Michael Zürn, WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Michael Zürn is Director of the Global Governance unit at WZB Berlin Social Science Center and Professor of International Relations at Freie Universität Berlin. He is director of the DFG-funded Cluster of Excellence “Contestations of the Liberal Script” (SCRIPTS) and member of the Berlin–Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the Academia Europaea. Previously, he served as Founding Dean of the Hertie School. His work focuses on the emergence and functioning of inter-and supranational institutions and organizations and their impact on political orders. His publications focus among else on the legitimacy and effectiveness of international institutions. In his recent work, he aims at explaining the backlash against international institutions.
Michael participated in Panel 3: Democracy and Human Rights.