Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt

Resume

Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt holds the chair of European and Global Governance at the Hochschule für Politik München / TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology since July 2016. Her research interests include the delegation of power to international organizations, European integration, global economic governance, two-level games, negotiation analysis, accountability in the digital age, as well as disruptions in politics and technology.

She received her PhD in Political Science from the Freie Universität Berlin and completed her Habilitation at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. From March 2012 through June 2016 she held the chair of International Politics at TU Dresden. Previous appointments include, a guest professorship at the FU Berlin, an assistant professorship at HU Berlin and fellowships at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University, at the European University Institute in Florence (EUI), at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), and at the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. From 2016 to 2021, Prof. da Conceição-Heldt was reform rector of the Hochschule für Politik München and (founding) dean of the TUM School of Governance.

She is the author of over 40 peer-reviewed journal articles and four monographs, several books and has edited special issues for peer-reviewed journals and book chapters. Her research has been published in journals such as Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of European Public Policy, Review of International Political Economy, Negotiation Journal, International Negotiations, International Politics, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, Global Society and Politische Vierteljahresschrift.

Key Publications

• 2022: The Limits of Transparency: Expert Knowledge and Meaningful Accountability in Central Banking, Government & Opposition 57(2), 217-232 (with Lisa Herzog).

• 2021: Orchestrating Private Investors for Development: How the World Bank Revitalizes, Regulation & Governance, First view (with Thomas Dörfler).

• 2021: The (self-)empowerment of the European Central Bank during the sovereign debt crisis, Journal of European Integration 43(1): 83-98 (with Tony Mueller).

• 2019: Legacies and innovations in global economic governance since Bretton Woods, Review of International Political Economy 26(6): 1089-1111 (with Orfeo Fioretos).

• 2019: Explaining coherence in international regime complexes: How the World Bank shapes the field of multilateral development finance, Review of International Political Economy, 26:6, 1160-1186 (with Henning Schmidtke). 

• 2014: Speaking with a Single Voice: Internal Cohesiveness and External Effectiveness of the EU in Global Governance, Journal of European Public Policy 21(7): 961-979 (with Sophie Meunier).

• 2011: Negotiating Trade Liberalization at the WTO: Domestic Politics and Bargaining Dynamics.London: Palgrave Macmillan.

• 2010: Who Controls Whom? Dynamics of Power Delegation and Agency Losses in EU Trade Politics, Journal of Common Market Studies 48 (5): 1107-1126.

Prestigious Distinctions

• 2022: TUM IAS Carl von Linde Fellowship

• 2022: Visiting Research Scholar at Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs

• 2019: Medal for Outstanding Contributions to the Free State of Bavaria in Europe and the World

• 2015: Fulbright Fellowship at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University

• 2012: Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (1.3 Million €)

• 2010: Heisenberg Fellowship, German Science Foundation (DFG)

• 2009: Calouste Gulbenkian Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, Washington D.C. (declined)

• 2007-2008: Jean Monnet Fellowship, European University Institute (Florence)