Brigitte Weiffen - EDP Network

Brigitte Weiffen

EDP Network Member

Brigitte (Britta) Weiffen is a Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the Department of Politics and International Studies at the Open University in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom. Brigitte’s research is situated at the intersection of Comparative Politics, International Relations, and Area Studies, with a particular focus on Latin America.

Her research interests include democratization and the crisis of democracy, human rights and transitional justice, regional integration, and regional security. Current research projects deal with the crisis of regionalism, the rise of populism, and obstacles to the protection of democracy by regional organizations.

Prior to her appointment at the Open University, Brigitte held the Martius Chair for German and European Studies, a visiting professorship sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) at the Institute of Political Science at the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil (2015-2020). She was also a visiting professor at the Institute of International Relations at USP (2014-2015), a research associate at the University of Konstanz (2008-2014), the University of Tübingen (2005-2008), and the University of Bonn (2001-2005). Brigitte obtained her PhD in Political Science from the University of Tübingen and her M.A. in Political Science from the University of Bonn. Her dissertation “Entstehungsbedingungen von Demokratien. Interne und externe Einflüsse im Vergleich” (Conditions for the Emergence of Democracies: Internal and External Influences in Comparison) was awarded the Young Scholars Prize of the German Political Science Association (DVPW) in 2010.

More about Brigitte Weiffen here.

Contact: brigitte.weiffen[at] external-democracy-promotion.eu