Sarah-Lea Effert
Department
Directorate
Function
Advisor to the Directorate / Committee Work & Reporting
Specialization
Political Theory
Work areas
- Global Political Order and (In)justice
- Knowledge and Epistemic (In)Justice
Vita
| Since 10/2024 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Advisor to the Directorate / Committee Work & Reporting |
| 4/2022-10/2024 | University of Duisburg Essen Researcher at the Chair of Political Philosophy |
| 4/2020-10/2024 | Gerhard Mercator Research Training Group for Cosmopolitanism, Tolerance and Public Spirit, University of Duisburg-Essen Researcher |
| 7/2018-3/2020 | German Commission for UNESCO Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General (from 01/2019), previously Junior Professional Sustainable Development, Science |
| 10/2016-6/2018 | University of Oxford MPhil Politics (Political Theory) |
| 9/2015-2/2016 | United Nations Carlo Schmid Fellow |
| 9/2011-2/2015 | Frankfurt School of Finance & Management BSc Management, Philosophy & Economics |
Refereed Publications
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Efferth, Sarah-Lea
(2024)
Offen – global – kosmopolitisch: Konfliktlinien der Gegenwart?
in: Anja Gampe / Seçkin Söylemez, Weltoffenheit, Toleranz und Gemeinsinn, transcript Verlag, 39-55 -
Effert, Sarah-Lea / Hannah Vögele
(2022)
Check your privilege check! Eine solidarische Kritik des Privilegiendiskurses
in: Zeitschrift Diskurs, April 2022
Non-refereed Publications
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Hornidge, Anna-Katharina / Axel Berger (eds.)
(2026)
Disruption & Reform: Sustainable futures at stake? The case for politics of cooperation and perseverance
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) -
Effert, Sarah-Lea / Sven Grimm / Christopher Wingens
(2026)
Futuring politics of cooperation and perseverance: a possible world in 2040
in: Anna-Katharina Hornidge / Axel Berger (eds.), Disruption and Reform: sustainable futures at stake? The case for politics of cooperation and perseverance, Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), 79-83 -
Effert, Sarah-Lea / Anna-Katharina Hornidge
(2026)
Resilience in knowledge infrastructures: science at a juncture
in: Anna-Katharina Hornidge / Axel Berger (eds.), Disruption and Reform: sustainable futures at stake? The case for politics of cooperation and perseverance, Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), 68-72 -
Effert, Sarah-Lea / Andreas Niederberger
(2024)
Vom kolonialen zum dekolonialen Kosmopolitismus? Ablehnung, Kritik und Wiederaneignung eines Schlüsselbegriffs der politischen Philosophie
in: Unikate 61, 16-25
Opinion Pieces
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Effert, Sarah-Lea / Sören Hilbrich
(2025)
What if it’s not in our country’s interest? Against the nationalist turn
published on globalpolicyjournal.com, 19.05.2025