Vita & Research - Ben Kamis, MSc.I.R.
Curriculum Vitae
Professional Experience
| since 09.2012 | Research Associate at the Cluster of Excellence: the Formation of Normative Orders |
| 11.2009-09.2012 | PhD Candidate under scholarship in the International Graduate Programme of the Cluster of Excellence: the Formation of Normative Orders |
| 2006-2010 | Logistics Consultant for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| 10.2007-09.2009 | Research Associate at the Institute for Political Science at Eberhard-Karls University of Tuebingen in a DFG-sponsored project on rivalry management among democracies |
| 10.2005-09.2006 | Book Review Editor at Millennium: Journal of International Studies |
Educational Experience
| 08.2008 | ECPR Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, Essex |
| 10.2005-09.2006 | MSc.I.R. (Research Track), London School of Economics and Political Science |
| 01.2001-05.2001 | Semester abroad, University of Economics, Prague |
| 09.1998-04.2003 | B.A.I.R. University of Calgary |
Research
Research Interests
- Theories of International Relations
- International customary law
- International legal history
- Representations and comparative history of international orders
- Transnational encounters of modernity and postmodernity
- Regulatory regimes of postmodern society
- Social science research methods
Current Projects
- Dissertation: States Make Law Because Law Makes States: International Conventions and the Semiotic Development of International Society
- Research project: (De)Radicalisation processes of national and transnational social movements (Group project under the Chair for International Relations and Theories of Global Orders)
- Research project: Cyberviolence: The constitution of sovereignty through regulation in cyberspace.
