Dr. Matthias Kranke – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies

Dr. Matthias Kranke

University of Duisburg-Essen
Social Sciences/Political Science, International Relations and International Political Economy

YAS Fellow
October 2023 – September 2024

Member of the Young Academy for Sustainability Research (YAS)
October 2021 – September 2024

E-Mail: matthias.kranke@college-uaruhr.de

Last Update: 26.05.2025

Curriculum Vitae

Matthias Kranke is a junior professor at the College for Social Sciences and Humanities of the University Alliance Ruhr and at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Duisburg-Essen, where he is setting up the research group ‘Global Sustainability Governance’. His current work focuses on global sustainability governance broadly conceived, analysing intersecting social, economic and ecological issues in the Anthropocene, especially the relationship between the norm of economic growth and multiple sustainability challenges. His research has been published in such journals as the European Journal of International Relations, Global Policy, Global Society, Global Studies Quarterly, New Political Economy or the Review of International Political Economy.

Selected Publications

Hasselbalch, Jacob A., Matthias Kranke and Ekaterina Chertkovskaya (2023) ‘Organizing for transformation: post-growth in International Political Economy’, Review of International Political Economy, 30(5): 1621–1638.
Berten, John and Matthias Kranke (2022) ‘Anticipatory Global Governance: International Organisations and the Politics of the Future’, Global Society, 36(2): 155–169.
Broome, André, Alexandra Homolar and Matthias Kranke (2018) ‘Bad science: International organizations and the indirect power of global benchmarking’, European Journal of International Relations, 24(3): 514–539.
Kranke, Matthias (2022) ‘Exclusive expertise: the boundary work of international organizations’, Review of International Political Economy, 29(2): 453–476.
Kranke, Matthias (2022) ‘Pathologies of a Different Kind: Dysfunctional Interactions between International Organizations’, Global Studies Quarterly, 2(1): ksab038.
Kranke, Matthias (2022) ‘Tomorrow’s Debt, Today’s Duty: Debt Sustainability as Anticipatory Global Governance’, Global Society, 36(2): 223–239.
Kranke, Matthias and David Yarrow (2019) ‘The Global Governance of Systemic Risk: How Measurement Practices Tame Macroprudential Politics’, New Political Economy, 24(6): 816–832.

YAS Projects

Global Debates on Biological and Linguistic Diversity (with Javier Francisco)
Transformative talk? The sustainability discourses of international organisations (with Thilo Wiertz)
Post-growth in texbooks: a comparative study of Ecuador, Germany and Jordan (with Cristina Espinosa and Hussam Hussein)
Graphic Novel on the Environmental Crises (with Lea Breitsprecher, Cristina Espinosa, Javier Francisco, Sarah May and Ida Wallin)

Other projects & third-party funding

Research project, Andrea von Braun Foundation (05/2022–04/2023, €26,690): Co-Principal Investigator (with Laura Henn): ‘Growth vs. sustainability: The politics and psychology of a goal conflict in international organisations’
Scientific Network, German Research Foundation (11/2021–10/2024, €43,470): Applicant and coordinator for 20 members plus 6 permanent associates: ‘The Global Politics of Post-Growth’ (#466076465)