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A key benefit of our program is the outstandingly low student-faculty ratio (3:1), offering you ample opportunities to engage with your instructors. Studying with IR Online is an intense learning experience, so collegial relations with faculty members really do make a difference.

The program modules are taught by renowned scholars and experts from around the world. The international network of our faculty is a core element of the program's uniqueness and complements its high quality standards.

Faculty Members

Dr. Ipshita Basu

Ipshita Basu is the Head of Research at the Institute of Governance Studies in Dhaka, Bangladesh and teaches the module "Policy Issues: Narratives and the Cultural Factor".

Dr. Max Büge

Max Büge is working on aspects of international trade at the German Development Institute in Bonn and teaches the module "Global Flows: Capital and Finance".

Prof. William Burke-White

William Burke-White is Richard Perry Professor and Inaugural Director, Perry World House Deputy Dean and Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and teaches the module "Changing Patters of Governance: The Evolution of the State"

Dr. Barbara Dietz

Barbara Dietz is head of the Department of Migration and Integration at the Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS), Regensburg and teaches the module "Global Flows: Migration".

Dr. Stefan Engert

Stefan Engert is an associate professor at the University of Konstanz and teaches the modules "Initiation: Why and How Shall We Study Global Politics?" and "Policy Issues: Coping with Global Risks and Uncertainties".

Dr. Julia Gerlach

Julia Gerlach's main fields of teaching and research are political change and the nexus of politics and religion in Eastern Europe. She teaches the modules "Overview: Studying Areas" and "Russia: Eternal Enigmas".

Danuta Janka-Mierzwa

Danuta Janicka-Mierzwa is a trainer, a project manager and teaches the module "The Applied Side: How to Run Projects".

Julian Junk

Julian Junk is currently co-leader of the research projects "Administrative Science Meets Peacekeeping" and "Coping with the complex side of bureaucracy" and teaches the modules "Changing Patters of Governance" and "Initiation: Study Global Politics

Dr. Georgiy Kasianov

Georgiy Kasianov is Head of Department of Contemporary History and Politics at the Institute of History of Ukraine (Kyiv) and professor at the National University 'Kyiv Mohyla Academy' and teaches the module "Eastern Europe: A Dissolving Concept?".

Dr. Andrey Makarychev

Andrey S. Makarychev is Head of Academic Unit, Civil Service Academy in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia and teaches the module "Lost in Transformation: Comparative Area Studies".

Prof. Patricia A. Maulden

Patricia Maulden is Professor of Conflict Resolution and Director of the Dialoge and Difference Project at George Mason University and teaches the module "Policy Issues: Conflict Management and Reconciliation".

Dr. Dmitri Mitin

Dimitri Mitin's current appointment is with the School of International and Public Affairs at North Carolina State University, where he teaches research methodology and comparative politics and he is the instructor of the module "Global Flows: Energy

Dr. Na'ama Nagar

Na'ama Nagar is a teaching faculty in the Department of Political Science at Florida State University and is instructor of the modules "Explaining Global Politics: The Game of Using Theories" and "Global Flows: ICT Powered Governance Modes".

Simon Raiser

Simon Raiser has been working as Freelance Trainer and teacher in political education with a special focus on International Relations and teaches the module "The Applied Side: How to Bargain in Global Politics".

Anna Royon-Weigelt

Anna Royon-Weigelt worked both for the public sector and private sector in an international context for the last 12 years as a coordinator, project manager, consultant and trainer and teaches the module "The Applied Side: How to Run Projects".

Dr. Victoria Stead

Victoria Stead is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Citizenship and Globalization of the Deakin University in Melbourne and teaches the module "Changing Global Landscapes: Globalization Challenges".

Dr. Noah Toly

Noah Toly is Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Politics & International Relations at Wheaton College and the Director of the Urban Studies Program and teaches the module "Policy Issues: Global Cities".

Björn Warkalla

Björn Warkalla works together with Simon Rasier as freelance trainer and teacher in political education with a special focus on International Relations and teaches the module "The Applied Side: How to Bargain in Global Politics".

Dr. Erin K. Wilson

Erin K. Wilson is a researcher at the Global Cities Institute and Globalism Research Centre at RMIT University and teaches the module "Changing Global Landscapes: Globalization Challenges".

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