PD Dr. Harald Barrios
Contact Information
Melanchthonstr. 36
72074 Tübingen
www.harald-barrios.com
Private Lecturer
Academic Background
2004
State doctorate of Behavioral and Social Sciences at Tübingen University
Habilitation treatise on the systematic US competitiveness (see below, Publications)
1999
PhD at the Department of Philosophy and History at Heidelberg University
PhD Thesis: „Die Außenpolitik junger Demokratien in Südamerika. Argentinien, Brasilien, Chile und Uruguay“ (see below, Publications)
1990
Magister Atrium (M.A.) at the Department of Philosophy and History at Heidelberg University
Professional Background
Since 2005
Teacher for night classes in Stuttgart and since 2007 also teacher at the Eberhard-Ludwigs High School in Stuttgart
Since 2004
Private lecturer at the Institute of Political Science at Tübingen University
2000-2005
Research assistant of Prof. Dr. Andreas Boeckh at the Institute of Political Science at Tübingen University
1995-1999
Assistant professor of Prof. Dr. Andreas Boeckh at the Institute of Political Science at Tübingen University
1990-1992
Research Fellow in the research project „Politische Organisation und Repräsentation in Amerika“supervised by Prof. Dr. Dieter Nohlen
Trips abroad and scholarships
2002
Guest lecturer at Heidelberg University's Latin American Centre in Santiago de Chile, Chile
1997-2002
Guest lecturer at the Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver, CO, USA
1993-1994
Scholarship holder of the Landesgraduierten-Förderung Baden-Württemberg
1993
DAAD scholarship holder in Santiago de Chile: Qualitative interviews for the phD thesis on "Democracy and Foreign Policy in South America"
1990
Project thesis in Uruguay
Research Interests
History of political thought
Theories and methods of Comparative Politics
Development Theories
Systemic competitiveness
Comparative perspectives of regional integration
Selected presentations
Policy-making in der EU: Wie entsteht das Demokratie-Defizit? Lecture at Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile, 2002
The Concept of Globalization: Is It Too Global? Lecture at the University of Denver, CO, 2000
Die institutionelle Struktur des Mercosur: Vorteile und Kosten der Flexibilität. Lecture at the Goethe Institute, Montevideo, 2000
Selected Publications
- Harald Barrios 1999: Die Außenpolitik junger Demokratien, Brasilien, Chile und Uruguay (Junge Demokratien, Bd. 1, hrsg. von Klaus von Beyme und Dieter Nohlen), Opladen (Verlag Leske und Budrich)
- Harald Barrios 2006: Brave New Deal? Die systemische Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der USA, Hamburg (Verlag Dr. Kovac)
- Harald Barrios/ Christoph Stefes (Hrsg.) 2006: Einführung in die Comparative Politics (Lehr- und Handbücher der Politikwissenschaft, hrsg. von Arno Mohr), München/Wien (Oldenbourg Verlag)