Michael Zuern

Zürn is dean of the Hertie School of Governance and director of the Research Unit "International Institutions and Transnational Conflicts" at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB). He has been a visiting professor at the University of Denver, here at Harvard and the Center for Advanced Studies in Oslo. Before going to Berlin, Zürn was a Professor for International and Transnational Relations at the University of Bremen, where he founded and chaired the Collaborative Research Center "Transformation of the State." He is a member of many academic boards, including the Senate of the German Research Association. Zürn is also a member of the Berlin- Brandenburg Academy of Sciences. Zürn is a short term fellow at CES and will be in residence in March 2009. He will give several public lectures and offer master classes for students.