Dr. Dorothea Wehrmann
Department
Inter- and Transnational Cooperation
Function
Project Lead & Senior Researcher
Specialization
Sociology & Political Science
Work areas
- Agenda 2030
- Arctic and Antarctic politics
- Urban development
- Local participation and transnational cooperation
- Partnerships and networks
Vita
| since 9/2024 | German Political Science Association (GPSA) Co-spokesperson of the Polar and Marine Policy Thematic Group |
| since 1/2018 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) (until 6/2022 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)) Senior Researcher, Research Department "Inter- and transnational cooperation" |
| 10/2018-3/2019 | Bielefeld University Lecturer |
| 8/2017-12/2017 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Researcher |
| 10/2013-4/2017 | Bielefeld University PhD Political Science, Dissertation "Polar Entanglements? (Critical) Geopolitics of the Changing Polar Regions in Inter-American Perspective" |
| 10/2016-3/2017 | Bielefeld University Lecturer |
| 4/2014-9/2015 | Bielefeld University Lecturer |
Member of
- International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA)
- European International Studies Association
- Institute for World Society Studies
- Center for InterAmerican Studies
- Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology
- German Political Science Association (GPSA), Thematic group Polar and Maritime Policy
- UArctic Thematic Network on Arctic and Northern Governance
- International Studies Association
Expertise work for
- Journal of Urban Planning
- Ocean and Society (Editorial Board)
- Journal of Urban Affairs (JUA)
- Politics and Governance
- Millennium: Journal of International Studies
- World Journal of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development
- Journal of International Relations and Development
Refereed Publications
- Kuhn, Annegret / Dorothea Wehrmann (eds.) (2025)
Knowledge integration in ocean governance (Special Issue)
in: Ocean and Society 2, article 10391 (Editorial to the Special Issue) - Wehrmann, Dorothea / Michał Łuszczuk / Katarzyna Radzik-Maruszak / Jacqueline Götze / Arne Riedel (2025)
Sustainable Urban Development in the European Arctic
Abingdon; New York: Routledge - Wehrmann, Dorothea / Michał Łuszczuk / Katarzyna Radzik-Maruszak / Arne Riedel / Jacqueline Götze (2022)
Transnational cities alliances and their role in policy-making in sustainable urban development in the European Arctic
in: Nikolas Sellheim / Dwayne Ryan Menezes (eds.), Non-state actors in the Arctic region, Cham: Springer Nature, 113-131 - Wehrmann, Dorothea / Hubert Zimmermann (eds.) (2022)
Constructing ocean and polar governance
Special issue of Politics & Governance 10 (3) - Wehrmann, Dorothea / Hubert Zimmermann (2022)
Editorial: Constructing ocean and polar governance
in: Politics & Governance 10 (3), 1-4 - Łuszczuk, Michał / Jacqueline Götze / Katarzyna Radzik‐Maruszak / Arne Riedel / Dorothea Wehrmann (2022)
Governability of regional challenges: the Arctic development paradox
in: Politics and Governance 10 (3), 29-40 - Chaturvedi, Sachin / Heiner Janus / Stephan Klingebiel / Li Xiaoyun / André de Mello e Souza / Elizabeth Sidiropoulos / Dorothea Wehrmann (Eds.) (2020)
Palgrave Handbook of development cooperation for achieving the 2030 Agenda: contested collaboration
Cham: Palgrave Macmillan - Chaturvedi, Sachin / Heiner Janus / Stephan Klingebiel / Li Xiaoyun / André de Mello e Souza / Elizabeth Sidiropoulos / Dorothea Wehrmann (2020)
Development cooperation in the context of contested global governance
in: Sachin Chaturvedi / Heiner Janus / Stephan Klingebiel / Xiaoyun Li / André de Mello e Souza / Elizabeth Sidiropoulos / Dorothea Wehrmann (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of development cooperation for achieving the 2030 Agenda, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 1-21 - Pérez-Pineda, Jorge A. / Dorothea Wehrmann (2020)
Partnerships with the private sector: success factors and levels of engagement in development cooperation
in: Sachin Chaturvedi / Heiner Janus / Stephan Klingebiel / Xiaoyun Li / André de Mello e Souza / Elizabeth Sidiropoulos / Dorothea Wehrmann (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of development cooperation for achieving the 2030 Agenda, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 649-670 - Chaturvedi, Sachin / Heiner Janus / Stephan Klingebiel / Li Xiaoyun / André de Mello e Souza / Elizabeth Sidiropoulos / Dorothea Wehrmann (2020)
Conclusion: leveraging development cooperation experiences for the 2030 Agenda - key messages and the way forward
in: Sachin Chaturvedi / Heiner Janus / Stephan Klingebiel / Xiaoyun Li / André de Mello e Souza / Elizabeth Sidiropoulos / Dorothea Wehrmann (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of development cooperation for achieving the 2030 Agenda, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 705-716 - Wehrmann, Dorothea (2020)
The Arctic Council as a success case for transnational cooperation in times of rapid global changes?
in: Arctic Yearbook, 425-442 - Petersen, Mirko / Dorothea Wehrmann (2020)
Geopolitics - Chapter 34
in: Olaf Kaltmeier / Anne Tittor / Daniel Hawkins / Eleonora Rohland (eds.), The Routledge handbook to the political economy and governance of the Americas, London: Routledge, 362-370 - Wehrmann, Dorothea (2018)
Critical geopolitics of the polar regions: an inter-american perspective
Abingdon; New York: Routledge - Wehrmann, Dorothea (2017)
Non-State actors in Arctic Council governance
in: Kathrin Keil / Sebastian Knecht (eds.), Governing arctic change: global perspectives, Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, 187-206 - Wehrmann, Dorothea (2016)
The Polar Regions as “barometers” in the Anthropocene: towards a new significance of non-state actors in international cooperation?
in: The Polar Journal 6 (2), 379-397 - Wehrmann, Dorothea (2016)
Shaping circumpolar agendas: the identification and significance of “Emerging Issues” addressed in the Arctic Council
published on Arctic Yearbook 2016, 109-121 - Albert, Mathias / Dorothea Wehrmann (2015)
Polarpolitik: ein Bericht zur politikwissenschaftlichen Arktis- und Antarktisliteratur
in: Neue Politische Literatur 60 (1), 63-89
Non-refereed Publications
- Götze, Jacqueline / Anja Márjá Nystø Keskitalo / Elle Merete Omma / Dorothea Wehrmann (2024)
Sustainable development in remote regions: integrating local leaders in EU policymaking
in: Christine Hackenesch / Niels Keijzer / Svea Koch (eds.), The European Union’s global role in a changing world: challenges and opportunities for the new leadership, Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), 40-43 - Wehrmann, Dorothea / Silke Weinlich (2024)
Legitimacy challenges in inter- and transnational cooperation
in: Sven Grimm / Stephan Klingebiel (eds.), Transnational cooperation – an explorative collection, Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability, 1-16 - Wehrmann, Dorothea (2020)
Transnational cooperation in times of rapid global changes: the Arctic Council as a success case?
(Discussion Paper 12/2020) - Wehrmann, Dorothea (2018)
Multi-actor partnerships and private-sector engagement in development cooperation: incentivising and regulating strategies
(Non-Paper) Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) - Wehrmann, Dorothea (2018)
Incentivising and regulating multi-actor partnerships and private-sector engagement in development cooperation
(Discussion Paper 21/2018) - Albert, Mathias / Dorothea Wehrmann (2017)
Zwischen Kooperation und Konflikt, zwischen Zentralität und Marginalität: die Arktis im Spiegel politikwissenschaftlicher Forschung
in: Schriftenreihe Geoinformationsdienst der Bundeswehr/Jahresheft Geopolitik (2), 15-24 - Dietz, Kristina / Dorothea Wehrmann (2016)
Vulnerability in the context of climate change
published on Universität Bielefeld Center for InterAmerican Studies - Petersen, Mirko, Clara Buitrago, Paul-Matthias Tyrell, Dorothea Wehrmann (ed.) (2016)
Introduction to "Geopolitical imaginaries in the Americas"
published on forum for inter-american research 9.1 - Petersen, Mirko / Dorothea Wehrmann (2015)
Geopolitics
published on Universität Bielefeld Center for InterAmerican Studies - Dingman, Erica / Linda Jabs / Dayanita Ramesh / Niko Niemisalo / Dorothea Wehrmann (2014)
Effects of global ecological change on Arctic Council permanent participants
published on Universität Bielefeld - Ecologic Institute - Wehrmann, Dorothea (2014)
Empowerment durch Schulden? Mikrokredite als »Wundermittel« gegen Armut im globalen Süden
published on Polar - Politik, Theorie, Alltag
Opinion Pieces
- Wehrmann, Dorothea (2025)
Die Arktis im Brennpunkt: Klimakatastrophe im Schatten der Geopolitik
published on 17ziele.de, 02.06.2025 - Gehrke, Charlotte / Dorothea Wehrmann (2024)
Germany’s new Arctic guidelines: a case for knowledge diversification
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), The Current Column of 14 October 2024 - Methi, Kirsti / Dorothea Wehrmann (2023)
From Rovaniemi to Tromsø spirit?
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), The Current Column of 30 May 2023 - Wehrmann, Dorothea / Michał Łuszczuk / Jacqueline Götze / Arne Riedel / Katarzyna Radzik-Maruszak (2022)
What future for cooperation in the Arctic? Scenarios after Putin’s war on Ukraine
published on blogs.die-gdi.de, 16.03.2022 - Götze, Jacqueline, Dorothea Wehrmann, Michał Łuszczuk, Katarzyna Radzik-Maruszak (2021)
Shared challenges of cities in and beyond the Arctic
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 2 November 2021 - Wehrmann, Dorothea / Jacqueline Götze / Michał Łuszczuk / Katarzyna Radzik-Maruszak / Arne Riedel (2021)
The value of transdisciplinary and collaborative ocean research
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 17 June 2021 - Götze Jacqueline / Dorothea Wehrmann (2020)
How the EU’s new Arctic policy should take account of the pandemic
German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 21 December 2020 - Wehrmann, Dorothea (2019)
Look North: the Arctic Council as an example for the management of transboundary challenges?
published on blogs.die-gdi.de, 06.11.2019 - Wehrmann, Dorothea (2019)
Polar entanglements: a new perspective to explain political dynamics in the polar regions
published on blogs.cardiff.ac.uk, 18.01.2019 - Wehrmann, Dorothea (2019)
Why we need new guidelines for private sector engagement in development cooperation
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), (The Current Column of 1 July 2019) - Wehrmann, Dorothea (2019)
Polar entanglements: a new perspective to explain political dynamics in Polar Regions
published on www.arctic-relations.info 25.01.2019 - Wehrmann, Dorothea (2015)
The Arctic: an emerging "hot topic"
published on worldpolicy.org January 7, 2015