)
1998 Visiting Research Fellowship, Franco-German Institute (DFI)
Ludwigsburg, Germany (May-September)
1997 Luigi Einaudi Fellowship, Institute for European Studies
Cornell University
1996-97 Visiting Scholar, Free University and International Studies Center (ISB), Berlin, Germany
1996 Mellon Semester Fellowship
1993-94 Sage Graduate Fellowship, Cornell University
Affiliations
American Political Science Association
International Studies Association
Council for European Studies
Teaching
Krotz's research and teaching areas include international relations theory, major trends in world politics, security studies, European integration and "Europe in the world," transatlantic relations, comparative foreign policy and foreign policy analysis (especially EU, France, Germany, U.S.); Franco-German affairs, and research design and qualitative methods.
Funded Research
Krotz currently (since January 2005) holds a Marie Curie Fellowship from the Commission of the European Union in support of his research on special inter-state relations in international politics. (The total contribution of the Commission of the European Union to this research is approximately $170,000.)
The research project on "Bilateralism in World Politics" (jointly conducted with Peter Katzenstein, Cornell University) is hosted and funded by the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB). (Multi-year project; logrolling funding.)