Patrick A. Mello

International Politics, Security, and Methods

  • Contemporary Security Policy

    Joining the Editorial Board of Contemporary Security Policy

    I’m honored and excited to be joining the Editorial Board of Contemporary Security Policy, as recently announced by CSP Editor-in-Chief Hylke Dijkstra. “One of the oldest peer reviewed journals in international conflict and security, Contemporary Security Policy promotes theoretically-based research on policy problems of armed conflict, intervention and conflict resolution. Since it first appeared in 1980, CSP has established its unique place as a meeting ground for research at the nexus of theory and policy.” [Read More] Follow this link to see the current issue of CSP.

  • Sektionstagung Internationale Beziehungen

    5th Convention of the International Relations Section of the German Political Science Association (DVPW)

    At the IB-Sektionstagung, I co-organized a panel on QCA in International Relations (with Nina Guérin). I also presented  my chapter “Qualitative Comparative Analysis and the Study of Non-State Actors” from the Routledge volume Researching Non-State Actors in International Security: Theory & Practice (edited by Andreas Kruck and Andrea Schneiker). Moreover, I was elected Co-Speaker of the Foreign and Security Policy Group for the 2017–2020 term (with Klaus Brummer, Sandra Destradi, and Gordon Friedrichs). Information on the group’s activities can be found here. To sign for the group’s mailing list follow this link.

  • Interim Professor at the Brandt School

    Covering for the Franz Haniel Chair for Public Policy

    In the Winter Term 2017/18,  I will be Interim Franz Haniel Professor for Public Policy at the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy at the University of Erfurt. During this time, I will be on leave at the Bavarian School of Public Policy at the Technical University of Munich [see contact details]. Founded in 2002 “as Germany’s first professional school of public policy, the Brandt School incorporates the vision of its name patron that the world is fundamentally interconnected and interdependent, that local solutions require global understanding, and that responsible policy-making means to boldly think outside of the box” [Read More]. I look forward to an exciting Winter Term!

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