Haug, Sebastian

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Dr. Sebastian Haug

Department
Inter- and Transnational Cooperation

Function
Senior Researcher

Specialization
Political Science and Geography

Work areas

  • United Nations
  • Global power shifts
  • China’s role in global governance
  • South-South and triangular cooperation

Regional expertise

  • East Asia
  • Latin America
  • Central Asia and Eastern Europe

Responsibilities in education and training

  • Co-lead of the ”Decolonising“ Working Group at IDOS
  • Global power shifts, North-South relations and the United Nations

Vita

since 8/2020 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”
10/2015-7/2020 University of Cambridge
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Christ's College
03/2018-07/2019 German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)
ESRC Visiting Fellow
01/2017-04/2017 Colegio de México and Instituto Mora
Visiting Fellow and Visiting Lecturer
04/2017-07/2017  Istanbul Policy Center and Koç University
Visiting Fellow
10/2016-03/2017 New York University
Visiting Researcher, Center on International Cooperation
05/2013-07/2015 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Policy and Research Specialist, Mexico City
09/2012-04/2013 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Assistant Policy Analyst, Beijing
10/2011-07/2012 University of Oxford
Master of Science (MSc) in Global Governance and Diplomacy
01/2011-07/2011 Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Visiting Student (Master of Arts) in International Relations
06/2010-09/2010 Transparency International (Uganda)
Programme Assistant
09/2009-05/2010 University of St Andrews
Visiting Student (BA Honours) in International Relations
10/2007-07/2011 Freie Universität Berlin
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Political Science
09/2006-09/2007 Espace Social Télé-Service asbl, Brussels
Social worker

Awards

  • Mercator Fellow on International Affairs (2012)
  • Vice-Chancellor's Award, University of Cambridge (2015)
  • Moody Stuart Scholar, University of Cambridge (2016)
  • Kurt Hahn Award, University of Cambridge (2019)
  • Ernst Mach Fellowship, Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) (2021)
  • International Affairs Early Career Prize (2025)

Member of

  • Editorial Board, Third World Quarterly (Taylor & Francis), London, United Kingdom
  • Advisory Board, Global Report on South-South and Triangular Cooperation, United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation, New York City, USA
  • Advisory Board, Dr. Jenö Staehelin Foundation, Basel, Switzerland

Refereed Publications

Non-refereed Publications

Opinion Pieces

Projects