A.J. (Andrej Janko) Zwitter, Prof

Professor of Governance and Innovation

Telephone:

Mrs. Paula Schuit:

+31 58 205 5003 (Board Secretary)

P.schuit rug.nl

E-mail:

a.zwitter rug.nl

June 2020 Academic Director, Cyan Centre on Climate Adaptation, Campus Fryslân, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
Jan. 2019 - Feb. 2023: Dean of Faculty, Campus Fryslân, University of Groningen
2018: Dean of Faculty ad interim (interim dean of faculty), Campus Fryslân
2018: Professor of Governance and Innovation, Campus Fryslân
2017 – Feb. 2019 Director and founder, Data Research Centre, University of Groningen
July 2017 - Feb. 2023: Dean, University College, Campus Fryslân, University of Groningen
2012 – July 2017: Head of Department of Political Sciences, Faculty of Law, University of Groningen
May 2012 – Oct. 2018: Professor for Int. Relations and Int. Law, endowed NGIZ chair, Faculty of Law, University of Groningen
2008 – May 2012: Assist. Professor, Dep. of International Relations, Faculty of Arts, University of Groningen
April 2007 – Sep. 2008: Marie Curie Fellow and PhD Researcher, Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflicts, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

Additional Experience and honorary appointments

2021 onwards: Guest Professor, Alpe-Adria Univerversity Klagenfurt, Austria
2020 onwards: Senior Fellow Adaptation and Innovation Governance, Global Center on Adaptation (international organization)
2016 onwards: Senior Fellow, Canterbury Christ Church University (honorary)
2016 – April 2017: Visiting Professor, Osaka University, Japan
March 2014 onwards: Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Liverpool Hope University
2014 – July 2015: Research Sabbatical, Austrian Institute for International Politics
2013 onwards: Registered Consultant at Austrian Chamber of Commerce
August 2011: Visiting Scholar, Columbia University, New York, USA
July – August 2010: Visiting Scholar, Columbia University, New York, USA
July – August 2009: Visiting Scholar, Gadjah Mada Univ., Yogyakarta, Indonesia

2006 – 2008: Doctor iuris, PhD in Law with highest distinction, Legal Philosophy and Int. Law; Thesis: “Prevention of Terrorism through International Law”, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Austria / Supervisors: Prof. dr. Wolfgang Benedek, Prof. dr. Christian Hiebaum
2001 – 2006: Magister iuris, Specialisation: Business and Intellectual Property Law / Master thesis: “New Just War Theories” Legal Philosophy, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Austria / Supervisor: Prof. dr. Christian Hiebaum
2001 – 2003: Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Austria

Memberships and Commission of Trust

Research and Education Strategy Committee: Chairman, Groningen University Strategy 2021-2026
College of Deans, 2018-2023 University of Groningen
Programme Committee Strategy, University of Groningen
Faculty Board: Campus Fryslân, University of Groningen
Committee Educational Strategy, University of Groningen

Formerly:

Boards of Examiners: various functions, Faculties of Law and of Arts, University of Groningen
Admissions Committees: various functions, Faculty of Arts and Campus Fryslân, University of Groningen
Ethics Committee: initiator and member, MA Programme in Humanitarian Action
Human Subject Research Committee: Member, governing board for Human Subject Research at the University of Groningen
Chairman of the Committee of the University Peace Days (University of Groningen)
Co-Chair of the research section ‘Research in Ethics and Globalization’ (REG) of the inter-faculty institute ‘Globalization Studies Groningen’ (GSG) of the University of Groningen
MA Programme Coordinator of the second semester of the Erasmus Mundus Master’s of Humanitarian Action (NOHA), University of Groningen

Advisory Board member, the Dusk Network
Scientific Board of the Intitiative of Professional Ethics (TIPE), Texas A&M, Qatar
International Studies Association (ISA)
International Humanitarian Studies Association (IHSA)
Initiative Angola e.V., member of the board
Guest Professor, Alpe Adria University Klagenfurt, Austria
WEF Chapter Zero Netherlands - founding board member
Senior Fellow, Global Centre on Adaptation

Editorship

Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Humanitarian Action, Open Access Journal, Springer (launched early 2016; until 2022)
Associate Editor, Frontiers of Blockchain, Open Access Journal,
Series Editor, Routledge Studies in Humanitarian Action (launch April 2017)
Founding Editor-in-Chief, Politics and Governance, Open Access Journal, Impact Factor 1.3, Cogitatio Press, (from 2013-2018)

Reviewer

Journals: European Journal of Comparative Law and Governance – Brill; Middle East Law and Governance – Brill; Politics (Political Science Association - PSA) – Wiley; International Studies Quarterly – Wiley; Security Dialogue – Sage; Millennium – Sage; Big Data & Society – Sage; Journal of Business Ethics – Springer, etc.

Books: Cambridge University Press; Routledge (Taylor & Francis); Rowman & Littlefield; Sage

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31 January 2023 3.24 p.m.