Matthias Hofferberth
Biographic Data
| ID | 4085495 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthias Hofferberth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthias |
| FAMILY NAME | Hofferberth |
| SIGNATURE | HOFFERBERTH M |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at San Antonio |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7745-1374 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 68 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Share @WHO? Authority and Resonance in IO Social Media Communication
International organizations (IOs) have sharply expanded their use of social media. Platforms such as Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) promise rapid, low-cost dissemination and are now widely treated as tools for engaging diverse IO constituencies. Yet we know little about how effective such communication is, or how it relates to public recognition of IOs’ authority. This paper addresses that gap by examining the public resonance of the World Hea…
Crisis in world politics. Corporate roles and responses in the Ukraine war and beyond
For some time, Global Governance has made the case that multinational enterprises (MNEs) have become so involved in multistakeholder provisions of public goods that they should be considered as global governors. Their involvement and whether it improves governance, however, remain fiercely debated. In this context, MNEs are frequently framed and discussed as entities sui generis, pursuing private interests while reconciling with broader public ex…
Forum: The Why and How of Global Governors: Relational Agency in World Politics
Scholars of world politics can readily list the global governors of our time, but why and how did these particular actors gain agency in the first place? While there is impressive scholarship on single global governors and their respective impact, there is little comparative work and systematic theorization on what agency in world politics is and how actors gain it. This forum brings together contributions that apply relational frameworks to the …
Becoming Global Governors: Self-Agentification, Recognition, and Delegation in World Politics
The emergence of new global governors and the ensuing complexity marks one of the most noticeable characteristics of contemporary global politics. However, this core axiom of global governance has not been unpacked in terms of why and how new actors emerge. This is surprising, since the emergence of new global governors raises fundamental questions about the very architecture of global governance. To unpack the dynamics of agency emergence, the a…
Proclaiming a prophecy empty of substance? A pragmatist reconsideration of global governance
In 1995, the UN Commission on Global Governance published their “Our Global Neighbourhood” report and the academic journal “Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations” was launched. Both events in retrospect play a significant role in the emergence of global governance thinking and practice in world politics. Despite inherent ambiguities, this idea since then gained massive traction and became both a modality a…
It’s the End of the World as We Know It”: World Politics in a Postgovernance World
This article contends that practices of, and reflections on, global governance are diversifying without any particular teleology. Therefore, it proposes a “postgovernance” perspective to capture and make sense of the multiplicity of concurrent developments. Just like post-punk followed punk rock and provided new energy, postgovernance provides opportunities to revitalize debates on world politics. Postgovernance allows both scholars and practitio…
Get your Act(ors) Together! Theorizing Agency in Global Governance
By championing certain actors over others, International Relations (IR) theory conventionally avoids questions of agency and does not, at least in theoretical terms, discuss which entities can develop capacities needed to act in world politics. Whether it is states, institutions, or individuals, we simply “locate” agency in particular entities, which then exist and act as global governors qua definition. In other words, agency is determined by a …
Mapping the Meanings of Global Governance: A Conceptual Reconstruction of a Floating Signifier
Ever since global governance was introduced to the discipline of International Relations (IR), it has been criticised for its conceptual vagueness and ambiguity. In fact, how to even speak and think global governance – whether as a mere description of world politics, as a theoretical perspective to explain it, or as a normative notion to be realised through global policy – remains unclear. The article argues that this confusion exists not because…
Lost in translation: A critique of constructivist norm research
Multinational Enterprises as “Social Actors”—Constructivist Explanations for Corporate Social Responsibility
Traditionally, the discipline of International Relations (IR) assumed a state-centric perspective. However, as new actors emerged and begun to play an increasingly important role in international politics, the discipline opened itself towards non-state actors. Among these, multinational enterprises (MNEs), their participation in public–private partnerships and their changing role expressed in extended corporate social responsibility (CSR) have ca…
Lost in translation: A critique of constructivist norm research
Mapping the Meanings of Global Governance: A Conceptual Reconstruction of a Floating Signifier
Ever since global governance was introduced to the discipline of International Relations (IR), it has been criticised for its conceptual vagueness and ambiguity. In fact, how to even speak and think global governance – whether as a mere description of world politics, as a theoretical perspective to explain it, or as a normative notion to be realised through global policy – remains unclear. The article argues that this confusion exists not because…
Get your Act(ors) Together! Theorizing Agency in Global Governance
By championing certain actors over others, International Relations (IR) theory conventionally avoids questions of agency and does not, at least in theoretical terms, discuss which entities can develop capacities needed to act in world politics. Whether it is states, institutions, or individuals, we simply “locate” agency in particular entities, which then exist and act as global governors qua definition. In other words, agency is determined by a …
Becoming Global Governors: Self-Agentification, Recognition, and Delegation in World Politics
The emergence of new global governors and the ensuing complexity marks one of the most noticeable characteristics of contemporary global politics. However, this core axiom of global governance has not been unpacked in terms of why and how new actors emerge. This is surprising, since the emergence of new global governors raises fundamental questions about the very architecture of global governance. To unpack the dynamics of agency emergence, the a…
Multinational Enterprises as “Social Actors”—Constructivist Explanations for Corporate Social Responsibility
Traditionally, the discipline of International Relations (IR) assumed a state-centric perspective. However, as new actors emerged and begun to play an increasingly important role in international politics, the discipline opened itself towards non-state actors. Among these, multinational enterprises (MNEs), their participation in public–private partnerships and their changing role expressed in extended corporate social responsibility (CSR) have ca…
Forum: The Why and How of Global Governors: Relational Agency in World Politics
Scholars of world politics can readily list the global governors of our time, but why and how did these particular actors gain agency in the first place? While there is impressive scholarship on single global governors and their respective impact, there is little comparative work and systematic theorization on what agency in world politics is and how actors gain it. This forum brings together contributions that apply relational frameworks to the …
Crisis in world politics. Corporate roles and responses in the Ukraine war and beyond
For some time, Global Governance has made the case that multinational enterprises (MNEs) have become so involved in multistakeholder provisions of public goods that they should be considered as global governors. Their involvement and whether it improves governance, however, remain fiercely debated. In this context, MNEs are frequently framed and discussed as entities sui generis, pursuing private interests while reconciling with broader public ex…
Proclaiming a prophecy empty of substance? A pragmatist reconsideration of global governance
In 1995, the UN Commission on Global Governance published their “Our Global Neighbourhood” report and the academic journal “Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations” was launched. Both events in retrospect play a significant role in the emergence of global governance thinking and practice in world politics. Despite inherent ambiguities, this idea since then gained massive traction and became both a modality a…
It’s the End of the World as We Know It”: World Politics in a Postgovernance World
This article contends that practices of, and reflections on, global governance are diversifying without any particular teleology. Therefore, it proposes a “postgovernance” perspective to capture and make sense of the multiplicity of concurrent developments. Just like post-punk followed punk rock and provided new energy, postgovernance provides opportunities to revitalize debates on world politics. Postgovernance allows both scholars and practitio…
Multinational Enterprises as “Social Actors”—Constructivist Explanations for Corporate Social Responsibility
Traditionally, the discipline of International Relations (IR) assumed a state-centric perspective. However, as new actors emerged and begun to play an increasingly important role in international politics, the discipline opened itself towards non-state actors. Among these, multinational enterprises (MNEs), their participation in public–private partnerships and their changing role expressed in extended corporate social responsibility (CSR) have ca…
Lost in translation: A critique of constructivist norm research
Mapping the Meanings of Global Governance: A Conceptual Reconstruction of a Floating Signifier
Ever since global governance was introduced to the discipline of International Relations (IR), it has been criticised for its conceptual vagueness and ambiguity. In fact, how to even speak and think global governance – whether as a mere description of world politics, as a theoretical perspective to explain it, or as a normative notion to be realised through global policy – remains unclear. The article argues that this confusion exists not because…
Get your Act(ors) Together! Theorizing Agency in Global Governance
By championing certain actors over others, International Relations (IR) theory conventionally avoids questions of agency and does not, at least in theoretical terms, discuss which entities can develop capacities needed to act in world politics. Whether it is states, institutions, or individuals, we simply “locate” agency in particular entities, which then exist and act as global governors qua definition. In other words, agency is determined by a …
It’s the End of the World as We Know It”: World Politics in a Postgovernance World
This article contends that practices of, and reflections on, global governance are diversifying without any particular teleology. Therefore, it proposes a “postgovernance” perspective to capture and make sense of the multiplicity of concurrent developments. Just like post-punk followed punk rock and provided new energy, postgovernance provides opportunities to revitalize debates on world politics. Postgovernance allows both scholars and practitio…
Proclaiming a prophecy empty of substance? A pragmatist reconsideration of global governance
In 1995, the UN Commission on Global Governance published their “Our Global Neighbourhood” report and the academic journal “Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations” was launched. Both events in retrospect play a significant role in the emergence of global governance thinking and practice in world politics. Despite inherent ambiguities, this idea since then gained massive traction and became both a modality a…
Forum: The Why and How of Global Governors: Relational Agency in World Politics
Scholars of world politics can readily list the global governors of our time, but why and how did these particular actors gain agency in the first place? While there is impressive scholarship on single global governors and their respective impact, there is little comparative work and systematic theorization on what agency in world politics is and how actors gain it. This forum brings together contributions that apply relational frameworks to the …
Becoming Global Governors: Self-Agentification, Recognition, and Delegation in World Politics
The emergence of new global governors and the ensuing complexity marks one of the most noticeable characteristics of contemporary global politics. However, this core axiom of global governance has not been unpacked in terms of why and how new actors emerge. This is surprising, since the emergence of new global governors raises fundamental questions about the very architecture of global governance. To unpack the dynamics of agency emergence, the a…
Crisis in world politics. Corporate roles and responses in the Ukraine war and beyond
For some time, Global Governance has made the case that multinational enterprises (MNEs) have become so involved in multistakeholder provisions of public goods that they should be considered as global governors. Their involvement and whether it improves governance, however, remain fiercely debated. In this context, MNEs are frequently framed and discussed as entities sui generis, pursuing private interests while reconciling with broader public ex…
Share @WHO? Authority and Resonance in IO Social Media Communication
International organizations (IOs) have sharply expanded their use of social media. Platforms such as Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) promise rapid, low-cost dissemination and are now widely treated as tools for engaging diverse IO constituencies. Yet we know little about how effective such communication is, or how it relates to public recognition of IOs’ authority. This paper addresses that gap by examining the public resonance of the World Hea…
Politics (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Law (8 works) · International Development and Aid (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · International Relations and Foreign Policy (6 works) · Law and economics (6 works)