Prof. Dr. Matthias Kranke

Matthias Kranke

Junior Professor for Global Sustainability Governance

Research interests: global governance (socio-economic and socio-ecological issues), international organisations (IOs), sustainability and (post-)growth, indicators and rankings, anticipatory global governance and global futures

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Prof. Matthias Kranke

College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UAR | Research Alliance Ruhr

Address
Lindenallee 39-41
45127 Essen
Phone
02011836567
E-Mail
matthias.kranke@college-uaruhr.de

Functions

  • Professor/in, Institut für Sozioökonomie

  • Professor/in, College for Social Sciences and Humanities

The following publications are listed in the online university bibliography of the University of Duisburg-Essen. Further information may also be found on the person's personal web pages.

    Journal articles

  • Kranke, Matthias
    Boundary work against identity stress : Atrocity stories among the Bretton Woods twins
    In: International Affairs, Vol. 101, 2025, Nr. 3, pp. 841 – 858
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Hofius, Maren; Kranke, Matthias
    Boundary work and the (un)making of global cooperation : mapping the terrain
    In: International Affairs, Vol. 101, 2025, Nr. 3, pp. 761 – 778
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Bosi-Moreira, Bruna; Kranke, Matthias
    Global Green Visions and World Order in the Anthropocene
    In: Global Environmental Politics, Vol. 25, 2025, Nr. 3, pp. 1 – 10
    DOI
  • Kranke, Matthias; Yarrow, David
    Constructing national policy space : Demographic forecasting, macroeconomic ‘gaps’ and technocratic governance
    In: The British Journal of Politics and International Relations (BJPIR) ), Vol. 26, 2024, Nr. 3, pp. 668 – 693
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Hasselbalch, Jacob; Kranke, Matthias
    Dealing with dangerous abundance : Towards post-growth International Relations
    In: Review of International Studies, Vol. 50, 2024, Nr. 5, pp. 856 – 865
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Berten, John; Kranke, Matthias
    Governing global challenges through quantified futures
    In: The British Journal of Politics and International Relations (BJPIR) ), Vol. 26, 2024, Nr. 3, pp. 599 – 621
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)
  • Hasselbalch, Jacob A.; Kranke, Matthias; Chertkovskaya, Ekaterina
    Organizing for transformation : post-growth in International Political Economy
    In: Review of International Political Economy, Vol. 30, 2023, Nr. 5, pp. 1621 – 1638
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Kranke, Matthias
    Exclusive expertise: the boundary work of international organizations
    In: Review of International Political Economy, Vol. 29, 2022, Nr. 2, pp. 453 – 476
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Kranke, Matthias
    Pathologies of a Different Kind : Dysfunctional Interactions between International Organizations
    In: Global Studies Quarterly, Vol. 2, 2022, Nr. 1, ksab038
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Kranke, Matthias
    Tomorrow's Debt, Today's Duty : Debt Sustainability as Anticipatory Global Governance
    In: Global Society, Vol. 36, 2022, Nr. 2, pp. 223 – 239
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Kranke, Matthias; Quitsch, Svenja
    International organisations in global sustainability transitions
    In: Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, Vol. 41, 2021, pp. 49 – 51
    DOI
  • Kranke, Matthias
    IMF-World Bank Cooperation Before and After the Global Financial Crisis
    In: Global Policy (gp), Vol. 11, 2020, Nr. 1, pp. 15 – 25
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Kranke, Matthias; Yarrow, David
    The Global Governance of Systemic Risk : How Measurement Practices Tame Macroprudential Politics
    In: New Political Economy, Vol. 24, 2019, Nr. 6, pp. 816 – 832
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Broome, André; Homolar, Alexandra; Kranke, Matthias
    Bad science : International organizations and the indirect power of global benchmarking
    In: European Journal of International Relations (EJIR), Vol. 24, 2018, Nr. 3, pp. 514 – 539
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Yarrow, David; Kranke, Matthias
    The performativity of sports statistics : towards a research agenda
    In: Journal of Cultural Economy, Vol. 9, 2016, Nr. 5, pp. 445 – 457
    DOI
  • Kranke, Matthias
    Of Gardens and Gates in (International) Political Economy : A Rejoinder
    In: Millennium: Journal of International Studies, Vol. 43, 2015, Nr. 2, pp. 741 – 742
    DOI
  • Eimer, Thomas R.; Kranke, Matthias
    Teaching the Transnationalization of Politics : Participant Observation of Public Events
    In: International Studies Perspectives, Vol. 16, 2015, Nr. 2, pp. 127 – 141
    DOI
  • Lütz, Susanne; Kranke, Matthias
    The European rescue of the Washington Consensus? : EU and IMF lending to Central and Eastern European countries
    In: Review of International Political Economy, Vol. 21, 2014, Nr. 2, pp. 310 – 338
    DOI
  • Kranke, Matthias
    Which 'C' are you talking about? : Critical meets cultural IPE
    In: Millennium: Journal of International Studies, Vol. 42, 2014, Nr. 3, pp. 897 – 907
    DOI
  • Franke, Bernd; Kranke, Matthias
    Die Ethik der Unfreiheit : Der missverstandene Freiheitsbegriff John Lockes
    In: Rechtstheorie, Vol. 41, 2010, Nr. 4, pp. 435 – 467
    Online Full Text
  • Kranke, Matthias
    Left, Right and a Bridge : On the Ongoing Relevance of Political Parties
    In: A Different View, Vol. 30, 2009, pp. 6 – 12
  • Oberkirch, Thomas; Kranke, Matthias
    Low Turnout, Strong Sceptics, or However You Please? : Mixed Prospects for the 7th European Parliament
    In: A Different View, Vol. 31, 2009, pp. 11 – 15

    • Prefaces/Postfaces

  • Berten, John; Kranke, Matthias
    Anticipatory Global Governance : International Organisations and the Politics of the Future
    In: Global Society. London: Routledge, Vol. 36, 2022, Nr. 2, pp. 155 – 169
    DOI

    • Reviews

  • Kranke, Matthias
    The politics of expertise in international organizations : how international bureaucracies produce and mobilize knowledge. Edited by Annabelle Littoz-Monnet. Abingdon: Routledge. 2017
    In: International Affairs. Oxford: Oxford University Press (OUP), Vol. 94, 2018, Nr. 6, pp. 1457 – 1458
    DOI
  • Kranke, Matthias
    Book Review: Africa and IMF Conditionality: The Unevenness of Compliance, 1983-2000
    In: Political Studies Review: Sage Publishing, Vol. 11, 2013, Nr. 3, pp. 471 – 472
    DOI
  • Kranke, Matthias
    Book Review: Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey - And Even Iraq - Are Destined To Become the Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport
    In: Journal of Sports Economics. San Francisco: Sage, Vol. 13, 2012, Nr. 1, pp. 96 – 98
    DOI, Online Full Text (Open Access)

    • Book articles / Proceedings papers

  • Kranke, Matthias
    From good to bad? : The contested desirability of economic growth
    In: Ineffective Policies: Causes and Consequences of Bad Policy Choices / Roberge, Ian; McKeen-Edwards, Heather; Campbell-Verduyn, Malcolm (Eds.). Bristol: Policy Press, 2025, pp. 31 – 45
    DOI (Open Access)
  • Kranke, Matthias
    Building partnerships : The IMF and other international organizations
    In: The Oxford Handbook of the International Monetary Fund / Hibben, Mark; Momani, Bessma (Eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024, pp. 175 – 196
    DOI
  • Kranke, Matthias
    Intricate interactions : the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund
    In: The Elgar Companion to the World Bank / Vetterlein, Antje; Schmidtke, Tobias (Eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2024, pp. 178 – 189
    DOI
  • Kranke, Matthias
    Indicators and benchmarking
    In: The Elgar Companion to the OECD / De Francesco, Fabrizio; Radaelli, Claudio M. (Eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2023, pp. 116 – 125
    DOI

    • Working Paper

  • Janischewski, Anja; Bohnenberger, Katharina; Kranke, Matthias; Vogel, Tobias; Driouich, Riwan; Froese, Tobias; Gerold, Stefanie; Kaufmann, Raphael; Keyßer, Lorenz; Niethammer, Jannis; Olk, Christopher; Schmelzer, Matthias; Yürük, Aslı; Lange, Steffen
    It depends : Varieties of defining growth dependence
    Chemnitz, 2024
    (Chemnitz Economic Papers ; 64)
    Online Full Text
  • Kranke, Matthias
    From Forum Shopping to Forum Shaping : An Overlooked Form of International Organisation Power
    Coventry, 2017
    (CSGR Working Paper ; 282/17)
    Online Full Text
  • Lütz, Susanne; Kranke, Matthias
    The European Rescue of the Washington Consensus? : EU and IMF Lending to Central and Eastern European Countries
    London, 2010
    (LEQS Paper ; 22/2010)
    Online Full Text

Institute for Socio-Economics

Address

University of Duisburg-Essen

Faculty of Social Sciences
Institute for Socio-Economics
Lotharstraße 65 / LE 608
47057 Duisburg

 Phone
+49 203 379 4417
E-Mail
matthias.kranke@uni-due.de

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