Thiel, Markus
- Associate Professor, Politics and International Relations , Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs

Overview
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Dr. Thiel's research interests are the political sociology of the EU and European (Union) Politics more generally, Nationalism & Identity (Politics) and Mixed Methods Research Methodology. He has published several EU-related articles and book chapters at the EU Center of Excellence as well as in Transatlantic Monthly, International Studies Compendium, Journal of Human Rights, Perspectives on European Politics & Society and the Journal of European Integration. He published The Limits of Transnationalism: Collective Identities and EU Integration (Palgrave, 2011) and also co-edited four volumes: one with Lisa Prügl on Diversity and the European Union (Palgrave, 2009), one with Roger Coate on Identity politics in the Age of Globalization (Lynne Rienner/First Forum Press, 2010), one with Rebecca Friedman on European Identity and Culture: Narratives of Transnational Belonging (Ashgate, 2012), and the latest one on Sexual Politics in IR: how LGBTQ claims shape IR (Routledge, 2015). His current project focuses on focuses on the promotion of rights policies through civil society based on the EU's Fundamental Rights Charter/Agency (forthcoming 2016).
He regularly teaches CPO 3103 Comparative (Western) European Politics, CPO 3104 EU Politics, INR 3214 International Relations of Europe, INR 3502 International Organizations and the European Studies Colloquium, as well as graduate courses on European/EU Politics, International Organization and Research Design in IR. In addition, Dr. Thiel is a director of the Miami Florida Jean Monnet Center of Excellence and of GSIPA's European & Eurasian Studies Initiative.
research interests
- Politics of Western Europe, International Organizations, European Identity Politics
Scholarly & Creative Works
selected publications
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Article
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2022EU public diplomacy in the United States: socio-political challenges & EU delegation agencyFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/14782804.2022.2084049 Web of Science: 000807606700001
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2021The Politicization of LGBTI Human Rights Norms in the EU-Uganda Development PartnershipFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/jcms.13141 Web of Science: 000610992800001
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2014LGBTQ politics and International Relations: Here? Queer? Used to it?Full Text via DOI: 10.1057/ipr.2014.17
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2014Access and agenda-setting in the European Union: Advocacy NGOs in comparative perspectiveFull Text via DOI: 10.1057/iga.2014.1 Web of Science: 000214605700006
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2014European Civil Society and the EU Fundamental Rights Agency: Creating Legitimacy through Civil Society Inclusion?Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/07036337.2013.865730 Web of Science: 000344140600001
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Book
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2016European identity and culture: Narratives of transnational belongingFull Text via DOI: 10.4324/9781315580913
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2015Sexualities in world politics: How LGBTQ claims shape International RelationsFull Text via DOI: 10.4324/9781315743721
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2013
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2011The limits of transnationalism: Collective identities and EU integrationFull Text via DOI: 10.1057/9780230119024
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2009
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Book Chapter
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2019Theorizing the EU's International Promotion of LGBTI Rights Policies in the Global South. 35-53.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-01307-3_3 Web of Science: 000649330400003
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2016Conclusion. 175-182.
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2016Introduction: Culture and narratives of transnational belonging. 1-16.Full Text via DOI: 10.4324/9781315580913-9
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2013Comparative aspects. 379-424.
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2013Germany. 109-146.
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2013Introduction. 1-14.
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2009Understanding diversity in the European integration project. 3-19.Full Text via DOI: 10.1057/9780230104167
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2009Comparative aspects. 379-424.
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2009Germany. 109-145.
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2009Introduction. 1-13.
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2009Theorizing Diversity in the European Union. 237-247.Full Text via DOI: 10.1057/9780230104167_14
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2009Understanding Diversity In The European Integration Project. 3-19.Full Text via DOI: 10.1057/9780230104167_1
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Book Review
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2017Queer International Relations: Sovereignty, Sexuality and the Will to Knowledge. Ed. 15.Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/S1537592717002079 Web of Science: 000408028000128
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2016Europeanizing Civil Society: How the EU Shapes Civil Society Organizations. Ed. 54.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/jcms.12335_9 Web of Science: 000368143200021
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2013Transnational Europe: Promise, Paradox, Limits. Ed. 51.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/jcms.12011_5 Web of Science: 000314917100018
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2011A Community of Europeans? Transnational Identities and Public Spheres. Ed. 13.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2486.2011.01054.x Web of Science: 000295078200026
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2008The Search for a Common European Foreign and Security Policy: Leaders, Cognitions, and Questions of Institutional Viability. Ed. 10.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2486.2008.00845.x Web of Science: 000207986200023
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Conference
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2019Conclusion. 193-198.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-01307-3_11 Web of Science: 000649330400011
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2019Introduction. 1-16.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-01307-3_1 Web of Science: 000649330400001
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Preprint
Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
Research
principal investigator on
- Global Europe-Florida (Renewal Grant EU-Jean Monnet Center) awarded by European Commission 2022 - 2025
- Getting to know Europe: Meet EU: Making Encounters, Engaging Transatlanticists awarded by European Commission 2020 - 2022
- Jean Monnet Center of Excellence (Renewal Grant Global Europe) awarded by European Commission 2018 - 2021
- Creating resilient transatlantic cultures and communities in Florida awarded by European Commission 2017 - 2019
- Miami Florida Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (MF-JMCE) awarded by European Commission 2015 - 2019
- Germany: making choices awarded by Federal Republic of Germany 2017
- Outreach Projects with the Scientific and Business Miami Communities awarded by European Commission 2015 - 2017
subproject principal investigator on
- Miami-Florida European Center of Excellence awarded by European Commission 2011 - 2014
Contact
full name
- Markus Thiel
Identifiers
ORCID iD
- https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0022-8681 (confirmed)
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