Prof Katja Weber


Contact

Georgia Institute of Technology
Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
Atlanta , GA 30332-0610
phone: (404) 894-5409
FAX: (404) 894-1900
E-Mail: katja.weber[at]inta.gatech.edu


Education
Publications
Work in Progress
Presentations and Conferences
Grants and Fellowships
Honors and Awards
Professional Activities
Professional Memberships
Courses


Current Position

Co-Director European Union Center, University System of Georgia and
Associate Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs,
Georgia Institute of Technology, 2002 - Present

Assistant Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs,
Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995-2002


Previous Position

Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations,
Lehigh University, 1992-1995.

Teaching Associate UCLA, 1986-1990


Education

Ph.D.    Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 1992
M.A.      Political Science, University of Californi, Los Angeles, 1988
B.A.      Political Science, University of Alabama, (Huntsville), 1984


Publications

Books| Journal Articles and Book Chapters | Other Publications


Books

Germany and the Construction of European Order: The Normative Politics of National Identity, co-authored with Paul Kowert ( Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, under contract).

Hierarchy Amidst Anarchy: Transaction Costs and Institutional Choice ( Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, 2000)


Journal Articles and Book Chapters

"Language, Agency, and Foreign Policy: The Divergent Weltanschauungen of Adenauer and Schumacher," co-authored with Paul Kowert, in Francois Debrix, ed., Language, Agency, and Power in a Constructed World ( Armonk , NY : M.E. Sharpe, 2003).

"German Unification 1815-1871 and its Relevance for Integration Theory," co-authored with Mark Hallerberg, Journal of European Integration (March 2002)

"European Security: An Exercise in Bargaining?, EUSA Review, vol.14, no.3, Summer 2001.

"Explaining Variation in Institutional Integration in the European Union: Why Firms May Prefer European Solutions," co-authored with Mark Hallerberg, Journal of European Public Policy, vol.8, no.2, 2001:171-191.

"International Cooperation Revisited: Transaction Costs, the Swiss Confederation of 1815, and Beyond,"Southeastern Political Review, vol.28, no.4, Dec. 2000: 669-700.

"Das Neue Europa/The New Europe: A Cross-Disciplinary, Multi-Media Based Course," co-authored with Bettina Cothran, Journal of Language for International Business, vol.11, no.2, 2000:1-9.

"Teaching the EU Across Disciplines," co-authored with Bettina Cothran, ECSA Review, vol.XII, no.4, Fall 1999.

"Hierarchy Amidst Anarchy: A Transaction Costs Approach To International Security Cooperation,"International Studies Quarterly, vol.41, Summer, 1997:321-340.


Other Publications

Book Review of Jolyon Howorth and John T.S. Keeler (eds.), Defending Europe : The EU, NATO, and the Quest for European Autonomy . EUSA Review Summer 2003

"Investing in Europe 's Future: Institutionalizing the Ailing Bear," The Georgia Tech Center for International Business Education and Research Working Papers, No. 98-001, April 1999.

"Varying Degrees of Institutionalization in the European Union: Going Beyond the Neofunctionalist/Intergovernmentalist Debate," The Georgia Tech Center for International Business Education and ResearchWorking Papers, No.97-007, March 1998.

"The Atlantic Alliance : Business As Usual?"Aspen Institute Berlin ,Transatlantic Study Group Paper, 1998.

"Institutional Choice in International Politics: A Glimpse at European Union Members' Industrial Policies," The Georgia Tech Center for International Business Education and Research Working Papers, No.96-001, February, 1997.

"European Integration Revisited," European Community Studies Association Conference Papers, Ellis Publications, Maastricht , 1995 (CD Rom).

Book Review of Collective Security Beyond the Cold War (by George M. Downs, ed.), The Journal of Politics, vol. 57, no.3, August 1995.





Work in Progress

“The Governance of the Wider Europe ”

"Promoting Peace in Post-Cold War Europe : Investing in Amicable Relations with the Ailing Bear"

"Normative Visions of International Order: Kohl Versus Lafontaine"

"German Imperialism: A Call for a New Research Agenda"


Presentations and Conferences

Paper Presentations | Other Conference Participations


Paper Presentations

“The Governance of the Wider Europe ,” European Consortium on Political Research, Bologna , Italy , June 24-26, 2004

“Transatlantic Leadership,” TIESWeb, Miami , FL., April 29-30, 2004

“The Governance of the Wider Europe ,” European Union Center , University System of Georgia , Atlanta , Ga. , April 15-16, 2004

“The Impact of the Iraq War,” Georgia State University , Atlanta , GA. , April 1, 2004 (invited)

“Post-Cold War German Foreign Policy: Kant, Locke, or Hobbes,” (with Paul Kowert), International Studies Association, Montreal , Canada , March 18, 2004

“The U.S. and Europe ,” Great Decisions Series, Atlanta , GA. , Feb. 12, 2004

“Regional Security Threats,” Sam Nunn Security Program, Atlanta , GA. , Sept. 23, 2003

“German Unification and Public Opinion,” International Studies Association, Portland , OR , Feb. 2003.

“Agency and Structure: Divergent Normative Views of Postwar German Politics” (co- authored with Paul Kowert) American Political Science Association, Boston , MA , Sept. 2002)

"Normative Visions of International Order: Kohl Versus Lafontaine" (co-authored with Paul Kowert) International Studies Association, New Orleans , LA , March 2002.

"Ostpolitik and Order: The Divergent Weltanschauungen of Adenauer and Schumacher," (co-authored with Paul Kowert), American Political Science Association, San Francisco , CA , Aug. 2001.

"Elite Portfolios and German Foreign Policy: Adenauer and Schumacher," International Studies Association, Chicago , IL , Feb. 2001 (Chair).

"Social Processes and Foreign Policy Preferences: The Divergent 'Weltanschauungen' of Adenauer and Schumacher," Florida International University Center for Transnational and Comparative Studies, Miami, FL, Feb. 2001 (invited).

"German Unification 1815-1871 and its Relevance for Integration Theory" (co-authored with Mark Hallerberg), American Political Science Association, Washington , D.C. , Aug. 2000.

"Ideas and Foreign Policymaking: Going Beyond Material Scope Conditions of State Behavior," American Political Science Association, Washington , D.C. , Aug. 2000.

"Varying Degrees of Institutionalization in the EU," Mannheim Center for European Social Research, Mannheim , Germany , July 2000 (invited).

"Material Structures, Ideas, and German Ostpolitik: Lessons for Post-Cold War German Foreign Policy," International Studies Association, Los Angeles , CA , March 2000.

"Hierarchy in Flux: Evolving International Governance Structures," American Political Science Association, Atlanta , GA , Sept., 1999.

"Investing in Europe 's Future: Institutionalizing the Ailing Bear," European Consortium of Political Research, Mannheim , Germany , March 1999.

"The Social and Material Parameters of International Politics," International Studies Association, Washington , D.C. , Feb. 1999.

"Values, Norms, and Attitudes in the Cold War Germanies and Beyond: A Socio- Rationalist Synthesis,"Emory Seminar on International Security (ESIS), Atlanta , GA , April 1998.

"Values, Norms, and Attitudes in the Cold War Germanies and Beyond: A Socio- Rationalist Synthesis," International Studies Association, Minneapolis , Minnesota , March, 1998.

"Making Sense of Supranationalism: Alliances, Confederations, and Trading Blocs," Research Group in International Security (REGIS), Universite de Montreal/McGill University, Sept., 1997 (invited).

"Transaction Costs Revisited: Delving into Relative Causal Weights," American Political Science Association, Washington , D.C. , Aug. 1997.

"Institutional Choice: NATO and the Transaction Costs Puzzle," International Studies Association, Toronto , March 1997.

"Institutional Choice in International Politics: A Glimpse at European Union Members' Industrial Policies," International Studies Association, Toronto , March, 1997.

" Germany In The Early Post-1945 Period: Are There Any Lessons To Be Learned?" International Security Section of the International Studies Association, Atlanta , GA , Nov., 1996.

"German Rearmament: An Institutional Blueprint For Future Security Architects?" German Historical Institute, Washington , D.C. , Sept. 1996 (invited).

"European Integration Revisited," European Community Studies Association, Charleston , 1995.

"Hierarchy Amidst Anarchy: Prospects for International Cooperation in a Post-Cold War Environment," American Political Science Association, New York , 1994.

"A New Era in Global Relations: A Reassessment of Security Arrangements," International Studies Association, Washington , D.C. , 1994.

" Germany 's Role in Europe and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization," Current Event Debates, Bethlehem , 1993.

"Allianzen und Konföderationen: Zur Erklärung kooperativer Sicherheitssysteme" ("Alliances and Confederations: An Explanation of Cooperative Security Arrangements"), Seminar on "Changes in Central and Eastern Europe ," SSRC Berlin Program, 1991.

Alliances and Confederations: A Transaction Costs Theory of Security Arrangements," American Political Science Association, San Francisco , 1990.





Other Conference Participations

Chair, Foreign Policymaking in the EU: Case Studies from the 1 st and 2 nd Pillar, European Consortium on Political Research, Bologna, Italy, June 24-26, 2004

Chair, Foreign Policy and Theories of International Relations panel, International Studies Association, Montreal , Canada , March 18, 2004

Panel Discussant, "Sybil and the 300-Pound Gorilla: Issues in Transatlantic Security Relations," European Union Studies Association, Nashville, TN, March 2003.

Panelist, “Transatlantic Security Relations Revisited Post 9/11,” Albany State University EU Center workshop, Albany , GA , Nov.1, 2002.

Moderator and Panel Discussant, “NATO Enlargement as Part of European Defense and Security Policy,” Southern Center for International Studies 7th Annual Europe Seminar, Atlanta , GA , Oct. 30, 2002 .

Chair, "Foreign Policy of the European Union II," International Studies Association, New Orleans , LA , March 2002.

Chair, "Building Common Defense Policy: CFSP and the Member States," European Community Studies Association, Madison , WI , June 2001.

Panel Discussant, "Integrating European Defense Industries," European Community Studies Association, Madison , WI , June 2001.

Participant Roundtable "Humanitarian Intervention in the Post-Cold War Era: An Institutional Perspective," Georgia Political Science Association, Hilton Head, S.C., Feb. 2000.

Panel Discussant, "European Union Enlargement" European Community Studies Association, Pittsburgh , June, 1999.

Panel Discussant, "Peace, Neutrality, and Security," European Community Studies Association, Seattle , May, 1997.

Panel Discussant, "Security and Stability in Post-Cold War Europe ," International Studies Association, San Diego , April, 1996.

Panel Discussant, "Security Policy and Economics," American Political Science Association, New York , September, 1994.


Grants and Fellowships

Summer Institute on Japan Studies (awarded by Freeman Foundation), Tokai University, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 23- June 12, 2004

Frances Wood Wilson Foundation Technology Grant, Dec. 2000

Center for International Business, Education, and Research Travel Grant (Georgia Tech), April 2000

University System of Georgia : Course Enhancement Proposal in a Foreign Language Grant (with Prof. Bettina Cothran), Feb. 1999

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)-Team Teaching in German Studies Grant (with Prof. Bettina Cothran), 1998-1999

Georgia Tech Foundation Research Grants, 2003 (1999,1998; 1997)

European Union Center of the University System of Georgia Research Grant, Oct. 1998

American Political Science Association Research Grant, 1997-98

Class of 1969 Teaching Fellow, Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, Georgia Tech, Winter/Spring 1996

Class of 1968 Junior Faculty Fellowship, Lehigh University , 1995

Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation/Ford Foundation Fellow in Multilateral Cooperation, 1991-1992

SSRC Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies Fellowship, 1990-1991

Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation Fellow, University of California , Summer 1990

Center for Social Theory and Comparative History Fellowship, UCLA, 1988-1989





Honours and Awards

Nominee CETL/BP Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, Feb. 2001
Lehigh University Faculty Advisor Award, 1994


Professional Activities

Scholarly | Administrative


Professional Activities, Scholorly

Corresponding Member, Transatlantic Study Group, Aspen Institute Berlin

Member, ECSA Committee "Best Paper from 1999 ECSA Conference," Fall 2000.

Referee for International Studies Quarterly, European Journal of International Relations, and State University of New York Press, German Marshall fund.

Co-Director, Ivan Allen College Brussels Program, Georgia Tech, 2003, 2001 and 1997.

Director, Ivan Allen College Brussels Program , Georgia Tech, 1998.

Faculty Adviser, Model NATO, Georgia Tech, 1997-1998.

Co-Faculty Adviser, Americas Model United Nations (AMUN, Brazil ), Georgia Tech, 1998.

Member and Co-Organizer, Atlanta Political Economy Series (w/ Georgia State and Emory University), 1996-1998.



Professional Activities, Administrative

President, Society for Women in International Political Economy

Member, Academic Advisory Committee/Political Science of the University System of Georgia , 2000-2003

Faculty Representative, European Consortium for Political Research, 2000-2003

Ivan Allen College Representative Women's Resource Center Advisory Board , Georgia Tech, 1998-

Member, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs Graduate Committee , Georgia Tech, 2000-

Member, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs Steering Committee , Georgia Tech, 1997-2000

Member, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs Awards Committee , Georgia Tech, 1997-1999

Member, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs Search Committee Western European Politics , Georgia Tech, 1997-2000

Member, European Affairs Certificate Committee , Georgia Tech, 1997

Member, Olympic Envoy Selection Committee , Georgia Tech, 1997-1998





Professional Memberships

Member, American Political Science Association

Member, International Studies Association

Member, Women in International Security

Member, Society for Women in International Political Economy

Member, European Union Studies Association


Courses Taught

Theories of International Relations

Introduction to World Politics

International Institutions

International Relations of Western Europe

European Security Issues

The Politics of European Integration

Conflict and Cooperation in International Relations

International Cooperation and the New World Order

The New Europe : A Close-up View of the European Union (co-taught w/ a colleague from the Dept. of Modern Languages in German)

Von der Bonn Republik zur Berlin Republik

Toward a United States of Europe