Hendrik Schopmans
Cohort 2018
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michael Zürn

WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Global Governance Department
PhD Candidate
Reichpietschufer 50
10785 Berlin
Topic of PhD Thesis
A Changing Maritime Order? Rising Powers and Normative Contestation in Global Ocean Governance
Curriculum Vitae
10/2014 – 07/2016
University of Oxford, M.Phil. International Relations
01/2012 – 06/2012
Univerity of California at Berkeley, Semester Abroad
09/2010 – 07/2013
University College Maastricht, B.A. Liberal Arts and Sciences
Scientific Activities and Internships
10/2017 – 09/2018
Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) Potsdam. Project "Environmental Guidelines for German Arctic Policy", Research Associate
04/2017 – 09/2017
Israel Public Policy Institute / Heinrich Böll Foundation Israel / Israeli Ministry of the Environment. Program "Environmental Innovation", Research Fellow
12/2013 – 02/2014
Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) Berlin. Program "Peace and Security", Research Intern
Stipends and Awards
11/2017
Young Researcher's Award "Goldene Eule" for Master's Dissertation in the Field of Maritime Security, German Academic Association for Security Studies
03/2016
Mansfield College Graduate Award, University of Oxford
03/2015
Mansfield College Graduate Award, University of Oxford
Research Interests
International Relations
Ocean Governance
Maritime Security
Rising Powers
Territorial Disputes
Arctic Governance
Law of the Sea
Schopmans, H (2018) "Kampf der Narrative: Inseln im Fokus geopolitischer Konflikte", Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, no. 32-33, pp. 29-34. Link
Schopmans, H (2018) "Explaining (Non-)Cooperation on Disputed Maritime Resources: Joint Development Agreements, Disputed Territory, and Lessons from the Falkland Islands." Australian Journal of Maritime and Ocean Affairs, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 98-117. Link