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Stefanie Walter

@stefwalter.bsky.social
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International relations and IPE prof at the University of Zurich and Co-Director of the UZH Crisis Competence Center. Research on globalization backlash, IPE, international (non-)cooperation, and IOs. Optimist expecting the worst.

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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Contestation varies considerably across IOs and over time. In contrast to much punditry and scholarly discourse, however, it does not appear to have increased over the past 20 years. We discuss potential explanations – studying this in more detail will be an exciting avenue for future research.
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We define contestation as any action or inaction that challenges an IO or its policies with the intention to improve, replace, or nullify existing arrangements. There are different types of contestation, depending on who contests and the substance of the criticism.
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
1/3 How can Europe thrive in a fragmenting world and reform despite political divisions between and within countries? In our @cepr.org Europe 2050 contribution, @jafrieden.bsky.social & I argue that political feasibility must be a central consideration in any reform design. cepr.org/publications...
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Writing Retreat
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Hatte viel Spass im @uzh-ch.bsky.social Podcast von Christina Neier und Matthias Oesch darüber zu sprechen, wie die EU mit Herausforderungen wie dem Brexit umgeht und was das – auch im Kontext der sich wandelnden Weltordnung - für die Beziehungen Schweiz-EU bedeutet. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Particularly nice work trip tonight 😊
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Had a great inaugural #EPSS conference in Belfast.
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Great discussion yesterday about the Accommodation Dilemma Framework at the #EPSS2026 "Responding to Non-Cooperation in International Relations" Agenda-Setting panel with @lisadellmuth.bsky.social @fgenovese.bsky.social sky.social, Bernhard Reinsberg, @smetanamichal.bsky.social (and myself).
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Non-cooperation is a regular feature of international politics, but research on its various forms is fragmented across IR subfields. Our agenda-setting panel proposes and discusses a more unified framework for studying how actors respond to non-cooperation. Overview paper: shorturl.at/HbIvU
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
New research on weaponized interdependence coming up at 9am:
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Really excited and thankful to be part of this great panel chaired by @ta-huikuri.bsky.social. Great research on how the contestation of the LIO, IOs, and trade more generally plays out across various domestic arenas.
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
First conference day at #EPSS2026. Very much looking forward to learning about new research, inspiration for next steps, and seeing colleagues and friends. I am particularly excited about these two panels:
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
In Belfast and very excited for our first ever #EPSS conference to start!
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
makes me think of these numbers from an @nytimes.com article earlier this month:
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
It’s not like nothing is happening. And pension funds are discussing how to diversify away from the dollar. It won‘t happen over night, but the sense that treasuries are a safe asset is being seriously questioned.
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Good timing for this @kiel.institute study on who is actually paying for Trump's tariffs (short answer: not the exporters):
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
The world is crazy today, so I am glad that at least we found the sun.
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Great way to kick off this year‘s #SPSA conference in Zurich: a keynote by the great @catherinedevries.bsky.social. Thanks also to @jbslapin.bsky.social for running the conference and the fantastic @ipz.bsky.social admin team for an excellent organization.
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Very excited about this @iojournal.bsky.social special issue on the future of global governance and world order – many (short) thoughtful pieces, perfect for teaching! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Quite a graph in the FT…
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Very proud of our @ipz.bsky.social students who celebrated their graduation tonight. Congratulations to all, especially our prize winners! The prizes for best dissertation go to @reidingerve.bsky.social and @indubioproreto.bsky.social - Congrats! 🎉🥂🍾
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
And wrapping everything up with a nice boat ride. Thanks to @scherzinger.bsky.social for organizing!
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Glorious
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Perfect day for a Lehrstuhlausflug!
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Heute Abend im SRF Club: eine lebhafte Diskussion über die Ukraine, Trump, Europa und die Schweiz.
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Cool to have the Euro Cup in your home town 😀
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
I am so very proud my students, who not only designed an excellent multilateral negotiation simulation on deep-sea-mining over the past months, but also expertly chaired the negotiations as 35 students at the IGN‘s Global Negotiation Conference played it today. This is teaching at its best!
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
What a treat: A day away discussing all the great research being done in our team! #IB-LSKolloquium With @scherzinger.bsky.social @ta-huikuri.bsky.social @tommccraehunter.bsky.social @chrisvsteinert.bsky.social, Iryna Lukianova, Nicole Plotke-Scherly, Camilla Bellmann, Michael Stelzig & Max Schön.
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Morgen, Mi 2.7.25 um 17 Uhr spreche ich im nächsten Crisis Conference Call mit Prof. Dr. Ralph Ossa, Ökonom an der @uzh-ch.bsky.social und ehemaliger Chefökonom der WTO über die Krise des Welthandelssystems. Offen für Alle, Anmeldung zum Zoom-Call hier: www.crisiscompetence.uzh.ch/de/events/Kr...
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
So thanks to the ERWG members - @sarahobolt.bsky.social, @simonhix.bsky.social, @catherinedevries.bsky.social, @macartan.bsky.social & @markkayser.bsky.social - for being such a great group to work with. And I am excited to continue our work with the entire awesome @epssnet.bsky.social Council!
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Did you know that @epssnet.bsky.social will honor your #EPSA membership? Sign up today! epssnet.org/sign-up/#join That said, your membership dues are staying with EPSA & EPSS is starting with zero financial funds. So if you can, consider paying for an EPSS membership to help us get off the ground.
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Fantastic to see so many people offering their time, skills, and support to @epssnet.bsky.social ! Follow @fortunato.bsky.social‘s example and get involved! 👇
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
And here it is: introducing the European Political Science Society EPSS! 🎉🎉🎉 Follow @epssnet.bsky.social on bsky, visit its website www.epssnet.org, and become a member!
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Looking forward to the amazing @sarahobolt.bsky.social’s #EPSA Presidential address. Major news coming, stay tuned!
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Yesterday the students in my @ipz.bsky.social capstone course presented the multilateral negotiation simulation for this year’s Global Negotiation conference - www.global-negotiation.org/gnc - they created this term to the IGN board. Everybody was very impressed – and I am incredibly proud of them!
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Aktuell gibt es viele Krisen – um diese besser zu verstehen, organisiert das UZH Krisenkompetenzzentrum in den nächsten Wochen drei Crisis Conference Calls mit Experten der @uzh-ch.bsky.social. Mehr Informationen und Anmeldelinks gibt es hier: www.crisiscompetence.uzh.ch/de/events.html
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
More cool polito output tonight: Discussion round on 114 days Trump.
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
DISINTEGRATION findings, in readable form:
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Some results of our project – this time in readable form:
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Weise Worte von Cem Özdemir in der @faznet.bsky.social
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Great symposium organized by @mcopelov.bsky.social, with a super insightful panel on trade, the dollar & euro and the economy in the US and the EU.
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
I had no idea how nice Madison WI is!
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Not the first time that failing nationalist projects dampen support for similar adventures abroad and bolster support for international cooperation – Brexit is a case in point. See for example here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Special thanks go to DISINTEGRATION advisory board – @sarahobolt.bsky.social, @dustintingley.bsky.social & @jonastallberg.bsky.social – for all their advice, support, and unwavering belief in the project. Your encouragement for me to think big and advice on how to move forward are invaluable.
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Special thanks go to DISINTEGRATION advisory board – @sarahobolt.bsky.social, @dustintingley.bsky.social & @jonastallberg.bsky.social – for all their advice, support, and unwavering belief in the project. Your encouragement for me to think big and advice on how to move forward are invaluable.
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Apparently exceptions for pharmaceuticals? That would be good for Switzerland.
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
What I am particularly excited about is that @lisadellmuth.bsky.social and a great group of people have joined me in exploring the wider applicability of this framework. These contributions apply the framework to diverse issues such as human rights, climate change, intl. security, aid, and trade.
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Many people have helped to develop this paper. I am truly grateful for their support, including the DISINTEGRATION team and our stellar advisory board with @sarahobolt.bsky.social, @dustintingley.bsky.social, Tanja Börzel & @jonastallberg.bsky.social, and @ipz.bsky.social colleagues. Thank you!
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
We show that the accommodation dilemma framework can explain why IOs and their member states responded differently to a wide variety of referendum-endorsed challenges and why some challenges were resolved rather easily, whereas others became conflictual.
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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
We study IO responses to fourteen referendums in which voters successfully endorsed a challenge to an international treaty or organization, forcing the IO to respond by carefully assessing the issues at stake and comparing responses using a detailed coding scheme.
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