Curriculum Vitae

Franca König

EDUCATION

since 2016 PhD Candidate, Doctoral Programme in Governance, Hertie School of Governance

2014 – 2015 Master of Science in Global Governance and Diplomacy, University of Oxford

2011 – 2014 Bachelor of Arts in European Studies, Maastricht University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2016 Management Traineeship at the Management Board Secretariat, European Police Office (The Hague, Netherlands)

2015 Research Internship at the Global Governance Programme, The Hague Institute for Global Justice (The Hague, Netherlands)

2013 Internship at the German Permanent Mission to the UN Office (Geneva, Switzerland)

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

since 2017 Postgraduate scholarship, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

2016 – 2017 Postgraduate scholarship, Hertie School of Governance

2015 Best Dissertation Prize, M.Sc. Global Governance and Diplomacy programme 2015 – Oxford Department of International Development (ODID), University of Oxford

2014 Awarded admission to the Maastricht Research-Based Learning Programme – Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences & Faculty of Law, Maastricht University

2013 & 2014 Awarded admission to the Honours Programme – Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University

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2012 – 2015 (Under-)graduate scholarship, German National Merit Foundation

2011 – 2015 (Under-)graduate scholarship, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

PUBLICATIONS

2016

1998 – 2016: Looking Back, Moving Forward; One Hundred Meetings of the Europol Management

Board. Europol. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. (Co-authored with the

Europol Management Board Secretariat).

2015

The Art of Collective Response in Global Health Governance: Competing Frames, the Public Sphere and Pandemic Crises. QEH Working Paper Series, November 2015, Working Paper Number 206. Oxford: Oxford Department of International Development (ODID), University of Oxford.

“GMOs Across the Atlantic: Sacrificing Precaution in the Name of Free Trade?” in E.I.L. Vos and M.B.A. van Asselt (eds.), Regulating Innovation, Trade and Uncertain Risks. Maastricht Research-Based Learning Project (MaRBLe) Research Papers, Edition 2015, Volume I. Maastricht University: Faculty of Law and Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. (Co-authored with C. von Hobe, M. Hoß, N. Langensteiner, Y. Maksimova, R. Mikkonen, J. Styles and J. Switalska).

Commentaries

“Europe After Paris: Making the EU’s 9/11 Experiences a Global Affair,” The Hague Institute for Global Justice, 14 December 2015.

“Moving Global Action on Migration and Refugees Forward: A Need for Innovative Partnerships,” co-authored with Manon Tiessink. The Hague Institute for Global Justice, 20 November 2015.

“From Conflict Response to Prevention? Designing the Future of International Peacebuilding,” The Hague Institute for Global Justice, 2 November 2015.

“The Aftermath of Affirmative Action Policies: A Call for Effective Monitoring to Ensure Justice for All,” co-authored with Manuella Appiah. The Hague Institute for Global Justice, 15 September 2015.

2014

“Histoire de la Conquête de la Floride in Time – Legitimizing and Framing the Spanish Conquest of Florida,” in E. Homburg and A. Klijn (eds.), Encountering ‘the Other’: Travel Books on North-America, Japan and China from the Maastricht Jesuit Library, 1500-1900. Maastricht Research-Based Learning Project (MaRBLe) Research Papers, Edition 2014, Volume VI. Maastricht University: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.